T H E

B R H L

AME R IQA .

JACO B N . B R U B AC H E R ,

E L KH AR T,I nd .

M E N N O N I T E PU B L I S H I N G C O .

1884

PR EFACE .

I n the year 1868a Genealogy of the Brubacher fam ily and connections”

was written out for

my own satisfacti on as also for future reference .

I n the year 1870,wh ile vis i ting in Canada , Uncle

John B rubacher (Deacon ) earnestly re"uestedthat it should be printed, giving two dollars towards the e"p ense . H e succeeded in gaining the

promise . To fulfi ll that promise, by the help of

the L ord,the original has been rewritten and

enlarged . Care was taken to gather reliable information . Any doubtful information was not

accepted . Notwithstanding, errors will be found,

because of incorrect information . Whenever a

occurs the necessary information could notbe ascertained . The figures enclosed

,thus (1)

indicate the generation in America,thus " (1)

John B rubacher, (1) Theodore Eby, &c .

,indi cates

that they were the first generation in America

H Oping al l honor will be given to the L ord, the“Genealogy is now respectfully submitted to the

public . JACO B N . B R UB ACH ER .

Mount Joy, L ancaster Co.

,Pa .

,1883 .

B R UB ACH ER GENEAL OGY.

(1) JO H N B R UB AC H E R .

(F I R ST GENERAT ION IN AMER ICA .)

( 1) JOHN B R UB AC H E R emigrated fromSwitzerland

,Europe

,to America about the

year 17 10 . On the 27th of September , 17 17 ,he

,in company with Chris tian Hershey

,

took out a warrant of 10 0 0 acres of land , lying on the Littl e Cones toga

,in Wes t

H empfield Twp ,Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . Hereon this tract of land

,John B rubacher built

the firs t gris t and saw mill in Lancaster Co .

I n the year 17 18 John B rubacher andChris tian Hershey divided the above tractof 10 0 0 acres into two e"ual shares of

50 0 acres each by a l ine eas t and west ,B rubacher getting the southern half andHershey the northern half. Whether JohnB rubacher was married when he came toAmerica cannot be ascertained .

I n the year 1729 ,May 13th , John Bru

bacher and his wife Anna,sold and con

veyed 150 acres of the above 50 0 acres , onwhich were erected the gris t and saw mill ,to Christian S toneman . Tradition says , hewas under the impression that the Mill ingbusiness” has a tendency to lead men intod ishonesty .

This John B rubacher and his wife Annahad nine sons and one daughter

,as follows

( 2 ) J ohn , ( 2 ) Jacob , ( 2 ) Abraham , ( 2 ) Pcter

, ( 2 ) Daniel , ( 2 ) Henry , ( 2 ) Joseph , ( 2 )David

, ( 2 ) Christian , ( 2 ) Anna .

( 2 ) Anna B rubacher was married toAbraham Buckwalter .( 2 ) John and ( 2 ) Daniel s ettled on 3 0 0acres of land at the Hammer Creek

,i n War

wick Twp .,Lancas ter Co . , Pa . ,

which thei rfather had bought of Lewis and Mary Lewis

,

October 29th, 173 1.

( 2 ) Peter settled in R apho township , Lancaster Co , Pa . ,

near what is now Mastersonville .

( 2 ) Abraham settl ed i n Virginia , whatis called Masono tta about 20 miles southwest OfWinchester .( 2 ) Christian , ( 2 ) David , Henry , ( 2)Jacob and ( 2 ) Joseph remained 1n the vicini ty where their father l ived

,namely

,West

H empfield township,Lancaster C0 .

(2) DAN I E L B R U B ACH E R .

( SECOND GENERATION IN AMER ICA .)

The following i s a sketch of ( 2 ) DanielB rubacher and his descendants "( 2) Daniel B rubacher married a daughter

ofMichael Doner . Their children are

(3) J ohn B rubacher, married to ElisabethBomberger . Their

'

children are"(4) Christian B rubacher , married to Anna Hors t .Their chi ldren are

, ( 5 ) Abraham , ( 5 ) Fannie .

(4)-Daniel B rubacher married Elisabeth

Bucher . Their children are, (5 ) J ohn , (5)

Elisabeth, (5) Susan , ( 5 ) Fannie .

(4) Joseph B rubacher married MariaBucher . Their children are , ( 5) Catharine ,( 5 ) J oseph , ( 5) Barbara , ( 5) Mary , ( 5) David

, ( 5) Elizabeth , ( 5) Levi , (5) J onas , ( 5 )J ohn

, ( 5) Anna .

4) Elias B rubacher (died single) , (4) Maria B rubacher (di ed s ingl e) , (4) John Brubacher married Elisabeth Musser . Theirchildren are ( 5) Anna , 5 ) Christian , ( 5)Moses , ( 5 ) Martin , ( 5) Anna , ( 5 ) Magdalena , (5 ) Fannie , (5 ) Mary .

( 3 ) Daniel B rubacher married ElisabethStaufier. They settled in Lebanon Co . ,

Pa . ,

at a large spring . Their children are " (4)

Anna B rubachermarriedJohn H eisey . Thei rchildren are , (5 ) Elisabeth , ( 5 ) Barbara , 5)John , ( 5) Daniel , ( 5) Peter , ( 5 ) Christian ,(5) Henry , ( 5) Joseph , ( 5) Susan , ( 5) Ve

ronica, 5 ) Catharine , 5 ) Anna , 5 ) Mary .

(4) Christian B rubacher married ElisabethEberly . Their children are , 5 ) Jacob , ( 5 )Mary , ( 5) Veronica , ( 5) Joseph , ( 5) Isaac ,( 5) Lyd ia , 5) Anna , 5 ) Christian , 5) Su

san, 5) Elizabeth , 5 ) Mary, ( 5) Samuel

5) Christian .

(4) Peter B rubachermarried Anna Hershberger . Their children are , 5) Polly , 5 )Sarah

, (5) Joseph , ( 5 ) Daniel , ( 5) Peter , ( 5 )Henry

, 5 ) Elisabeth , 5) Magdalena .

(4) Daniel B rubacher married Anna Forrer daughter of Daniel and Barbara Forrer .Their Children are , 5) Preacher David Brubacher (mentioned in the Nissley

”family) .

5) Maria B rubacher married Jess ie Krall .Their children are , (6 ) George , (6 ) Anna ,(6 ) Fannie , ( 6 ) Mary , ( 6 ) John , (6) Susan .

(5 ) Elisabeth B rubacher, s ingle .

(5 ) Anna B rubacher married Isaac Baer .Their children are

, ( 6) Maria , ( 6 ) Daniel , (6 )Anna.

(5 ) Barbara B rubacher married JacobHershey . Their children are (6 ) Samuel ,( 6 ) Anna , ( 6 ) Emanuel , (6) Barbara , ( 6 )(6 ) David , (6 ) Daniel .

( 5 ) Frany B rubacher married SamuelKing . Their children are

, ( 6 ) Seright , ( 6 )Mary

, ( 6) David .

( 5 ) Catharine B rubacher married JohnSpahr. Their children are , (6 ) George , ( 6 )Daniel

, (6 ) Maria , (6 ) John , ( 6 ) Isaac .

(5 ) Magdalena B rubacher married Pre .Thomas S trickler

,and afterwards Peter

Smith .

(5 ) Daniel B rubacher married ElisabethHuber . Their children are

, ( 6) Fannie , ( 6 )John

, ( 6 ) Anna , ( 6) Mattie , ( 6 ) Lizzie .(4) John B rubacher ( Bishop) married Anna Wenger . They lived near Mamheim,

Lancaster C01, Pa . Their children are, 5)

Mary, 5) Anna , 5) El isabeth , 5) Rebecca .

(4) Jonas B rubacher married VeronicaB rubacher. Their Children are

, ( 5) Susan ,(5 ) Abraham , ( 5) Joseph , (5 ) Daniel , ( 5 )Jonas , ( 5) Samuel , ( 5) Veronica , ( 5) Lydia ,5) Rebecca .(4) Benjamin B rubacher married Catharine Snyder . Their children are , 5 ) Moses ,( 5) Samuel , ( 5) Michael , ( 5) John , ( 5) Jacob ,5) Elias , 5 ) Anna , 5) Catharine , (5) Elisabeth.

(4) Elias B rubacher died sing l e .

(4) Samuel B rubacher married MaryBaer. Their children are

, 5) (names couldnot be ascertained .)

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(4) Susan B rubacher married HenryB rubacher. They l ived i n Franklin Co . ,

Pa . Their Children are , ( 5 ) Samuel , 5 )Daniel

, ( 5 ) Susan , ( 5 ) Franey , (5 ) Eliza , ( 5 )Carol ine

, ( 5 ) John , ( 5 ) Henry , (5 ) Anna( 5) Ezra , ( 5 ) Abraham .

(4) Jacob B rubacher married Susan E .

B rubacher. This family will be describedin another place .

(4) Henry B rubacher died s ingle .

(3 ) Anna B rubacher married MichaelGraybil l . This family will be described inanother place .

(2) Daniel B rubacher, the father of theabove family d i ed . His widow marriedPeter Eby . Their ch ildren are (counted3rd generation) . (3) Joseph Eby , marriedEl isabeth B reckbill . Their chi ldren are ,

(4) Abraham Eby ,married Susan Bru

bacher , (4) Peter Eby married Maria Eby(4) John Eby married Hershey

, (4)Jonas Eby married Mary Wolf ; (4) Catharine Eby married Jacob Eberly .

(3) Peter Eby was a hermit . He died 111

Elisabeth township,L ancaster Co .

, Pa ,

December 9th , 1836 , aged 70 years , 8months and 29 , days . He d i rected the balance of his estate to be invested in breadand d is tributed among the poor .

(3) Susan Eby married Abraham Long ,

They l ived in Lebanon Co . , Pa . NO infor

mation of thei r family could be obtained .

This cl oses the sketch of (2) Daniel Brubacher and des cendants .

(2) JO H N B R U B AC H E R .

( SECOND GENERAT ION IN AMERICA . )

The following is a description of (2) J ohnB rubacher and his descendants "J ohn B rubacher was born in the year ofour Lord 17 19 , i n West H empfield township

,Lancas ter Co Pa . He d ied April oth,

1804, aged 84years and 7 months . Afterhe had grown to manhood he wished to goto Germany to s eek himself a wife . Hi sfather s ent him to Virginia for money— hisfather had land i n Virginia . But when hereturned from Virginia the neighbors h addissuaded his father from letting him go toGermany . The father died. Then (2)J ohn went to Germany where he was re

ceived with j oy . He married Maria Newcomer in the year 1750 ,

eight days beforeVVhitsuntide . He with his wife Maria

,re

turned to Ameri ca . His cous in AbrahamB rubacher accompanied them . Abrahamwas so well pleased with the new country

that he wrote enticing letters to his brothersand s is ters who also emigrated to America .

More of their friends followed from time totime . One Of the main causes was that theywere subj ected to many persecutions because Of their faith and non - res istant doctrine . They had confidence in the proclamations of Will iam Penn

,fee l ing assured if

once in Pennsylvania they could worshipthe God of thei r fathers according to theteachings of God’s Word and the dictatesof their consciences ; which was unto thema full and a complete recompense for all thei rlosses and privations in forsaking theirnative land .

Abraham B rubacher settled at the M iddleCreek , in Clay township , Lancaster Co . , Pa .

I n course of time he wanted to build a gris tmil l there . He met with d ifficulti es onaccount of the “Water Right which so Of

fended him that he moved away . Hemoved i nto the vicin i ty called Ind iantown ,not far from where Ephrata now is . H erehe settled . Hence his descendants arecalled the Ind iantown B rubachers .

” Hebegat children . The name o f one wasAbraham . He was a Preacher . The nameOf another one was Chris tian .

His descendants of the Ind iantownB rubachers are al l scattered far.

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After (2) John and Maria Brubach r re

turned to America , they settled at theHammer Creek in Warwick township

,Lan

cas ter C0 . But they were not permitted t ol ive long together . After the short spaceof thirty weeks his wife d i ed , on the 15th OfDecember

,1750 . Her remains were buried

in the garden at the house . In the courseof time the house was torn down and thegarden changed into a meadow . Henceher grave was in the meadow . I n the year1880 , her remains (not much could be foundany more) were removed to the B rubacher

family grave yard ” on the same farm andthe grave marked with a marble grave s tonebearing her name and date of death .

(2) John B rubacher married as his secondwife Maria Tauner , eldest daughter of Michael Tauner , (s ince changed to Doner)April 3oth , 1751. (Maria Tauner was bornFebruary r1th,

17 29 , and d ied June 2 15 t ,

180 2 ,aged 7 3 years , 4months and 10 days .)

Her s ister was married to her husband ’sbrother

, (2) Daniel B rubacher.

(2) John and Maria (Tauner) B rubacherbegat sons and daughters

, viz " ( 3) J ohnB rubacher was born February 19th , 1752

Old Style”. (He died March 3oth,

1783 ,aged 31 years , 1 month and 11 days .) Hemarried Anna Eby . Their chi ldren are

, (4)

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John , (4) Maria , (4) Anna , (4) Chris tian .

(4) John B rubacher the eldes t son settlednear Frederick

,i n Maryland . He died

about 1818.

(3) Anna B rubacher was born Augusta8th

,1753 ,

“ New S tyle .

”

(She died September 17 th , 1830 ,

aged 77 years and 20

days .) She married John Mayer . Theyhad 2 chi ldren .

(3) Maria B rubacher was born July 6 th,

1756 . She d ied July 12th,1827 , aged 7 1

years and 6 days . She married John Baer ,of Elizabeth township

,Lancaster Co .

,Pa .

He d i ed in 180 2,aged 5 1 years , 7 months

and 26 days .(3) John and Maria ( B rubacher) Baer begat children . (4) John , (4) Anna , (4) Benjamin

,(4) David , (4) Maria , (4) Magdalena ,

(4) Susan , (4) Samuel , (4) Gabriel . (4)Samuel Baer

,the ne"t youngest of the chil

dren , married a Miss Weaver , daughter of

George and Weaver . Their chi ldrenare

, (5 ) Gabriel , (5 ) George W .,5 ) Anna ,

(5 ) Mama, ( 5 ) John , ( 5 ) Magdalena , (5)

Samuel , ( 5 ) Isaac .

3 ) Jacob B rubacher was born June 11th,

1758. He d ied of yellow fever , August 3 rst,1793 , aged 35 years , 2 months and 20 days .He married

,i n the year 1781, Susan Erb ,

daughter of Chris tian Erb. She was born

March 17 th , 176 2 , and died January 2 2d,

1844, aged 81 years , 10 months and 5 days .H er brothers and s is ters are , Joseph Erb ,Daniel Erb

,J ohn Erb

,Abraham Erb , Jacob

Erb,Benjamin Erb

,Elizabeth Erb , Mag

dalena Erb Anna Erb,Barbara Erb , Chris

ti an Erb .

As already remarked 3) Jacob Brubacher died in 1793 . His widow remained inwidowhood nearly 5 1 years . I n the year180 9 she traveled to Canada Wes t to v is i ther daughter Maria

,married to Benj amin

Eby ,her parents

,three of her brothers and

four s is ters , who were al l l iving in CanadaWes t— then a wilderness .The names of her brothers and s is ters l iving in Canada are

,Jacob

,Abraham

,John

,

E l isabeth , Barbara , Anna and Magdalena .

I n the year 1816 she went the s econdtime to Canada

,accompanied by her young

es t son J ohn , who was s ingle . She re

mained in Canada two years,keeping house

for her son , John , until he married . Shethen returned home to spend the evening of

her l ife continu ing the necessary preparation to e"change this l ife with etern i ty .

On one of her j ourneys over the Alleghenies , she killed a large rattlesnake with hercane , proving that she was a very courag eous woman .

The following is a sketch of the res t of

( 2) J ohn B rubacher’

s children .

( 3) Abraham B rubacher, born February2 2nd

,176 0 . He l ived about two years and

died .

(3) Magdalena B rubacher, was born December 12 th, 176 1. She died June 2d

,1832 ,

aged 7 0 years and 2 1 days . She marri edJ ohn B ruckart , of H empfield township

,Lan

caster Co . ,Pa . They l ived . awhile in Vir

ginia . He died there . His family were thenbrought to Lancas ter Co .

, Pa .

( 3 ) Elisabeth B rubacher, was born November 16 th

,1764. She died January 17 th ,

180 3 ,aged 38years , 2 months and 1 day .

She married Christian Martin . They livedabout half a mile north of Mount Joy , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . They had 12 children , ofwhi ch the following grew up and were married

, viz " (4) Maria Martin married to

J oseph Hoffman ; (4) Anna Martin , marriedJ ohn Kuhns ; (4) Elisabeth Martin , marriedJ ohn Metz ; (4) Christian Martin d ied s ingl e 3) Barbara Martin , married Chris tianMetz ; (4) David Martin , married Mary Erb .

( 3 ) Veronica B rubacher was born March29th,

17 6 6 . She died March 6 th,1824

,

aged 58 years,1 month and 5 days . She

married John Bomberger . Of this family

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72 years , 6 months and 3 days . He married , in the year 180 7 , Maria Eby , youngestdaughter of Christian and Catharine ( B ricker

, ) Eby , of Elisabeth township , LancasterCo Pa .

Maria Eby was born October 12th,1787

,

and d i ed Apri l l 6 th,1864

,aged 76 years

,

6 months and 4 days . Her father was ason of Christian and Elisabeth (Meyer) Eby.

Christian Eby was a son of Theodore Ebywho emigrated from the Pfalz

,

” in Germany , in the year 1717 . Christian Eby

,

son ofTheodore , died September 15 th , 175 6 .

H is wife El isabeth d ied December 12th,

1787 .

( 2) Chris tian and Elisabeth (Meyer) Ebybegat children , viz "( 3 ) Christian Eby , born February

' 22d,

17 34. He d ied September 14th,180 7

,aged

7 3 years , 6 months and 22 days .( 3 ) John Eby was . born September 28th,

17 3 7 .

(3 ) Barbara Eby was born December14th,

1740 . Married Jacob Hershey( 3 ) Peter Eby was born November 11th,

1742.

( 3 ) Anna Eby was born January 4th,

1745 . Married Chris tian Stauffer.( 3 ) Andrew Eby was born January 1l th ,

1747 .

(3) George Eby was born December 11th,

1748.

( 3 ) El isabeth Eby was born August 12th ,

175 1. Married Jacob Hershey .

( 3 ) Samuel Eby was born December 2o th ,175 2.

( 3 ) Michael Eby was born December29th,

175 5 .

( 3 ) Chris tian Eby , eldest son of theabove family

,married March 13 th 176 0

,

Catharine B ri cker,daughter of Peter B rick

er. She died March 16 th,1810

,in her 6 7th

year.

(3 ) Chris tian and Catharine ( Bricker)Eby begat children , viz

(4) Elisabeth Eby , born March 13 th , 17 6 2.

She married Joseph Bucher . Their chi ldrenare

, (5 ) Anna Bucher , married to AbrahamHostetter . Their children are

, ( 6 ) AbrahamHostetter

, ( 6 ) David Hostetter.

(5 ) Jonas Bucher married Susan Wittwer "thei r children are

, ( 6 ) Elisabeth Bucher , married to Jacob Greider

,and Chris tian Eby

( 6 ) Mary Bucher married Jacob Erb . ( 6 )Fannie Bucher married Henry Zug. ( 6 )Anna Bucher married Henry Reis t. ( 6 )L eah B ucher married Seth Eby . ( 6 ) JosephB ucher married Anna Shenk

,and Catharine

Risser . ( 6 ) Catharine B ucher ma rried

Christian H ernly. ( 6 ) Jonas W . Bucher(Deacon) , married Susan B oll inger .

(5 ) Elisabeth B ucher married Daniel Brubacher . Their children are ( 6 ) SusanB rubacher married to Samuel Gsell

, ( 6 )Elisabeth B rubacher married to Peter Re l

'

s t,

( 6 ) J ohn B rubacher marri ed to Molly B omberger

, ( 6 ) Fannie B rubacher married Aug ustus Sturgis .

(5 ) Maria Bucher married Joseph Brubacher . Their chi ldren are

, ( 6 ) CatharineB rubacher, married to John Bomberger , ( 6 )J oseph B rubacher married to Susan Rudy ,( 6 ) Barbara B rubacher married to ChristianB . Snyder

, ( 6 ) Mary B rubacher married toChristian E . Bomberger

, ( 6 ) Dav id B rubacher (Deacon) married to Lizzie Hess ,( 6 ) Anna B rubacher married to JacobSherk

, ( 6 ) Elisabeth B rubacher married toLevi Weaver

, ( 6 ) Levi B . B rubacher married to Elisabeth Shaeffer , ( 6 ) J onas Brubacher married to Leah Keller

, ( 6 ) J ohnB rubacher married to Weid ler .

(5 ) Susan Bucher married to HenryB ecker . Their children are

, ( 6 ) John , ( 6 )EliaS, ( 6 ) Henry , ( 6 ) Levi , ( 6 ) Is rael , ( 6 )Nancy

, ( 6 ) Catharine , ( 6 ) Sarah , ( 6 ) Eliza .

(5 ) Barbara Bucher married Chris tianWeis Their children are

, (6 ) Andrew

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Weis, (6) Henry Weis , (6) Samuel Weis ,

(6 ) Chris tian Weis , (6 ) Eliza Weis .

(5 ) Veronica Bucher married GeorgeH .uber Their children are

, (6 ) J ohn H u

ber, (6 ) Chris tian Huber , (6 ) Mati lda Huber

married to John N . Eby , mentioned in theEby”

family .

(5 ) Catharine Bucher married to SamuelLehman (Deacon) . Their children are , 56 )Henry Lehman

, (6 ) Catharine Lehman married to Samuel Longenecker

, (6 ) SarahLehman married to David Beck

, ( 6 ) MariaLehman

, (6 ) Sem Lehman , (6 ) Fannie Lehman

,married to Henry C . Gingrich

, ( 6 )Elisabeth

, (6 ) Samuel , (6 ) Jonas and (6 )Susan— the las t four d ied young .

(4) Christian Eby was born October l 6 th,

17 6 3 . He d i ed August 27 th,1824

,aged 60

years,10 mon ths and 13 days . On Decem

ber 2d,1788

,he married Veronica Hersh

ey , daughter of Christian and AnnaHershey She was . born ‘November 19th

,

17 6 6,and d i ed February 4th,

1826,aged 5 9

years,2 months and 15 days .

(4) Christian and Veroni ca (Hershey)Eby begat ch ild ren

,viz "

( 5 ) Catha rine Eby ,born December 17 th

,

1789 ; d ied Apri l 17 th,186 6

,aged 7 9 years

,

2 months and 14days

(5) Anna Eby , born January 6 th,17 91.

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She married Samuel Nissly , ( described inthe NiSSly family . )(5 ) Elisabeth Eby , born February 2 l st

,

1793 . She d ied November 19 th,186 3

,aged

70 years,8months and 28days . She mar

ried David Gingrich, son of David and An

na Gingrich . David Gingrich was bornMarch 18th

,1791

,and d i ed July 24th

,1858

,

aged 6 7 years,4months and 6 days .

(5 ) David and Elisabeth (Eby) Gingrichbegat children

,viz "

(6 ) Anna E . Gingrich .

(6 ) Samuel E . Gingrich married RebeccaSchlott . Their children are

,

( 7 ) John S. Gingrich married AdalineRutt . The i r chi ldren are

, (8) Dora , (8) Elmer

, (8) Ella .

( 7 ) Anna S . Gingrich married AlbertMatzall . Their children are

, (8) Barbara ,(8) Amos .

(7) Rebecca S . Gingrich married EliMetzler . Thei r chi ldren are

, (8) Dora .

(7 ) Mary S . Gingrich married H arryHess , (7 ) Susan S . Gingrich

, ( 7 ) Barbara S .

Gingrich , ( 7 ) Samuel S . Gingrich, ( 7 ) Jacob

S . Gmg rich.

( 6 ) Fannie E . Gingrich married to IsaacFrank . Their children are , ( 7 ) Lizzie G .

Frank,

i

married to B enjamin Weaver, ( 7 )

Christian G . Frank .

( 6 ) Elias E . Gingrich died S ingl e .

(6 ) Christian E . Gingrich . (Des cribedin the Stauffer family . )

( 6 ) John E . Gingrich married Anna B .

Eby . Their children are, ( 7 ) Fannie Ging

rich married to John Baer . ( 7 ) Lizzie Gingrich

, ( 7 ) Jonas Gingrich , ( 7 ) Emma Gingrich

, ( 7 ) John Gingrich ( 7 ) Simon Gingr1ch, ( 7 ) Charles Gingrich , ( 7 ) Clara Gingrich

, ( 7 ) Stel la Gingri ch .

( 6 ) Benjamin E . Gingrich married SusanSmith . Their chi ldren are , ( 7 ) Henry S .

Gingrich , ( 7 ) Emanuel S . Gingrich .

( 6 ) Lev i E . Gingrich married KatieChris t . Their children are

, ( 7 ) Abner C .

Gingrich, ( 7 ) Harman C . Gingrich ,

< 7 ) KatieC . Gingri ch , ( 7 ) Daniel C . Gingrich .

( 6 ) Jacob E . Gingrich married Eve Smith .

Their child ren are, ( 7 ) Ezra S . Gingrich

, ( 7 )Sall ie S . Ging ri ch , ( 7 ) Will i e S . Gingrich

,

( 7 ) John S . Gingrich .

WE NOW RETURN AGA IN To THE E B Y

FAM ILY .

( 5 ) Maria Eby was born February l s t,

1795 . She d i ed Augus t 15 th,1880

,aged

85 years,6 months and 14days . She mar

ried Peter Eby, son o fJoseph and Elisabeth

( Brechbill ) Eby . Peter Eby was born in

the year 17 99,and died in 185 9

,aged 6 0

years,11months and 29 days .

5 ) Peter and Maria (Eby ) Eby begatchildren , viz "( 6 ) Seth Eby , born January

'

30 th,1820

,

married November 2d,1841

,Leah Bucher

,

daughter ofJonas and Susan ( Eby ) B ucher ,d ied October 3 l s t

,1883

, aged 6 3 years,9

months and 1 day . Leah Bucher wasborn June 27 th,

1816 . Died December12th

,1848

,aged 32 years

,6 months and 27

days .

( 6 ) Seth and Leah (Bucher) Eby begatchildren

, viz "

Susan B Eby married AbrahamL ane . Thei r children are

, (8) Jacob E .

Lane, (8) Anna E . Lane , (8) Christian E .

Lane .

( 7 ) Mary B . Eby married Peter Ebersole .Their children are

, (8) Seth E . Ebersole ,( 81Anna E . Ebersole

, (8) Susan E . Ebersole

, ( 8) Peter E . Ebersole .

( 6 ) Seth Eby married the second time , in185 0 Anna Schlott

,widow of Samuel

Schlott,and daughter of Chris tian and Mar

tha Sherk , of West H empfield township,

Lancaster Co .,Pa .

( 6 ) Joel Eby was born March 19 th , 1821.

Died April 18th,1880

,aged 5 9 years and

29 days . He married in the year 1842,

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(6 ) Chris tian W . Eby (Deacon) , bornJune 19 th,

1826 . He amarried MarthaHershey, daughter of

‘

Preacher Jacob andAnna Hershey . Their children are

,

Elam H . Eby,married to Lizzie Reiff,

Fannie H . Eby , married to Jacob Martin ,(7 ) Mattie H . Eby

, (7) Amon H . Eby, (7)

J ohn H . Eby .

( 6 ) Chris tian W. Eby married the secondtIme .

( 6 ) Sem W. Eby,born February l o th ,

1829 . Died August 22d ,1832

,aged 3

years,6 months and 12 days .

( 6 ) Veronica W . Eby,born September

28th,1832. She married Jacob Risser

( Preacher ) , son of Preacher J ohn and Elisabeth Risser . Thei r chi ldren are , ( 7 ) J ohnE . Risser

,married to Barbara Martin , ( 7 )

Martin E . Risser, ( 7 ) Susan E . Risser , mar

ried to H enry Keener, ( 7 ) Benjamin E . R is

s er, ( 7 )Samuel E . Risser

, ( 7 )Mary E . Risser,

( 7 ) Mattie E . Risser, ( 7 ) Amos E . Risser .

( 6 ) Benjamin W . Eby,born March 3o th

,

1835 . He died March 15 th,1868

,aged 32

years,11months and 16 days . He marriedReiff. Their chi ld ren are

, ( 7 ) AnnaEby .

( 6 ) Isaac W . Eby,born Apri l 13 th,

1838.

He married Maria Martin,daughter of

and Martin . Their chi ldren are , ( 7 )

Jacob Martin Eby , (7 ) Fannie Ada Eby , ( 7 )Amos Frankl in Eby

, ( 7 ) Lizzie May Eby ,( 7 ) Isaac Victor Eby .

( 6 ) Henry W . Eby,born October 9th

,

1840 . Died September 28th,185 2

,aged 11

years,11months and 19 days .

The above family of Pre . Benjamin Ebyl ive nearly al l in Maryland .

( 5 ) Chris tian Eby was born January l s t ,1800 . He d i ed June 22d

,185 5

,aged 5 5

years,5 months and 21 days . He married

Elisabeth Kreider,widow ofJacob Kreider ,

and daughter ofJonas and Susan (Wittwer)Bucher . She was born August I o th , 180 6 ,and d ied June 11th

,1875

,aged 68 years

,

10 months and 1 day .

< 5 ) Chris tian and E l isabeth Eby begatchildren

,viz "

( 6 ) Lizzie Eby , married to AbrahamRohrer . Their chi ldren are

, ( 7 ) Mary E .

Ro hrer, ( 7 ) Amos E . Rohrer

, ( 7 ) Lizzie E .

Rohrer, ( 7 ) Anna E . Rohrer

, ( 7 ) Daniel E .

Rohrer, ( 7 ) Fannie E . Rohrer , ( 7 ) Noah E .

Rohrer, ( 7 ) I ra E . Rohrer .

( 6 ) Anna Eby married ,to J ohn E . Ging

rich . (This family is described i n theGingri ch ”

family . )( 5 ) Barbara Eby was born October 4th,

1802. She married Abraham Reist,Decem

ber 10 th,1822. H e was born August 23d,

1798,and died September 23d

,1844

,aged

46 years and 1month .

(5 ) Abraham and Barbara (Eby) Reis tbegat children , viz "

( 6 ) Aaron E . Reist , born May 29th,1827

He married in 1854 Anna Zug . Theirchildren are

, ( 7 ) Nathan Elman Reist , (7 )Aaron Edmund Reist.( 6 ) Moses E . Reist

,born July 2l st , 1829 .

He d ied May 5 th,1883

,aged 5 3 years , 9

months and 14days .

( 6 ) Elias E . Reis t,born November 22d ,

1831. He married,i n 185 5

,Catharine

Kel ler .( 6 ) Benjamin E . Reist

,born May 11th

,

1834. He married ,in 1864

,Rebecca Goch

enauer. Thei r chi ldren are , ( 7 ) MennokG .

Reist, ( 7 ) Ellen G . Reist

,( 7 ) J ohn G . R e ISt ,

( 7 ) Benjamin G . Reist .( 6 ) Sybil la E . Reist , born January 3d,

183 7 . She married ,in 185 6

,Preacher Ben

jamin Eby . Their children are , ( 7 ) LizzieR . Eby , ( 7 ) Anna R . Eby

, ( 7 ) Sybilla R .

Eby, ( 7 ) Maria R . Eby

, (7 ) Barbara R . Eby .

(6 ) Maria E . Reist , born December 29 th,

1839 . Married ,in 185 9 , Samuel O berho lt

zer Thei r child ren are, (7 ) Anna R . Ober

holtzer, (7 ) Menno R . Oberholtzer , (7 ) Na

than R . Oberholtzer .

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(6 ) Es ther E . Reist , born September 24th,

1842. Married,in 186 5

,Abraham Rutt.

Their chi ldren Aaron R . Rutt , (7 )Cyrus R u R utt , ( 7 ) Abraham R . Rutt.

(5 ) Susan Ebv was born March 4th,1805 .

She d ied Apri l 27 th,1882

,aged 7 7 years

,1

month and 23 days,She married Henry

Stauffer . (Described in the“ Stauffer”

family .)(5 ) Sem Eby was born May 4th,

1808.

