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Note N256 Index

Did not marry.

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Note N257 Index

After their marriage, they spent all their days on a part of the old homestead given by his father, where he built a stone house which stands here today (1890).

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Note N258 Index

His death was the result of an accident, falling on a piece of iron which penetrated his eye. He is buried on the Keller Farm, one-half mile north of New Franklin, PA, along the Waynesboro Rd. (1890)

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Note N259 Index

Peter, after his marriage, moved on one of his father's farms where he engaged extensively in farming, near New Franklin, Franklin Co., PA. He died when his children were small. The date of his death is not known.

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Note N260 Index

III Generation:

Jacob, after his marriage with Catharine, took up their abode at the old homestead near New Franklin, Franklin Co., PA. They were faithful members of the German Reformed Church for many years.

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Note N261 Index

III Generation:

Nicholas & Catharine were life-long members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. By trade, he was a scythe-maker that he followed until 1818 when he & his brother, Jacob, bought a saw & grist mill on the Conococheague near what is now called Social Island, where he was employed until his death, which occurred after a lingering illness.

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Note N262 Index

Conrad was a prominent man & kept a hotel in Greenwood, Franklin Co., PA

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Note N263 Index

They lived on a farm given his wife by her father near Chambersburg, PA., on the Waynesboro Road in a stone house that stands at this writing (1890) and at their death, was left to their only child, Elizabeth.

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Note N264 Index

First family to settle in Perry Co., OH.

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Note N265 Index

Adam was a tanner by trade & lived with his family in Fayetteville, PA. In November 1862, he entered the Army for 3 years, joining the 16th Volunteer Regiment, PA Cavalry. He was promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain, May 12, 1863, to Major, May 23, 1865. At the close of the war, he went to Washington Terriotry, where he died & was buried there.

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Note N266 Index

Jacob followed farming & was always held in high esteem, filling many offices of trust & responsbility. He was also engaged in the grain & forwarding business for 3 years, having a warehouse erected on a farm along the B&CV Railroad. He retired from active business & moved to New Franklin. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation at Grindstone Hill. He took a deep interest in church work when a mere lad & ever after mainifested a deep interest thereof. Most of the time, he was an honored office bearer in the church. He was superintendent of the Sunday School for a number of years, a position he filled wtih signal ability.

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Note N267 Index

Hiram was a farmer & served 3 years as Register & Recorder at Chambersburg, PA.

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Note N268 Index

Peter & Eliza united with the Lutheran church at Grindstone Hill in 1859. They moved to Carroll Co., IN., in the spring of 1864. After awhile, they united with the Presbyterian Church at Rockfield, IN.