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1	Maria Elisabeth Wolff was baptized on 3 October 1728 in Oberhochstadt, Palatinate (presently a district of Hochstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), a daughter of Johann Jacob Wolff and Anna Margaretha Meyer. She was known by her middle name, "Elisabeth". She arrived in Philadelphia in the autumn of 1751 with her parents and future husband on the ship Queen of Denmark. On 16 October 1753, she married Georg Jacob Ulrich at Host Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Mother of nine children. Mrs. Elisabeth Ulrich of "Ober Hoch-Stadt, Europe" died on 4 March 1806 at the age of 77 years, 5 months and 10 days (per Claude Weston Unger's transcription). She was buried at Summer Hill Cemetery (Saint Paul's Cemetery). NOTE: A second transcription published later by Schuylkill Roots (Dellock and Rice) listed the age at death as 77 years, 5 months less 10 days (meaning 77 years, 4 months and 21 days), which would place the birth date at 11 October 1728, or after the date of baptism of 3 October 1728. Preference is given to the earlier Unger transcript pending location of the original register. Importantly, the separator "." used in German records for ages and dates is not a decimal point but instead is equivalent to "-" or "/" in modern American records. ══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Georg Jacob Ulrich and Maria Elisabeth Wolff were the parents of the following children. 1. Eva Barbara Ulrich, b. 1754 (m. George Peter Bressler). 2. Anna Maria Ulrich, b. 1759 (m. John Bressler). 3. Valentine Ulrich, b. 1761 (m. Anna Rosina Berger). 4. Catharine Ulrich, b. 1763 (m. John Adam Braun). 5. Margaret Ulrich, b. 1764. 6. Elizabeth Ulrich, b. 1766 (m. Henry Meyer). 7. Maria Eva Ulrich, b. 1768 (m. John Peter Klopp). 8. Susanna Ulrich, b. 1770 (m. Balthasar Schneider). 9. Christina Ulrich, b. 1772. ══════════════════════════════════════════════════ Gravesite Details No remaining grave marker.	Wolff, Maria Elisabeth (I327)
2	John Hiester, aka Johannes Hüster - Eldest brother of Johann Jost Hüster/Joseph Yost Hiester (1710-1780) and Johann Daniel Hüster/Daniel Hiester (1713-1795) - Arrived in America on 21 Sep 1731 via the ship Britannia (his brothers Joseph and Daniel arrived later on 26-Sep-1737 via the ship St. Andrews Galley) ** Regarding the parentage of the three wandering Hüster/Hiester brothers John, Joseph, and Daniel - please refer to the article published in 1957 by the German researcher Wilhelm Hartnack "Die Herkunft der in Amerika beruehmt gewordenen Hüsters" (aka "The Origin of the Famous Hüsters (Hiesters) - A revised corrected history to the version presented by Isaak Hiester"). [NOTE: Please contact memorialist if more information is required.] In 1750 John married Maria/Mary Barbara EPLER [she married second Johann Christian Ruth in 1758]. John and Mary Hiester were the parents of: 1) Maria Catharine (1750-1824) 2) Joseph (1752-1832 [1820-1823: 5th Governor of Pennsylvania] 3) Mathias (1757-c1773) Reported Problem for Photo Request: I searched the entire cemetery and could not find the grave. Details: John appears on the Gerberich transcription lists from the 1930s. However, there is no tombstone for him and he is not listed in the Bern Forebears transcription. Mosslady	Hiester, John Christian (I20343)
3	". . . About the year 1745 he married a Miss Agnes Vanderslice of Philadelphia. . . .In 1767 his wife died. Her remains lie buried in the Chestnut Hill, Cemetery, Philadelphia. In 1769 he married a Miss Heighstand, (or Hiestand,) from Germantown. . . .There were no children from the second marriage; all the children were from the first marriage. . . ." Source: Reading Times(Reading, Pennsylvania) Thu, Feb. 21, 1884, Page 2 Inscription Translation of headstone is: "Here rests the body of Heinrich (Henry) von Reed, born ----- 1722, died 1790, 27th October. Aged 68 years, 7 months and 16 days." (This makes his birthdate Mar 11, 1722) Gravesite Details Husand of Ann	Van Reed, Heinrich (I29308)
4	"Alverta Bingeman Leed, 56, a school cafeteria manager, of 250 E. Mt. Airy Road, Stevens, died Friday at 6:09 p.m. at Ephrata Community Hospital. She was the wife of Sherman J. Leed. They were married for 35 years. She was born in Hopeland, the daughter of Ella Mae Hensel Bingeman and the late Ralph E. Bingeman. She was a member of Hopeland United Methodist Church. She was employed by the Ephrata Area School District and for the past 19 years managed the cafeteria at Clay Elemetery School. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by two sons: Craig D.Leed, Stevens, and David B. Leed, Ephrata; two grandchildren; two brothers: Harold H. Bingeman, Ephrata, and Larry H. Bingeman, Oceanside, Calif.; and two sisters, Mildred B. Snader, Ephrata, and Myrleen B., wife of Stanley Kline, Stevens." Lancaster Newspapers Inc Intelligencer Journal Lancaster Pennsylvania Contributed By Ruth George	Bingeman, Alverta (I9367)