He died May 7 th,1881

,aged 7 3 years and

3 d .ays He married,in the year 1831

,

Anna Frantz,daughter of Jacob Frantz .

Anna Frantz was born November 22d,1810

,

and died

(5 ) Sem and Anna (Frantz) Eby l ived inLeacock township

,Lancaster Co . They

begat children viz "

(6 ) Jacob F . Eby ,married to Hetty Roh

rer . Their children are, (7 ) Lizzie A .

, (7 )Mary E .

, (7 ) Amos R .

(6 ) Lizzie F . Eby .

(6 ) E l ias Eby ,married to Mary Ann

Buckwalter . Their chi ldren are, (7 ) Enos

B . Anna V (7 ) Milton B . (7 ) Harry S .

(6 ) Benjamin F . Eby marr ied to Hetti eBuckwalter . Thei r children are

, (7 ) I ra M .,

(7 ) Amaziah B . Ada E . Aldus F

(6 ) Benjamin F . Eby married the s econdtime Lizzie Hoover . Their children are ,

(7) Anna S . , (7 ) H arry F .

, (7 ) Lena B .

, (7)Sem H

., (7 ) Hetty A .

, (7 ) Susan E . , (7 )Amos B (7 ) Naomi .

(6 ) Chris tian F . Eby , d ied s ingle .

(6 ) Sem F . Eby ,married to Susa

H

n Eby.

Thei r children are, (7 ) Walter H

Clara A .

(6 ) Amos F. Eby married to Anna McKillips . Thei r chi ldren are

, (7 ) Laura M .

(6 ) Ezra F . Eby, (6 ) H enry F . Eby , (6)Joseph M . Eby .

(6 ) John H . Eby,married to Lizzie Mel

l inger . Their children are, (7 ) Anna M .

,

(7 )gSem .

, (7) Mary E ., (7 ) John M .

RETURN NOW TO PETER E B Y (B ISHOP . )

(4) Peter Eby (Bishop) was born October14th, 17 6 5 . H e d ied Apri l 6th,

1843, aged

7 7 years , 5 months and 23 days . H e married

,in July

,1788

,Margarette H ess , daugh

ter of Margarette H ess wasborn October 7 th,

1764, died February 14th ,1845

,ag ed 80 years , 4months and 7 days .

(4) Peter and Margarette ( H ess) Ebybegat children , viz

(5 ) Peter Eby , married to E lisabethWeav

er. Their children are.(6 ) Elias Eby,

married to E l isabethWors t

,and Clarissa Wilson . Their chi l

dren are, (7 )Emma , (7 )E l isabeth , (7 )Rachel ,

(7 ) Henry Clay , (7 ) John Douglas , (7 ) Sarah ,(7 ) Peter , (7 ) Richard .

(6 ) Susan Eby married to Isaac Wors t.Thei r children are

, (7 ) Luc inda , (7 ) E l isabeth

, (7 ) David , (7 Margarette (7 ) George ,(7) Eby, (7 ) Isaac Taylor , (7 ) H enry .

(6 ) Jacob Eby ,married to Magdalena

Wanner . Their children are , (7 ) E l ias W .,

( 7 ) C . Clement, (7 ) Petel W . E l is

’

abeth,

(7 ) Margarette , (7 ) Mary , (7 ) Isaac , (7 )Franklin

, (7 ) E l la , (7 ) Jacob .

(6 ) Margarette Eby ,married to Jacob R .

H ershey (Preacher) . Thei r children are ,(7 ) Josiah , (7 ) Magdalena , (7 ) Ephraim , ( 7 )Peter

, (7 ) Mary , (7 ) Jacob , (7 ) Susan .

(6 ) Jos iah Eby married to Ann W . Gondor .

(6 ) E l isabeth Eby,married to Abner

Buckwalter . Their children are , (7 ) E l la ,(7 ) Amer , (7 ) Justus , (7 ) Franklin .

(6 ) Henry W . Eby,S ingle .

(6 ) Peter Eby , married to Martha Eckert.Their children are

, (7 ) Henry Elisabeth , (7 ) Annie , (7 ) Franklin , (7 ) Jacob ,(7 ) I ra .

(6 ) Isaac Eby (Bishop) , married to MaryMe l l inger . Thei r children are

, (7 ) John M .,

(7 ) Peter , (7) Anna M . , (7 ) El isabeth , (7)Susan

, (7 ) Henry B . Mary , (7 Martha

Emma , (7 ) Magdalena , (7 ) Isaac W ., (7 )

E s ther.3

(5 ) Susan Eby ,married to David Hoover .

Their c hildren are ,(6 ) Mary H oover , married to Isaac Moy

er. Thei r chi ldren are , (7 ) David H . , (7 )I saac .

(6 ) H enry H oover , married to CatharineLongenecker . Their children are

, (7 ) Susan, (7 ) one died .

(6 ) Anna Hoover , S lng le .

(6 ) Margarette Hoover , married to J ohnHershey . Their children are

, (7 ) David ,( 7) Susan .

(6 ) David Hoover , married to Sarah Carpenter.

(6 ) Abraham Hoover , married to MaryCarpenter . Their children are . (7 ) El len ,(7 ) Margarette , (7 ) Martha , (7 ) Jul iet

'

, (7)Catharine

, (7 ) John .

(5 ) Chris tian Eby , married to RebeccaWittwer . Their children are ,(6 ) Maria Eby , married to H enry Breck‘

bill . Their Children are , (7 ) Amaziah E . ,

(7 ) Naomi'

Ada, (7 ) Elmira Clara , (7 ) Su

san Rebecca , (7 ) Pres ton E , (7 ) Seymore

(6 ) Margarette Eby,S ingle .

(6 ) E l isabeth Eby ,S ingl e .

(6 ) David Eby,Single .

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Amos, (7 ) John , (7 ) Maria , (7) H enry , (7)

Emma , (7 ) Emanuel , ( 7) Fremont , (7 )Reuben .

(6 ) Peter Stauffer , married to MagdalenaB ushong. Their children are

, (7 ) John , (7 )Amos

, (7 ) Jacob .

(6 ) Christian Stauffer , married toRohrer . , Their children are , (7) John . (6 )Christian Stauffer married the second timeto Susan Root. Thei r chi ldren are , (7 )Henry , (7 Christian , (7 Barbara (7 Susan ,(7 ) Benjamin .

(6 ) John Stauffer , married to CatharineBressler . Their children are

, (7 ) Isaac , (7)Freeland , (7 Mary .

(6 ) Margarette Stauffer , married to HenryBress ler . Their children are

, (7 Lizzie , (7Isaac

, (7 ) J ohn , (7 ) Henry , (7) Mark, (7 )Emma , (7 ) Frank , (7 Del i la .

(6 ) Anna Stauffer , married to John R .

Hess (Preacher) . Their children are , (7 )J ohn

, (7) Amos , (7) Simon , (7 ) Daniel , (7)Abraham

, (7 ) Benjamin , (7) Lizzie , (7 ) Anna

, (7 ) Maria .

(6 ) Barbara Stauffer , married to IsaacHeller . Their children are

, (7 ) Lizz i e , (7 )Annie

, (7) John .

(5 ) Anna Eby , married to AbrahamH ershey . Their children are

,

(6 ) Margarette Hershey , married to Dani el Denl inger . Their children are

, (7Abraham

, ( 7 ) Anna , (7 ) Mary , (7 ) Hetti e ,(7 ) Elisabeth , (7 ) Dah iel H . Margarette .

(6 ) Peter E . Hershey,niarried to Anna

Land is . Their ch i ldren are , (7 ) Christian ,

(7 ) Anna , (7 ) Henry , (7 ) Mary , (7 ) Landis .(5 ) John Eby ,

married to Anna Rupp .

Their ch ildren are ,(6 ) Barbara Eby , married to Abraham

H ershey Thei r chi ldren are, (7 ) Lydia ,

(7 ) Barbara , (7 ) Emanuel R . Susan, (7 )

Henry, (7 ) Chris tian S . Magdalena

, (7 )Abraham .

(6 ) Peter Eby , married to E l isabethKurtz . The Ir children are , (7 ) Anna , (7 )E l isabeth .

(6 ) Chris tian Eby , married to MargaretteDiller . Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Anna , (7)Amanda

, (7 ) Isaac , (7 ) John .

(6 ) John Eby,married to Carol ine

Weaver .

(6 ) Henry Eby ,married to SouderS °

Their children are, (7 John , (7 ) Dora .

(6 ) Anna Eby , married to James Skiles .H ad one child . The father died ; the widOW married again to Miller. Had fou rchildren . Cou ld not. ascertain their names .(5 ) H enry Eby , married to Susan Sensenig . The i r children are

,

(6 ) Peter Eby , married to MagdalenaMusser . Thei r children are , (7 ) Susan , (7 )J ohn

, (7 Elisabeth , (7 ) Magdalena , (7 Mary .

(6 ) John Eby , single .

(6) Margarette Eby . married to JacobMusser . Thei r children are , (7 ) Henry E .

,

(7 ) J ohn . The father died . The widowmarried again to David Weaver . Theirchildren are

, (7 Franklin , (7 ) David .

(6 ) Susan Eby,married to Abraham

Metzler. Their chi ldren are, (7 ) Christian ,

(7 ) Anna , (7 ) Henry , (7) Susan , (7) Abraham

, (7 Isaac.(6 ) Henry Eby ,

married'

to Barbara Herr .Their children are

, (7 ) Abraham , (7 ) Anna .

(6 ) Elisabeth , Eby married to John Kenaegy . The i r children are

, ( 7 ) H enry , ( 7 )Emanuel , ( 7 J ohn .

( 6 ) Joseph Eby , married to Susan Martin .

Thei r children are, ( 7 Martin

, ( 7 ) Samuel .( 6 ) Jacob Eby,

married to Susan Ranck .

Their children are, ( 7 John , ( 7 ) Jacob , ( 7

Annie, ( 7 ) Susan , ( 7 ) Hannah , ( 7 ) Mary , ( 7 )

H enry , ( 7 Margarette .( 6 ) Jonas Eby,

married to Mary Deml inger. Thei r chiidren are , ( 7 ) Daniel , ( 7 ) Susan, ( 7 Ephraim

, ( 7 Margarette , ( 7 Walter

, ( 7 ) Emanuel .( 5 ) El isabeth Eby,

married to JacobH ershey (Preacher) . Thei r children are

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( 6 ) Margarette H ershey , married to JohnB . Me l l inger . Their children are , ( 7 Anna ,( 7 ) Elisabeth , ( 7 ) Elias , ( 7 ) Jos iah ,

‘

( 7 )Susan .

( 6 ) John E . H ershey , married to AnnaMell inger . Their children are , ( 7 ) JacobM ( 7 ) Isaac E . , ( 7 ) Anna , ( 7 ) Benjamin ,( 7 ) John , ( 7 ) Mary , ( 7 ) Susan( 6 ) Elisabeth Hershey , married to JacobMell inger . Thei r chi ldren are

, ( 7 Margarette

, ( 7 ) John , ( 7 ) Ezra , (7 ) Anna . (7 ) Jacob

, (7 ) Frances .(6 ) E l ias Hershey

,married to Anna

Kreider . Their ch i ldren are, (7 ) J ohn , (7 )

E l isabeth, (7 ) Susan , (7 ) David E .

, (7 ) Sabina .

(6 ) Peter Hershey , married to BarbaraB uckwalter . Their children are

, (7 Sarah,

(7 ) Esaias , ( 7 ) Enos , (7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Henry ,(S

7 ) Martha , (7 ) Martin , (7 ) Barbara , (7 )H as .

(6 ) J . Menno Hershey, married to MaryHarsh . Their children are

, (7 ) HannahE l isabeth

, (7 Samuel Tilden .

(5 ) Maria Eby , married to Daniel Wanner . Their ch ildren are

,

(6 ) Magdalena Wanner , married to Joseph Oberholtzer . Thei r children are , (7 )Maria , (7 ) Daniel , (7 ) Abraham , (7 ) Joseph ,(7 ) Susan , (7 ) C I thI rine

, ( 7) M i rtin.

(6 ) Margarette Wanner,married to H en

ry Wenger . Their chi ldren are , (7 ) Samuel ,(7 ) E l isabeth , (7 ) Susan , (7 ) Daniel , (7 )H enry , (7 ) Abraham , (7 ) David , (7) Magdalena

, ( 7) Mary , (7 ) Margarette

(6 ) Daniel Wanner , married to SarahSensenig . Their children are

, (7 ) Daniel ,(7 ) Margarette , (7 ) Amos , ( 7) El isabeth , (7 )Maria

, (7 ) H enry , (7 ) Anna , ( 7) Susan , (7 )Samuel

, (7 ) Ida .

(6 ) Maria Wanner , m arried to MosesWeaver . Their children are

, (7 Alice , (7 )Samuel

, (7 ) Moses , ( 7 ) Benjamin , (7 ) Mar

tha,7 ) Henry .

(6) Samuel Wanner , married to FiannaMatzall . Their chi ldren are , (7 ) J ohn , (7 )Samuel

, (7 ) Daniel , (7 ) Aaron .

(6 ) Catharine Wanner , marr1ed to JosephOberholtzer . Their children are , (7 ) David ,(7 ) Peter , (7 ) Anna , (7 ) Magdalena , (7 )Margaretta

, (7 ) Lyd i a .

(6 ) Anna Wanner , married to Peter Souder . Thei r children are

, (7 ) Maria , (7 )Alice

, (7 ) Anna , ( 7 ) Moses , (7 ) Emma , (7 )Barton

, (7 ) Susan , (7 ) Margarette .

(6 ) Susan Wanner , married to EdwinGehr. Thei r chi ldren are

, (7 ) Samuel , (7 )Cel ia

, (7 ) John .

(6 ) J ohn Wanner , married to Mary Ann

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Gehman . Their-children are , (7) Mary , (7 )

Sarah , (7) Samuel .

RETURN AGAIN To JOHN 131311.

(4) John Eby was born October 23d,17 67 .

He d i ed May 25 th,1845

,aged 77 years ,

7 months and 2 days . He married Ju lyl st

,1794

,Mary Wittwer

,daughter of

Michael and (Sensenich) Wittwer ,born August 25 th, ,

17 7 3 . Died August29th,

185 6,aged 83 years and 4days . Her

brothers and sis ters names are,Jonas Witt

wer,married to Veronica Reiff. Hulda

Wittwer , married to Stauffer . Magdalen aWittwer

,S ingl e .

(5 ) John and Maria (Wittwer) Eby l ivedin Elisabeth twp .

, Lancaster Co . They begat children

, viz

(5 ) Catharine Eby,married to John Hos

tetter , son of John and Magdalena (Resh)Hostetter . Their children are ,(6 ) Magdalena Hostetter

,married to

Henry Shenk . Their chi ldren are, (7 L e

vi (Preacher) , (7 ) J ohn , (7 ) Mary , (7 ) Anna ,(7 ) Sarah , (7 ) Henry .

(6 ) Mary Hostetter , married to Chris tianHerr . Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Fanny , (7 )Chris tian , (7 ) Susan , (7 ) Anna , (7 ) Mary .

(6 ) Catharine Hostetter , married to Ja

cob Shenk . The i r children are, (7 ) Henry ,

(7 Amos , (7) Fannie , (7 ) Catharine .Henry Hostetter

,died S ingle .

Elias Hostetter,married to Mary Ann

Lehman .

(6 ) Jonas E . H os tetter , married to Barbara K . Nissly. Their children are ,Tillman

, (7 ) Jacob , (7) Levi , (7 ) Mary ,Abner

, (7 ) Amos , (7 ) Elam , (7 ) Jonas , (7Simon . 0

(6) Abraham Hostetter , married to RoseH ogendobler. Their chi ldren are , (7 ) Alice ,(7) Fannie .

(6 ) John E . Hostetter, married to Elisabeth Stehman. Their children are , (7 )Anna

, (7 ) Lizz ie , (7 ) Mary , ( 7) J ohn , (7 )Jonas

, (7 ) Amos , (7 ) Ella , (7 ) Katie .

(5 ) Jonas Eby was born March 14th , 1799 .

He married,December 12th,

1819, Veron

i ca (Niss ly) Huber , widow of AbrahamHuber . They had one daughter , Anna ,married to John Bassler and Daniel Kreider.She was a daughter of Bishop Samuel Nissly,

of R apho twp .,Lancaster Co . She was

born J une 2l s t , 1798,and died October

3o th,1839

,aged 41 years , 4months and 9

days .(5 ) Jonas and Veronica (Nissly) Eby , be

gat chlldren,v iz "

( 6 ) J ohn N . Eby , born 1820 , married to

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Erb . Theirchildren are , (8) Ephraim , (8)Elmer

, (8) Emma , (8) Mary Ellen .

(7 ) Lizzie N . Eby , married Andrew G .

Miller. Their children are, (8) Jonas , (8)

Simon .

(7 ) Fanny N . Eby , marri ed to Henry E .

Garber . Their children are, (8) Tillman ,

(8) Ellen , (8) Jonas .

(7 ) Samuel N . Eby,married to Susan M .

Garber .

(7 ) Reuben N . Eby, (7 ) Martha N . Eby,

(7 ) Elias N . Eby , (7 ) E l len N . Eby .

(6 ) Samuel N . Eby was born Apri l 14th,

1828. He married Maria (Stauffer) Nissly,

daughter of John and Elisabeth ( H ostetter)Stauffer

,of Petersburg

,Lancaster Co .

, Pa.Her parents and brothers and S i s ters aredescribed i n the Stauffer” family .

(6 ) S imon J . Eby ,was born June 6 th,

183 1 He married in 185 6,Catharine S .

Lintner,daughter of Chris tian and El iza

Lintner,of Lancaster twp .

,Lancaster Co .

(6 ) Simon J . and Catharine (Lintner)Eby ’s ch ildren are

, (7) Clinton L . Eby ,born January 27th,

1858,died September

3d ,1861

,aged 3 years

,7 months and 6

days . (7 ) Christian L intner Eby ,born June

l 6 th,185 9

,married Sadie ZellerS , ( 7 ) Anna

Elisabeth Eby ,born July 27 th

,1860 . Mar

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r ied Frankl in Snavely , ( 7 C layton S . Eby ,

born September 17 th,1862.

( 6 ) Amos N . Eby , was born February8th

,1835 . He d i ed February 9th,

186 0,

aged 25 years and 1day .

( 6 ) Henry N . Eby , was born August 16 th ,183 7 . He married ,

i n 1860,Mary S . Frank

,

(born in 1840 and died January 3d,187 6

,

aged 35 years,7 months and 16 days ) ,

daughter of Chris tian and Catharine (Snyder) Frank , of Warwick twp . ,

Lancas terCo . Her brothers and s is ters are describedin the Reis t” family .

( 6 ) H enry N . and Mary S . (Frank) Eby’s

children are, ( 7 ) Daniel F . Eby

,born Apri l

9th,186 2

,d ied October 8th,

1871,aged 9

years,5 months and 29 days

, ( 7 ) Amos F.

Eby,born October 4th,

1864, ( 7 ) Fannie F .

Eby,born May 3 l st , 186 6 , ( 7 ) Jonas F .

Eby,born January 3d ,

186 9,d i ed Septem

ber 2d,186 9

,aged 7 months and 30 days

,

( 7 ) Levi F . Eby , born May 13 th,1870

, ( 7 )Anna Mary Eby , born March 5 th,

187 3 .

( 6 ) Henry N . Eby,married the s econd time

in 1877,to Elisabeth Hos tetter

,daughter of

David and Maria ( Peiffer ) Hostetter. Shewas born in 1841. Her brothers and S is tersare mentioned i n the Hershey”

family .

( 6 ) Henry N . and Elisabeth (Hostetter)Eby ’s children are

, ( 7 Elisabeth H . and ( 7

Henry H . Eby,born

“

November 19th,1878

,

( 7 David H . Eby , born July 14th , 1880 .

( 5 ) Mary Eby was born May 3 l s t,

-180 1.

She married Jacob Yund t , of Elisabeth twp . ,

L ancaster Co .,Pa . Their children are ,

( 6 ) John Yundt, ( 6 ) Allen Yundt , ( 6 ) L evi Yundt , ( 6 ) Rebecca Yundt , ( 6 ) PollyYundt

, ( 6 ) Samuel Yundt , ( 6 ) Jacob Yundt.This family moved to Ill inois .

5 ) Rebecca Eby was born December 3d,

180 3 . She married John Bomberger .

(This family is described in the“Nissly

”

family .)( 5 ) Elias Eby was born February 2 l s t ,

180 6 . He d i ed September 11th,1862

,aged

5 6 years,6 months and 20 days . He was

married to El isabeth Erb , daughter ofJacoband Elisabeth ( Becker ) Erb , born June 1.9,th,

180 7 Died Augus t 15 th,185 5

,aged 48

years,1month and 27 days .

Jacob Erb was born March 7th,1781

,

died Ju l y l o th,1864

,aged 83 years

,4

months and 3 days . Elisabeth (Becker)Erb was born May 14th

,1782

,d i ed July

5 th aged 30 years,1 month and 20

days . Jacob Erb was a son of Chris tianand Ann ( Bomberger ) Erb . E l isabeth(Becker) Erb was a daughter of Chris tianand ( B rubacher) Becker .

( 5 ) E l ias and Elisabeth (Erb ) Eby’s chi l

dren are ,( 6 ) Simon P . Eby ,

born August l s t , 1827 .

He married , December 23d,1862

, Ame l i aF . Mengel , daughter of Henry and Hannah( Shaner) Mengel , of Berks Co .

, Pa .

( 6 ) Simon P . and Amelia F . (Meng el)Eby begat one son, ( 7 ) J ohn Henry Eby,

born December 4th,1872.

( 6 ) Mary E . Eby was born Apri l 5 th,

1834. She married John Longenecker , of

Lebanon Co .,Pa . Thei r children are , ( 7 )

Alice E . Longenecker , married to I saacB owman

,7 ) Will iam Heister Longenecker ,

( 7 ) Jenni e Longenecker , married toSnoke

, ( 7 Ralph Longenecker .

( 6 ) E l iza Ann Eby was born October12th

,1846

,died Oc tober 3d,

1878,aged 31

years,11months and 21days .

( 5 ) E l ias Eby married the second time toSarah Ann Myers

,widow of Allen Summy .

( 5 ) Elisabeth Eby was born October l 61h,

1808. She died January 3d, 1876 , aged 6 7years

,2 months and 17 days . She married

in 1827 Samuel Risser,son of Preacher

Chris tian and Catharine Risser,of War

wick twp . , Lancaster Co ., Pa . His brothers

and S is ters are , Christian , born 1799,

Preacher J ohn born 1801,Anna, born 1805 ,

46

Henry born 1809 . Samuel Risser died O ctober 6 th,

185 0,aged

( 5 ) Saniuel and Elisabeth(Eby) Risser’S

children are,

( 6 ) Anna E . R isser,born June l s t

,1828

She married Jacob K . Nissly ,son of Ja

cob and El isabeth (Kraybill ) Nissly ,of

East Donegal twp .

,Lancaster Co . His

brothers and s isters are mentioned in theEby”

family .

( 6 ) Jacob K . and Anna E . (Risser) Nissly

’

s chi ldren are,

( 7) Ellen R . Nissly ,born September 3d,

185 1. She married Jonas S . Mumma,son

ofJonas and Catharine (Sherk ) Mumnia .

( 7 ) Jonas S . and Ellen R . (Nissly) Mumma ’S children are

, (8) Frankl i n N . Mumma,

born June l st, 188 (8) Lizzie N . Mumma ,born January 2d

,187 3

, (8) Hall ie N . Mumma

,born December 14th,

1874. She diedDecember 14th,

1881,aged 7 years

, (8)Ellen Ruth Mumma, born August l st , 1876 .

( 7 ) Elisabeth R . Nissly was born September 29th,

185 6 . She married Henry S .

Hoffman,son of Chris tian and Anna (Sny

der) Hoffman .

( 7 ) Henry S . and Elisabeth R . (Nissly)Hoffman ’s children are

, (8) Mary N . Hoffman

,born Apri l 9th,

1877, (8) Jacob N .

Hoffman,born Apri l 27 th

,1881.

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( 7 ) Mati lda R . Niss ly was born December l st , 1858. She d i ed August 11th, 1882,aged 23 years

,8months and 10 days . She

married Joseph H abecker.

( 7 ) Joseph and Matilda R . (Niss ly)H abecker

’

s children are, (8) Anna N . Hab

ecker,born July 14th,

1878, (8) Bess ie N .

H abecker,born January 3d

,1881.

(6 ) Mary E . Risser,was born August 4th,

1831. She d ied May 2l st , 185 7 , aged 25

years , 9 months and 17 days . She marriedi n 185 5

,John M. Baer .

(6 ) Levi E . Risser was born Apri l 19th ,1834. He died Ju ly 17 th

,185 7

,aged 23

years,2 months and 28days .

(6 ) Jonas E . Risser was born September2o th , 183 7 . He married

,i n 18 Lizzie

Hershey,daughter of Benjamin and Catha

rine Hershey,ofManor t .

, Lancaster Co .,

Pa .

(6 ) Jonas E . and Lizzie Risser ’s childrenare

, (7 ) David H . Risser, (7 ) Anna H .

Risser .

(6 ) Reuben E . Risser was born June 29th,

1840 . He married,i n 186 5

,Sarah Hershey

,

daughter of I saac and Anna Hershey, of

East Donegal twp . ,Lancaster Co.

(6 ) Reuben E . and Sarah Risser ’s children are

, ( 7 ) Horace , (7) Philip , (7) Edith .

This family l ives in Nebraska .

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(6 ) Samuel W . Risser was born November l 6th,

1843 . He died January 15 th,

1869,aged 25 years

,1month and 29 days .

He married,i n 1866

,Frances Kraybill ,

daughter of John N . and Fannie Kraybill ,ofWest Donegal twp .

,Lancaster Co .

,Pa .

( 6 ) Samuel W . and Frances (Kraybill)Risser

's children are

, (7) Margie , (7 ) Susan .

(6 ) Joseph E . Risser was born September 25 th,

1846 . He d ied July 13 th,186 9

,

aged 22 years,9 months and 18days .

The mother of the above family,Lizzie

(Eby) Risser , married the second time toPre. Peter Risser , son of Jacob and Maria

(Snyder) Risser , of Mount Joy twp . , Lanca

’

ster Co .

,Pa . Pre . Peter Risser died June

2l st , 1864, aged 6 6 years , 10 months and 2

days . His brothers and s isters are , Pre .

J ohn Risser,married to Barbara Huber , and

Elisabeth Risser,married to John Hess .

( 5 ) Levi Eby was born December 3 l st ,1810 . He d ied Apri l 17 th , 1860 , aged 49years

,3 months and 17 days . He married

,

i n 183 7,Anna (Nissly) Gerber , widow of

Andrew Gerber,and daughter of Pre . John

and Anna (Hershey) Niss ly, of R apho twp . ,

Lancaster Co . , Pa . She was born Augus t 6 th,1810 . Died May l s t, 186 6 , aged 5 5 years , 8months and 26 days . Her brothers and S isters are mentioned in the “Niss ly

”family.

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ly, ( 7 ) Franklin E . Nissly, ( 7 Till i e E .

Nisslyr

( 6 ) A son born March 17 th, 1839 . Livedonly eight days .

( 6 ) Sarah N . Eby was born March 10 th,1841. She married John S . Nissly, son of

Deacon John and Barbara (Snyder ) Nissly .

( 6 ) John S . and Sarah N . (Eby) Nisslybegat children , viz

( 7 ) Charlotte E . Nissly, married to John B .

Hertzler . Their children are , (8 BerthaN . Hertzler .

( 7 ) Emma E . Nissly married to BenjaminM . Baer , ( 7 ) Phares E . Niss ly, ( 7 ) FranklinE . Niss ly, ( 7 ) Amelia E . Nissly, ( 7 ) SarahE . Nissly, (7 ) Mary E . Nissly.

( 6 ) F ianna N . Eby was born August 25th,1846 She married John G . Snyder , son of

Chr is tian W . and Mary (Gerber) Snyder,of West Donegal township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . H is brothers and s is ters are , Henry G .

Snyder, married to Anna Bomberger, Christian G . Snyder, married to Sue Flory,Anna G . Snyder , married to Chris tian N .

Newcomer .

(6 ) John G. and Fianna (Eby) Snyder’s

children are, ( 7 ) Levi E . Snyder, ( 7 ) Frances E . Snyder , ( 7 ) Emma E . Snyder, ( 7 )Chris tian E . Snyder, ( 7 Anna E . Snyder .

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( 6 ) Fannie N . Eby (Described in theNiss ly

”family) .

( 6 ) Rebecca N . Eby (Described in theNiss ly

”family ) .

( 5 ) Anna Eby was born January 28th,1815 . She d ied May 20 th, 187 9 , aged 64years

,3 months and 22 days . She married ,

in 1834, Samuel Hershey ( Preacher ) , son of

Christian and Elisabeth ( Snyder ) Hershey ,of Penn townsh ip , Lancaster Co . , Pa . H is

brothers and S is ters,are , Anna Hershey ,

married t o Preacher J ohn Niss ly ; Christ ianHershey , married to Susan Baer ; BarbaraHershey married to ElisabethHershey, married to Henry Niss ly ; JohnHershey , married to Barbara Reis t ; IsaacHershey , married to Anna Martin andNag l e ; Joseph Hershey d i ed s ingle ; MariaHershey, married to Samuel Nissly.

(5 ) Preacher Samuel and Anna (Eby)Hershey begat chi ldren , viz

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(6 ) Levi E . H ershsy, married to CatharineBuckwalter . Thei r ch ildren are , (7) JohnB . Hershey .

(6) Mary E . Hershey , married to MartinHess . Their ch ildren are , (7) Reuben .

(6 ) Henry E . Hershey , married to MarthaB rubacher. Their children are , ( 7 ) Samuel( 7 ) Lizzie , ( 7 ) Menno , ( 7 ) Anna , ( 7 ) Henry ,( 7 ) Mary, ( 7 ) Sarah .

( 6 ) Anna E . Hershey , married to JacobBecker . Their children are , ( 7 ) John , ( 7 )Jacob( 54) Andrew Eby was born October 27th,

176 9 . He married Elisabeth Stauffer,daughter of Jacob and Elisabeth Stauffer.H er bro thers and S isters are . CatharineStauffer, married to Michael Weber . Theirchi ldren are , Anna , Susan , Mary , Lyd ia ,Jacob , Michael . Anna Stauffer married toJ oseph Ebersole . Their children are, Jacob Susan Stauffer, married to Samuel Bauman . Their children are, Leah ,E l isabeth , Susan . Judith Stauffer , marriedto(4) Andrew and Elisabeth (Stauffer) Ebybegat chi ldren , viz "

( 5 ) Jacob Eby , married to Sall i e Boyer .Their children are , ( 6 ) Amos , ( 6 ) Jacob , ( 6 )Lizzie

, ( 6 ) Sarah , ( 6 ) Anna , ( 6 ) Susan , ( 6 )J ohn , ( 6 ) Samuel .( 5 ) Catharine Eby , married to GeorgeFry . Their ch i ldren are , ( 6 ) David . ( 5 )Catharine Eby married the second time,John Cover . Their children are , ( 6) Polly,( 6 ) Mattie , ( 6 ) Israel , ( 6 ) Abraham , ( 6 ) Susan .

( 5 ) Amos Eby , married to Catharine Plasterer . Their chi ldren are , ( 6 ) Henry, ( 6 )Lizzie, ( 6 ) Samuel .

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( 5 ) Mary Eby , married to John Gerber .Their ch ildren are , ( 6 ) Henry , ( 6 ) Samuel ,( 6 ) John , ( 6 ) Abraham , ( 6 ) Anna , ( 6 ) Andrew .

(5 ) Lizzie Eby , married to AbrahamBehm . Their chi ldren are , (6) John , (6 )L 1zz1e , (6 ) Abraham (6 ) Jacob , (6 ) Catharine , (6 ) Anna , (6 ) Elias .(5 ) Anna Eby , married to George Geib .

(4) Andrew Eby (the father of the abovefamily) , d i ed . H is widow married the second time, Abraham Shiffer . Their ch i ldren are , Susan Shiffer, married to PeterTschudy ; Abraham Shiffer married to Fianna Felke r.

(4) Catharine Eby was born October 3 o th ,17 7 1. She d ied March 4th, 185 6 . aged 84years , 4months and 5 days . She marriedJune 26 th, 17 92 Abraham Burkholder son

of B ishop Christian and Anna Burkholder,Earl township . Lancaster Co . , Pa . ThisChristian Burkholder came, with his mother (a W idow) , three bro thers and one s i ster ,from Germany to Ame11ca In the year 17 5 5 .

He was born in Germany , June l s t, 1746 .

and d i ed May 13 th , 180 9 , aged 62 years , 11months ahd 12 days . His wife ’s maidenname was Anna Groff. She d ied October11th, 17 95 .

Abraham Burkholder , son of B ishop

Chris tian and Anna Burkholder , was bornNovember 27th,

1768. He died January15 th , 1840 , aged 71 years , 1 month and 18

days .

(4) Abraham and Cathari ne (Eby) Burkholder begat chi ldren , viz "

(5 ) Chris tian Burkholder . born May 22d,17 93 . He d ied September 111h, 1872, aged7 9 years , 3 months and 19 days . He married Veronica Groff. Their children are ,

(6 ) Seth Burkholder , married to Magdalena Groff.

(6 ) Christian Burkholder, married to JohnB . Sensenig .

(6 ) Elias Burkholder , married to MariaB lai r .

(6 ) Ezra Burkholder Es"., married to

Magdalena A . Hoffman .

(6 ) Menno Burkholder , married to‘B ar

bara Hoover .

(6 ) Catharine Burkholder , married toJohn H . Martin .

(6 ) Maria Burkholder , married to HenryMeckley .

(6 ) Fannie Burkholder . married to AdamMoyer .

(6 ) Anna Burkholder, d ied S1ng le .

(6 ) Groff Burkho lder .

(6 ) Christian Burkholder , d i ed s ingle .

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(6 ) Peter Burkholder , married to Magdalena Kel l er .

(5 ) Catharine Burkholder, married firs t toPeter Wanner, and the second time to JosephWenger . Thei r chil dren are , (6 ) AbrahamWanner, (6) El isabeth Wanner, (6 ) MaryWanner, (6 ) Fannie Wanner, (6 ) PeterWanner

, (6 ) John Wenger, (6 ) JosephWenger.

(5 ) Abraham Burkholder , married to Fannie Stauffer . Their children are , (6 ) Is raelBurkholder, (6 ) Mary

—Ann Burkholder, (6 )Fann ie B urkholder .

(5 ) Jonas Burkholder .married to CatharineSander. Thei r children are , (6 ) SusanBurkholder, (6 ) I saac B urkholder, (6 ) JacobBurkholder

, (6 ) Samuel Burkholder, (6 )Elisabeth Burkholder, (6 ) Jos eph B urkho lder, (6 ) Catharine Burkholder, (6 ) MaryBurkholder .

(6 ) Anna Burkholder, married to J onasNolt . Their children are , (6 ) Jonas Nolt ,(6 ) Magdalena Nol t, (6 ) Catharine Nolt (6 )Pol ly Nolt , (6 ) Elisabeth Nolt , (6 ) AnnaNolt, (6 ) Susan Nolt,

"

(6 ) Lyd i a Nolt, (6 )Benjamin Nolt , (6 ) Menno Nolt , (6 ) SarahNolt .

(5 ) John Burkholder married to EstherSander. Their ch ildren are , (6 ) LeviBurkholder

, (6 ) Daniel Burkholder, (6 )

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David Burkholder, (6 ) Nancy Burkholder ,(6 ) Hettie Burkholder . The father marriedthe second time, Fannie Wenger. Thei rchildren are , (6 ) Abraham Burkholder, (6 )Elisabeth Burkholder .

(5 ) Mary Burkholder, s ingle .

(5 ) Susan Burkholder , married to Abraham Martin . Their children are , (6 ) Catharine Martin .

(5 ) Samuel Burkholder, d ied March 25 th,1858.

(4) Barbara Eby, born Apri l 29th,17 74.

She di ed March 13 th, 1843, aged 68

years , 10 months and 14 days . She married , February 2 l s t, 17 98, Joseph Snyder,of Canada West . He was born May 24th,17 72, and died October 27 th, 1843 , aged 71years , 5 months and 3 days .

(4) Joseph and Barbara (Eby) Snyderbegat chi ldren , viz "

(5 ) Catharine E . Snyder , married to Joseph Shantz . Their chi ld ren are,(6 ) Veronica Shantz , married to JosephWeaver.

(6 ) S imon Shantz , married to Jud i thStauffer .

(6 ) Moses Shantz , married to SusannaSnyden

(6 ) Barbara Shantz , married to MosesSprInger .

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(6) Mary Ann Shoemaker, married toJohn McNally.

(6) Magdalena Shoemaker, married toJ oel Clemmens .

(6 ) Elisabeth Shoemaker .(6 ) J oseph Shoemaker, d ied young .

(6 ) I saac Shoemaker , died young .

(6 ) Hannah Shoemaker , married to Casper Hett .

(6 ) Jacob S . Shoemaker, married to ElizaHall .

(6 ) I sabella Shoemaker , d ied young.

(6 ) S imon Shoemaker . died young .

(5 ) Veronica E . Snyder , married to DanielMartin . Their ch ildren are ,(6 ) Anna Martin , married to SamuelWeaver .

(6 ) Levi Martin , married to Mary Lichty .

(6 ) I saac Martin , died young .

(6) Barbara Martin , marri ed to BenjaminL . Eby .

(6) J oseph Martin , married to SusanLichty .

(6 ) Veronica Martin .

(6 ) Daniel Martin , married to MagdalenaEby .

(6 ) Tillman Martin , married to NancyMartin .

(6 ) Mary Martin , married to DanielCressman .

(6) Judith Martin , married to MennoWeidman .

(5 ) Mary E . Snyder , married to Christopher Nahrgang . Their children are

,

(6) Joseph Nahrgang ,married to Mary

Shantz .

(6) Elisabeth Nahrgang ,married to Benj a

min D . Shantz .

(6) John Nahrgang , married to MaryShantz .

(6 ) Barbara Nahrgang , married to AaronShantz .

(6 ) Isaac Nahrgang ,married to Catharine

Bricker .

(6 ) Mary Nahrgang ,married to Danie l

Shantz .

(6 ) I sabella Nahrgang ,married to Amos

Shantz .

(6) S imon Nahrgang , married to Li zzieSmith .

(5 ) Joseph E . Snyder (Deacon) , marri edto Sarah Shantz . Their children are .

(6) Isaac Snyder , d i ed young .

(6 ) Barbara Snyder , married to AbrahamHagey .

(6 ) David Snyder , married to ElisabethBricker and Sarah Meyer.

(6 ) Samuel Snyder , married to RebeccaFried .

(6 ) Mary Snyder , married to DavidBricker .

(6) Louisa Snyder , married to JohnTro"el .

(6 ) Lydia Snyder , married to John FerVier .

(6) Magdalena Snyder married to NathanBer y .

(6 Sarah Snyder,married to David

Thaler .

(6 ) Hannah Snyder , married to AaronShantz .

(5 ) Moses E . Snyder,married to Molly

Clemmens . Thei r children are,

(6 ) Barbara Snyder, married to NoahBetzner .

(6 ) Ezra Snyder , married to LucindaShantz .

(6 ) Magdalena Snyder , married to JohnSnyden

(6 ) Levi Snyder , married to Mary Betzner , and Magdal ena H i estand .

(6) Isaac Snyder , married to Mary AnnShantz .

(6 ) Mary Ann Snyder .

(6) Ephraim Snyder , married to Margarette Culp .

(6) Noah Snyder , (6) Moses Snyder , (6)Hannah Snyder , (6) Lucinda Snyder .(4) Anna Eby was born September 9th,

177 7 . She d ied Apri l 1829,aged 5 ]

years and 7 months . She married JacobWissler , of Clay township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . He d i ed i n 185 2, in his 7 7 th year .

(4) Jacob and Anna (Eby) Wissler begatchi ldren

,viz "

(5 ) Andrew Wissler , married to SarahSherk . Their children are , (6) Andrew , (6 )Jacob

,Elias

, (6) Anna , (6) Maria , (6 )Lucy

, (6 ) Sarah .

(5 ) Jacob Wissler , described in theNissly

”family.

(5 ) Christian Wissler, ,

married to AnnaHostetter . Their children are

, (6 ) Elisabeth

, (6 ) Benjamin , (6 ) Jacob , (6 ) MaryAnn .

(5 ) Magdalena Wissler , married to JacobLandis . Their ch ildren are

, (6) Jacob , (6)Ezra

, (6 ) Eliza , (6 ) Mary Ann .

(5 ) Ezra Wissler , married to Mary Bowman . Their children are

, (6) Aaron B ., (6 )

John B .

(5 ) John Wissler , married to HannahHeiser . Their children are

, (6) Frankl in ,6) Jacob , (6) Levi , (6 ) Aaron , (6 ) Hannah ,6 ) Angelia .

(5 ) Catharine Wissler , died S ingl e .(5 ) Mary Wissler , married to Levi Erb .

Their children are, (6 ) Mary Ann , (6 )

Lizzi e .

(5 ) Levi Wissler , married to Fanny Hess .Their children are

, (6 ) John , (6 ) Levi , (6)Jacob

, (6) Samuel , (6 ) Anna , (6 ) Barbara ,(6 ) Fannie , (6 ) Mary , (6 ) Hannah .

(6 ) Samuel Wissler , married to Jane Robinson . Their children are

, (6) John , (6 ) Ezra ,(6) Levi , (6 ) Samuel , (6 ) Mary , (6 )(4) George Eby , was born September

3oth,17 79 . Died i n his 14th year.

(4) Maria Eby was born November 4th,

1781. Died April 9 th,1783

,aged 1year

,5

months and 5 days .

(4) Benjamin Eby (Bishop) was born May2d,

1785,died June 28th

,185 3

,aged 68

years,1 month and 26 days . He married

February 25 th,1807

,Maria B rubacher

,

daughter of Jacob and Susan (Erb) B rubacher , of Elisabeth township , LancasterCo . Maria B rubacher was born August6 th, 1789 , d i ed August 18th, 1834, aged 45years and 12 days .

(4) Benjamin and Maria ( B rubacher) Eby,moved to Canada West, i n the year 180 7 .

He was ordained to the ministry,November

27th,180 9 . He was ordained as Bishop ,

O ctober 11th, 1812.

(4) Benjamin and Maria ( B rubacher) Ebybegat children , viz "

(5) Isaac Eby , born July 3o th , 1808. H emarried

,in 1831

,Veronica Shoemaker,

daughter of John and Mary (Shantz) Shoemaker . - Her brothers and s isters are

,

Jacob , married to Elisabeth Snyder ; I saac "

John , married to Veronica Seiler ; Barbara ,married to John Roat ; Mary , married toMichael Meyers ; Joseph ; Magdalena , marri ed to Barnabas Dewitt ; David , ma rri edfirs t to Margarette Nickerbocker, and as h iss econd wife . to Louisa Nickerbocker.

(5 ) Isaac and Veronica (Shoemaker) Eby,begat ch ildren , viz

(6) Menno Eby , married to Mary Elisabeth S . Becker . Their children are

, (7 )Eve Magdalena , (7 ) Sophia Mar ia , (7 ) Louisa Matilda

, (7 ) Ale"ander, (7 ) I da Isabella

, (7 ) Leander , (7 ) Menno , (7 ) Nell ie Grace .(6) Mary Eby, married to Abraham Groff.

Their children are , (7 ) Susan , (7 ) Levi , (7)Leah , (7 ) Ezra , (7 ) Maria , (7 ) Lydia Ann ,(7 ) Matilda, (7 ) Isaac Eby . (7 ) Hannah , (7 )Emma , (7 ) Abraham , (7 ) Benjamin , (7)Jacob .

(6 ) Isaac S . Eby, married to El isabethStauffer . Their ch ildren are

, (7 ) Maria , (7Veronica, (7 Harriet, (7) Isaiah , (7 ) Martha ,(7 ) Angel ia , (7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Leander , (7 )J emima , (7 ) Benjamin .

(6 ) Daniel Eby, married Frances Myers .

Their children are , (7 ) Emma Zelena, (7 )Asa Theophilus , (7 ) Effa Zilpha .

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(6 ) Chris tian Eby , married to CatharineClemmens . Their ch ildren are , (7 ) Lyd iaAnn , (7 ) James Edward , (7 ) Isabella, (7 )Jacob , (7 ) Foster(6 ) Theodore Eby , married to Susan Reist.(6 ) Barnabas Eby .

(6) Ezra E. Eby . married to Mary AnnClemmer . Their children are , (7 ) I ra, (7 )Odo, (7 ) I on , (7 ) Leo .

(6 ) Benjamin S . Eby , married to H elenZeigl er .

(6 ) Lydia Ann Eby .

(5 ) Elias Eby was born February 22d,1810

,died June l st, 1878, aged 68 years , 3

months and 9 days . He married , in 1834,Anna Weaver

,daughter of Benjamin and

Veronica (Martin) Weaver . Her brothersand s is ters are mentioned in the Brubacher” family .

(5 ) Elias and Anna (Weaver) Eby begatchildren , viz

Jos iah Eby .

Mary Eby .

Benjamin W . Eby, married to HannahKraft . Their children are, (7 ) Norman , (7Lydia Ann , (7 ) Albert , (7 ) Laura .

(6 ) Magdalena Eby, married to Isaac E .

Shantz . Their children are , (7 ) Josiah , (7 )Tillman , (7 ) Edmund, (7 ) Elmira, (7 ) MaryAnn , (7 Milton .

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witt . The ir children are, (7 ) Albert , (7 )

Edwin , (7 ) Malinda , (7 ) Melissa , (7 ) Noah ,(7 ) Mary .

(6 ) Peter E . Weaver,married to Magda

lena Clemmens .

(6 ) Magdalena Weaver, married to AmosWeaver . Thei r children are

, ( 7) MaryAnn

, (7 ) Ida , (7 ) Allen , (7 ) Lucinda , (7 )Menh o , (7 ) Solomon .

(6 ) Veronica Weaver , married to JacobKins ie . Their ch ildren are , (7 ) Elam , (7 )Rosetta

, (7 ) Isaiah , (7 Agabu ,s (7 ) L uahna .

(6 ) Theodore Weaver, married to SarahWoolner . Their ch ildren are

, (7 ) Susanna ,(7 ) S imon , (7 ) Celina , (7 ) Hannah .

(6 ) Henry Weaver , married to Anna'

Zeller. Their children are, (7) Ada Cecil ia .

(6 ) Lucinda Weaver , married to Eli C .

Shantz . Their children are , (7 Velina .

(6 ; Mati lda Weaver , married to CasperSmith . Their Chl ld’ en are

, (7) Harvey , (7)Milton .

(5 ) Maria Eby was born March 14th,

1816 . She married ,i n 1840

,William Bom

berger, son of Christian and Mary (Erb)

Bomberger . His brothers and s is ters are,

Emanuel,Maria

,John

,Chris topher , Jacob .

(5 ) Benjamin Eby was born Februaryl o th

,1818. He married , in 1842, Elisabeth

Cressman,daughter of Abraham and Mary

(Snyder) Cressman . Her brothers andS isters are

,Daniel

,married to Anna Eby

and Veronica Eby ; Samuel , married toBarbara Cressman Joseph Mary , marriedto Preacher Christian Eby Jacob, marriedto Susan Snyder ; Esther Abram , marriedto Susan Snyder and Mary W issmer ;

J ohn,married to Mary Shantz Isaac , mar

ried to Barbara Snyder and Elisabeth Snyder ; Amos , married to Anna Martin ;Nancy

,married to Daniel Bowman .

(5 ) Benjamin and Elisabeth (Cressman)Eby begat children

,viz

(6 ) Mary Eby , married to J ohn Erb .

Their chi ldren are, (7 ) Angeline , (7 ) Sarah .

(6 ) Amos Eby , married to Hetti e Moyer .Their children are

, (7 ) Allan , (7 ) Louisa ,(7 ) Matilda , (7 ) Norman , (7 ) J os iah , (7 ) Ida .

(6 ) Leah Eby ,married to Moses Kins ie .

Their chi ldren are , (7 ) Simon , (7 ) Lavina .

(6 ) Sarah Eby , married t o David Moyer .Their ch i ldren are

, (7 ) Lucinda , (7 ) Urias ,( 7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Adali ne , (7 ) Phoebe , (7 ) Ida ,(7) Sarah .

(6 ) Susan Eby , died young .

(5 ) Henry Eby was born January 25 th,

1820 . He married,i n 1843

,Elisabeth Bow

ers , daughter of Samuel and Lyd ia (Sowers)Bowers . Her brothers and sisters are

,

Harriet,married to Robert Barber Lou isa

,

married to Gabriel Bowman ; I saac W . ,

married to Jane Camp ; Will iam ,marri ed

to,Mary Ann Collins Jacob S married to

Elisabeth Quickfall Lev i , married toSamuel , married to Jane Flowers ;

Lavina , married to David Kilborn ; MaryAnn , married to Jacob W . Bowman .

(5 ) Henry and Elisabeth (Bowers ) Ebybegat chi ldren v iz

(6 ) Julia Ann Eby , married to RichardC . Cowan . Their chi ldren are , (7) RobertHenry

, (7 ) William Craig, (7 ) Charl es Ed

ward, (7 ) Walter Richard , (7 ) Thomas Al

bert, (7 ) Maria Louisa , (7 ) Richard Eby ,

( 7 ) Frederi ck Harold , ( 7 ) Alice Olga .

( 6 ) Harriet Eby , married to Isaac B .

Burkholder . Thei r chi ldren are ( 7 ) Arthur Henry

, ( 7 Daniel Fairford 7 ) Alfred ,( 7 Mary Alice .( 6 ) Adalaide Eby , married to Daniel C .

Bowman .

( 5 ) Preacher Chris tian Eby was bornJune 19th,

1821. He was ordained to theminis try in 1854. He d ied in 185 9 . Hemarried

,in 1843

,Mary Cressman , daughter

of Abraham and Mary (Snyder) Cressman .

(Her brothers and S i sters have been mentioned)( 5 ) Christian and Mary (Cressman) Ebybegat children , viz

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(6 ) Moses Eby , (6 ) Christian Eby— bothchildren died young .

(5 ) Abraham Eby was born November2 l st

,1823 . He marri ed , i n 1843

,Lucy

H embling ,daughter of Noah and Hanna

(Rose) H embling . Her brothers and S isters are

,William

,married to Mary Derstein

and Elisabeth Martin J eremia,married to

Susan Jones ; E lenor,married to Jacob

Hoffman ; Mary ; Jacob ; Sarah ; Rachel .(5) Abraham and Lucy ( H embling) Eby

begat children,viz

(6 ) Hannah Eby , married to Jonas Detweiler . Their children are

, ( 7 ) Louisa , (7 )Lucy Ann

, (7 ) Adelaide , ( 7 ) Mary , (7 ) I rwin

, (7 ) Hannah , (7 ) Magdalena .

(6 ) Magdalena Eby , married to John Auman . Their children are

, ( 7 ) Edward , ( 7 )Lu cy

, (7 ) Henry , (7 ) Ida , (7 ) Charlotte , (7 )Oscar

, (7 ) Angeline .

(6 ) Tillman Eby .

(6 ) Phoebe Eby , married to Henry Lachman . Their children are

, (7 ) Lucy E tta ,(7 ) Charles , (7 ) Mary Ann , (7 ) Albert , (7 )I saac

, (7 ) Leah , (7 ) Will iam .

(6 ) Herman Eby , married to Mary AnnH e iseman. Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Lill i e ,(7 ) Allan , (7 ) Adalaide , (7 ) Estella , (7 )H ermenia .

(6 ) Edward Eby .

(6 ) Noah Eov married to Susan Hilborn .

Their children are, ( 7) Abram , (7 Edward ,

(7 ) Charlotte .

(6 ) Charlotte Ebv°

(6) Dianna Eby ; (6 )Wil l iam Eby

,marr1ed to Susan Galer ; (6 )

Isaac H . Eby .

(5 ) Jacob B . Eby was born March 24th,1826 . He married

,in 1845

,Lucy Kauff

man , daughter of Andrew and Mary (Erb)Kauffman . Her brothers and s is ters are

,

Solomon , married to _Elisabeth Bauman andMary Ann Groff ; Allan , married to Hannah Zeigler ; Urias ; Wil liam ; Joseph ;Charles

,marr ied to

h

Polly,mar

ried to John Hohn and Elias B . SnyderNancy

,married to Isaac C . Bowman ; Car

o line,mar1ied to J ohn B . Knorr ; Magda

lena .

(5 ) Jacob B . and Lucy (Kauffman) Ebybegat children

,viz "

(6 ) Frankl in Eby , married to HuldahButler .

(6 ) Andrew Eby . married to MagdalenaSoeder . Their children are , (7 ) Oscar , (7 )Herbert .

(6 ) Amelia Eby , married to Hugh S treets .Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Lucy , (7 ) Franklin ,(7 ) Mary , (7 ) Nancy , (7 ) Russel .

(6 ) B landinah Eby , married to Will iam

Bridon . Their ch ildren are , (7 ) Andrew ,

(7) Charles , (7 ) Agnes . (7 ) Maud .

(6 ) Magdalena Eby , married to CharlesFind lay . Their ch ildren are

, (7 ) Jacob , ( 7 )Agnes

, (7 ) Lloyd , (7 ) Stanley .

(6 ) Nancy Eby ; (6 ) Caroline Eby ; (6 )U rias Eby ; (6 ) Henry Eby ; (6 ) DanielEby ; (6 ) Allan Eby ; (6 ) Ida Eby (6 ) Emma Eby ; (6 ) Jacob Eby .

(5 ) Jacob B . Eby married the secondtime

,E lisabeth Schill , daughter ofJohn

"

andAnna Martha (Hildebrand ) Schi ll . HerS i ster Anna Martha , married Adam Gotts l

leben .

(5 ) Jacob B . and Elisabeth (Schill) Ebybegat ch i ldren , v iz"( 6 ) Jacob B . Eby .

(5 ) Peter Eby was born February 28th,

1828. He married,i n 1848

, Susan Sparrow,

daughter of Thomas and Sarah (West)Sparrow . Her brothers and sis ters are

,

Robert ; John W . ; Thomas W .,married to

Lyd ia Weethee ; Mary Ann ; Kezia W .,

married to William Prest ; Caroline , married to Isaac Anderson ; John Wesley , married to Libby Robinson .

(5 Peter and Susan ( Sparrow ) Eby beg at children , viz "( 6 ) I sidore Emanuel Eby , married toAgnes A . Stoddard . Thei r ch ildren are

,

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( 7 Mary Florence , ( 7 ) Lill i e Margarette ,( 7 Albert Henry , ( 7 ) Catharine Norman .

(Here ends the Eby”family . )

RETURN AGA IN To (4) JACO B B R UB AC H E R .

(4) Jacob and Maria (Eby) B rubacherbegat chi ldren

, viz "

(5 ) Susan B rubacher was born February6 th,

1808. She married,March 2l st, 1826 ,

Jacob B rubacher, son of Daniel and Elisabeth (Stauffer) B rubacher, of Lebanon Co .

,

Pa . (His brothers and S isters are describedin (2) Daniel B rubacher

’

s family .)(5 ) Jacob and Susan ( B rubacher) Bru

bacher begat chi ldren, viz "

(6 ) Peter B . B rubacher, born in 1828.

He married , in 185 1,Elisabeth Land is ,

daughter of Christian and Mary Land is .Her brothers and S isters are

,

Lev i Land is,married to Mary B uckwal

ter . Thei r children are,Elam

,Hettie

,

Amanda,Mary

,Lydia

,Emma .

Anna Land is,married to Peter Hershey.

Their children are . Christian , Anna , Henry ,Mary

,Land is .

Catharine Land is,married to Preacher

Christian Risser . Their children are,Reu

ben,Mary

,Amos

,Henry , Christian .

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(6) Maria B . B rubacher, born in 1832.

She marri ed,in 185 7

,Amos Weaver , son

of J onathan and Anna Weaver . His brothers and S is ters are ,Samuel Weaver

,married to Anna Mar

tin . Their children are , John , Mary , Anna ,Barbara

,Lizzie .

David Weaver , married to Lyd ia Wittmer . Their Children are , Is rael , Anna .

Martin Weaver , married to Barbara Reif.Their ch ildren are , Amanda, Aaron , Maria ,J onathan , Barbara .

Mary Weaver , married to John Sensenig.

Thei r chi ldren are,Amos , Mary Ann .

Jonathan Weaver , married to Sarah Moyer . Their chi ldren are

,Anna

,Moyer, Het

tie,Joseph , Barbara , David , Elam ,

Sarah .

Jos iah Weaver,married to Mary Peifer .

Their chi ldren are, Samuel , John .

Ezra Weaver,married to L izzie Zimmer

man . Their children are,Catharine

,Amos

,

Anna,Jonathan , Mary , Jacob , Lyd ia .

Amos Weaver d ied in 186 2. His widow,

(6) Maria B . Weaver,married the s econd

time in 186 3, John Erb , son of Daniel and

Mary Erb, of Penn township , Lancaster Co .

,

Pa . His brothers and sis ters are,

El isabeth Erb,married to Christian B .

Peifer . Their ch ildren are,Daniel

,Mary

,

Martin,Lizzie .

_75 _

Anna Erb,married to Benjamin Baer .

Their children are,Adal ine

,Mary

,Benj a

min,Daniel , Lizzie .

Mary Erb,marri ed to Jacob B rubacher

,

of Lancas ter township,Lancas ter Co .

,Pa .

Their children'

are,Chris tian

,Benjamin

, Jacob , Samuel , Daniel , David , Maria , Susan .

David Erb,married to Catharine Groff.

Their children are,Israel G .

,Maria

,Ada

l ine .Daniel Erb

,married to Susan Stauffer .

Their chi ldren are,Mary

,Harry

,Anna

Susan,Welli ngton S .

,Emma Frances ,

TillyAgnes

,Daniel S Willes S

John Erb , died February 11th,1872

,aged

3 6 years,10 months and 11days .

(6 ) John B . B rubacher,born January

27 th,183 6 . He died

,in 185 3

,in h is 17 th

year .

(6 ) Elisabeth B . B rubacher,born Jan

uary 181h,1842. She d ied March 23d

1871,aged 29 years

,2 months and 5 days .

She married , in 186 3,Chris tian Oberholt

zer , son of Christian and Anna (Hess)Oberholtzer . His brothers and S is ters are

,

John Oberholtzer , married to MariaGroff. Their children are

,Franklin

,Mary

,

Susan,Emma .

Henry Oberhol tzer , married to Lavina

Reist . Their ch ildren are , Henry , Florence ,Ida May .

Hettie Oberholtzer .Anna Oberholtzer

,married to Henry Moy

er. Their children are,Daniel

,Anna

,Alice .

(6 ) Chris tian and Elisabeth ( B rubacher)Oberholtzer begat children

,viz "

(7 ) Jacob B . Oberholtzer,born June 15 th,

1864.

(7 ) Christian B . Oberholtzer,born Sep

tember 3d,186

( 6 ) Christian Oberholtzer , married thesecond time

,to Lydia Weaver

,daughter of

Frank and Weaver .( 6) Christian and L ydia (Weaver) Oberholtzer begat children

,viz " H enry

,Anna

Mary .

(5 ) Mary B rubacher was born Octobe r14th,

1809 . She was married,i n 1828

,to

John Reist son of Christian and BarbaraReist

, ofWarwi ck township , Lancaster Co .,

Pa . J ohn Reist was born March 16 th,1805

,

and d ied June 6 th,187 7

,aged 72 years , 2

months and 20 days . His brothers andS i sters are

,

Elisabeth Reist,married to Joseph Eby .

Their chi ldren are,Anna

,Eliza

,Jacob

, Joseph,

Maria,Samuel .

Anna Reist,married to John Stehman.

Their chi ldren are,Polly

,E l isabeth

,Fannie .

7 7

Barbara Reis t , married to John Hershey .

Their chi ldren are,one

,d ied young .

Jacob Reis t,d ied S ingl e.

(5 ) John and Mary ( B rubacher) Reis tbegat chi ldren , viz

(6 ) Anna B . Reis t , born June 2o th , 1829 .

She married,October 23d,

1849, Henry S .

Niss ly (Deacon ) , son of Deacon John andBarbara (Snyder) Nissly, of Mount Joytownship

,Lancas ter Co .

, Pa .

Henry S . Nissly ,born in 1827 . His

brothers and sisters are described in theEby”

family .

(6 ) Henry S . and Anna B . (Reis t) Nisslybegat chi ldren

,viz

(7 ) Levi R . Nissly ,born Ju ly 17 th,

185 0 .

He married,in 1871

,L izzi e L . Nissly,

daughter of Christian H . and Barbara (Lindemuth ) Nissly ,

of Mount J oy township ,Lancaster Co .

, Pa . His bro thers and s is

ters are mentioned in the Reis t” family .

Levi R . and Lizzie L . (Nissly) Nisslybegat children

,viz (8) Henry , (8) C hris

tian, (8) L izzie , (8) Frances , (8) Katie .

(7 ) Fannie R . Nissly,born April 24th,

185 2. Died January 27th,1858

,aged 5

years , 9 months and 3 days .(7 ) Barbara R . Nissly ,

born June 9th,

185 5 . Died September 3d,185 5

,aged 2

months and 24days .

( 7) Maria R . Nissly,born June 9 th,

185 5 .

Died March 27 th,185 7

,aged 1 year

,9

months and 18 days .

(7 ) Amos R . Niss ly ,born November 19 th,

185 7 . He married ,i n 1883

,Frances L .

Baer,daughter of Samuel R . and Amelia

(Lane) Baer . Her S i s ter , Anna L . Baer,i s

married to Mart in K . B rubacher, son of

Jonas and Leah (Keller) B rubacher.

(7 ) Anna R . Nissly ,born December 21s t,

185 9 . She married , December 2o th , 1878,Abraham L . Nissly ,

.son of Jacob W . andMary (Lindemuth) Nissly , of Mount Joytownship , Lancaster Co .

, Pa . His brothersare

,Clayton L . Nissly,

married to Sarah R .

Nissly Martin L . Niss ly .

( 7) Henry R . Nissly ,bornJune 27th,

186 3 .

(7 ) Amanda R . Niss ly, born July 2oth,

1868.

(6 ) Henry B . Reis t was born March 16 th ,1832. He died March 14th

,1879

,aged 46

years , 11months and 27 days . H e married,

in October 185 3,Catharine S . Gerber

,

daughter Of John and Catharine (Siechrist)Gerber. Her bro thers and s isters are ,Anna S. Gerber

,married to John Long

enecker (Deacon) . Their children are,

Jnhn

,Levi , Katie , Anna , Christian , Lizzie ,

ary.

Mary S . Gerber,married to Christian W.

Snyder . Their children are , John G Henry G.

,Chris tian G .

John S"Gerber , married to Susan Erb .

Their chi ldren are,Anna

,Henry

,Amos

,

John,Kate

,Mary

, S imon , Harriet, Samuel .Christian S . Gerber

,married to Anna

Lindemuth . Their children are,Jacob

,

Mary,John , Chris tian , Katie , Barbara .

Fannie S . Gerber,married to David L .

Mi l ler . Their children are , John .

(6 ) Henry B . and Catharine (Gerber)Reist begat children

,viz "

(7 ) Eli G . Reist,born March 9th,

185 5 .

He married,i n 1881

,Fianna E . Niss ly ,

daughter of Christian S . and Mary N . (Eby)Nissly . Her brothers and S is ters are mentioned in the

“ Eby”family .

(7 ) Eli G . and Fianna E . (Nissly) Reis tbe at ch ildren , viz (8) Lawrence .

7 ) John G . Reist,born Apri l 3d,

1857 .

(7 ) Mary G . Reis t,born Augus t 1l th

,

185 9 . She married,in 1881

,Samuel S .

Krabill,son of Peter and Fannie (Snyder)

Krabill . His brothers and S is ters are mentioned in the Nissly

”family .

(7 ) Samuel S . and Mary G . (Reis t) Krabil l begat children

, viz " (8) I ra .

(7 ) Henry G . Reist,born May 27th,

1862.

(7 Emma G . Reist,born April 4th,

186 6 .

(7 ) Anna G. Reis t,born Jan . 8th , 1869 .