5	"Anna H. Lutz, 90, a retired sewing machine operator who formerly lived in Rothsville, died Wednesday morning at United Zion Retirement Community of Lititz after a brief illness. Miss Lutz worked at the Rosenau Apparel Co. of Ephrata from 1937 to 1969. She belonged to Middle Creek Church of the Brethren of Lititz. She enjoyed gardening. Born in Warwick Township, she was a daughter of the late Lemon H. and Annie S. Hummer Lutz. Surviving are a sister, Emma H. Kauffman of Lititz, and nieces and nephews." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA March 13, 1997 Page B3	Lutz, Anna H (I31662)
6	"Barbara" Buchwalter was the daughter of Yost Theodorus "Durst" Buchwalter and Barbara (Landis) Buckwalter. Her parents were both born in Switerland and then immigrated to America in 1713. She married Hans "John" Weber, a Mennonite farmer, about 1750 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and between 1752 and 1768 they had 5 boys and 3 girls. Their names were: Anna, Jacob, John, Barbara, Abraham, George, Joseph and Elizabeth Weaver. Note: Sometime during her life time her children adopted "Weaver" as their sir name. She is buried in the old cemetery on the west side of Route 897 at the Old Order Weaverland Mennonite Church. Inscription Inscription (Translated from Original Gravestone): Barberra Weber Died 16 Feb 1796 Aged 65 Years and 4 Months Gravesite Details She also has a stone with other (Weaver) family members in the Weberthal Cemetery at the bottom of the hill from where she is buried.	Buckwalter / Buchwalter, Barberra (Weber) (I23734)
7	"Bertha Enck Peiffer, 85, of the Maple Farm Nursing Center, Akron, and formerly of Ephrata, died Wednesday after a short illness at Ephrata Community Hospital. She was the wife of Samuel B. Peiffer, who died in March. Born in Schoeneck, she was a daughter of the late Henry E. and Mamie H. Stuber Enck. She lived in Ephrata since 1925. Mrs. Peiffer had worked at the Sammette Manufacturing Co., Ephrata, the former Stunzi Silk Mill and the former Westerhoff Silk Mill, both in Ephrata. She was a member of Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Ephrata. Surviving are twin daughters, Sheila Ann, wife of Vincent L. Mohler of Lebanon, and Amelia Dian, wife of Donald P. Paque of Green Bay, Wis.; six grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 19 stepgreat-grandchildren; and a sister, Helen S. Witmer of Akron." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA November 7, 1996 Page B3.	Enck, Bertha S (I470)
8	"Bishop" Jacob Hertzler, first known Amish Bishop in America, was born in 1703 in Canton Bern, Switzerland. He died in 1786 in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Northkill Amish Cemetery, two miles west of Hamburg, Pennsylvania. He immigrated on September 9, 1749 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is a book about his life called, "Life and Times of Jacob Hertzler: Pioneer Amish Bishop 1703 - 1786". In this book, you will also learn about the first known Amish school in America, which was organized on Hertzler's homestead.	Hertzler, Bishop Jacob (I21900)
9	"Blanche Dickinson, a former Tina resident, died last week at Warrensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dickinson ran a grocery store in Tina several years ago before moving to Trenton, where he died. Blanche had lived at John Knots at Higginsville since 1973. She is survived by a brother and sister. Services were Thursday in Carrollton with burial at Van Horn Cemetery." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, February 18, 1987	Griffin, Blanche (I31591)
10	"Cadwallader Foulke was born 13 Sep 1691, the 7th child of Edward & Eleanor (Ellin) 'Hughs' Foulke. He was born in Coed-&-Foel, Llanderfel, Merionethshire, Wales. He immigrated to Pennsylvania, Colonial America, in 1698 and settled near Gwynedd. Cadwalader was a Yeoman and in 1718 he bought 307 acres of land. (Historical Collections of Gwynedd). Cadwallader Foulke married Mary Verch Robert Evans on 13 Jun 1719 at the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting House, Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They had ten children, but one only, Judah, lived to adult age. In 1731 the family moved from Gwynedd to Philadelphia. Cadwallader was appointed 'Justice of the Peace' for Philadelphia County in 1738. After a short illness Cadwallader Foulke died on 17 Sep 1743. He was laid to rest at the Friends Arch Street Meeting House Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." I found this: Name: Cadwalader Foulke Gender: Male Spouse: Mary Evans Child: Judah Foulke [Cadwalader Foulke in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000] Elder	Foulke, Cadwallader (I31261)