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(6 ) Christian B . Reist, born August S l st ,1834. He d i ed February 24th,

186 2,aged

27 years,5 months and 21 days . He mar

ried,December 2l s t

,1861

,Barbara Rutt

,

daughter of David and Magdalena Rutt, of

Manor township,Lancaster Co .

,Pa . Her

brothers and s is ters are,

Elisabeth Rutt,married to Henry Huber .

Their children are,Mary

,Lizzie

,Martha

,

Anna .

Jacob M . Rutt , married to Anna Kreider .They had one child ,

Anna .

Jacob M , Rutt , married the second time ,Maria H . B rubacher. This family is mentioned in the B rubacher

”family .

David Rutt , married to Anna Kreiderand Mary Kendiz . Their children are

,

Chris tian , Emma , Susan , Benjamin , MaryDavid

,Frances .

Martha Rutt,married to David E . Nissly.

Their family is mentioned in the Nissly”

family .

Mary Ann Rutt,married to Abraham

Newcomer . Their children are,Ali ce

,

Amos,Martha , Abraham ,

Mary,Ellen

,

Lizzie .

Christian M . Rutt,marr1ed to L yd ia

Kauffman and Susan H err . Their childrenare , Ida , Edes .

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(7 ) Maria R . Nissly ,born December l st,

185 9 . Married to George R . Risser .(7 ) Peter R . Nissly ,

born September 6 th,

186 3 .

(7 ) Fannie R . Nissly ,was born March

31sn 186 7 .

(6 ) Barbara B . Reist was born Octoberl st

,183 9 . She married

,November 9 th

,

1858, Henry S . Snavely,( born November

2 l st,

son of Henry and Mary Ann

(Stauffer) Snavely , of Penn township , Lancaster Co . His S is ter, Mary Ann Snavely ,married Martin N . B rubacher, described inthe “ B rubacher family .

(6 ) Henry S . and Barbara B . (Reis t)Snavely begat chi ldren , viz "

( 7 ) Martin R . Snavely , born December17 th

,185 9 .

(7 ) Maria R . Snavely , born November13 th

,186 1.

(7 ) Lizzie R . Snavely ,born Apri l 27 th

,

186 3 .

(7 ) Henry R . Snavely , born July 26 th,

186 5 .

(7 ) Barbara R . Snavely , born January3158186 7 .

(7 ) John R . Snavely , born March 26 th,

1874. He d ied , December 25 th,1880

, aged6 years

,8months and 29 days .

(6 ) John B . Reist was born April 16 th ,

1842. He married ,October 25 th,

1868,to

Fannie S . Frank , daughter of Christian andCatharine (Snyder) Frank , of Warwicktownship

,Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . H er brothersand S i sters are ,John Frank , married to Anna Hess . Their

children are,Amos

,Christian

,Henry , John .

H enry Frank,married to

QSusan Hess .

Their children are,Anna

,Jonas, Henry .

Mary Frank,married to Henry N . Eby .

(This family is mentioned in the Eby”

family.) 1

Anna Frank , married to Jonas HessTheir children are

,Lizzie

,Kate

,Christian

,

Fannie , Henry , Jonas , E l len , Anna .

Chris tian Frank , married to Mary Risser .Thei r children are

,El la

,Lizzie

,Emma

,

Ada,Mamie

,Levi , Chris tian , Harry .

(6 ) John B . and Fannie S . (Frank) Reistbegat children

,viz "

(7 ) Katie F . Reis t , born March 3d,187 3 .

(7 ) Clara F . Reist, born August 6 th,1875 .

(7 ) Anna F . Reist, born July 29th, 187 9 .

(7 ) Henry F . Reist, born Feb . 261h,1881.

(7 ) John F . Reis t born September 13 th,

1883,died October 9 th

,aged 26 days .

(6 ) Jacob B . Reis t was born September18th

,1844. He married

,November 16 th,

186 5,Mary E . Peifer , daughter of Chris

tian B . and E l isabeth (Erb) Pe ifer , of East

H empfield township , Lancaster Co .,Pa .

Her brothers and S isters are,

Daniel E . Peifer, married to Maria Huber.Their children are

,Monroe

,Phares

,Lizzie

,

Henry .

Martin E . Peifer, married to Mary AnnKreider . Their chi ldren are

,

Lizzie E . Peifer,d i ed S ingle.

(6 ) JacobE . and Mary E . (Peifer) Reistbegat chi ldren

,viz "

(7 ) Amelia P . Reis t . born Nov .16th,186 7 .

(7 ) Lizzie P . Reist , born Feb . 16 th,186 9

(7 ) Amos P . Reist , born January 25 th,

187 1,died April 2 l st, 1872

,aged 1 year,

2 months and 26 days .

(7 ) Mary P . R eis t . born Oct. 16th , 1872.

(7 ) Amanda P . Reist , born December8th

,1874.

(7 ) Christian P . Reis t, born October 22d,187 6 , d i ed , March 2 l s t, 187 7

,aged 4

months and 30 days .

7 ) Adaline P . Reis t, born Dec . 3d, 1878.

7

;Emma P . Reis t, born July 14th , 1880 .

7 Susan P . Reis t, born Nov . 8th , 1882.

6 ) Sarah B . Reist was born January 16 th ,1847 . She married , October 29 th, 186 7 ,Is rael G . Erb , son of David W . and Catharine (Groff) Erb , of Penn township , L ancaster Co .

, Pa . His brothers and sis ters are,Maria Erb, married to Daniel Landis .

Thei r children are,Emma , David . Maria

Erb, married the second time Christian W.

Kreider. Their children are , Katie .Adal ine Erb . married to John B rubacher.

Their chi ldren are , Wayne .

(6 ) I s rael G . and Sarah B . (Reis t) Erbbegat children . viz

(7 ) Emma R . Erb , born Oct . 27 th, 1870 .

(7 ) Mary R . Erb,born March 7 th

,1874

(7 ) Katie R . Erb, born July 5 th, 1878.

(7 ) Minni e R . Erb , born June 20 th, 1883 .

(6 ) Samuel B . Reist was born Apri l 2o th .

1849,died , February 19 th,

185 2,aged 2

years,7 months and 29 days .

(6 ) Catharine B . Reis t was born December 3d

,1851. She married November 19 th,

1871, Chris tian L . Nissly, son of Christ ianH . and Barbara (Lindemu th) Nissly, 0 1

Mount Joy township , Lancas ter Co . , Pa.His brothers and S isters are

,

Mary L . Nissly,married to Jacob H er

shey . Their children are , Amanda , Ephraim ,

Jacob , Isaac , Barbara , Christian .

Amanda L . Nissly ,married to Henry

Meckley . Their ch ildren are mentionedels ewhere .

Lizzie L . Nissly,married to Levi R .

Nissly. Their family is mentioned els ewhere.

(6) Chris tian L . and Catharine B . (Reis t)N iss ly begat chi ldren , viz "

( 7) Emma R . Nissly, born Augus t 19th,

1872. Died,August 22d,

1875,aged 3

years and 3 days .

(7 ) Alman R . Nissly, born Feb . 7 th, 1874.

( 7 ) Martin R . Nissly ,born June 8d

,187 6 .

(7 ) John Franklin Nissly,born December

26m,1880 .

(5 ) Catharine B rubacher was _born February 22d

,18l 1. She died October 2o th ,

185 5,aged 44 years , 10 months and 28

days . She married Benjamin Hershey , son

of Preacher Benjamin and Veronica (Snyder) Hershey, of Penn township , LancasterC Pa .

B enjamin Hershey was born October26 th ,

1804,d i ed Oc tober 4th,

1882,aged

years,11 months and 8 days . His

brothers and S is ters are,

Anna Hershey , married to John Snavely .

Mentioned in the Snavely”family .

Preacher Jacob Hershey,married to An

na Reist , Elisabeth Reis t and Barbara Zimmerman Their chi ldren are

,

John , married to Kraybill ; Esther ,married to Henry Hess ; Susan . married t oJ onas W . Eby ; E liza , married to Henry S.

S tauffer ; Jacob , married to Fanny Huber ;Martha

,married to Chris tian W . Eby (Dea

con) ; Barbara . married to Jacob Erb ; Peter ,married to Anna Hess .Maria Hershey, married to Christian

H ernly, their children are ,Samuel ; Fannie , married to John Geib ;Martha

,marri ed to Henry Strickler ; Su

san ; Polly ,married to B enjamin Longe

necker ; Barbara , married to Joseph Gonnelly ; Christian , married to CatharineBucher ; Benjamin , married to Eliza Erb ;Anna ; Catharine . married to Daniel B .

Erb Sarah,married to J ohn Heller.

Catharine Hershey , married to JacobStauffer . Their ch ildren are

,

Benjamin,married to Susan Erb ; Peter ,

married to Anna N . Newcomer ; Anna ;Fannie

,married to Chris tian W . Snyder ;

Joseph ; Christian , married to CatharineNiss ly ; Mary ; Jacob . married to E l isabethN . Newcomer ; Abraham , married to Lizzi eKreider ; Henry , married to Susan B . Harnish ; John ; Samuel , marri ed to Susan E .

Greider, ofOhio .

Veronica Hershey, married to JosephReis t and Deacon Isaac Kauffman .

Barbara Hershey married'

to Jacob Ebersole . Their children are , Anna , married toAaron Brenneman .

Joseph , married to Lizzi e He is e .

(5 ) Benj amin and Catharine (B rubacher)Hershey, died chi ldless .

(5 ) Sem B rubacher was born January11th, 1813 . He married

,in 1834

,Magda

lena Nissly, eldest daui ter of Martin0

andAnna (Bomberger) N issly, of R apho township , Lancaster Co .

,Pa .

Martin Nissly was born November 6th ,

1788. He died June 24th. 1872,aged 83

years , 7 months and 18 days . He was ason of Bishop Samuel and Barbara (Greider)Nissly ,

of R apho township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . Bishop Samuel Nissly was born in1761

, and died Augus t , 1838. He was ason of John NiSSly,

ofMount Joy township ,L ancas ter Co . His mother ’s maiden namewas

“ Siechrist His brothers and S is tersare , Michael , Abraha

'm ,John , Jacob , Martin ,

Fannie . John Nissly was a son of JacobNissly, who emigrated to America fromGermany and settl ed in Mount Joy township

,Lancaster Co .

, Pa .

Bishop Samuel Nissly is the 3d generat ion in America . His wife, Barbara Greider, was a daughter of Martin Greider, of

Eas t H empfield township,Lancaster Co ,

Pa. Her brothers and S is ters cannot befully traced up any more .The following is a description of Barbara

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ma) Greider, widow ; and non e with histhird wife , Maria (Long) Hohn , widow .

T H E FOLLOWING IS A DESCRIPT ION OF THE

FAMILY OF (3 ) B I SHOP SAMUEL NI SSL Y .

(4) John Nissly (Preacher) was born December 9th, 1786 . He d i ed November2 l st, 1847 , aged 60 years , 11months and 12days . He was married to Anna Hershey ,daughter of Chris tian and Elisabeth Hershey, of Penn township , Lancaster Co . Pa .

She was born November 2o th . 1787 , anddied February 2d, 186 3 , aged 75 years , 3months and 1 day . Her brothers and s isters are mentioned elsewhere .

(4) Preacher John and Anna (Hershey)Niss ly begat children , viz "

(5 ) Elisabeth Niss ly, born December 12th ,1808. She married Christian Nec mer

(Deacon) .born June8th , 1808, died Feb . 24th,

1884,aged 75 years

,8months and 16 days .

son of Christian and Barbara.

Newcomer,of

Manor township , Lancaster Co . H is brothers and S i s ters are

,Jacob

,John (Preacher) ,

Elisabeth , Catharine, Barbara , Magdalena .

(5 ) Christian and Elisabeth (Nissly) Newcomer begat children

,viz "

(6) Anna N . Newcomer, born June 17 th ,

1830 . She married January 3d,'

1854, PeterH . Stauffer

,son of Jacob and Catharine

(Hershey) Stauffer . Their children are , (7 )Christian

, (7 ) Levi , (7) Amos , (7 ) Lizzie .(6 ) Mary N . Newcomer , born Apri l 24th,

1832. She married,January 13 th, 185 3 ,

John Forry , Sr . Their chi ldren are, (7 )Chris tian , (7 Catharine , (7) Daniel , (7 Lizzie , (7 ) Amos , (7 ) Anna , (7 ) Mary, (7 ) Emma , (7) I saac , (7 ) Harry .

(6) John N . Newcomer , born September20 th,

183 3, died July, 1843 , aged nearly 10

years .

(6) Jacob N . Newcomer, born July 2o th ,1835 . He married October 2 l st, 1858, Barbara Weidman, daughter of David andElisabeth VV

eidman, of Penn township ,Lancaster Co . , Pa , Her brothers and sis

ters are mentioned in the Snyder” family .

Their children are , (7 ) Lizzie, (7 ) Amos , (7 )David

, (7 ) Fannie , (7 ) Alice , (7 ) Levi , (7 )Jacob

, (7 ) John , (7) Barbara , (7 ) Ezra .

(6 ) Barbara N . Newcomer, born March12th,

183 7 . She married,November 22d

,

185 5, Christian Ho

'

stetter, son of PreacherIacob and Anna Hostetter , of R apho township

,Lancas ter Co . , Pa . Their children

are, (7 ) Anna , (7 ) Reuben , (7) Lizzie , (7 )

Christian, (7 ) David , (7 ) Barbara, (7 Mary,

(7 ) Abraham , (7 ) Jacob .

(6 ) El isabeth N . Newcomer,born Feb

ruary 8th , 1840 . She married , May 2d,1861. Jacob H . Stauffer, son of Jacob andCatharine Stauffer. Their children are , 7 )Simon , (7 ) Anna , (7) Eli , (7) Lizzie,

‘

7 )Fannie .

( 6) Catharine N . Newcomer, born September 19th, 1842. She married , October3oth

,1865

, Joseph Krabil l , son of Peterand Krabill , of Donegal township ,Lancaster Co . , Pa . Their chi ldren are , (7 )Lizzie , (7 ) Marv, (7 ) Ellen , (7 ) Anna , (7 )Bertha .

(6) Christian N . Newcomer,born Decem

ber 8th , 1845 . He married,October 3d,

186 7,Anna Snyder

,daughter of Chris tian

W . and Mary Snyder, of Donegal township ,L ancastsr Co .

,Pa Thei r children are

, (7 )Norman

, (7) Harry , (7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Christian

, (7 ) Catharine , (7 ) Samuel .

(5 ) Anna Nissly was born August 5 th,

1810 . She married Andrew Gerber, son of

Jacob and Barbara (Miller) Gerber , of Donegal township

,Lancas ter Co . , Pa . They

had one daughter, Anna , married to J ohnHertzl er . They live in Alabama . Thefather, Andrew Gerber, died . His widowmarried the second time

,Levi Eby

,son of

J ohn and Maria (Wittwer) Eby, ofWarwick

township,Lancaster Co . , Pa . This family

i s described els ewhere .

(5 ) Veronica Nissly was born February27th,

1812. She married , March 17 th,

1835 , Christian Nolt , born August 14th,180 6

, son of Chris tian and Anna (Eshleman)Nolt, ofWest H empfield township , L ancas

ter Co .,Pa . His brothers and S i sters are,

Benjamin,married to Hostetter ; Maria ,

married to John Hershey ; Jonas married toLizzie Mumma and Elisabeth Shroeder ;Nancy

,S ingle ; Elisabeth , s ingle ; John ,

S ingle ; Jacob , married to Eliza Hoffman .

(5 ) Christian and Veronica (Nissly) Noltbegat chi ldren , v iz "

(6 ) Anna Nolt, born January 15 th,183 6

,

married to Samuel Hies tand . Their chi ldren are , (7 ) Cyrus , (7 ) Samuel , (7 ) Anna ,( 7 ) Fannie , 7 ) Chris tian .

(6) John Nolt , born October 4th, 1837 .

(6) Elisabeth Nolt , born November l o th ,183 9 .

(6 ) Mary Nolt, born July‘

29th,1844.

(6) Benjamin Nolt, born March 8th , 1842.

He married Anna Hoffman , daughter of

Henry and El i s abeth Hoffman . Their ch i ldren are

, (7 ) Li ll i e , (7 ) Chris tian , (7 ) Fannie . (7 ) Anna, ( 7 ) Harry, (7 ) Minnie , (7 )Clayton .

(6) Christian Nolt, born Ju ly 4th, 185 1.

He married Maria B rubacher, daughter of

Jacob and Maria B rubacher. Their ch ildrenare , (7 ) Phares , (7 ) Susan , (7 ) Jacob , (7 ) John .

(6 ) Sarah Nolt, born in 1849 . She d iedin 1881

,ag ed 32 years , 9 months and 8

days .

(6 ) Barbara Nolt , born August 18th, 185 5 .

Lived only three days .

(5 ) Catharine Nissly was born September23d

,1827 . She married John Musser

,son

of Benjamin and Barbara Musser, of East

H empfield township,Lancaster Co . , Pa .

His brothers and S is ters are mentioned elsewhere .

(5 ) John and Catharine (Nissly) Musser’s

family are mentioned in the “Nissly”

family.

(5 ) John Nissly was born in 1819 . Hedied in 1874

,aged 54years , 8months and

20 days . He married Barbara Gerber,daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Mi l ler)Gerber , of Donegal township , Lancast erCo . , Pa . Her brothers and S isters are , Benj amin Gerber

,married to Fianna Landis .

Their ch ildren are. Israel ; Barbara Anna ,married to Joseph Risser ; Benjamin L .,

married to Carol ine Weaver ; Fianna, married to Clemen B rubacher David L . , married to Emma Hershey ; Andrew Gerber ,mentioned elsewhere .

(5 ) John and Barbara (Gerber) Nissly begat children , viz

(6 ) Jacob“

G . Nissly, born Apri l 5 th, 1842.

He married,in 186 3

, Catharine E . Stauffer,daughter of Henry and Susan (Eby) Stauffer, of R apho township , Lancaster Co .

, Pa .

This family is mentioned in the S tauffer”

family .

(6) Anna Nissly, born November l oth ,1844.

(6) John G . Nissly, born March 29th,1848. He married Fannie Musser ,daughter of Martin and Musser

,of

West H empfield township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . Their children are , (7 ) Martin , (7 )Barbara , (7 ) Jacob .

(6 ) Benjamin G . Nissly, born Augus t16 th,

185 0 . He died , May 26 th, 1868, aged17 years

,9 months and 10 days .

(6 ) Andrew G . Nissly . born February28th, 185 3 . He married . i n 187 3

,Barbara

H . Bomberger,daughter of Preacher Chris

tian and Catharine B omberger . Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Christian , (7 ) Elmira, (7) Barbara

, (7 ) Amos .

(6 ) Barbara G . Nissly, born Ju l y ‘

7 th,

1855 . She married , in 187 3,John Herr

,

son of David and Herr, of Manortownship , Lancas ter Co . , Pa . Thei r chil

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dren are , (7 ) Anna , (7) Barbara , (7 ) Alice ,(7 ) Mary .

(4) Martin Nissly was born November6 th,

1788. His family will be describedelsewhere .

(4) Samuel Nissly was born June 24th,

17 92. He d i ed September 8th , 1868, aged7 6 years , 2 months and 14days . H e married Anna Eby, daughter of Christian andVeronica Eby

,of El isabeth township , Lan

caster Co .,Pa . Her brothers and s is ters

are mentioned in the Eby family . AnnaEby was born January 6 th, 17 91, d i ed May5 th, 186 7 , aged 7 6 years , 3 months and 29

days .

(4) Samuel and Anna (Eby) Niss ly begatchildren , viz(5 ) Henry E . Nissly was born December

17 th,1814. He died September 28th, 185 2,

aged 3 7 years , 9 months and 11days . Hemarried , i n 1835

, Anna Hostetter, 'bornAugust 7 th, 1814, daughter of Christian andCatharine (Kreider) Hostetter, of East Donegal township , Lancaster Co . , Pa . Herbrothers and s is ters are, John Hostetter ;Michael Hostetter , married to CatharineKauffman ; Christian Hostetter, married toCatharine Frank Benjamin Hos tetter, married to El isabeth H iestand ; Catharine Hostetter, married to Jacob Newcomer ; Preach

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(6 ) John H . Nissly, born February 23d,185 3 , died Apri l 8th , 185 3 , aged 1 monthand 15 days .(5 ) Fannie E . Nissly was born June l o th ,

1816 . She d i ed , November 7 th, 1880 , aged64years , 4months and 27 days . She married

,i n 183 7 , Samuel Snyder, son of John

and Anna ( H ostetter) Snyder, of EastH empfield township , Lancaster Co . , Pa .

H is brothers and S i sters are , Catharine,married to Henry Stauffer ; Jacob , marriedto Adaline Rohrer ; John , married to

Shollaw .

(5 ) Samuel and Fannie E . (Nissly) Snyder begat children , viz

(6 ) Jonas N . Snyder,born October 24th,

183 7 . He died October 7 th, 1868, aged 30

years , 11months and 13 days .

(6 ) Samuel N . Snyder, born March 8th ,1839 . H e married , i n 1866 , ElisabethStri ckler , daughter of Abraham and Barbara Strickler , of R apho township , L ancaster Co .

, Pa .

(6 ) Christian N . Snyder, born March 6 th,1841, d ied Augus t 16 th , 1841, aged 5

months and 10 days .

(6 ) Anna N . Snyder, born June 29th,1842 , d ied December 23d,

187 7,aged 35

years,5 months and 24days .

(6) Catharine N . Snyder , born May 2oth ,

_99 _

1845 . She married Henry Buch , son of

Jacob and Buch . of Eas t H empfield

township , Lancaster Co .

,Pa . Thei r chil

dren are , (7 ) Fanni e.

(6 ) Fannie N . Snyder . born July 24th,

1848, died October 20 th,186 0

, aged 12

years , 2 months and 27 days .

(6 ) Rudolph N . Snyder, born December° 9 th, 185 0 , died January l l th , 185 1

,aged

13 days .

(6 ) Sarah N . Snyder, born December 29th,

1850 , d i ed January 19th, 185 1, aged 20 days .

(6 ) Lizzi e N . Snyder, born November2 9th.

185 1 She married Peter Shelly, sonof Peter and Shelly , of R apho township , Lancaster Co . , Pa .

(6 ) David N . Snyder, born 185 7 . H emarried , in 1881

,Emma Rhoads . Their

chi ldren are, (7 ) John , (7 ) Amos .(5 ) Samuel E . Nissly was born December

25 th, 1818. H e married , in 1842, Anna K .

Long , daughter of Abraham and AnnaL ong, of East H empfield township , L ancaster Co . , Pa . Anna L ong was born November 7 th,

1823,died November 15 th , 186 3 ,

aged 40 years and 7 days . H er brothersand S i s ters are ,Abraham K . Long

,married to Susan

Huber .Chris tian K . L ong , married to Anna

Hiestand . Their children are,Mary

,Matil

da , Abraham ,L izzie

, ,Christian.

J ohn K . Long, married to Eliza Miller .Their children are

,Harman

,Fannie

Susan K . Long , married to Jacob H er

shey . Their children are,Washington

,

Abraham,Amelia

,Benjamin

,Webster .

Fannie K . Long , married to Jacob B .

Landis . Their ch ildren are,Benjamin ,

Samuel,J acob , Ellen .

Benjam in K Long .

Maria K . Long, married to AbrahamPerry . Their children are

,Anna .

(5 ) Samuel E . and Anna K . (Long) Nissly begat ch ildren , viz

(6 ) Harriet L . Niss ly , born August 15 th,1843 . She marri ed ,

i n 186 5,Jacob P . Hos

tetter,son of Dav id and Maria (Peifer) Hos

tetter,of Penn townsh ip , Lancaster Co . , Pa .

Their children are , (7 Clayton , (7 ) Ellen .

(6 ) J onas L . Niss ly ,born March 215 t,

1845 . He married , i n 1869 , Fannie Charles ,daughter of John and Charles . of

Manor township,Lancaster Co .

, Pa . Theirch ildren are, (7 ) Amos , (7 ) John , (7 ) Susan ,(7) Franklin .

(6 ) Abraham L . Nissly,born March 22d .

1847 . He married , in 1872,Adal ine Ken

dig,daughter of Chris tian and Po l ly Ken

dig, ofManor township , Lancaster Co .

, Pa .

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(6) Henry Lincoln Nissly ,born March

l 0 th,1861.

(6) John L . Nissly, born November 7 th,

186 3,died August 25 th. 1864

,aged 9

months and 18days .Anna (Long) Nissly,

the mother of theabove family died .

(5 ) Samuel E . N issly married the secondtime , in 1865

,Maria (Hershey) Landis

(widow) , daughter ofJ ohn and Mary (Rohrer) Hershey , of Penn township , L ancasterCo . She had one daughter

,viz " Lizzie

L and is . Her S i s ters are , Eliza Hershey ,married to Isaac Hershey

,and L evi Fo rrey ;

Anna Hershey,married to John Ressler .

(5 ) Chris tian E. Nissly was born December 25 th,

1818 He is a twin brother toSamuel E . Nissly. He was married

,i n

1845, to Fannie Brenneman , daughter of

Henry and Eve B renneman . of R apho township

,Lancaster Co . Her brothers and sis

ters are,

Jacob Brenneman,married to Magdalena

Kendig . Thei r children are,Chris tian

Henry,Barbara .

Elisabeth Brenneman,marri ed to John B .

Hertzler . Their children are mentionedels ewhere .John Brenneman

,marriedto Fannie Freed

and Mary (Mi l ler) Stauffer (widow) . Their

chi ldren are , Henry , Kate , Samuel , Fannie ,Benj amin , Christian .

Maria Brenneman , married to Adam Herr .Their ch ildren are , Henry , Fann ie , John ,Mary , E l iza , Benjamin .

Nancy Brenneman,died single.

Harry Brenneman , married to SarahKauffman .

Martln Brenneman , marr1ed to L 1z21e

Kauffman . Their ch ildren are , Henry ,Samuel , Christian , Mary , Martin .

Isaac Brenneman , married to Leah Kauff

man . Their children are , Simon , Leah ,Henry

,John , Alice .

(5 ) Christian E . and Fannie (Brenneman)NiSSly begat children , viz

(6) H enry B . Nissly,born March 28th,

1846 . He married,in 186 9

,Rebecca H .

B rubacher. This family is described in

the B rubacher”family .

(6 ) Samuel B . Nissly , bo rn June 3o th,

1847 . H e married . in 1871, Emma H .

Rohrer,daughter of John and Anna (Ham

maker) Rohrer , of Eas t H empfield township , Lancaster Co . Their children are

,

(7 ) Phares , (7 ) Samuel , (7 ) Norman , (7 )Anna May .

(6 ) Jonas B . Nissly, born January 3 l s t,

185 0 . H e married,i n 1877

,Susan H err

daughter of Daniel and Catharine (Gamber

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Herr , of Penn townsh ip , Lancaster Co .

Their children are, (7 Daniel , (7 ) Chris tian ,

( 7 ) Jonas .(6 ) Anna B . Nissly , born April 13 th ,

185 2. She married , in 187 3,John Steh

man , son of John and Fannie (Snavely)Stehman. Thei r children are , (7 ) Emma ,(7 ) Elam, (7 ) J ohn , (7 ) Anna , (7 ) Fannie .

(6 ) Catharine B . Niss ly, bornDecember2d

,1854. She married

,in 1874, Daniel

Forry, son of John and Mary (Newcomer)Forry

,of R apho township , Lancaster Co .

Their children are , (7 ) J ohn , (7 ) Simon , ( 7 )Ella

, (7 ) Daniel .(6 ) Fannie B . Nissly, born May 13 th

,

185 She married,in 1879 , Amos Shelly ,

son of David and Susan (Herr) Shelly , of

R 'apho township , L anca t ter Co . Theirch ildren are , one, died .

(6 ) David B . Nissly ,born November 2d,

1860 , d ied September 3d,186 1

,aged 10

mo nths and 1day .

(6 ) E l len B . Niss ly and Emma B . Nissly,

born November 26 th, 1865 .

(5 ) Jonas E . Niss ly was born May 27 th,

1821,died February l 2th, 1848, aged 26

years,8months and 16 days .

(5 ) Benjamin E . Nissly was born December 17 th,

1823,described in the “Stauffer”

family.

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sisters are described in the Bombergerfamily .

(4) Christian and Magdalena (Bomberger)Niss ly begat children , v iz .

(5 ) Magdalena B . Nissly was born May6 th,

1818. She married Andrew Gerber ,son of Jacob and Barbara (Miller) Gerber ,of East Donegal township , Lancaste r Co .

His brothers and s isters are mentionedelsewhere .

(5 ) Andrew and Magdalena B . (Nissly)Gerber , begat children , viz "

(6) Chrisgtian'N. Gerber , born April 27th,

1837,married to Cathariiie Stoner . Their

children are, (7 Martin S . Gerber , (7 ) Mar

tha S . Gerber , (7 ) Sarah S . Gerber , (7 ) Ben

j amin S . Gerber , ( 7 ) Catharine S . Gerber ,J( 7 ) Samuel S . Gerber , ( 7 Barbara S . Gerber

, (7 ) Chris tian S . Gerber .

(6) Andrew N . Gerber , born December18th,

1839,died December

,1843

,aged 5

years and days .

(5 ) Joseph B . Nissly, was born January19th,

1821. He married , December 8th ,1842

,Martha Sherk (born March 25 th,

daughter of Chris tian and MarthaSherk , of West H empfield township , Lancaster Co . Her brothers and s is ters are ,John

,married to Gochenauer and

Luc inda Musselman ; Joseph , married to

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Mary Greider Chris tian,married to Anna

Gochenauer ; Catharine , married to JonasMumma Maria . married to Preacher PeterN issly Susan , married to Daniel Hoffman ;Anna , married to Preacher Samuel Schlottand Seth Eby Lizzie , married to ChristianFlory .

(5 ) Joseph B . and Martha (Sherk) Nissly,be at children , viz "

6 ) Martha S . Nissly,born May l s t , 1845 .

She married Amos R . Strickler , son ofJohnand Catharine (Rohrer) Strickler , of R apho

township , Lancaster Co . Their chi ldrenare

, (7 ) Elmer , (7 ) Will iam , (7 ) J oseph , (7 )Chris tian , ( 7 ) Anna , ( 7 ) Alice .

(6 ) Chris tian 5 . Nissly ,born June 15 th,

1847 . He married Matilda H . Long ,

daughter of Christian K . and Anna (Hies tand) Long . Thei r children are

, (7 ) Emma , (7 ) Lizz ie , (7 ) Anna , (7 ) Chris tian .

(6 ) Samuel S . Nissly , born December14th, 1848. He married Prisc i l la Zieger .The i r children are , (7 ) Laura Ann , (7 )C layton .

(6 ) Joseph S . Nissly,born January 3d

,

185 1, married to Fianna Moore . Their

children are, (7 Cyrus , (7 ) Alvin , (7 ) Ellen.

(6 ) Anna S . Nissly,born July 13 th

,1854

,

died Ju ly 18th,1879

,aged 25 years and 5

days . She married Henry H . Shenk,son

of Henry and Magdalena (Hostetter)Shenk . Their children are

, (7 ) Lizzie , (7 )Anna .

(5 ) Martha (Sherk) Niss ly ,the mother of

the above family d ied September 27 th,185 9

,aged 35 years

,6 months and 2 days .

(5 ) Joseph B . Nissly , married the secondtime

,January 26 th

,1871, to El isabeth F .

Wittmer (born May 16 th,daughter

of Peter and Elisabeth Wittmer. Herbrothers and s isters are

,Catharine , di ed

s ingle ; Jacob , married tto Anna Krabill ;Peter

,married to Elisabeth Str ickler ;

Jonas,married to Magdalena Hoffman "

Henry,married to Barbara Clark ; Anna ,

married to J esse Moyer ; Fannie , marriedto Jacob Sanders Mary .

(5 ) Christian B . Nissly was born January17 th , 1825 . He d ied

,January 23d

,1841

,

aged 19 years and 5 days .(5 ) Martin B . N issly was born September

l s t,1829 .

The following three children of (3 ) Bishop Samuel Niss ly were by his second wife ,Anna Mumma , widow of Greider .

(4) Jacob Niss ly was born December16 th,

1800 . He died , January 23d ,1875

,

aged 74 years , 1 month and 7 days . Hemarried

,i n 1822

,Barbara Wittwer

, daugh

ter of Preacher Daniel an d Anna Wittwer ,

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(6 ) Mary Summy , married to Amos Moyer . Their chi ldren are

, ( 7 ) John , (7 ) Joseph, (7 ) Emma .

(6 ) Jacob Summy , married to KateShreiner . Their children are

, (7 ) Ada , (7)Lill i e

, (7 Lottie .

(6 ) Anna- Summy .

(6 ) Lizzie Summy , married to PeterWill . Their children are

, (7 ) E lmer , (7 )Joseph Summy .

(5 ) Daniel Nissly was born August 28th,

1824. He went to Ohio . There he marriedEllen Renfrew. Their children are

,

(6 ) Jacob Nissly , (6 ) Rufus Nissly , (6 )E ll en Nissly, (6 ) Harriet Nissly.

(5 ) Harriet Niss ly wa s born March 29th,

1827 .

(5 ) Jacob Niss ly was born July 6 th,

1830 . He married Susan Mentzer,

daughter of Jacob and Mentzer. Theirchi ldren are

, (6 ) Jacob Nissly , (6) HenryNissly , (6) Samuel Nissly, (6 ) Anna Nissly,

(6 ) John Niss ly, (6 ) Barbara Nissly , (6 )Amos Nissly, (6 ) Harvey Nissly, (6 ) DanielNissly .

(5) Barbara Nissly was born August 19 th,

1832. She married Benjamin Metzler , sonof John and Esther Metzler . Their children are

,

(6) Daniel Metzler (6 ) Susan Metzler ,

I l l

married to Jacob H ottenstein ; (6 ) HarrietMetzl er ; (6 ) Jacob Metzler ; (6 ) BarbaraMetzler ; (6 ) Anna Metzler .(5 ) Jemimi Niss ly was born November

29th,1834. She died in 1834.

(4) Henry Nissly was born in 1805 . Hedied in March

,1841. He married Maria

Niss ly,daughter of Martin and El isabeth

Nissly ,of Londonderry townsh ip , Dauphin

Co .,Pa . Her brothers and S i s ters are,

Naricy Nissly,marri ed to John Hagy

, of

Dauphin Co . ; E l isabeth Nissly, married toPreacher Jacob Mumma , of CumberlandCo . , Pa . ; Barbara Nissly, married to MartinNissly ,

of Derry township,Dauphin Co . ;

Jacob Nissly,married to Hursh ;

Fanny Nissly ,married to Jacob Reif ; Cath

arine Niss ly, married to John Risser, of

Lebanon Co ., Pa .

(4) Henry and Maria (Nissly) Nissly begat chi ldren , viz "

(5 ) David N . Nissly,born May 3d

,

'

1826,

died November 14th,185 2, aged 26 years ,

6 months and 11 days . He was married toa daughter of J ohn Hammaker

,near El iza

bethtown,L ancas ter Co .

, Pa .

(5 ) E l isabeth Anna N . Nissly,born De

cember 11th,1827 , died September 18th,

1831, aged 3 years,9 months and 7 days .

(5 ) Simon N . Nissly, born March 14th,

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1830, died June 16 th, 1831, aged 1 year

,3

months and 2 days .(5 ) Annie N . Nissly,

born April 16 th,

1832, died January 26 th,

1840,aged 7 years

,

9 months and 10 days .(5 ) Fannie N . Nissly,

born November25 th,

1834, She married November 8th

,

185 5, Henry Shelly . Their children are

,

(6 ) Samuel N . Shelly , married to EllaCoover. Thei r children are

, (7 ) Carrie , (7 )Nissly , (7) Annie .

( 6 ) Elias N . Shel ly ; (6) David N . Shelly ;( 6 ) Lizzie N . Shel ly (6 ) Annie Shelly.

(5 ) Andrew N . Nissly,born November

l st , 183 7 , died January 9th,1841

,aged 3

years,2 months and 8days .

(4) Veronica Nissly was born June 2 l s t ,1798. She died October So th , 183 9 , aged41years

,4months and 9 days . She mar

ried Abraham Huber, son of Abrahamand Huber They had one daugh

ter, V IZ ' Anna Huber, married to JohnBassler . Their children are , Jacob ; Amos ;Fannie, married to Benjamin Land is . An

na (Huber) Bassler married the second time,Daniel Kreider . Their children are

,Dan

iel ; Mary ; Esther ; John .

Abraham Huber died . His widow married the second time , December 12th , 1819 ,Jonas Eby, son of John and Maria (Witt~

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months and 4 days . I t is remarkable thatboth Martin Niss ly and his wife Anna , wereof the fourth generation of thei r respectivefamil ies in America .

The following i s a description of AnnaBomberger ’

5 brothers and s isters ,(4) Chris tian Bomberger (Bishop) , was

born September 18th,1786 . He died Feb

ruary 4th,1871, aged 84 years , 4months

and 14 days . He married,December 9th,

1806, Barbara Erb , (born February 19th,

1790 , d ied August 17 th , 1834,aged 44

years , 5 months and 29 days) , daughter ofDaniel and El izabeth (Bomberger) Erb.

Her brothers and s isters are ,Catharine Erb, married to Samuel Hoffer .Their children are , Daniel , Eliza , George ,Samuel . John , Jacob , Chris tian , Isaac .

Elisabeth Erb,married to John Miller.

Their children are,Daniel

,Henry, John ,

Reuben,Joseph

,Susan

,Lizzie , Catharine .

Daniel Erb,married to Mary Wittwer .

Their children are, Daniel , John , David ,El isabeth , Maria , Anna , Catharine .

Joseph Erb,married to Nancy Stehman.

They had one son— Daniel .John Erb (Preacher) , mai ried to FannieBergy , thei r children are , Samuel , John

(Preacher) , Fannie, Elisabeth , Susan , Mary,Nancy, Barbara , Catharine , Martha.

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Jacob Erb,married to Mary Bucher .

Their children are, Jonas , Damel , Jacob ,El iza , Susan , Anna , Catharine .

(4) Christian and Barbara (Erb) B omberger begat chi ldren , viz "

(5 ) Elisabeth Bomberger , born October23d, 180 9 , died Augus t 27 th, 1881, aged 71years

,10 months and 4days .

(5 ) Joseph Bomberger , born October13 th,

1811,d ied March , 1823 , in the elev

enth year of his age .

(5 ) Christian Bomberger, born October16th,

1813 . He married , in 1835,Mary

B rubacher, (born July 6 th, daughterof Joseph and Mary (Bucher) B rubacher.

Her brothers and s isters are , Catharine ,married to John Bomberger J oseph , married to Susan Rudy ; Barbara , married toChristian B . Snyder ; David (Deacon) , married to E liza Hess ; Eliza , married to LeviWeaver ; Levi B .

, married to Eliza Sheaffer ; Jonas , married to Leah Keller ; John ,married to Eliza Weidler ; Anna , marriedto Jacob Sherk .

(5 ) Christian and Mary (B rubacher)Bomberger begat children

,viz "

(6) Reuben B . Bomberger, born December 131h,

1836, married to Margarette Ma

teer. Their chi ldren are, (7 ) C lara, (7Mary

, (7 ) Minnie, (7 ) Chris tian , (7 ) Abbie .

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(6) Barbara B . Bomberger , born December 4th,

1840, married to David M . Fogel

sanger . Their children are , (7 ) Will D. ,

(7 ) Edward B ., (7 ) Anna Mary , (7 ) Chris

tian, (7 ) H arry, (7 ) Frank , ( 7 ) David , (7 )

Lyd ia Belle , (7 ) J oseph , ( 7 ) Samuel , (7 )Hulbert, ( 7 ) Elisabeth, (7 ) Reuben , (7 )Thomas .

(6) El iza B . Bomberger and Mary B .

Bomberger, twins , were born June 3o th,

1844,Eliza died September

,186 1 ; Mary

died May, 1845 .

(5 ) Daniel Bomberger, born August 25 th,1815 . He died October 9 th

,1854. He

married Martha Hull,November 20 th

,

1838. Their ch ildren are,

(6 ) Mary Bomberger , married to SamuelB . Fo". They l ive in Canton

,Ohio . Their

chi ldren are , (7 ) George , (7 ) Bertie,

(7 ) Lilly , (7 ) Maud , ( 7 ) Abner, (7 ) Magdalena

, (7 ) J ennie , (7 ) Adam , (7 ) U la , (7 )Bess ie .

(6 ) E l isabeth Bomberger , married toUrias B . Schlott . They l ive in FayetteCo .

,I ll inois . Their children are , (7 ) Lena

Rivers, (7 ) Dio Louis , (7 ) Daniel Edward ,

(7 ) Viola .

(6 ) Adam W . Bomberger . marri ed to SnsanJ. Archer. They l ive in C leveland , Ohio .

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Anna Yost. Their children are , (7 ) Mery in

, (7 ) Nebenger, (7 ) Nell ie .

(6) Kate Bomberger, married to JosephBlair . Their children are

, ( 7 Bertie .

(6 ) Lizzie Bomberger, (6 ) Jacob Bomberger

, (6 ) Levi Bomberger , (6 ) Amel iaBomberger

(5 ) Magdalena Bomberger, born October3d

,1817 . She married ,

November 22d,

183 6,George Baer . Their children are

,

(6) Ephraim Baer,married to Hetti e

Hartman . Their chi ldren are, (7 .George

,

(7 ) John , (7 ) Anni e , (7 ) Lizz ie , (7 ) May, (7 )Emma .

(6 ) Christian Baer, marri ed to ChristianaNaze . Their children are , (7 ) Kate , (7John .

(6 ) Isaac Baer .

(6 ) George Baer .

(6) Mary Baer , married to Georg e White .Their children are

, (7 ) Nathan , (7 Mary .

(6 ) Caroline Baer , married to BenjaminDonaphin. They have one chi ld

, (7 Cora .

(5 ) Barbara Bomberger , born June 131h,1827 .

(5 ) Anna Bomberger, born May 22d,

183 3 . She married Martin Berkheimer.Their children are ,(6 ) Samuel Berkheimer , married to Susan

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Forry. Their chi ldren are, (7 ) J ennieEdith .

(6 ) Henry Berkheimer ; (6) Annie Berkheimer ; (6) Lizzie Berkheimer ; (6 ) GeorgeBerkheimer .

(4) Elisabeth Bomberger was born October -7 th, 1793 She died March 11th

,1871

,

aged 7 7 years,5 months and 4 days . She

married in 1815,Jacob Gingri ch , son of

David and E l isabeth Gingrich . His brothers and sisters are . David , married to El isabeth Eby ; Joseph , married to SarahGantz ; Daniel , married to Catharine H of

fer ; Henry , married to Polly Stover ; Abraham , S ingle ; Christian , S ingle . Jacob Gingrich was born September 14th , 1786 . Hedied May 4th,

1872,

aged 85 years,7

months and 21days .

(4) Jacob and Elisabeth (Bomberger)Gingri ch begat children , viz

(5 ) Benj amin Gingrich . born April 4th,

1818.

(5 ) A son was born January 14th,1820

l ived only 2 days .

(5 ) El iza Gingrich , born February 18th,

1824. She married Elias Eidneier, son of

Jacob and Maria Eidneier. His brothersand S i sters are, Jacob , marri ed to RosannaMummeldollar ; John , married to Nell i eB uchter ; Henry , married to Mary Stauffer

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Abraham , married to Eliza Kraft ; Elisabeth , married to Jessie B uchter ; Maria ,married to Henry Stauffer ; Catharine ,married to Will iam

'

Hornberger ;'

Leah,

married to Edward Wagner .(5 ) Elias and Eliza (Gingrich) Eidneierbegat children , v iz "(6 ) Maria Eidneier.

(6 ) H arriet Eidneier, married to IsaacNasinger. Their children are

, ( 7 ) Maria,(7 ) Amanda , (7 ) Amelia .

(6 ) Jacob Eidneier . married to Mary Helter . Their child ren are

, (7 ) Stel la , (7 )Ezra . (6 ) Jacob Eidneier married , the second time , Peggy Meck . Their childrenare

, (7 ) Nathan , (7 ) Jacob , (7 ) Lizzie , (7 )Amanda , (7 ) Anna .

Eliza Eidneier, married to AdamShowers . Their children are

, (7 ) Amanda ,( 7 ) Harvey , (7 ) El ias , (7 ) Jacob , (7 ) Lizzie ,(7 ) Anna , (7 ) Adam , ( 7 ) Emma (7 )B l onroe .

(6 ) Lydia Ann Eidneier, married to AllenHacker . Thei r chi ldren are

, (7 ) Horace ,(7 ) Samuel , (7 ) Harry , (7 ) Ada , (7 ) Wilson ,(7 ) Adal ine , (7 ) Will iam .

(6 ) Amanda Eidneier, married to JohnFassnacht . Their children are

, (7 ) Henry ,(7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Will iam , ( 7 ) Amanda .

(6) Anna Eidneier, married to George

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Weaver l ived in Ohio . They begat children , viz "(5) Martha Weaver, married to Benjamin

B ernly . Their children are . (6 ) Malinda ,H ernly, married to Calvin M

’

Cord ; (6 )Edwin H ernly , married to Lil ly Kingsby ;(6 ) Benjamin H ernly, married to Moll ieDavis ; ( 6 ) Miles H ernly ; (6 ) Frankl inH ernly (6) Lavina H ernly.

(5 ) John Weaver, married to MaryCharles . Their children are

, (6 ) EmanuelW eaver ; (6) J ohn Weaver ; (6 ) HattieWeaver .

(5 ) Joseph Weaver, married toShumbock. Thei r children are

, (6) SetarahWeaver ; (6 ) John Weaver.(5 ) Mary Weaver, married to Hugh Glad

w i sh . Their chi ldren are, (6 ) J ohn Gladw ish ; (6 ) Martha Gladwish ; (6 ) HelenGladwish ; (6 ) Frances Gladwish ; (6 ) S tephen Gladwish.

(4) Joseph Bomberger (Preacher) , wasborn J uly 12th, 1801. He died February9 th, 186 9 ,

aged 67 years , 6 months and 25days . H e married

,February 2d, 1826 ,

Sarah Erb , daughter ofJacob . and Elisabeth(Becker) Erb . She was born Apri l 28th,

1805 . Her father,Jacob Erb , was born

March 7 th, 1781, died July 10 th,1864. Her

mother, Elisabeth (Becker ) Erb , was born

May 14th,1782

,died July l st

,1812. Her

brothers and S isters are,Anna Erb,

married to Christian Kauff

man . Thei r children are,ten sons and

three daughters .Elisabeth Erb, married to Elias Eby,

mentioned in'

the Eby”family .

Catharine Erb , married to David Witmer .Their children are, Jacob , Frankl in , and tendaughters .Mary Erb

,married to Elias Bomberger ;

they l ived in West Virg inia the i r childrenare , Lizzie , married to Thomas Ault Samuel . married toHenry Erb

,married to E l isabeth Spick

ler ; thei r children are , Reuben , marri ed toAnna

‘

Grosh ; I sabel la , marri ed to JacobMayer .Levi Erb

, married to Mary Wisslertheir children are, Mary Ann , married toFrank Wiss ler ; Lizzie, married to Dr.R . W. Stone .

(4) Joseph and Sarah (E rb) Bombergerbegat children , viz

(5 ) Jacob E . Bomberger, born Jannary27th,

1827 . Married,December S l st , 185 0 ,

to Catharine L andis, (born Ju ly 3d,

daughter of David and Catharine (Landis )Landis . Her brothers and s isters are ,Christian

,married to Catharine Musser ;

Fanni e, married to John Weltmer ; Susan ,married to Henry Myers ; Sarah , marriedto John Smith ; Mary , married to ZachariasNewcomer ; David , married to Jul iaB rownewell and Catharine Smith ; Henry,married to Carol ine

(5 ) Jacob E . and Catharine (Landis)Bomberger begat children , viz "

(6 ) Harry C . Bomberger,born May 14th ,

185 3, married to Susan Cressler, daughter

of John H . and El isabeth Cress ler . Theirchi ldren are

, (7 ) L ondon L .

, (7 ) Mary E . ,

(7 ) Florence .

(6 ) Anna Mary Bomberger . born October11th

,185 5

, married to B . Franklin Koser,son of David and Margarette Koser .

Sall ie C . Bomberger,born January

26 th,1858, married to David R . Erehm,

son of Jacob and Frehm. Their chi ldren are

, (7) Jacob Erb Frehm.

(6) Stephen Jacob Bomberger , born February 11th,

1862,died November l 1th,

1874, aged 12 years and 9 months .

(6 ) Minnie E . B omberger,born October

16 th,186 5 .

(5 ) Magdalena B omberger , born December 29th,

1828. She d ied July 3d ,1873

,

aged 44 years , 6 months and 5 days . She

married,i n 1849 , Henry Cockley (born De

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(6 ) Anna Cockley , born April 14th , 1873 ,died August 23d,

1873 .

(5) Henry Cockley, the father marriedthe second time in 187 6

,Sarah Mell inger ;

she was born October 3d,1823 .

(5 ) Elisabeth Bomberger was born April4th,

1831. She died June 27 th,1871

,aged

40 years , 2 months and 23 days . She married , in 186 3 , John Hayes , son of John andAnna Hayes . H is brothers and si sters are ,Maria Hayes , married to Isaac Stickler ;

their children are,William

,Sarah .

Samuel Hayes , married to Mary Ann

Brown ; their children are, John, William ,

Anna .

Will iam H ayes . died young ; MarthaHayes

,died young Nancy Hayes .

(5 ) John and El isabeth (Bomberger)Hayes begat children

,viz

(6 ) Anna B . Hayes,born March 4th,

1864.

(6 ) Sarah B . Hayes,born May 16 th , 186 5 .

(6 ) John B . Hayes , born November 25 th,186 7 .

(6 ) Joseph B . Hayes , born July 18th,1870 .

(5 ) Anna Bomberger was born May 7 th,1832 . She married

,in 185 0

,George Goch

enauer,son of Michael and Nancy Goche

nauer . Their chi ldren are ,(6 ) Joseph Gochenauer, married ( in 1879)

to Amanda Leas,daughter of Valentine

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Leas . Their children are , (7 ) AnnaLouisa .

(6 ) Michae l Gochenauer married ( in1875 ) to Ellen Kapp , daughter of HenryKapp . Their children are

, (7 ) Alice , (7 )Lizzie

, (7 Cora, (7 ) Henry .

(6 ) Simon Gochenauer, married ( i n 1880 )to Kate E llaker.

(6 ) Chris tian Hoover Gochenauer .

(5 ) Sarah Bomberger was born January20th, 1834. She married , December 29th,

185 3, Noah Cockley , son of Samuel and

Susan Cockley. His brothers and sis tersare

,Samuel , Benjamin , David , John , Jacob ,

Henry,Joseph

,Catharine , Mattie , Leah ,

Mary,Susan .

(5 )‘

Noah and Sarah (Bomberger) Cockley begat chi ldren

,viz

(6 ) Matti e Cockley , born October 22d,1854. She married

,October 29th,

187 7,

Abraham Lehman,son of Samue l and

Catharine Lehman . Thei r children are, (7)

Sarah C . Lehman,born September 24th,

1878; (7 ) Annie Lehman , born December2 l st 1881.

(6) Reuben Cockley , born January 13 th,

185 7 . He married,December 2d

,1879

,

Annie Weaver , daughter of Preacher H enryand Susan Weaver . Their children are

,

(7) Noah W. Cockley,born October 18th,

1880 ; (7 ) Henry \V. Cockley,born January

24th,1882.

(6 ) Samuel Cockley ,born November

27 th,185 9 .

(6 ) Henry Cockley , born Apri l 9 th,186 7 .

(6 ) Sarah Cockley , born December 27 th,

186 9 .

(5 ) Maria Bomberger was born June 23d,

1836 . She married , in 186 5 ,I saac Eberly

,

son of Joseph and Susan (Hess ) Eberly , ofC lay township . Lancaster Co .

,Pa . Their

children are,

(6 ) Rebecca Eberly , born February 2d ,

1868; Sarah Eberly , born October l s t,

1870 . These two were born in CumberlandCo . ; Jacob Eberly

,born May 2d

,1874;

Reuben Eberly,born August 11th,

187 6 ;Benjamin Eberly . born September 8th

,

1878. These three were born in FranklinCo .

, Pa .

(5 ) Catharine Bomberger was born September 2d

,1838. She married

,in 186 6

,

Daniel Lehman (died January 22d,

son of Peter and Susan Lehman Theirch ildren are

, (6 ) Joseph , (6) Anna , (6 )Henry .

(5) Barbara Bomberger was born November l st

,1840 . She married

,i n 186 0 , John

D . Lehman , son of Peter and Susan Lehman . Their children are

, (6 ) Will ie, d ied

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township , Lancaster Co . , Pa . Her brothersand s isters are mentioned in the Hammaker” family . E l iza Hammaker was bornFebruary 28th, 1832, d ied April 13 th, 1864,aged 32 years

,1month and 15 days .

(5 ) Elias B . and Eliza (Hammaker) Bomberger begat children

,viz

(6) E l ias Bomberger, married to MinnieErisman . Their ch ildren are , (7 Bess ie .

(6 ) Fannie Bomberger ; (6 ) Lincoln B omberger ; (6 ) John Bomberger ; (6) LizzieBomberger ; (6) Mary Bomberger.(5 ) Elias B . Bomberger married the second time, in 1875

, Maria Hammaker ,daughter of Daniel and Fannie (Forry)Hammaker .

(5 ) Joseph B . Bomberger,was born De

cember 2 l st,1828. He married in 185 0

,

Fannie Riss er , daughter of Preacher J ohnand Elisabeth (Hess) Risser , of Elisabe thtownship

,Lancaster Co . , Pa . Her broth

ers and sis ters are ,Preacher Jacob Risser

,married to Fan

nie Eby . Mentioned in the “ Eby family,ofMaryland .

John Risser , married to Eliza Ann Brackbil l . Their family is mentioned in theNissly family .

Lizzie Riss er, married to Daniel Leed .

“

Their children are,Harry .

Catharine Risser,married to John Buch .

Their children are , Harvey, Lizzie , Aaron .

Martha R isser, married to Reuben Reis t .Their children are , Anna , Mary, Sarah ,Fannie, Martha , L i zzie , Katie .

Mary Risser . married to Joseph Oberholtzer . Thei r chi ldren are, Mary , Anna ,Jos eph .

Samuel Risser, s ingle .

Fannie Risser was born August l 6 th,

1831, d ied November 8th, 187 7 , aged 46years

,3 months and 22 days .

(5 ) J oseph B . and Fannie (Risser) Bomberger begat chi ldren , viz"

(6 ) Henry R . Bomberger , married to Lizz ie Earhart Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Anna ,(7 ) Theda , (7) E lmer Scott

, (7 ) HarryHayes , (7 ) Abraham Garfield , (7) Minnie .(6 ) Anna R . Bomberger, married to Sam

uel Ehrhart . Their ch ildren are, (7) Annie,

(6 ) Fannie R . Bomberger ; (6 ) John R .

Bomberger (6 ) Joseph R ; Bomberger (6 )Amos R . Bomberger .

(5 ) Mary B . Bomberger was born Marchl gth,

1830 . She married , i n 185 3 , GeorgeHoffer , son of Emanuel and Barbara (Thuma) Hoffer. His brothers and sis ters are,Anna Hoffer, married to Henry Becker .Their children are

,Eliza .

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Samuel Hoffer , married to Anna Froel i ch . Their children are , Frank , Emma ,H iram , Samuel .Elisabeth Hoffer

,married to Peter Ham

mer . Their ch ildren are, Hiram ,Emma

,

Emanuel,Lizzie

,Harvey .

Christian Hoffer , married to Mary Gibble .

T heir children are , B arbara, Mary , Emanu el . Lizzie .

Catharine Hoffer , married to David Smith .

Their children are , Samuel , Barbara .

(5 ) George and Mary B . (Bomberger)Hoffer begat children , v iz"

(6 ) Fannie Hoffer, married to HenryRuhl . They had one child , Susan .

(6 ) Fannie (Hoffer) Ruhl was marriedthe second time, to Abraham Summy, mention in the Niss ly

”family .

(6) Allen H offer, married to Fanni e Hershey

,daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Bru

bacher) Hershey . Their children are, (7Mary

(6 ) Henry Hoffer ; (6) Emanuel Hoffer ;(6 ) Catharine Hoffer .(5 ) David B . Bomberger was born De

cember 28th, 1831. He married SusanWeidman

,daughter of David and Elisabeth

We idman, of Penn township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . Her brothers and sisters are mentioned in the “ Snyder” family .

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(4) John and Rebecca (Eby) Bombergerbegat children , viz

(5) Martin E . Bomberger,born Decem

ber 12th,1839 . He married Martha Eisen

berger .

(5 ) Sem E . Bomberger,born April 28th,

1842,died March 14th,

1872,aged 30 years

and 17 days .

(5 ) Christian E . Bomberger, born February 2d, 1845 . He marri ed Catharine Miller . Her sis ter Anna was married toHenry B ealor . The ir children are

,Catha

rine , Lizzie . The mother , Rebecca (Eby)Bomberger , died in 185 2.

(4) John Bomberger married , the thirdtime , El isabeth Shelly, widow of Jacob Shelly, and daughter ofJohn and Anna (Snavely)Eberly, of Cumberland Co . Her brothersand s isters are , Jacob Eberly , marri ed toMary Zent John Eberly

,married to El iza

beth Nissly ; Samuel Eberly, married toSusan Gerber and Fannie Gerber ; Catharine Eberly, married to Jacob Rupp andPreacher Jacob Mumma .

(4) Barbara Bomberger was born in 180 5 .

She died June 24th,1872, i n the 6 7 th year

of her age . She married Jacob Wissler , sonof Jacob and Anna (Eby) Wissler , of Claytownship

,Lancas ter Co . ,

Pa . His brothers

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and s is ters are mentioned in the “Ebyfamily .

(4) Jacob and Barbara (Bomberger) Wissler begat children , v iz "

(5 ) Anna B . Wissler,married to Christian

Hess, son of Chris tian and Barbara Hess .

His brothers and sis ters are,John , Samuel ,

Abraham , J oseph Catharine , Anna , Fannie ,Barbara

,Magdalena

,Elisabeth .

(5 ) Chris tian and Anna B . Hess begatchildren

,viz "

(6 ) Jacob W . Hess,married to Laura

Reis t . Thei r children are, (7 ) Clara , (7 )Anna .

(6 ) Emanuel W . Hess ; (6 ) John W .

Hess ; (6 ) Mary W . Hess ; (6 ) Levi W .

Hess ; (6) Anna W . Hess .

(5 ) Jacob B . Wiss ler,married to Anna

B rubacher, daughter of Joseph and Susan

(Rudy) B rubacher. She had one s is ter ,Lavina , married to Abraham L . Lane .

(5 ) Jacob B . and Anna ( B rubacher) Wissler begat chi ldren , viz

(6 ) Joseph B . Wissler,married to Lizzie

Buch . Their chi ldren are, (7 ) Minnie , (7 )

Jacob .

(6 ) Lizzie B . Wiss ler, married to Christian B . Risser .

(6 ) Samuel B . Wissler ; (6 ) Chris tian B .

Wissler ; (6 ) Susan B . Wissler .

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(5 ) Martha B . Wissler,married to Samuel

R . Hess,son of John and Hess . His

brothers and s isters are,Mary

,Jacob R .

,

Elisabeth , Martha , Esther, Anna , John R .

(Preacher) .(5 ) Samuel R . and Martha B . (Wissler)Hess begat children

,viz

(6 ) Anna E . Hess,married to B enjamin

D . Heller . Their children are, (7 ) Samue l

H . , (7 ) Harvey H .

, (7 ) Benjamin H ., (7 )

Jacob H ., (7 ) John H .

(6 ) Israel W . Hess,married to Anna

Doster Their children are, (7 ) Alvin D .

,

(7 ) Joseph Walter , (7 Martha .(6 ) Susan W . Hess .(6 ) Samuel A . Hess

,married to Mary

Longenecker . Their chi ldren are, (7 )

Abraham L .

(6 ) Mary W . Hess ; (6 ) Jacob W . Hess ;(6 ) Elias W . Hess ; (6 ) Lizzie W . Hess ;(6 ) Emma W . Hess ; (6 ) Sarah W . Hess ;(6 ) Barbie W . H ess (6 ) Menno W . Hess .

(5 ) Mary B . Wissler,married to Peter B .

Rohrer, son of Jacob and Mary Rohrer , of

Eas t H empfield township , Lancaster Co .,

Pa . His brothers and s is ters are , Henry ,Jacob

,Elisabeth

,Kate

,Magdalena

,Maria .

(5 ) Peter B . and Mary B . (Wissler) Rohrer begat children , viz

(6 ) Anna W . Rohrer,married to Abra

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Maria Kraybill . Their ch ildren are,J ohn

Nissly (Deacon) , Peter Nissly (Preacher) ,and Jacob Nissly .

Anna Nissly, married to Jacob Stauffer.This family i s mentioned 1n the Stauffer”

family .

Preacher Martin N1ssly s wife , Maria , wasa daughter ofJ oseph and Barbara Wittmer ,of Mount J oy townsh ip , Lancas ter Co . , Pa .

Her brothers and s is ters are,Peter Witt

mer,\married to Samuel Witt

mer,married to Fannie B rubacher ; Chris

tian Wittmer,married to El isabeth Kolb

Maria Wittmer, married to Henry SnyderBarbara Wittmer

,married to Daniel Wohl

g emuth ; Catharine Wittmer , married toJacob Hershey (Preacher) Frany Wittmer ,married to John Hors t .

Joseph W . Nissly, born July 2l st , 1813 .

His brothers and sisters are,

Anna N1sslv ,married to Joseph Ebersole .

Their ch ildren are,Noah , Anna, Martin ,

J oseph .

Barbara Nissly,married to Daniel

Heisey .

Fannie Nissly,married to Jacob Snyder .

Thei r children are,Joseph , Aaron , Peter,

Mary,Anna .

Martin W. Nissly, married to Mary S .

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Nissly. Their children are , Eli , Anna , Barbara , Fannie .Mary Nissly, married to Phil ip Greiner .Their children are

,Mal inda , Fannie .

(5 ) Joseph W . and Barbara (Nissly)Niss ly , begat children , viz

(6 ) Ephra im N . Niss ly (Preacher) , bornMarch.2 l st , 1841. He married

,November

8th 1864,Fannie N . Eby

,daughter of Levi

and Anna (N lssly) Eby , of R apho township ,Lancaster Co .

, Pa . Her s isters are described i n the “ Eby family . Fannie N .

Eby was bo1n December 2 l st , 1843 , diedJune 12th

,1871

,aged 27 years

,5 nionths

and 21 days .

(6 ) Preacher Ephraim N . and Fannie N .

(Eby) N iss ly begat children , viz

(7 ) Barbara Nissly, born September 7 th,

186 5, died September 19th,

1870,aged

5 years and 12 days .

(7 ) Ellen Nissly , born August 13 th,186 7 ,

d i ed January 17 th,1870

,aged 2 years

,5

months and 4days .

(7) Martha Nissly, born August 19th,

187 0,d i ed J uly 8th,

1871, aged 10 monthsand 19 days .

(6) Preacher Ephraim N . Nissly marriedthe s econd time, January 9th, 187 3 , MaryMeckley (born August l st, daughter

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of Samuel and Fannie (Horst) Meckley .

Her brothers and s is ters are,

Henry Meckley,married to Amanda

Nissly , daughter of Christian H . and Barbara Nissly. Their children are , Kati e ,Ada

,Samuel . Fannie , Ell en .

Anna Meckley , married to ChristianFlory, son of Christian and Lizzie (Sherk )Flory . Their children are

,Anna, Henry .

Fannie Meckley,married to Joseph Mas

terson,son of Joseph and Anna Mas terson .

Their children are,Cora

,Meckley

,I rwin ,

Fannie, Simon .

Catharine Meckley , married to John Lindemuth , son of Martin and Anna Lindemuth Their children are , Emily , Katie .

(6 ) Preacher Ephraim N . and Mary

(Meckley) Nissly begat children , viz(7 ) Anna Nissly,

born O ct . 15 th,187 3 .

(7 Frances Niss ly,born September 19 th ,

1875 , d i ed October 6 th, 1880 , aged 5 yearsand 18days .(7 ) Emma Nissly, born Dec . 4th, 187 7 .

(7 ) Joseph Nissly, born Feb . 5 th, 1881.

(7 ) Samuel Nissly born April 10 th, 1883 .

(6 ) Martin N . Nissly was born June 4th,1843

, d ied March 14th,1844

,aged 9 months

and 10 days .

(6 ) Elias N . Nissly was born February15 th , 1845 . He married , October 315 t,

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(7 ) Phares N . Kraybill, born June 24th,

1875 .

(7 ) Bertha N . Kraybill , born June 7 th,1879 .

RETURN AGAIN To (5 ) ANNA NI SS L Y .

(5 ) Anna Niss ly was born August 22d,

1819 ; she d i ed Apri l 11th, 1845 ,aged 25

years,7 months and 20 days . She married ,

September 22d,1840

,Emanuel Cassel , son

of Abraham and Magdalena (Ehrisman)Cassel , of R apho township , Lancaster Co .

,

Pa . Abraham Cassel was a son of Abraham Cassel . Emanuel Cassel ’s brothersand s is ters are

,

D r. John H . Cassel , married toTheir children are

,

Charles G . Cassel .Clara M . Cassel

,married to Thomas

Morris .Mary Cassel , d ied s ingle .

Jacob E . Cassel , married to Mary Winebrenner ; their children are , E l len , Will iam ,

H arri et, Jane , Harry,Laura

,Emma,

Charles,Sadie.

Hetti e Ann Cassel , married to John K .

Barr ; their children are,Mary, Frank ,

Martha,Abraham

,Anna .

(5) Emanuel and Anna (Nissly) Casselbegat children

,viz

(6 ) Abraham N . Cassel , born Augus t25 th,

1843 . He married Anna Longenecker .

(6 ) Anna N . Cassel , born March 26th,

1845 ; she marri ed October l s t , 186 3 , Henry B . Hertzler

,son of John B . and El isa

beth (Brenneman) Hertzler . His brothersand s is ters are mentioned in the Brubacher” family .

(6 ) Henry B . and Anna N . (Cassel)Hertzler begat chi ldren , viz "

(7 Anna Elisabeth Hertzler , born May5 th,

1864.

(7 ) Henry Milton Hertz l er , born June12111, 1865 .

(7 ) Fannie C . Hertzler,born Augus t 2d,

186 6 .

(7 ) Emanuel Cassel Hertzler , born December 12th,

186 9 .

(7) John C . Hertzler,born Feb . l oth , 1874.

(7) Elam C . Hertzler,born M ay 26 th,

187 6 .

(7 ) Nora Grace Hertzl er , born October2151, 1878.

(5 ) Emanuel Cassel marri ed the secondtime Maria Rohrer

,daughter of J ohn and

Susan Rohrer, of R apho township , L ancaster Co .

, Pa . Her brothers and sisters are,

Jacob Rohrer . married to Susan Baker ;their chi ldren are

,Amelia, Benjamin , Bar

bara,Anna, Susan .

John K . Rohrer , married to Catharineand Mary Hies tand , daughters of Chris tianHiestand . Their children are , Allan , Martha . Susan , John , Clinton , Chris tian , David ,Frank , Harvey ,

Malinda , Phares , Paris ,Mabel .

Christian K . Rohrer,married to Mary

Greider . Their chi ldren are . Emma,Min

nie, Ellen , Harry , Emerson, Mary , Chris tian .

Anna K . Rohrer , married to Andrew D .

Hershey .

David K . Rohrer,died young .

(5) Emanuel and Mar1a (Rohrer) Casse lbegat children

,viz "

(6 ) Mary Cassel ; (6) Susan Cassel , married to Aaron Kling their children are , (7Grace, (7 ) Bessi e .

(6) Lizzie Cassel , married to Amos M .

Greider . Their children are, (7 ) Harry , (7 )

Benjamin Franklin , (7) Charles , (7 ) Howard

, (7 Christian .

(6 ) Emanuel R . Cassel (6 ) Hettie R .

Cassel ; (6 ) John R . Cassel ; (6 ) Emma R .

Cassel,married to John Eby (6 ) C lara R .

Cassel (6 ) Harry R . Cassel .

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Fianna N . Eby,mentioned in the “ Eby

family ; Henry G . Snyder,married to Anna

Bomberger ; Christian G . Snyder,married

to Susan F lory ; Anna G . Snyder,married

to Christian N . Newcomer ; Jacob S . Snyder ; Mary S . Snyder

,married to Amos W .

Newcomer ; Reuben S . Snyder ; FannieW . Snyder , married to Peter Kraybill

This family i s mentioned in the “Nisslyfamily .

(5 ) Jacob W . and Fannie (Nissly) Snyder begat children , viz

(6 ) Jacob N.Snyder, born in 1849 . Hemarried i n 1868

, Harriet S . Weidman,

daughter of David and Elisabeth (Stehman)Weidman

,of Penn township , Lancaster Co .

,

Pa .Her brothers and s isters are ,

Lizzie S . Weidman , married to JosephBuckwalter . Their children are , Hiram ,

Lizzie,Anna

,Henry , David, Daniel , Joseph .

Barbara S . Weidman , married to JacobN. Newcomer . Their children are mentioned in the Niss ly

”family .

J ohn S . Weidman , married to FannieCassel . Their ch ildren are , Lizz i e , Barbara ,John , Frances .Susan S . Weidman , married to David B .

Bomberger,men tioned in the “Bomberger”

family .

Henry S . Weidman , mentioned in theSnyder family .

Anna S . Weidman , married to TobiasH ersheyf Their children are , Lilli e .

(6 ) Jacob N . and Harriet S . (Weidman)Snyder begat children , viz

(7 ) Phares W . Snyder , born June 26 th,

1869 .

(7) Jacob W . Snyder,bo‘rn December

181h,1877 .

(6 ) Fannie N . Snyder was born March12th , 185 2. She married

,i n 1870 , H enry

S . Weidman, (born March l 0 th

, son

of David and Elisabeth (Stehman) Weidman

, of Penn townsh ip , Lancas ter Co . Hisbrothers and s isters have been mentionedabove.

(6 ) Henry S . and Fannie N . (Snyder)Weidman begat children , viz 2

(7 ) Fannie S . Weidman,born September

24th,1871.

(7) Harry S . Weidman , born October 3d,187 3 .

(7 ) Amanda S . Weidman,born Decem

ber S l st , 1875 .

(7 ) Ellen S . Weidman,born Ju ly 14th

,

1878.

(7 ) Jacob S . We idman,born June 11th,

1881.

(6) Mary Ann N . Snyder,born Ju ly 8th,

148

1855 . She married , i n 18 John B . Harnish,

son of Deacon Jacob and Martha (Brubacher) Harnish , of East Hempfi eld township

,

Lancaster Co . , Pa . His brothers and sis tersa re

, Susan B . Harnish,married to Henry

H . Stauffer ; Henry B . H arnish ; Jacob B .

Harnish .

(6 ) John B . and Mary Ann N . (Snyder)Harnish begat children

,viz

(7) Fannie S . Harnish,born September

,

1875 ; (7 ) John S . Harnish,born October

,

1880 .

6 Barbara N . Sn der , born Novembery5 th,

185 9 .

(6 ) Henry N . Snyder,born November

14th,1862.

RETURN AGAIN TO (5 ) MARIA NI SSL Y .

(5 ) Maria Nissly was born June 17 th ,1824. She married in 1846

,Benjamin

Musser (born February 14th , son of

Benjamin and Barbara (Miller) Musser, of

East H empfield township , Lancaster Co .,

Pa . His brothers and s is ters are,Abraham Musser

,died s ingle .

Martha Musser,marri ed to John Shenk .

Their children are, Henry , Benj amin , Susan .

Anna Musser,married to Jacob Herr .

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Cassel , of Penn township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . His brothers and s isters are,

Anna H . Cassel,married to Jacob S .

Hershey . Their chi ldren are,Louisa

,

Lizzie .

Maria H . Cassel .Henry H . Cassel , married to Anna Minnich Their chi ldren are, Milton Amanda ,Nora , Anna .

Lizzie H . Cassel .John H . Cassel, married to Adaline W .

Kreider . Their chi ldren are,Fannie

,Anna ,

J ohn .

(6 ) Joseph and Anna N . (Musser) Casselbegat children , viz(7 ) Amos M . Cassel , born December 19 th,

1872 ; (7 ) Emma M . Cassel,born August

24th, 1874; (7 ) Frank M . Cassel , born July2151, 1882.

(6 ) Barbara N . Musser was born July11th, 185 2. She married

,i n 1872

,Abra

ham Cassel, son of Jacob and Barbara

( H ernly) Cassel , of R apho township , Lancaster Co .

, Pa . His s is ters are,

Fannie H . Cassel , married to John S .

Weidman (mentioned elsewhere) .Anna H . Cassel

,married to John N .

Musser . Their children are,Minnie .

(6) Abraham and Barbara N . (Musser)Cassel begat children

,viz

15 1

(7 ) Henry M . Cassel was born Augustl 5 th, 187 3 .

(6 ) Benjamin N . Musser was born February l st

,1854

, died September 29th,1860

,

aged 6 years,7 months and 28days .

(6 ) Mary N . Musser was born June 22d,

1858.

(6 ) Henry N . Musser was born September 8th

,1868

, d i ed March 2d, 186 9 , aged 5

months and 22 days .

END OF DESCRIPT ION OF (5 ) MAGDALENA

(NI SS L v) B R UB ACH E R’

S S I STE R S . Now

RE TURN To

(5 ) Sem and Magdalena (Nissly) Brubacher begat‘two sons , viz "(6) Martin N . B rubacher

,born October

11th, 1835 ,in E l isabeth township

,Lancaster

Co . The parents moved to R apho township

,Lancas ter Co .

, Pa , i n 1836 . Hemarried

,October 26 th,

185 6,Mary Ann

Snavely (born September 28th,

daughter of Henry and Mary Ann (Stauffer) Snavely , of Penn township , LancasterCo . Her brother

,Henry S . Snavely

,mar

ried B arbara B . Reist , des cribed i n the“ Reist” family .

H enrv Snavely " was a son of Jacob and

E l isabeth Snavely, of R apho township , Lancaster Co . His brothers and S i sters are

,

Jacob Snavely,died Single .

Isaac Snavely , married to Mary Gingrich ;they lived in L ebanon Co Pa . Their children are ,Jacob

,married to Anna Hershey . Their

children are,Mary , Elisabeth , Henry , An

drew, Jacob , Emma , Anna , Samuel , Isaac .

Chris tian,s ingle .

John,married to E l isabeth Hagy . Their

chi ldren areElisabeth

,married to John Bachman .

Their children are , William , Lizzie, Joseph .

Mary,married to Hiram Sechrist . Their

children are,Lizzie, John , Frederick ,

Henry .

Anna ; Martha ; Martin ; Joseph ; Fannie ; I saac .

John Snavely was born 1795 . He married , in 1821

, Anna Hershey , daughterof Preacher B enjamin and Veronica (Snyder) Hershey , of Penn township , LancasterCo . Her brothers and s is ters are mentioned i n the B rubacher

”family . J ohn

and Anna (Hershey) Snavely begat children , viz "Fannie Snavely , married to John Stehman . Their children are

,Jacob

,John

,

Mary .

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(6 ) Martin N . and Mary Ann (Snavely)B rubacher begat one daughter

,viz " (7 )

Fannie S . B rubacher.

(6 ) Jacob N . B rubacher (Bishop) wasborn July 25 th

,1838. He married

,Novem

ber l st,185 7 , Barbara H . Stauffer (born

July 15 th , daughter of David K . andAnna (Hammaker) Stauffer, of R apho township

,Lancaster Co .

(6 ) Jacob N . and Barbara H . (Stauffer)B rubacher begat chi ldren , vi z

(7 ) Enos S . B rubacher, born and diedMarch 14th , 185 9 .

(7 ) Fannie S . B rubacher, born July 25 th,1860

, she d i ed January l o th , 186 5 ,aged 4

years,5 months and 15 days .

(7 ) Martin S . B rubacher, born July 23d,

186 2. He married,December 11th, 1883 ,

Emma Frances Wittmer, daughter of Christian and Magdalena (Hoffman) Wittmer , ofSilver Springs , Lancas ter Co EmmaFrances Wittmer was born June 26 th

,1860 .

Her brother and sister are,

Sal ina H . Wittmer,born July 17 th , 186 3 .

Clayton H . Wittmer, born Jan .6 th,

186 7 .

Christian Wittmer was a son of John andMaria (Hoffman) Wittmer , of R apho township

,Lancaster Co . His brothers and sis

ters are,

Mary,married to David Becker . Their

children are , Elmira , Emma , Phares , David .

Barbara,married to Henry Becker .

Their ch ildren are. Anna , Mary .

Lizzie,married to Henry M . Stauffer .

Their children are,Emma, Mary , Harry .

Fannie,single .

Samuel , married to Catharine Becker .Their children are

,Phema

,Alice , Samuel ,

John"Henry

,married to

Amos,married to Kate Brenneman .

Their ch ildren are,John

,Mary, Amos , Mor

ris , Kati e .Dr . Eli

,married to Ellen Sutton .

Christian Wittmer’

s wife was a daughterof John and Catharine (Balmer) Hoffman ,of East H empfield township , Lancaster Co .

Her sisters are,

Anna . married to Henry Baer and Christian Mumma . Their ch ildren are

,John

Baer,Susan Baer , and Simon Mumma .

Adaline,marr1ed to Abraham Stauffer .

Their ch ildren are, Mary Ann , Emma ,Katie . Hiram , Milton .

Susan , married to Reuben Longenecker .The1r ch i ldren are

,Torrence , Anna .

(7) David S. B rubacher,born May 5 th,

186 7, d i ed January 12th,

1870,aged 2 years

,

8months and 7 days .

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(7 ) Magdalena S . B rubacher, born December 11th, 186 9 .

(7 ) Sem S . B rubacher, born September29th

,1872.

T H E FOLLOWING I S A DESCRIPTION OF

DAV ID K . AND ANNA (HAMMAKER)

STAUFFER ’S ANCESTOR S AND BROTHERS

AND S ISTERS .

David K . Stauffer , was a son of Martinand Maria (Kauffman) Stauffer .Martin Stauffer was a son of John andBarbara (Amweg) S tauffer .John Stauffer was a son of Chris tianS tauffer .Chris tian Stauffer had two sons

,John and

Jacob . Whether he had more childrencannot be ascertained . He was born inGermany, on the Mueckenhaeuserhof,

” i nWartenberg

,in the Pfalz. He had three

brothers ; the name of one was John , whowas born August 6 th,

1715,in Germany .

He married Catharine Shenk , of Cones toga ,Lancaster Co .

(1) Christian Stauffer , his two sons , threebrothers

,and his mother emigrated to

America,though in what‘

year cannot be as

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Christian , Martin , Anna , Barbara , Catharine, Maria ; of these the following grew upand were married .

(3 ) John Stauffer , married to Kolb .

O f th is family no trace can be found .

(3 ) Jacob Stauffer was born October 22d,

17 70 . He died April 14th,1802

,aged 31

years,5 months and 22 days . His death

was caused by fall ing from a hors e . Hemarried Anna Nissly (born January 16 th,

17 74, d ied November 6 th,185 6

, aged 82

years,9 months and 20 days) , daughter of

Martin and Anna Nissly,of Mount Joy

township,Lancaster CO . Her brothers and

sisters are,Preacher Christian Nissly,

married to Maria Kraybill ; Preacher MartinNissly , married to Anna Wittmer .

(3 ) Jacob and Anna (Nissly) Stauffer begat children , viz "

(4) John S tauffer was born DecemberSl st , 17 96 . He married E l i sabeth Miller ,She was born November 13th. 1799 , diedFebruary 26 th, 1844

,aged 44 years

,3

months and 13 days . Their children are ,Benjamin M .

, (5 ) Anna , (5 ) Jacob M . ,

Tobias M ., (5) Aaron , (5 ) El ias M .

(4) Anna Stauffer, married to Chris tianHershey . Their children are

, (5 ) Esther ,(5 ) Jacob , (5 ) Maria , (5 ) Anna , (5 ) ChristIan.

(4) Catharine Stauffer, married to JohnHuber . Their children are , (5 ) John S . , (5 )Anna , (5 ) Eli , (5 ) Henry .

(4) Jacob Stauffer , married to CatharineHershey , mentioned in the

“Hershey”

family .

(3 ) Joseph Stauffer was born February23d

,177 3 . He d i ed December 9 th

,

aged 7 9 years , 11months and 16 days . Hemarried to Catharine Acker (born August27 th, 1780 , died June l oth, 185 5 , aged 74years

,9 months and 13 days ) , daughter of

Henry and Maria Acker , of R apho township

,Lancas ter CO .

Henry Acker was born March 7 th, 1745 ,died March 14th

,1825

, aged 80 years and 7days .

Maria Acker was born in 1758,died in

1824, in her 6 6 th year .(3 ) J oseph and Catharine (Acker) Stauff

er begat children , v iz "

(4) Jacob Stauffer , born November l st,

1804,d ied August 17 th , 1806 .

(4) Henry Stauffer , born Apri l 13 th , 1802.

He married , March 12th, 1822, Anna Cassel , daughter of Joseph and Cassel .Her brothers and sis ters are

,J oseph , died

S ingle ; Henry , died S ingl e ; David , marriedto Gibble ; John , married to AnnaH ernly and Anna Weaver ; Jacob, married

to Barbara H ernly ; Elisabeth , married toHenry Buckwalter ; Mary, married to JacobHostetter .

(4) Henry and Anna (Cassel) Stauffer begat one son

,viz "

(5 ) David Stauffer , died young .

Anna (Cassel ) Stauffer , the mother , wasborn March 15 th, 1804

,died May 19th

,

1824,aged 20 years and 22 days .

(4) Henry Stauffer married, the secondtime , Catharine Snyder (born August 27 th,

1808,died Jul 27th,

1835,aged 26 years

and 11months), daughter of John and Elisabeth Snyder. Her brothers and s istersare , Anna ; Elisabeth ; Jacob , married toAdal ine Rohrer ; John , married toShollaw Samuel

,married to Fannie E .

Nissly.

(4) Henry and Catharine (Snyder) Stauffer begat children , viz "

(5 ) Joseph S . Stauffer , married to MarthaB uckwalter . Their chi ldren are , (6) Liz

‘zie

,

(6) Henry , (6) Benjamin , (6) Mary Ann , (6 )Reuben

, (6) Amanda .

(5) Lizzie S . Stauffer , died young.

(5) Samuel S . Stauffer, married to E l izaMetzler.

(5 ) Anna S . Stauffer, died young .

(5 ) Maria S . Stauffer, died Apri l 24th,185 5 , aged 21years , 7 months and 28days .

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(5 ) Christian E . Stauffer, married to Susan Mohn . Their ch ildren are

, (6) Milton,(6 ) Katie , (6 ) Ellen , (6) Henry .

(5 ) Susan E . Stauffer , married to JosephE . B rubacher. Their chi ldren are , (6 )Amon

, (6 ) Clayton , (6) Ell ie , (6 )-Henry

,

(6 ) Susan .

(4) Mary Stauffer, married to John Hostetter , son of Bishop Jacob Hostetter .Their children are, (5 ) E l iza, married toJacob L . Stehman ; (5 ) Sarah , married toDaniel Grosh ; (5 ) Henry , married to MaryAnn Stehman.

(4) Catharine S tauffer , married to SamuelL . B rubacher. Their children are , (5 ) Joseph,

married to Maria Moore and HarrietHostetter (5 ) Maria, married to ChristianL‘

. Miller ; (5 ) Samuel , married to RoseShel ly ; (5 ) Catharine .

(4) Elisabeth Stauffer , married to JacobKauffman . Their children are

, (5 ) Jacob ,married to Mattie Haas (5 ) Henry , single

(5 ) Leah , married to Chris tian Myer ;Adal ine

,married to Samuel M . Stape ;

Reuben , married to Harriet Dunlap ;John

,married to J ess ie Landis ; (5 ) Emma,

died .

(3 ) Chris tian Staufi er was bornHe died July 29th,

1798, aged

16 3

(3 ) Anna Stauffer .

(3 ) Barbara Stauffer , married to Chri stianKnull . Their children are , (4) BarbaraKnul l

,married to Michael Nafz iger ; (4

John Knull,married to Mary Moyer ; (4

Christian Knull , married to Frany Land i s ;Maria Knull , married to D . Light . Thefamily of Chris tian and Barbara (Stauffer)Knull l ive in Lebanon Co .

,Pa.

(3 ) Maria Stauffer (born December 3d,

17 68, d i ed April 2d ,1845

,aged 7 6 years

,3

months and 29 days ) married to Henry Acker . Thei r children are

, (4) Jacob , (4) Anna ,(4) Barbara , (4) J ohn . Henry Acker d i ed .

His widow marri ed , the s econd time .Chris tian Hershey

,near Manheim

,L ancas

ter Co ., Pa .

(3) Christian Stauffer was born Augus t2th, 1792, died March 23d, 17 93 , aged 7months and 11 days .

(3) Martin Stauffer (mentioned on page15 6 ) was born November 15 th

,17 78. H e

died December 22d,187 3

,aged 95 years

,1

month and 7 days . He married , May 4th,

1802,Maria Kauffman

,daughter ofMichael

and Veronica (Bergy) Kauffman , of Eas tH empfield township , Lancas ter Co .

,Pa .

She was born December 9th,1781

,died

September 5 th,183 7

,aged 5 6 vears , 9

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months and 6 days . H er brothers and sisters are ,John Kauffman , married toTheir chi ldren are , J ohn , Christian , Barbara ,Anna .

Anna Kauffman , married to Joseph Gochenauer. Their ch ildren are , John , Jacob ,Joseph , Henry , Michael , E l isabeth , Anna ,Veronica

,Magdalena

,Mary

,Martin .

Veronica Kanfiman, married to HenryMusselman .

Barbara Kauffman , married to DavidRohrer . The i r children are, Simon , Michael

,Benjamin , David, Fannie , Anna, E l is

abeth.

David Kauffman , died single .Andrew Kauffman , d i ed s ingle .(3 ) Marti n and Maria (Kauffman) Stanif

er begat children , viz

(4) David K . Stauffer was born Apri l19 th,

1804. H e died March 27th, 186 6,

aged 61 years,11months and 8 days . He

married,January 28th, 1825 , Anna Ham

maker,daughter Of Daniel and Anna (Mus

ser) Hammaker, of West H empfield townsh ip

,Lancaster Co .

, Pa . Anna Hammakerwas born September 17th , 180 7 , died September 28th, 186 7 , aged 6 0 years and 11

days . The following is a description of herparents

,and brothers and s is ters

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(3 ) Anna H ammaker (will be describedelsewhere) .

(3 ) DanIel Hammaker was born Januaryl o th

,1811. He died August 26 th,

1876,

aged 65 years , 7 months and 16 days . Hemarried , April 28th,

1830,Frances Forry

,

daughter of John and Veronica Forry , of

Manor township,Lancaster Co . , Pa . She

was born Apri l 2oth, 1811, died November17 th , 187 7 , aged 6 6 years , 6 months and 27days . Her mother ’ s maiden name wasSeitz . She died November 3d

,1878

,

aged 10 3 years , 11 months and 17 days .Her brothers and s is ters are ,Daniel Forry

,marri ed to Catharine

Kauffman ,Their children are , John , mar

ried to Mary N . Newcomer Fannie, married to Christian Charles ; Elisabeth , married to Chris tian Shuman ; Maria , marriedto Jacob Stauffer ; Isaac ; Catharine , married to Rohrer .Elisabeth Forry , s ingle .

John Forry,married to Anna L andis .

Their chi ldren are, Fannie , married to Joseph Charles ; Anna , married to Eshbach ; Daniel , married to Swarr ;Elisabeth,

married to Groff ; Susan ,married to Sensenig .

Jacob Forry, married to Mary Copen

16 7

heffer. Their children are , John ; Jacob ,married to Elisabeth Eshleman .

Anna Forry, marri ed to Harry Heise .

Their ch i ldren are,Susan Forry , married to David H armsh.

Their children are , Fannie , married toHam ish ; Jacob (Deacon) , married to Martha B rubacher ; El isabeth , married to Henry Rohrer ; Mary , marri ed to Amos Herr ;Anna Leah

,married to Henry B rubacher ;

David , married to Martha Sarah ,married to Harnish ; Daniel , marriedto Weid l er .

(3 ) Daniel and Frances (Forry) Hammaker begat children , viz

(4) Anna Hammaker, born February2o th . 1831. She married , i n 185 0 , JohnRohrer, son of Daniel and Mary Rohrer , ofEast H empfield township ,

Lancas ter Co . ,

Pa . H is brothers and s is ters are,Anna Rohrer , married to Abraham Mill er.Their chi ldren are

,Mary

,married to I srael

Weber ; Lizzie , Henry , Anna , Daniel , Hetti e , Tobias , Fannie , Abraham , Emma , John,Jacob , Susan , Amos , David , I saac , Martin ,Al ice .

Jacob Rohrer,married to Mary Kreider .

Their chi ldren are,Jacob

,married to Aman

da Stauffer ; Mary , married to Martin S.

Nissly Daniel,John

,Hetti e .

Daniel Rohrer , married to L 1zz1e Fisher.They live in Missouri . Their children are

,

Mary , Hetti e , Anna ,Esther Rohrer , died s ingle .

Abraham R ohrer, married to L i zz i e Eby.

Their children are , Mary , Amos , Lizz ie,Anna, Daniel , Fannie, Noah , I ra .

Isaac Rohrer , married to Emma Nance .They l ive in Missouri . Their children are,

Alice, Hettie, Isaac .

Mary Rohrer, married to Isaac Stoner.Their children are , Rohrer , E l len , Lizzie,Amie

,Daniel

,Stella .

(4) John and Anna (Hammaker) Rohrerbegat children

, viz"

(5 ) Emma Rohrer , married to Samuel B .

Nissly , mentioned in the N issly family.

(5) Fannie Rohrer , married to NoahGetz . Their children are , (6) Forry , (6 )Noah , (6 ) Mabel , (6 ) Anna.

(4) Eliza Hammaker was born February28th,

1832,des cribed in the “ Bomberger”

family .

(4) Fannie Hammaker was born October11th,

183 3 . She married , i n 185 5,Menno

G . Wenger,son of Michael and El isabeth

Wenger , of West Earl township , Lancas terCo . , Pa . His brothers and s isters are ,Marks G . Wenger

,married to Maria

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(5) Mary H . Wenger , married to JohnWissler . They have one child .

(5 ) Menno H . Wenger .

(5 ) Fannie H . Wenger .

(4) Maria Hammaker was born Apri l 1st,183 6

,d ied December 6 th

,1883 , aged 47

years,8months and 5 days . (Mentioned in

the Bomberger” family . )(4) John Hammaker, died young .

(4) Barbara H ammaker was born June26 th,

1839 . She married , i n 1862, Phil ip

Brehm,son of Philip and Barbara Brehm .

His brothers and s is ters are,Cyrus

,mar

ried to Matzal ; Maria ,married to

Gerber .

(4) Phi lip and Barbara (Hammaker)Brehm , begat children , viz "

(5 ) Anna Brehm , married to JeremiahBaumgardner ; (5 ) Amie ; (5 ) Maria ; (5)Fannie ; (5 ) Hammaker ; (5) Lizzie ; (5 )Edwin ; (5 ) Frances , (5 ) Barbara ; (5) L yman .

(4) Daniel Hammaker was born Apri l l st,1842. He married

,in 18 Lizzie Brandt

,

daughter of Daniel and Mary Brandt.

(4) Daniel and Lizzie (Brandt) Hammaker begat children

, viz " (5 ) Clara , (5 )Anna .

(4) Amos Hammaker was born June 2o th ,

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1845 , d i ed September 3oth , 1865 , aged 20

years,3 months and 10 days .

(4) David Hammaker was born March28th,

1847. He married,i n 1878, Frances

Leopold,daughter of Henry and Sarah

Leopold . Her brothers and sis ters are ,Rebecca

,married to David Landis Aman

da ; Harrison ; Phares , married to EmmaWalter ; Anna , Henry , Wa l ter , Sadie .

(4) David and Frances (Leopold) H ammaker begat children , viz "

(5 ) David Lyman ; (5) Danie l ; (5 )Menno .

(3 ) Mary Hammak er was born August15C 1813 .

(3 ) Barbara Hammaker was born October l 0 th,

1816 .

RETURN AGA IN To THE DESCRIPTION OF

THE FAMILY OF (4) DAV I D K . AND ANNA

(HAMMAKER) STAUFFER .

(5 ) Mary H . Stauffer was born December1st, 1825 . She married, in 1843

,Samuel

Aungst,son of John and Catharine (Bergy)

Aungst, of Dauphin CO Pa . SamuelAungst was born Augus t 28th,

1819 . H is

brothers and s isters are,

Benj amin Aungst,born August 3o th

,1815 .

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E l isabeth Aungs t, born February 8th ,1817 , married to Will iam Umberger. The irchildren are

,Anna

,Will iam , Clara.

Isaac Aungst , born September 24th, 1823 ,married to Mary H atz . Thei r children are

,

Mary , Ellen , Samuel , Isaac Newton .

Mary Aungs t,born May 13th, 1829 , died

s ingle .Elias Aungst

,born October 2d, 183 3, died

'

s ingl e .Amos Aungst, born February 22d, 183 7 ,married to Martha Smith . The i r childrenare , Franklin , Katie .

(5 ) Samuel and Mary H . (Stauffer)Aungst begat children

,viz

(6 ) Anna S . Aungst,born December 24th,

1843,died May 315 t, 1844, aged 5 months

and 7 days .

(6 ) David S . Aungs t,born September

6 th 1845,died Apri l 10th,

1874,aged 28

years , 7 months and 4days .

(6) Catharine S . Aungst, born September13 th

,1847 , died June 7 th,

186 7,aged 19

years , 8months and 24days .

(6) Henry Martin S . Aungst, born February 15 th,

185 0 . He married,in 1880

,Em

ma Beamesderfer,daughter Of John and

Lizz i e Beamesderfer, Of East H empfield

township , Lancas ter Co . , Pa . The in chi l

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(6 ) Amos S . Aungst,born October 4th

,

1864.

(6 ) Susan S . Aungs t,born November

16 th,186 6 .

(6 ) Fannie S . Aungst, born March 15 th,

186 9 .

(5 ) Anna H . Stauffer, born September19th

,1828

, died May 27 th,185 0

,aged 21

years,8months and 8days .

(5 ) Fannie H . Stauffer,born June l 1th,

1830 . She married , December 7 th, 1848,Christian E . Gingrich , son of David andElisabeth (Eby) Gingrich . His mother wasa daughter of Chris tian and Veronica (Hershey) Eby . H is brothers and s is ters aredes cribed in the Eby”

family.

Christian E . Gingrich was born Septemb er2

.5 th,

1825 .

(5 ) Chris tian E . and Fannie C . (Stauffer)Gingrich begat children , viz

(6) Levi S . Gingrich,born January 13 th,

185 0 . He married Mary Becker , daughterof Chris tian and Susan (Zeller) Becker.Her brothers and s isters are

,Ezra Becker

,

S ingle ; Ellen Becker , married to Scott Little . Their ch ildren are

, S tella .

(6 ) Levi S . and Mary (Becker) Gingrichbegat children , viz

1(7 Clara N . Gingrich , born August 2oth ,87 9 .

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(7 ) Christian G . Gingrich , born September 4th,

1881.

(7 ) Levi Martin Gingrich , born October8th ,(6 ) Anna S . Gingrich was bo rn November

25 th, 185 2 She married in 18 David H .

Snavely,son of John and Anna (Hershey)

Snavely,Of R apho township , Lancaster Co .

His brothers and s isters are mentioned inthe Snavely”

family .

(6 ) David H . and Anna S . (Gingrich)Snavely begat children , viz "

(7 ) Jacob G . Snavely , born August 19th,1871.

(7 ) Ella G . Snavely,born December 11th,

1878,d i ed November 2l st, 1881, aged 2

years,11months and 10 days .

(6 ) David S . Gingrich , born November14th

,1854

,died February 24th,

1874,aged

19 years,3 months and 10 days .

(6 ) Lizzie S . Gingrich , born July 18th,185 6

,

(6 ) Fannie S . Gingrich , born August 18th?1858. She married

,i n 18 Jacob S .

Weidman,

son'

of David and E l isabeth(Stehman) Weidman , of Penn township

,

Lancaster Co ., Pa . His brothers and s is ters

are mentioned In the Snyder” family .

(6 ) Jacob S . and Fanni e S . (Gingrich)Weidman begat children

, viz "

(7 ) Christi an G . We idman , born May27 th,

1879 .

(7 ) Phares G. We idman,born October

18th,1880 .

(6) Christi an S . Gingrich,born May 13 th

,

1861.

(6) Jonas S . Gingrich , born November16 th , 1862.

(6) Barbara S . Gingrich,born May 25 th

,

1865 .

(6 ) Henry S . Gingrich , born September29th 186 7 . He died May 13 th, 1876 , aged8years

,7 months and 14days .

(5 ) Barbara H . Stauffer,born July 15 th

,

183 3 . She married Jacob N . B rubacher.

This family 13 described on page 154.

(5 ) Susan H . Stauffer,born Apri l 11th,

1836 . She married , October 185 6, Ben

jamin E . Nissly, son of Samuel and Anna

(Eby) Nissly , of R apho township , LancasterCo . His brothers and sis ters are des cribedi n the “

Nissly”family.

(5) Benjamin E . and Susan H . (Stauffer)NIssly begat children , viz "

(6) Anna S . Nissly,born July 4th

,185 7 .

She married , October 2 l s t, 1880 , Anios H .

Frank, (born October 26 th,

son of

John and Anna (Hess) Frank , of Manheimtownship , Lancaster CO . His brothers ands isters are, Christian H . Frank , married to

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Eliza Risser , married to Peter B rubacher.

Thei r chi ldren are,Ellen

,Ada .

(6 ) Benj amin S . Niss ly,born March 11th,

186 6 .

(6 ) Fannie S . Nissly and (6) Susan S .

Nissly,born March 8th , 1868.

(6 ) Mary S . Nissly,born Augus t 12th

,

187 6 .

(5 ) David H . Stauffer was born August27th,

1841. He d ied September 9th,1854

,

aged 13 years and 13 days .End Of description of the family of (4)David K . and Anna (Hammaker) Stauffer .

RETURN AGAIN To THE FAMILY OF (3 )

MART IN AND MAR IA‘

(KAUFFMAN)STAUFFER .

(4) JOhn Staufi er was born June 17 th,

180 6 .

1H e died November 29th, 1878, aged

72 ey ars , 5 months and 12 days . He marri edy May 18th,

1837 , Elisabeth Hostetter ,daughter of Jacob and Anna (Swarr) Hostetter

,of Manor township , Lancaster Co .

,

Pa . Elisabeth Hostetter was born June27 th, 1813 ,

died September l o th,1870

,aged

5 7 years , 2 months and 13 days .

(4) John and Elisabeth (Hostetter) Stauffer begat children , viz

— 179

(5 ) Maria Stauffer , born February 8th,1838. She married , January 17 th, 1858

,

Jyosep

(ph S. Niss ly ,

son of Joseph B . andIary (Snyder) Nissly , of Donegal township , Lancaster Co . His brothers and s is

ters are mentioned i n the “ Snyder” family .

Joseph S . Nissly, died November 26 th,1861

,aged 27 years

,4months and 18days .

H is widow ,Maria (Stauffer) N1ssly, married

the s econd time,November 2oth, 186 5

,

Samuel N . Eby, son Of Jonas and Veronica

Eby . OfWest H empfield township,L ancas

ter Co . H is brothers and sisters are mentioned i n the Eby”

family

(5 ) A son was born December 2d,1839

l ived only a short time .

(5 ) Fannie S tauffer was born December2d 1840

,died October 17 th

,1846

,aged 5

years , 10 months and 15 days .

(5 ) Emanuel R . Stauffer was born February 9 th,

1844,died January 17 th

,186 6

,

aged 21 years,11months and 8days .

(5 ) Henry S . Stauffer was born Augus t25 th

,1846 . He married

,October 2 l s t

,

186 6, Catharine Becker (born January 23d,daughter of John and Anna (Hoover)

Becker,near Marietta

,Lancaster CO .

(5 ) Henry S . and Catharine (Becker)Stauffer begat chi ldren

,viz

180

(6 ) Paris B . Stauffer , born September 7 th,186 7 .

(6 ) Nora Stauffer , born July 14th , 186 9 ,died April 3d

,1872

,aged 2 years , 8months

and 29 days .

(6) Howard B . Stauffer,born February

13 th, 1871.

(6 ) Norman B . Stauffer , born Augus t 6 th,187 3

,d i ed October 17 th

,187 6 , aged 3 years ,

2 months and 11days .

(6 ) Arthur Stephens Stauffer , born Apri l9th,

1875,died December 4th, 187 7 , aged 2

years,7 months and 26 days .

(6 ) Miriam Stauffer , born December 1st,1876 .

(6 ) Elisabeth Stauffer , born June 23d,

1879 .

(6 ) Edith Stauffer , born March 7 th,1881.

The brothers and s isters of CatharineBecker, wife ofHenry S . Stauffer are

,

Nathaniel Becker, d ied ; Norman Becker ,d i ed .

Isabel la Becker , married to Edwin L .

Reinhold . Their children are, Edwin , Anna

,Ethie

,John Jay ,

Emma Becker Fremont Becker .

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married to Royer ; Fianna , marriedto Land1s ; Hettie , married to

Susan , marr1ed to S toner .Nancy Becker, married to Jacob Hess .They had two children , viz " Susan , married to Henry Frank ; Anna, marri ed to

Nathaniel Erb .

Elias Becker,married to Anna S tauffer .

They had one son , Frank , married to Catharine Kline .

Henry Becker,married to Anna Bom

berger . They had two children,viz " -E l

mira , married to J ohn Graybil l ; Stauntondied .

Levi Becker,married to Anna B ruck

hart . They had four chi ldren , viz " Daniel

, Sabilla , J eremiah , Lizzie .

Israel Becker,married to Carri e Buck

walter . They had five chi ldren,viz " Hen

ry ,married to Mary Seibert ; John Leah

Catharine ; David .

Elisabeth B ecker,marr1ed to Henry S .

B rubacher, mentioned in“B rubacher

family .

John Becker had one s tep -brother andfive step s isters

,viz "

Maria,married to John Eby . They had

one son,Jacob .

F1anna,marr1ed to Dan1e1 H abecker.

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They had two children , viz " Isabella ,Daniel .

Leah,married to Abraham Boll inger .

They had three children , viz " Amanda,

Lizzie, Anna .

Susan,married to Henry Buch , they had

one daughter .

Amanda,married to Samuel Pfantz , they

had five Children .

Reuben,married to Amanda Sharp

,they

had three chi ldren .

Henry Becker , the father of the abovefamily , was a son of Christian and Nancy

( B rubacher) Becker . His brothers and S i sters are

,Chris tian B ecker

,married to

K i ssel ; S usanna Becker . married to L .

Johns Becker,married to Erb ;

Barbara Becker , married to J . Forney ;Mary Becker

,married to A . Eichler ; Miss

Becker , married to Snyder .

Christian Becker , the father , was a son of

Arnold Becker . Arnold B ecker had threechildren— Christian Becker

,Peter Becker,

Becker,married to Dr . Samuel Fah

nestock . Arnold Becker was a son of Arnold Becker

,who

,with five brothers , came

from Switzerland, Europe .

RETUR N AGAIN To THE FAMILY OF JOHN

STAUFFER .

(5 ) John K . Stauffer was born October25 th, 1848. He married , March 6 th,

1879,

Magdalena Herr , daughter of Henry andE l isabeth (Brenneman ) Herr , of Eas tH empfield township , Lancaster CO . Herbrothers and sis ter are, Jacob B . Herr, married to Lizzie Herr ; Henry B . Herr

,mar

ried to Levina Grayb ill Emily Herr ; Benj amin Herr ; Amos Herr .

(5 ) Elisabeth Stauffer was born November l st, 185 2 . She died October 3 l st, 1854,aged 1year

,11months and 30 days .

END OF THE FAM I LY OF (4) JOHN

STAUFFER .

(4) Martin K . Stauffer was born Octoberl st , 1808. He died December 3d,

1854,

aged 46 years,2 months and 2 days . He

married , in 1831,Elisabeth Kauffman ,

daughter Of Andrew and Adaline (Shenk)Kauffman , of East H empfield township

,

Lancaster CO . Elisabeth Kauffman wasborn August 18th,

1811. Her brothers ands isters are, John Kauffman , died young ;

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one son , viz " Morris S . Newcomer married Lucy Wright .

(4) Mary Ann K . Stauffer,mentioned in

the Snavely”family .

(4) Veronica K . Stauffer,born June 18th ,

1813 . She died August 29th,1815

,aged 2

years,2 months and 11 days .

(4) Samuel K . Stauffer , born Apri l 24th,

1816 . He died September 29th,1858

,aged

42 years,5 months and 5 days . He mar

ried Mehela Van Cannan . They hagl oneson , vi z " (5 ) J efferson Stauffer .

(4) Henry K . Stauffer,born July 8th

,

1820 . H e d ied August 24th,1821

,aged 1

year,1month and 17 days .

END OF DESCR IPT ION OF THE STAUFFER

FAMILY .

(5 ) Henry E . B rubacher was born February l st, 1815 . He married

,November,

183 7,Mary Hershey , daughter of Chris

tian and Susan (Baer) Hershey , of Penntownship

,Lancaster Co . Christian Her

shey was a son of Christian and Elisabeth

(Snyder) Hershey , of Penn township , Lancaster Co . His brothers and s is ters arementioned in the “ Eby”

family .

Mary Hershey was born September 19th,

— 187

1820 . The name of her brother is , DavidHershey (Deacon) . He was born January8th,

1817 . He married , October , 1845,

Fannie Hostetter , daughter of B ishop Jacoband Elisabeth Hostetter

,of Penn townsh ip

,

Lancaster CO . Her brothers and S is ters are,

John Hostetter,married to Polly Stauffer .

Their ch ildren are , Eliza , Sarah , Henry .

J ohn Hostetter,married the s econd time to

Eliza Forry . Their children are , Emanuel ,Benjamin

,John

,Ephraim

,Maria .

Mary Hostetter , died s ingle .Anna Hostetter

,marri ed to Christian

Wissler . Thei r children are, Elisabeth ,B enj amin , Jacob , Mary Ann .

Jacob Hostetter , married to Mary CasselThei r children are , Harriet , Joseph , Anna .

Susan Hostetter , married to J ohn Shaeffer . Thei r chi ldren are

,J osiah .

Barbara Hos tetter marri ed to JosephHershey .

’

Their chi ldren are,Benjamin

,

Ephraim ,Esther , Anna , Joseph .

Martha Hostetter , married to John Stauffer . Their ch i ldren are

,Lizz ie , David .

David H os tetter , married to Maria Peifer .Their children are

,Jacob P.

,Lizzie , Abra

ham , Martha , Jos iah , David , Nathan , Sarah ,Emanuel Cephas , Benjamin .

Catharine Hostetter,married to Chris tian

188

Ehrisman . Their children are,Susan , Liz

zie,Metz

,Sarah

,Albert

,Mary

,Minnie .

David and Fannie (Hostetter) Hersheybegat children

, viz "

Benjamin Hershey .

Susan Elisabeth Hershey , married to Simon K . Nissly . Their children are , David,Lizzie

,Jacob , Fannie .

Amos Hershey,married to Lavina Hos

tetter . Their children are, Fannie .

David Christian Hershey , married toKat e Keller.

RETURN To (5 ) HENRY E . AND MARY

(HERSHEY) B R UB AC H E R .

(5) Henry E . and Mary (Hershey) Brubacher

,begat chi ldren

,viz "

(6) I saac H . B rubacher born October17 th

,183 9

,He married , in 186 3 , Maria L .

Huber, daughter of Samuel and Fannie( B rubacher) H uber . Her brothers and sisters are ,Abraham Huber, married to Susan Oberholtzer . Their children are

,Fannie, Mar

tha , Susan , John , Anna .

John Huber,marr1ed to Anna Horst .

The i r chi ldren are , Lizzie.

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san (Doner) Hershey, of R apho township ,L ancaster Co .

,Pa .

Benjamin D . Hershey was born February11th,

1847 , died September 12th , 1880 , aged3 3 years

,6 months and 28 days . H is

brothers and S is ters are,

Andrew H ershey, married to AnnaRohrer .John D . Hershey

,married to Anna Mel

l inger. Their chi ldren are,Abraham

Christian,John

,Phares . Abner, Emma ,

Susan,Sarah , Benjamin , Anna , Elam ,

Mary .

Fannie Hershey,married to Benjamin B .

B renneman Their chi ldren are, Susan ,Frances , Mary , Anna .

Elisabeth Hershey,died young .

Mary Hershey,married to Benjamin D'

.

Rohrer,

"

of I lli noi s . Their children are,Abner

,Hiram

,Benjamin , Emma , Abraham ,

Henry , Susan , Mary , John .

Susan Hershey,married to Andrew

Greider . Their chi ldren are,Anna , John ,

Susan , Abraham ,Benjamin

,Andrew .

Abraham Hershey,died young .

Sarah Hershey , married to Joseph E .

Lehman . Their children are, Florence ,Arthur .

(6) Benjamin D . and Susan H . (Brubacher) Hershey begat chi ldren , viz

(7 ) Mary S . Hershey , born November27th,

1875 .

(7 ) Alliene Hershey , born May 27th,

187 7,died -March S l st, 1878, aged 10 months

and 4days .(7 ) Harry B . Hershey, born July 17th,

1879 .

(6 ) Jacob H . B rubacher was born March14th

,1846 . He married

,i n 1875

,Elisabeth

Shenk,daughter of Michael and Sarah

(Horst) Shenk , of Lebanon Co . , Pa. Herbrothers and sis ters are mentioned in theHors t” family .

(6 ) Jacob H . and - El isabeth Shenk Brubacher begat children , v iz

(7 ) David S . B rubacher, born February3d, l 877 , died August Sl st , 1878, aged 1

year , 6 months ,and 28days .

(7 ) Mary S . B rubacher, born July l oth,

1879 .

(6) Catharine H . B rubacher was bornSeptember 4th

,1848. She married , in 1871,

Jacob B . Hertzler, son of John B . and Elis

abeth (B renneman) Hertzler . H is brothersand sis ters are

,John B . Hertzler

,married to

Barbara B rubacher. Thei r chi ldren are,Andrew, Benjamin , Lizzie . He marri ed thesecond time to Rebecca Stri ckler. Theirchildren are , Amos , Barbara , Anna , Ellen ,Jacob

,Samuel .

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L izzie B . Hertzler, married to U lrichHertzler.Chris tian B . Hertzler, married to Catharine Grossman . Their children are, Emel ine

,Phares , Agnes , Mary , David , Na

thanaeL

Anna Hertzl er, married to Daniel Burkholder. Their children are, Anna , Daniel ,Mary

,Lizzie

,Elam .

Benjamin Hertzler,married to Susan

Lehman .

Fannie H ertzler,married to Frank Mill er .

Their children are,Nora .

Eli Hertzler, married to S arah Harnish .

Their children are , Franklin , Annie .

Mary Hertzler,married to Christian An

drews .

(6 ) Jacob B . and Catharine H . (Brubacher) Hertzler begat children , viz "

(7) Mary B . Hertzler , born August 12th ,1871.

(7 ) Harry B . H ertzler,born July l st , 1874.

(7 ) John B . Hertzler,born August 8th ,

187 6 .

(7 ) Ada B . Hertzler , born January 23d,

187 9 .

(7 ) Clayton B . Hertzler,born December

24th,1880 .

(7 ) L i zzie B . Hertzler, born May 18th ,1883 .

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9th,185 9

, died July 27th, 1860 , aged 1

year and 18days .

RETURN AGAIN To (5 ) ISAAC B B UB AC H E R .

(5 ) Isaac B rubacher was born March1l th , 1817 . He married, September 13 th,

1841, Rebecca Hershey , daughter of An

drew and Mary (Hoffman) Hershey, ofWes tH empfield township ,

L ancaster Co .

Andrew Hershey was a son of Abrahamand (Kreider) H ershey . RebeccaHershey was born March 23d

,1815

,d ied

August 25 th,185 0

,aged 35 years

,5 months

and 2 days . Her brothers and s isters are,

Abraham Hershey , marri ed to SusanDonor. Their family is mentioned in theB rubacher

”family .

Liza Hershey , d i ed young.

Fannie Hershey,married to Abraham

Kreider . They had one child , died young.

Mary Hershey , married to Chris tian Herr .They had one daughter

,died young.

Jacob Hoffman Hershey , married to Barbara Brenneman . Thei r children are ,Frances Matilda, married to Henry Mayer. Their children are

,Dora

,Mary Bertha .

Simon Andrew .

Amos , married to Rebecca Bones . The i rchildren are

,Florence

,Mary Edith .

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Rebecca Ann,married to Hebron Herr.

Their ch ildren are , Emma , Gertrude .

Mary Elisabeth,married to Frank Herr.

Thei r children are , Mabel , Anna .

Emma Susan , married to David L . Gerber . Their children are . Benjamin Franklin .

Martha Jane,married to Cyrus G . Fry .

Barbara Alice ; Abraham ; Jacob Hoffman .

Susan Hershey , married to ChristianSei tz . Thei r chi ldren are , Frances , married to Henry Hoerner. Their ch ildren are,Arthur, Edith , Grace, Elmira died oy u .ng

(5 ) Isaac and Rebecca (Hershey) Brubacher begat children

,viz

(6 ) Mary Ann B rubacher, born July 13th,

1842. She married , in November , 1860,

Jonas Mumma,son of John and Fannie

(Herr) Mumma . His brothers and s istersare

,

Christian Mumma,married to Anna Hoff

man . Their ch ildren are,Simon , Fianna .

L izzi e Mumma,married " to Samuel Erb .

Their ch i ldren are,John , H enrv, Lizzi e,

Mary,Annie .

Fannie Mumma, married to JosephHersh . Their ch ildren are

,John

,Henry

,

Jacob , Christian , Jonas , Fannie .

(6 ) Jonas and Mary ( B rubacher) Mummabegat children

, viz

196

(7 ) Eli B . Mumma, born September , 1861.

(7 ) John B . Mumma, born April , 186 3 .

(7 ) Fannie B . Mumma,born September

,

1865 .

(7 ) Anna B . Mumma,born June

,186 7 .

(7) Isaac B . Mumma, born May, 1869 .

(7 ) Ella B . Mumma , born May , 1871.

(6) Andrew H . B rubacher, born June24th,

1844. He d ied January 19th,186 7 ,

aged 22 years , 6 months and 25 days .

(6) Susan H . B rubacher, born January5 th,

1847 . She died May 28th,1849

,aged

2 years,4months and 23 days .

(6) Rebecca H . B rubacher was born November 4th, 1848. She married

,in Novem

ber, 186 9 , Henry B . Nissly, (born March28th, son of Chris tian E . and Fanni eNissly . His brothers and s i s ters are mentioned i n the “Niss ly

”family.

(6) Henry B . and Rebecca H . (Brubacher) Nissly begat children , viz "(7 ) Alice B . Niss ly, born Aug. 5 th, 1871.

(7 ) Isaac B . Nissly , born Oct . 25 th, 1872.

(7) Frances B . Nissly,born Aug . 22d,

1874.

7 ) Enos B . Nissly , born March 6 th, 1876 .

7 ) Minni e B . Nissly ,born June l st, 1878.

7 ) Paris B . Nissly,born June 15 th

,1880 .

7) Walter B . Nissly, born Oct. 13 th , 1882.

(5 ) Isaac B rubacher, married the s econd

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(5 ) Isaac and Anna (Herr) B rubacher begat chi ldren

, viz

(6 ) Anna H . B rubacher, born March 8th ,185 7

,d i ed June l 0 th, 185 7 , aged 3 months

and 2 days .

(6 ) Isaac H . B rubacher,born June 7 th,

1858. He married,i n 1878

>Lizzie Bru

bacher , daughter of Christian and Anna

(Herr) B rubacher, of Lancaster township,

Lancaster CO . Her brothers and sis ters are,

Susan , married to El ias Groff. Theirchildren are

,Christian , Anna , Lizzie .

Barbara,married to Henry Herr " Fan

nie ; John ; Mary ; Christian ; Amos "

I I enry .

(6) Isaac H . and Lizzie ( B rubacher) Brubacher begat ch ildren , viz "

(7 ) Emma B . B rubacher,born October

201h,187 9 .

(7 Anna'

B . B rubacher,born October 3d,

1882 .

(6 ) Esther H . B rubacher, born September 27 th

,186 0 . She married

,i n 187 7

,Al

bert H . Erb,son of Daniel and Catharine

( H ernly) Erb . His brothers and sis ters are ,Abraham

,married to Anna Herr . Their

chi ldren are,Elmer

,Daniel .

Mary ; Henry ; Amos .

(6 ) Albert H . and Esther H . ( B rubacher)Erb, begat children , viz

(7 ) Daniel B . Erb, born September 28th,

1878.

(7 ) Amanda B . Erb,born March 2d, 1880 .

(7 ) Clayton B . Erb,born August 17th,

1881.

(7 ) I saac B . Erb , born March l st , 1883 .

(6 ) Susan'

Emma H . B rubacher was bornJanuary 2d,

1862,died January 19th, 1873 ,

aged 11years and 17 days .

RETURN AGA IN To (5 ) Jacob E . B R U

BACHER .

(5) Jacob E . B rubacher was born June14th,

1821. He married , November 14th ,1849

, Elisabeth Hershey , daughter of An

drew and Elisabeth Hershey. She wasborn June 4th ,

1825 . Her brothers andS isters are

,

Anna Hershey,married to Jacob Snavely .

Their children are,Lizzie , Mary , Henry ,

Andrew. Anna , Jacob , Samuel , Emma,Isaac .

Polly Hershey,married to Jacob Got

schal . Thei r chi ldren are,J ohn

,Andrew

,

Henry, Adam ,Eliza .

Jacob’

Hershey,married to Anna Steh

man . Their ch ildren are, Emma , Add is on ,Sal inda ,

Hiram,Anna , Kati e , Jacob .

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John H ershey , married to Liza H ainly .

Their children are, Andrew, Tobias , Anna,Emma . John , Susan , Lizzie .Henry Hershey, married to Liza Swarr.

They had one son,Adam .

Andrew Hershey, married to SusanKauffman . Their children are

,Amos

,Mar

tha , Andrew .

Christian Hershey, married to SusanSwarr . Their ch ildren are

,Ellen

,Phares

,

Susan , Lizzie , John , Fannie , Amanda , Anna

,Harvey.

(5) Jacob E . and Elisabeth (Hershey)B rubacher begat children , viz

(6) Mari a H . B rubacher,born May 8th

,

185 0 . She died November 22d, 1880 , aged30 years

,6 months and 14

‘

days . She married , November 7th,

1872,John H . Wissler ,

born April 6 th, 185 0 , son of Levi and Fanny (Hess) Wissler . His brothers and s is

ters are,Anna , married to Samuel P . Zim

merman ; Barbara , married to Joseph’

R .

B iicher ; Levi , married to Martha M . Kreider ; Jacob , married to Ella Royer ; Katie,married to Dr . Jacob H . Sieling.

(6 ) John H . and Maria H . (B rubacher)Wissler begat one son, viz "

(7 Jacob B . Wissler was born September10 th,

1873

(6 ) B enjamin H . B rubacher was born O c

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of Jacob and Mary (Bender) Burkholder.Her brothers and sisters are,Weid ler Burkholder .Annie Burkholder

,married to Abraham

Lefever . Their chi ld ren are,Ida , Anna

Mary, Aaron .

Jacob Burkholder ; Emma Burkholder .

(6 ) Menno H . and Catharine ( B urkholder) B rubacher begat children , viz "

(7 Charlotte B . B rubacher, born January7 th,

1879 .

(7 ) Katie May B rubacher, born May 12th ,1882.

(6 ) Lizzie H . B rubacher was born November 19th,

185 9 . She married , November 16 th , 1880 , Samuel N . Mumma , son of

J onas and Anna (Nissly) Mumma . Hisbrothers and s isters are

,Fannie N . Mum

Jonas N . Mumma,married to Elida

Engle ; Israel N . Mumma ; Amos N . Mumma ; John N . Mumma ; Arina N . Mumma .

(6) Samuel N . and Lizzie H . ( B rubacher)Mumma begat children , viz "

(7 ) - Laura B . Mumma , born November6 th ,

1881.

(7 ) Anna Martha Mumma , born February 22d, 1883 .

(6 ) Ezra H . B rubacher, born July 1st,186 1.

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Now RETUR N AGAIN To (5 ) ANNA E . B R U

BACHER .

(5 ) Anna E . B rubacher was born June19 th

,1824 She died January 5 th,

1873,

aged 48years,6 months and 16 days . She

married,October 5 th, 1848, Preacher Abra

ham Horst, son of Peter and Horst,of

Lebanon Co .,Pa . His brothers and sisters

are ,Joseph Hors t

,married to Veronica Shenk .

Their ch ildren are, Fannie, Sarah , Peter ,Henry

,Barbara , ‘Anna , Joseph , Samuel ,

Catharine .

Catharine Hors t, married to PreacherSamuel Gayman , of Juniata Co .

,Pa . Thei r

chi ldren are,Joseph

,Molly , Susan , Samuel ,

Jacob .

Samuel Horst,married to Catharine

S tauffer Their Children are,Elisabeth

,

Sarah,

'Joseph

,Henry

,Catharine

,J ohn

,

Samuel,Elias

,Anna .

Peter Horst,married to Nancy Shaeffer .

Their ch ildren are , John , Abraham ,Jacob

,

Anna,Peter .

Jacob Horst , married to Anna B . Krabill .El isabeth Hors t

,married to Peter Smith .

Their chi ldren are , Adam ,Simon

,Cyrus

,

E lizabeth , Monroe , Benj amin , Maria , Joseph .

David Horst , married to L izzie B reidenés tein . Their children are

,Simon

,Joseph

,

Anna,Monroe , David .

Sarah Horst,married to Michael Shenk .

Their children are, Mary Ann , John , Sarah ,Lizz1e Abraham

,Elias .

Benj amin Horst , married to Sarah Shaub .

Their chi ldren are,Mary

,Sarah , Anna,

Amanda , Malinda , J ohn .

(5 ) Preacher Abraham and Anna E .

(B rubacher) Hors t begat children , viz "

(6 ) Susan B . Horst,born February 5 th,

185 0 . She married Henry M . Shenk ,. son

of John and Martha (Musser) Shenk . Hisbrothers and sisters are

,B enjamin M .

Shenk,Susan M . Shenk .

Henry M . and Susan B . (Horst)Shenk begat chi ldren , viz "

(7 ) Anna H . Shenk , born October 23d,

1870,d i ed July 14th

,1878

,aged 7 years, 8

months and 21 days .(7 ) Lizzie H . Shenk , born Oct . 2otb ,

1871.

(7 ) John H . Shenk , born Nov . 3d,1872.

(7 ) Abraham H . Shenk,born Nov . 7 th

,

187 3 .

(7 Susan H . Shenk , born September 23d,1875

,died July 2 l s t

,1878

,aged 2 years, 9

months and 28days .

(7 ) Magdalena H . Shenk,born October

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(7 ) Jacob H . Risser,born January 11th,

1882.

(7 ) Menno H . Risser,born May 2 l s t

,

1883 .

(6 ) Elizabeth B . Hors t, born July 2l st,

185 3 . She was married to Abraham H .

Kauffman,son ofChris tian and Mary Kauff

man . His bro thers and S isters are , John H .

Kauffman , married to Shreiner ; Fannie H . Kauffman

,married David Grofi ;

Mary H . Kauffman ; Anna H . Kaufiman ;

(6 ) Abraham H . and Elisabeth B . (Horst)Kauffman begat children

,viz

(7 ) Harvey H . Kauffman , (7 ) Ada A

Kauffman , tw1ns , born March 5 th, 1875 .

(6 ) Anna B . H orst was born February14th. 185 5 . She married Anthony Fauser.

(6 ) Anthony and Anna B . (Horst) Fauserbegat ch ildren

,viz "

(7 ) Anna H . Fauser,born Dec . 18th,

1875 .

(7 ) Lizzie H . Fauser, born August 27 th,

187 7,died October 19th, 187 7 , aged 1

month and 22 days .

( 7) Emma H . Fauser, born J uly 24th,.

1879 .

(7 ) Harry H . Pauser,born May 29th, .

1882.

(6) Sarah B . Horst was born November

20 7 1

9th,185 7 . died Ju ly 18th,

1858, aged 8

months and 9 days .

(6 ) Catharine B .,H orst was born Apri l

22d,185 9 . Sh e married Jacob O . Risser

,

son of Deacon Jaco b and Lizzie (Oberho ltzer) Risser, of Mou nt Joy township , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . H is brothers and s is tersare , Anna O . Risser , married to SamuelMil ler gL izzie O . Risser , s ingle .

(6) Jacob O . and Catharine B . (Horst)Riss er begat chi ldren , viz "

(7 ) Amos H . Riss er, born October 3 l s t ,1880 .

(7 ) John H . Risser, born November 14th ,1883 .

(6) Fannie B . Horst was born Ju ly 1st,1861.

(6) Abraham B . Hors t was born OctoberS l st , 186 2.

(6) Benjamin B . Hors t was born Augustsoth

,1864.

(6 ) Barbara B . Horst was born February201h

,186 6

,died

(6) Martha B . Horst was born March 12th,

186 9 .

(5) Preacher Abraham Hors t was marriedth e s econd time

,June 17 th

,1879 , to Rebec

ca Lauber , daughter of Frederick and MaryLauber , of Perry Co . , Pa . Her brothersand S is ters are,

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Fannie Lauber , married to Jacob H . Lehman . Their children are

,Mary

,Anna

,

Isaac , John , Frederick , Daniel .Baltzar Lauber , married to Mary Kraybill . Their children are

,Frederick

,Jacob

,

Will iam , Lizzie , Thomas , Mary Agnes , Simon , Rebecca , John , Lydia .

Mary Lauber, married to Christian Martin . Their children are , Maria , Catharine,Daniel , Lydia , Anna , Emma , Rebecca ,Frederick .

Anna Lauber, married to John G. Kraybil l . The i r children ' are , Mary, Lydia ,Frederick , Simeon , Catharine , John , Benjamm .

Lydia Lauber married to Isaac Winey.

Their children are,Frederick

,Jacob , Anna,

Mary,Fannie .

Susan Lauber, died singl e .

Catharine Lauber,married to Benjamin

Dillman . Their children are,Rebecca

,Ida ,

J ohn , Mary .

Lizzie Lauber , married to E li Grubb .

Their children are,Mary , Frederick , Anna,

J acob , Willi e , Rebecca , George .Simeon Lauber

,married to Margarette

Grubb . Their chi ldren are , Mary , Frederick , Rebecca . Children by second marriage , John , Anna .

Isaac Lauber, died s ingle .

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died April sth, 1873 , in her 84th year . Herbrothers and sis ters are

,John Shenk , mar

ried to Elisabeth We idman ; AbrahamShenk , died young Sarah Shenk

,married

to Jacob Zehrfass Susan Shenk , d iedyoung ; Mary Shenk, married to GeorgeGross .

(4) Chris tian and Elisabeth (Shenk) B rubacher begat children, viz

(5 ) Susan S. B rubacher, born in 1810 .

(5 ) Jacob S . B rubacher,born in 1812. H e

married in 1848, Priscilla Dillman , daughterof Samuel Di llman , Her brother

’s name isSamuel W . Dillman He lived in Wilmington , Delaware .

(5 ) Jacob S. and Prisc i lla (Dillman) Brubacher begat chi ldre

’

n , viz "

(6 ) E l isabeth D . B rubacher, married to

David Shreiner. Their children are, (7 )Ada .

(6 ) Mary D . B rubacher, married to‘Sam

uel Hess . Their chi ldren are , (7 Clara, (7Ida

, (7 ) Monroe , (7 ) Emma, (7 ) Dillman .

(6) Monroe D . B rubacher, married to

Alice Zahm . Their children are, (7 Susan .

(6) Albert D . B rubacher, married to Susan Pautz . Their children a1e

,7 ) Dillman .

(6 ) Simon D . B rubacher ; (6) Fannie D .

B rubacher ; (6) Henry D . B rubacher ; (6)

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Chris tian D . B rubacher ; (6 ) Susan D . Brubacher .

(5) Elias S . B rubacher was born in 1814.

He settled in Canada . There he marriedSarah Ores .

(5 ) El ias S . and Sarah (Ores) B rubacherbegat children , viz

(6 ) John B rubacher, married to

Cook .

(6 ) Christian B rubacher, married to J eannette B rinkle .

(6 ) Susan B rubacher, married to E l iasShantz .

(6) Frankl in B rubacher, married to Hannah Muss elman .

(6 ) Henry B rubacher ; (6) David Brubacher ; (6) Lizzi e B rubacher ; ( 6) EliasB rubacher ; (6) Sarah Ann B rubacher.

(5) J ohn S . B rubacher was born in 1816 ,died in 1820 .

(5 ) Jonas S . B rubacher was born in 1819 .

He married Sarah Royer; daughter of Samuel and Sall i e (Kel ler) Royer . Her brothers and s is ters are

,Jacob Royer

,married to

Eli za Ream ; Phil ip Royer , married toReam and Catharine Deppi ; Samuel Royer , married to Rebecca Stuck Daniel Royer , married to Polly Lutz Edward Royer

,

married to Leah Royer Polly Royer,mar

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r ied to Christian Weng er ; Catharine Royer

,married to John Keller .(5 ) Jonas S . and Sarah (Royer) B rubach

er begat children , viz "

(6 ) Sarah R . B rubacher ; (6 ) Martin R .

B rubacher, married to Maria Minnich .

(5 ) Peter S . B rubacher was born in 1821.

He married El iza Siefritz , of England .

They l ive in Ohio .

(5 ) Peter S . and Eliza (Siefritz) Brubacher begat Children , viz

(6) Quincy S . B rubacher ; (6 ) Susan S .

B rubacher ; (6 ) Lizzie S . B rubacher (6)Mar S . B rubacher.

(5 Abraham S . B rubacher was born in1823

,died July 5 th

,185 2.

(5 ) Christian S . B rubacher was born in1826 . He married Elisabeth Sherk

, daugh

ter ofJohn and Lizzie (Kimmel) Sherk.

(5 ) Chris tian S . and Elisabeth (Sherk)B rubacher begat chi ldren , viz

(6 ) Mary Ann B rubacher ; (6 ) AbrahamB rubacher, married to L i zzi e Roland ; (6 )J ohn B rubacher (6 ) Lizzie B rubacher (6 )Susan B rubacher ; (6 ) Laura B rubacher ;(6 ) Allan B rubacher.

(5 ) Henry S . B rubacher was born‘

in

1828. He married Eliza Becker , daughterof Henry and Susan (Bucher) Becker . Herbrothers and s is ters are , John Becker , mar

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RETUR N AGAIN TO (4) MAR IA B R UB ACH E R .

(4) Maria B rubacher was born August6 th,

1789 . She married Bishop Benj aminEby. This family is described in the

Eby family .

(4) Susan B rubacher was born June 2oth ,1791. She died November 7 th, 1878, aged87 years , 4,

months and 16 days . She married , in September, 1813 , John Graybill , sonof Michael and Anna ( B rubacher) Graybill ,of Lebanon Co . , Pa .

Michael Graybill was born Apri l 25 th,

1748. H e d ied November _l st, 1823 , aged75 years

,6 months and 6 days .

Anna ( B rubacher) Graybil l was born O ctober 29th,

175 6 , d ied October 15 th,1839

,

aged 82 years , 11months and 16 days .J ohn Graybil l was born December 18th,

1789 , d i ed December 7 th,1838. aged 48

years , 11 months and 19 days . His sis tersare

,

Fannie Graybill , married to Jacob Weis .They lived in L ebanon Co . , Pa . They hadnine children

,four of whom are stil l l iving

— one son and three daughters .Nancy Graybil l . married to H enry Pfautz .

They lived near Mount Joy , Lancaster Co . ,

Pa . Afterwards in Frankl in CO Pa . Theyhad eight children .

Lizzie Graybil l , married to AnthonyCapp . They l ived at Sheaffers town, Lebanon CO . ,

Pa . Afterwards near Mount J oy ,Lancaster Co ., Pa . Anthony Capp diedthere . His widow married Jacob M iss imer.

Susan Graybill , married to John Strohm .

They lived in Lebanon Co . Afterwardsmoved to Center Co . , Pa . They had afamily of s i" or eight children .

Barbara Graybill,married to John Kre i

der . They l ived in Lebanon Co . , thenmoved to Frankl in Co . , Pa .

, and afterwardsreturned again to Lebanon Co . They hada family of si" or eight children .

Catharine Graybill,married —to Henry

Long . They lived in L ebanon Co . , Pa .,

moved thence to Dayton , Ohio . They hada family of si" children .

Mary Graybill,married to John Eby .

They l ived in Lebanon Co ., moved to Cen

ter Co . , Pa. Had a large family .

(4) John and Susan ( B rubacher) Graybil lbegat ch ildren . viz

(5 ) Michael B . Graybil l was born September 27th

,1814.

(5 ) Anna B . Graybi ll was born September23d

,1816 . She married

,in 1840

,Jacob

Hors t , son of Peter and Elisabeth Horst .His brothers and s isters are mentioned i nthe B rubacher

”family .

(5 ) John B . Graybil l was born December1l th , 1817 . He married

,January 4th,

1838,

Catharine Lane,daughter of Joseph and

E l isabeth Lane .Joseph Lane was born February 6 th,

1798. H is wife, Elisabeth was a daughterof Daniel and Maria Erb . She was bornJuly 25 th, 17 92, d i ed August 19th,

1865,

aged 7 3 years and 25 days .

Daniel Erb was born April 4th,17 6 0

,

died September 29th,1837

,aged 7 7 years ,

5 months and 25 days .Maria Erb was born July 2d,

17 6 6 , diedMay l o th

,185 2

, aged 85 years , 10 monthsand 8 days . The brothers and s is ters of

Catharine Lane,wife of John B . Graybill

are,Jonas Lane, married to Lucetta Furlow.

Had one child named Joseph .

Henry Lane,died s ingle in his 4oth year .

Joseph Lane, jr. ,died single in his 22d

year .

(5 ) John B . and Catharine (Lane) Graybill begat children , viz

(6) Joseph L . Graybil l Was born December 24th, 1838. He married , i n 1865 , LizzieH . Erisman

,daughter of Chris tian and

Catharine Hostetter , of R apho township ,Lancaster Co .

, Pa . Her brothers and sis

ters are,Susan Erisman ; Metz J . Erisman ,

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twins,were born Apri l 2 l s t , 1872. Joseph

d i ed June 24th,1872

,aged 2 months and 3

days .

(7) Lane G . Zug,born October 29th,

1874.

(7 ) Ella Kati e G . Zug,born April 10 th,

1882.

(6 ) Mary L . Graybil l was born December16 th , 1842, d i ed November 3o th , 1858, aged15 years

,11months and 14days .

(6 ) Anna L . Graybil l was born June 24th,

1844. She married , June 6 th, 186 7 , IsaacK . Mumma

, (born November 17 th,son of I saac and Catharine (Kreider) Mumma . His brothers and sis ters are , Mary ,married to Lev i Brandt ; Fannie, marriedto Henry Hagy ; Catharine , married toSamuel Miller ; Jacob ; Joseph ; Caroline,married to Samuel S. Royer .

(6 ) Isaac K . and Anna L . (Graybil l)Mumma begat ch ildren , viz "

(7 ) Graybill G . Mumma, born May'2d,

186 9 .

(7 ) Harry H . Mumma,born February

12th, 1881.

(6 ) Elisabeth L . Graybil l was born February 28th,

1847 . She married David Kreider

,son of David and Sarah (Henry) Krei

der . His brothers and S is ters are,

Andrew, married to Emma Mill er. Their

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children are,Sall ie

,Raymond , Edwin ,

Annie .0

Henry, married to Mary H overter. The1rchi ldren are , Morris D . ,Will iam H .

, Mary E .

Joseph,married to Anna Boller . Their

children are,Gideon R .

, Emma S . , DavidA Josephine .

Mary Ann , married to Abraham Brightbill . Their ch ildren are , R o landis , Samuel ,David , Harry , Sal lie , Alice , Ella , Lizzie ,Mary

,Mabel J .

(6) David and Elisabeth L . (Grayb ill)Kreider begat chi ldren , viz "

(7 ) John G. Kreider,born March 25 th

,

1870 .

(7 ) David G . Kreider, born November13 th, 1871.

(7 ) J oseph Lane Kre ider , born July 14th ,1879 .

(7 ) Lizzie G . Kreider,born November

91h,1880 .

(6 ) Catharine L . Graybill was born Augus t 5 th, 1848. She married

,November

24th,1881, Harry S . Risser

, son of Peterand Fannie (Stauffer) Risser , of Clay townsh ip , Lancas ter Co .

, Pa . His brother s andsis ters are , B enjamin , married to AnnieHershey ; M ary ; Annie , married to Reuben Keller . Their ch ildren are

,Alvin

,

Franc is , Harvey , Harry .

(6 ) Sarah L . Graybill was born Septem ~

ber 7th, 1851. Died Apri l 27th, 185 2, aged7 months and 20 days .

(6 ) John L . Graybil l was born November2l st , 185 3 . He married Ida Ream , daugh

ter of Michael Ream . Her brothers andsis ters are , Harvey, Susan , Emma, Cora .

(6) John L . and Ida (Ream) Graybill begat chi ldren

, viz

(7) Susie R . Graybil l,born December 8th ,

1880 .

RETURN TO (5 ) JACOB B . GRAYB ILL .

(5 ) Jacob B . Graybil l was born August29th, 1819 . H e marr i ed , October 8th,

1840,

Anna Bachman (born June 6 th,

daughter of John and Anna (Kreider) Bachman

,Of Lebanon Co .

,Pa . Her brothers

and sisters are,

Mary Bachman , married to Joseph Longenecker. Their ch i ldren are

,John

,Henry ,

Eliza , Lavina , Mary Ann , Nancy , Leah ,Cy rus , Sall ie , Joseph , Lydi a , Fannie Emma , Samuel .Lydia Bachman

,married to David Bau

man . Their ch ildren are,Cyrus . J ohn ,

Mary Ann,Clara

,David , Lizzie .

Chris tian Bachman,married to Sarah

Zinn . Their children are , Mal inda , Anna

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Snavely . Their children are, Will iam AMary , Joseph S ., Lizz i e S Jo hn H .

,Sall ie .

Michael Bachman,married to Sarah Lan

dis . Their children are, L ev i H . ,Emma

,

R o landis , Sarah , Frank , Katie, Ida, Fannie ,Michael

,Susan .

(5 ) Jacob B . and Anna (Bachman) Graybill begat children

,viz

(6) Mary Ann Graybill , born August 3d,1841. She married , Augus t 11th,

185 9,

Samuel K . Slabach (born March 11th,

son of Samuel H . and Susanna (Keller)Slabach. His brothers and s isters are

,

Adam K . Slabach.

(6 ) Samuel K . and Mary Ann (Graybill)Slabach begat children , viz "(7 ) Edwin G. Slabach, born March 7th,

186 1.

(7 ) Frankl in G . Slabach,born October 3d,

186 3 .

(7 ) Villarah G . Slabach,born June 15 th ,

1865 .

(7 ) Susan G . Slabach, born December18th, 186 6 .

(6 ) John Graybi ll was born December8th , 1842, died March 12th, 1843 , aged 3

moii ths and 4days .(6 ) Sarah Graybill was born Augus t 2d,

1844,died March Sl st. 185 0 , aged 5 years ,

7 months and 29 days .

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(6 ) Henry Graybill was born June 4th,

1846 , died September 16 th , 187 7 , aged 31

years,3 months and 12 days . He married ,

December 24th,1872

,Barbara Snavely ,

(born March 19th, daughter of Jacoband Barbara (Nissly) Snavely . Her brothers and S is ters are

,John , Annie , Jacob , Sol

omon,Mart in , Susan .

(6 ) Henry and Barbara (Snavely) Gray‘

bil l begat ch ildren , viz "

(7 ) One , s ti l l born ; (7 ) Jacob Frankl inGraybill

,born June l oth, 1874; (7 ) Cora

Agnes Graybil l,born Ju ly l o th , 1876 , died

August l o th , 1880,aged 4 years and 1

month ; (7) Harry S . Graybill,born Apri l

6 th, 1878.

(6) Sus an Graybill was born October2oth , 1848. She married , August 28th,186 7 Daniel G . Struphar, (born June 12th ,

son of Isaac and E l isabeth (Frank)Struphar. H is brothers and S isters are

,

Mary C. Struphar, married to John L .

Wenger.

(6 ) Daniel G . and Susan (Graybil l) Struphar begat children , Viz "

(7) Mary J . Struphar, born NOV . 2d,186 9 .

(7 ) Isaac G . Struphar, born NOV . 3d, 1871.

(7 Jacob G . Struphar, born January l oth ,1875 .

(7 ) John Henry Struphar, born March261h, 187 7 .

(7) Daniel Nathan Struphar, born March215 t, 1879 .

(6 ) Nancy Graybil l was born October15 th , 185 0 . She married , October 4th,1870

,Daniel W . Wenger (born February

22d, son of His brothersand s isters are

,David

,Lydia

,Leah

,L izz i e .

(6 ) Danie l W . and Nancy (Graybill)Wenger begat chi ldren

,viz

(7 ) David G . Wenger, born Apri l 8th ,1871.

(7 ) Henry G . Wenger, born July 13 th ,1872.

(7 ) Harvey G . Wenger , born December6 th, 187 3 .

(7 ) Jacob G . Wenger , born September5 th, 1875 .

(7) Ida G . Wenger, born November l oth ,187 7 .

(7 ) Daniel G . Wenger , born March l st,

(6 ) Jacob Graybill was born December1l th

,185 3

,died Apri l 19 th

,1871, aged 17

years , 4months and 8days .

(6 ) Michael Graybill was born February28th,

185 5 . He married,October 7 th,

187 6,Mary Light (born March 12th ,

daughter of Jeremiah and Elisabeth (Krei

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(5 ) Samuel B . Graybill was born October17th, 1824, l ived only 6 days .

(5 ) H enry B . Graybil l was born October15 th,

1825 . He married,October 9th, 1848,

Elisabeth Deppen (born December 8th ,daughter of Samuel and Mary (Roy

er Deppen . Her brothers and s is ters are,Catharine Deppen married Phi l ip Royer . Their children are , Henry , Samuel ,Fianna

,Matilda.

Isaac Deppen married Rebecca Zook .

Their children are,Sarah

,Frank , Wallace .

Isaac Deppen married , second time , Catharine Tobias . Their children are , Wellington , Anna , Emma , Elisabeth , Oscar .Mary Deppen married Abraham Landis .Their children are

,Mary

,Emeline

,Levi ,

Sarah .

Matilda Deppen married Christian H ostetter Their children are , Jemima ,S arah ,Emma

,Edwin

,Frank , Joseph.

John Deppen married Sarah Shelkammer . Their chi ldren are , Mary, Samuel ,George .Sarah Deppen married Abraham Gibble .

Thei r children are , Isaac , Leah , Emma,John , Samuel , Lydia , Abraham, I ra , Jacob .

Anna Deppen married Richard L inebach.

Their ch ildren are , Emma , Morris , Lizzie,Frarik ,

H arvev .

L ydia Deppen married Lewis Peiffer.Their children are , Edwin , Lizzie .Samuel Deppen

,married Mary Seltzer .

Their children are , Ella , May , Laura .

(5 ) Henry B . and Elisabeth (Deppen)Graybil l begat children

,viz "

(6 ) Emma Elisabeth Graybill , born October 9th,

1849,d ied in 185 2

,aged 3 years .

(6 ) John Graybi ll born September 27 th,185 1. He married

,in October, 187 3 , Sal in

da Graybil l,daughter of Isaac H . and Fian

na (Raupp) Graybill . Her brothers andsisters are

,John R . Graybill , married to

Elmira B ecker Catharine R . Graybil l , married to Jacob Graybi ll ; Phares R . Graybil l

,

married to Emma Graybill ; Daniel R .

Graybill , married to Sabilla Baer Clara R .

Graybill,married to Harry Seldomridge .

(6 ) John D . and Salinda (Graybil l) Graybil l begat children , viz

(7 ) Salinda M . Graybill,born February

27 th,187 5 . The mother d ied March 8th ,

1875 .

(6) John D . Graybil l,married the s econd

time,January 16 th

,1877 Barbara Hertzler ,

daughter of John and Fanni e (Erb) Hertzler

,of Cumberland Co .

, Pa . Her brothersand s isters are , Mary Hertzler, married toJoseph Ruhl ; Abraham Hertzler , marriedto Fannie Strickler John Hertzler , married

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to Jane H oll inger Annie Hertzler,married

to Preacher Jacob M . Herr Daniel Hertzler

,married to Fannie Hastings ; Henry

Hertzler .

(6 ) John D . and Barbara (Hertzler) Graybil l begat chi ldren , V i z "

(7 Deppen Graybill,born in January

,

1881 d ied young .

(7 ) Harry Graybill , born July 26 th,1882.

(6 ) Samuel D . Graybill was born March11th

,185 3 . He married , April 11th,

1878,

Effie, J . Holl

,daughter of Joseph and Bar

bara (Carpenter) Holl . Her brothers ands isters are

,Lil l ian Hol l ; Ellen Holl ; Flor

ence Holl,married to Joseph Long Clara

Hol l,married to Isaac Bachman Carpenter

Holl .

(6 ) Rufus D . Graybill , born January 11th,

185 5 .

(5 ) Isaac Graybi ll born April 3o th , 183 3 ,died March 8th,

1854,aged 20 years

,10

months and 8days .

RETURN AGAIN TO (4) JOHN B R UB AC H E R .

(4) J ohn B rubacher (Deacon) , (this onewas also named John , the firs t John havingdied) , was born Ju ly 1l th , 1793 . He d iedOctober 10 th,

1875 , aged 82 years,2

months and 29 days . He emigrated to

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(5 ) Jacob and Mary (Weaver) B rubacherbegat children , viz "(6 ) Susanna B rubacher

,married to

George B . Smith . Their children are, (7 )

Mary . (7 ) Sarah , (7 ) Jacob, (7 ) Lizzie , (7 )Susanna .

(5) Susanna B rubacher was born June28th,

1819 . She married,i n 1839

,John

Weaver , son of B enjamin and Veronica(Martin) Weaver , already mentioned above .

(5 ) John and Susanna ( B rubacher)Weaver begat children

,V iz "

(6) Veronica Weaver , married to Benjamin Horst . Their ch ildren are , (7) Susanna ,(7) Mary .

Elisabeth B rubacher was born December 13 th,

1820 She married,in 1842

,Jonas

B ingeman, son ofJohn and Hannah (Bergy)B ingeman. His brothers and s isters are ,Jud i th B ingeman, married to John Snyder ;Abram B ingeman

,d i ed young ; Esther

B ingeman,married to George Kraft ; Su

san B ingeman,married to Rudolph Det

weiler ; J ohn B ingeman,died young ; H an

nah B ingeman, married to Preacher EliasSnyder ; Catharine B ingeman

,married to

Noah Ziegler ; Mary B ingeman, married toJacob Eby Magdalena B ingeman

,married

to Joseph Eby ; Isaac B ingeman, diedyoung ; John B ingeman, married to Judi th

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Snyder and Elisabeth C lemens ; SarahB ingeman, married to Peter Wile ; I saacB ingeman, married to Sarah Shoemaker

(5 ) Jonas and El isabeth ( B rubacher) Bingeman begat children , V iz

(6 ) John B ingeman , married to CatharineSnyder . Their children are , (7 ) Alfred , (7 )Edwin

, (7 ) Lydia Ann , (7 ) Emma , (7) Hannah

, (7 ) Maria .

(6 ) Menno B ingeman,died young .

(6 ) Joseph B ingeman, married to LeahHallman . Their chi ldren are . (7) SylviaMaria , (7 Melissa Elma , (7 ) Ida Bertha , (7)A l ivia , (7 ) Milton .

(6 ) Elias B ingeman,married to Amanda

Eby . Their chi ldren are, (7 ) Angus , (7 )

Melinda, (7 ) David , (7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Melv in .

(6 ) Hannah B ingeman, married to MennoW eaver . Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) I da, (7 )I rwin .

(6 ) Catharine B ingeman.

(6 ) Veronica B ingeman,married to Moses

B . Shantz . Their children are, (7) Edgar ,

( 7 ) Lizzie , (7 ) Allson .

(6 ) Jonas B ingeman. married to Lill i eO berholtzer.

(6 ) Lizzie B ingeman.

(5 ) John B rubacher was born August 9th,

1822. He married Magdal ena Musselmanand Esther (Musselman) Martin Widow ,

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both daughters of David and Esther (Mar

tin) Musselman . Their brothers and s istersare

,Anna Musselman

,married David Bau

man ; Peter Musselman , married to E l isabeth Snyder ; Daniel Musselman , d i edyoung ; David Musselman , married to Magdalena B rubacher ; Mary Musselman , married to Henry B rubacher ; John Musselman , married to Susan Snyder and Amanda Lichty ; Lyd ia Musselman , married to

Samuel B rubacher ; Solomon Musselman ,married to Barbara Martin ; L eah Musselman

,married to Absalom Martin Elisabeth

Musselman,married to Moses B rubacher.

(5 ) John and Magdalena (Musselman)B rubacher begat children

,V i z "

(6 ) Mary Ann B rubacher, married to

Dav id M . Martin . Their children are, (7 )

Amanda, (7 ) L eander , (7 ) Reuben .

(6 ) Dav id B rubacher,married to Susan

Sittler. Their children are, (7 ) Addison ,

(7 ) Velina , (7 ) Lavina , (7 ) Malinda , (7 )Allan

, (7 ) Ida , (7 Ale"ander , (7 ) Albert, (7John .

(6 ) Nancy B rubacher,married to Levi

Groff. Their children are . (7 ) Magdalena .

(6 ) Magdalena B rubacher, married toSamuel Snyder . Their ch ildren are , (7 )Malinda . (7 ) John Alvin , (7 ) Samuel Edwin .

6 ) Tillman B rubacher, married to Louisa

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bacher ; (6 ) Solomon B rubacher ; (6 ) Catharine B rubacher ; (6 ) John B rubacher.

(5 ) Joseph B rubacher was born October27th,

1825 . He d ied m 1841.

(5 ) Christian B rubacher was born April27 th, 1827 . He died in 1848.

(5 ) Samuel B rubacher was born January4th,

1829 . He married,. i n 186 2

, Lyd iaMusselman

,daughter of David and Esther

(Martin) Musselman . Her brothers ands isters have been mentioned .

(5 ) Samuel and Lydia (Musselman) Brubacher begat children

,V i z "

(6 ) Hettie B rubacher, married to Benjamin M . Eby . Their children are , (7 )Phares .

(6 ) Simeon B rubacher ; (6 ) Rebecca Brubacher ; (6) Sarah B rubacher ; (6 ) MaryB rubacher ; (6 ) Lydia B rubacher ; (6 )Ephraim B rubacher ; (6 ) Manassa Brubacher ; ( 6 ) Samuel B rubacher .

(5) Magdalena B rubacher was born January 14th, 1831. Lived only 2 months and11 dayS .

(5 ) Anna B rubacher was born September19th, 1832. She married , i n 185 3 , Jacob Y .

Sharitz , son of Jacob and Polly (Yost)Shantz . His brothers and sisters are

,I saac

Y . Shantz , married to Catharine C lemens ;John Y . Shantz . married to Susan Shirich

235

Veronica Y . Shantz, married to Abram D .

C lemens ; Joshua Y . Shantz,married to Mag

dalena Martin J oseph Y . Shantz , married toE l isabeth Y . Stauffer ; David Y . Shantz , married to Barbara Stauffer ; Samuel Y . Shantz

,

married to Esther Erb ; Amos Y . Shantz ,married to Nancy Moyer .

(5 ) Jacob Y . and Anna (B rubacher)Shantz begat children

, viz "

(6 ) Susanna Shantz , married to Til lmanG . Moyer . Their chi ldren are

, (7 ) Milton ,(7 ) Susanna .

(6 ) Jacob B . Shantz,married to Catharine

H le .

Tillman Shantz .

J ohn Shantz , married to Joanna Bauman . Their children are

, (7 Leander .(6 ) Mary Shantz, married to Noah B .

Detweiler .

(6 ) Ida Shantz ; (6) Ernice Shantz .

(5 ) Magdalena B rubacher was bornMarch l 0 th,

1834. She married,i n 185 2

,

David Musselman,son of David and Esther

(Martin) Musselman . His brothers ands isters have been menti oned .

(5 ) David and Magdalena ( B rubacher)Musselman begat chi ldren

,viz "

(6 ) Hannah Musselman,married to

Frankli n B rubacher.

(6 ) Levi Musselman (6 ) Catharine Mus

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selman ; (6 ) Daniel Musselman ; (6 ) Lyd iaMusselman ; (6 ) Mary Musselman ; (6 ) Solomon Musselman ; (6 ) Susanna Musselman ;(6) David Musselman ; (6 ) John Musselman ; (6) Magdalena Musselman ; (6 ) El i sabeth Musselman ; (6) Rebecca Musselman .

(5 ) Mary B rubacher was born Augus t29th, 183 6 . She married , in 185 5

,Moses

Martin, son of John and Anna (Weaver)

Martin . His brothers and s isters are , Elisabeth Martin , married to Peter Shantz ;Abraham Martin (Bishop ) . married to E l i zabeth Bauman ; Anna Martin , married toAmos Cressman ; Jud i th Martin , married toGeorge Bauman ; L yd i a Martin , married toMenno Cressman ; Veronica Martin , married to Isaac Snyder ; Magdalena Martin ,married to Peter Sherk Rebecca Martin

,

married to Menno Gingrich ; Mary Marti n ,married to Enoch Bauman ; Enos Martin ,married to Anna Weaver and Sarah Bauman ; Susanna Martin , married to EnochBauman .

(5 ) Moses and Mary ( B rubacher) Martinbegat chi ldren

, Viz "

(6 ) Tillman Martin , married to MaryShantz . Their chi ldren are , (7 ) Lovina .

(6 ) John Martin , died young .

(5 ) Catharine B rubacher was born July

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married to Lovina Moyer ; John Myer , married to Angel ine Snyder ; Aaron Myer,died young .

(5 ) Benjamin and Barbara (Myer) Brubacher begat ch ildren

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(6 ) Albert B rubacher ; (6) Josephus Brubacher .

(5) Veronica B rubacher was born May16 th

,1843 . She married

,in 186 3

,Moses

Betzner, son of John and Magdalena (Eby)Betzner. His brothers and S i sters havebeen mentioned before .

(5 ) Moses and Veronica (B rubachcr)Betzner begat children , V iz

(6 ) Lucinda Betzner ; (6 ) John Betzner ;(6) Magdalena Betzner ; (6 ) Allan Betzner ;(6) El isabeth B etzner .

(6 ) Moses B rubacher married Elisabeth

Musselman . Their chi ldren are, (7 ) Amos .

(7 ) Menno , ( 7 ) Susanna ( I ) Moses , (7 ) L u

cinda , (7 ) Israel .

(6 ) Chri stian B rubacher married Lyd ia

Go od . Thei r children are , (7 )i

Sarah, (7 )Jacob .

married to Lovina Moyer ; John Myer , married to Angel ine Snyder ; Aaron Myer,d ied young .

(5 ) Benjamin and Barbara (Myer) Brubacher begat children

,V i z

(6 ) Albert B rubacher ; (6) Josephus Brubacher.

(5) Veronica B rubacher was born May16 th

,1843 . She married

,in 186 3

,Moses

Betzner, son of John and Magdalena (Eby)Betzner. H is brothers and sisters havebeen mentioned before

(5 ) Moses and Veronica (B rubachcr)Betzner begat children , V i z

(6 ) Luc inda Betzner ; (6 ) John Betzner ;(6) Magdalena Betzner (6 ) Allan Betzner ;(6) E l isabeth B etzner .

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(4) B rubacher John and Catharine,b i rth

,

marriage , and

B i rth ,e tc .

,o f the ir ch i ldren and their respect

ive fami l ies" 2 29—239

Bombe rge rBombe rge r Jose h and Magdalena(4) B o rribe rge r B isho p) Ch ris t ian and B ar

bara , b i rth , marriag e and death 113, 114

B i rth , &c .

, o f the ir ch i ldren and the i r respe ct

(4) B o mb er ge r El isabe th married to JacobG ingrich . b irth , marriage and death

B i rth , o f the i r ch i ldren and the ir respe ctive fami l ies, “ 119—421

(4) Bombe r-mmMagdalena married to Pr eache r Ch ris tian

(4) Bombe rg e r Maria married to Chris tianWeave r , b irth marriage and dea th

Names o f the i r ch ildren and the i r respectivefami l ies

(4) Bomb erge r (Preache r) Jos e

ph and Sarahbi rth , marriag e and death

B i rth , &c .,O f the ir ch ildren and the i r respec t

ive famil ies .

(4) Bomb erge r John and Catharine ,b irth

,

marriage and deathB irth ,

&c . , o f th e i r ch ildren and the ir respective fami l ies .

(4) Bombe rge r Barbara married to JacobWissle r, b i rth ,

marria ge and deathB irth , &c .

,o f the ir ch i ldren and the ir respect

ive famil ies . —137(4) Bomberger Annamarried to Mart in Nissly .137Bucher Joseph married to El isa be th Eby

.

Descendants o f 19—21Burkholder family

(I ) Eby Theodore9 ) Eby Christ ian and El isabethB i rth and marriage of fam i ly( 3 ) Eby Christ ian and CatharineB irth

,marriage , and death o f thei r ch ildren ,

ah d their ch i ldrens ’famil ies 19—23

(4) El isabeth Eby married to Joseph Bucher19—21

(4) Christian Eby married to cronica H e r

shey —30(4) Pe te r Eby (Bishop) married to Marga ri ne

H ess

(4) John Eby , marrie dto Mary

(4) Andrew Ebv married to El isabe th Stauffe r52

(4) Catharine Ebv married to Abraham Burl-zho lde r

(4) Barbara Ebv married to Jo se ph Snyder vii—6 0

(4) Anna Eby married to Jaco b " 6 0—6 "

(4) B enjamin I .hv (B isho p ) married to MariaB rubac eht r ( 32— 7

( l ) H ammaker Jo hn and(2) H ammake r Dan ie l and Anna ,

birth mar

r inge and death .

B i rth ,marriag e and death of the ir ch i ldren ,

and the i r respe ct ive. fami l ies( 3 ) Anna H ammaker married to David K .

171—173

(3 ) Daniel H ammaker married FrancesFO 166—171

(3 ) Mary ammaker and Barbara H ammaker .171Kauffman M ichael and Veron ica 163

Kau ffman Andrew and

(1) Niss ly Jacob (came from Germany)(2) Niss ly John

( 3) Nissly (Bishop ) Samuel and Barbarabirth

,marriage and death

B irth , marri age and death of their children,

and their respective families 90—113

(4) John Nissly (Preacher) married to AnnaH ershey 90— 96

(4) Martin Nisslymarried to Anna Bomberger—142

(4) Samuel Nissly married to Anna Eby. . .96— 105

(4) Christian Nissly (Preacher) married to

Magdalena Bomberger 105—108(4) Jacob Nissly married to Barbara Wittwer

108— 111

(4) H enryNisslymarried to Maria Nissly .111,112

(4) Veronica Nissly married to AbrahamH uber and Jonas Eby

11) Stauffer Christian .

2) Stauffer John and Barbara, birth ,marriage

and deathB irth

,marriage and death of their children

,

and their respective families 157

(3 ) John Stauffer married to Kolb . . . 158f3 ) Jacob Stauffer married to Anna(3 ) Joseph Stauffer married to Cathai ine

Acker “ 159

( 3 ) Christiaii Stauffer . ( 3) Anna Stauffer .162,163

( 3 ) Barbara Stauffer married to ChristianKnull 163

( 3 ) M aria Stauffer married to H enry( 3) Christian Stauffer.

( 3 Martin Stauffer married to Maria Kanif63

Wissler family . 62

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