11	"Catherine Brown (Fisher), 82, widow of Samuel L. Brown, died at her home in Robesonia. She was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, of that place. There survive these children: Mary, wife of Darius Hiester, Womelsdorf; Sallie E., at home; Frank M., West Lawn; Katie A., wife of George W. Yocum, Sinking Spring; Harry F., Minnie E., wife of B. Franklin Lamm; Howard E. and John W., all of Robesonia; eight grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one brother and one sister; John H., West Reading and Mrs. Emma Palm, Wyomissing. Funeral Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m., from the home. All services at the house, Rev. E.S. Leinbach officiating." -Reading Times, Oct. 22, 1927	Fisher, Catherine (I13673)
12	"Daughter of John Erb, b 5/6 Oct 1756, near Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co., PA, d 3 Dec 1810, Clay Twp, Lancaster Co., PA; and Judith Hull, daughter of Wendell Holl and Mary, b 26 Dec 1759, PA, d 19 Jun 1839, Lancaster Co., PA. Both are buried on the Schenk farm near Clay, PA. Granddaughter of Jacob Erb (#93292387) and Magdalena Tschantz (Schantz, Johns) (#93191147)." contributed by per Joanna Cayford #48708932	Erb, Nancy (I1905)
13	"Der Alt" Johannes Senseman's headstone is in storage at Ephrata Cloister. This information was given to me in the 1990's by Clarence Spohn, the cloister director at that time. "Der Alt" Johannes was the father of Jacob Senseman and the grandfather of the Johannes who is listed on this website. "Der Alt" Johannes, his wife, and his son, Jacob, are all buried in "God's Acre" at the Cloister.	Senseman, John (I21761)
14	"Died from Chronic Arteriosclerosis Heart Disease (10 yrs.) due to generalized arteriosclerosis (10 yrs.) Retired Grocer. Widower for 2.5 years prior to death. " Married August 19, 1896 to Kate Hoffmaster "Good" (maiden name), memorial ID 29711584	Schell, Reuben William Daniel (I7408)
15	"Elder & Clerk nearly 14 years". William Pim served as a justice of the peace, and for many years was the clerk of Bradford Monthly Meeting. After Dorothy's demise, he married 2nd Ann Gibbons, widow of James of Westtown.	Pim, William (I22362)
16	"Elected Official & Music Teacher" Mary Ann (Blatt) Ober, 85, formerly of Elizabethtown, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Westminster Manor, Bradenton, FL. Born Friday, November 27, 1936, in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Harold J. and Helen (Senft) Blatt. She was married to D. Kenneth Ober for almost 40 years until his death on November 7, 1996. A graduate of West Chester University with a bachelor's degree in Music Education, she was also a professional pianist who gave private lessons in the Elizabethtown area for 30 years and also taught elementary music in Lower Dauphin, West York, Donegal and Elizabethtown public schools. She served as the church organist and choir director at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy for over 49 years. She was an elected official for nearly thirty years as a Republican Committeewoman serving Mount Joy Township and later as a State Republican Committee person serving Lancaster County. She received countless party awards and honors. In addition, she represented Stonecroft Ministries as a Regional and Area Representative organizing Christian Women Clubs. She is survived by three children: Dr. David K. Ober, married to Boni, of Elizabethtown, Daniel H. Ober, married to Rebekah, of Bradenton, FL and Kendra L. Galusha, married to Jeff, of Middlebury, CT. Also surviving are 8 grandchildren and a -grandson; a brother, Harold Blatt, married to Jean, of The Villages, FL, as well as Mary Ann's extended family and caring friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Shirley (Blatt) Rohrbaugh. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy, 7 Marietta Avenue, Mount Joy, PA 17552, with Reverend Sarah A. Kneier officiating. Burial will follow in Elizabethtown Mennonite Cemetery. A viewing will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy on Saturday from 3-5 PM. Arrangements have been entrusted with the Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, 130 North Market Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, 717-367-1543. Memories and condolences may be shared at: www.FinkenbinderFamily.com LNP Media Group, Inc. 3 Mar 2022	Blatt, Mary Ann (Ober) (I29530)
17	"Elias B. Schmehl - born in Ruscommanor Township, Berks County, PA; 28 Feb 1840." Civil War Military Pension Records; 2 Apr 1915. Elias served as a private during the Civil War in Company C, 167th PA Infantry Regiment; Nov 1862 - Aug 1863. "Elias B. Schmehl of Reading to Emma Hechler of Spring; Fox's Hotel; 6 Oct 1866." Records of Rev. Thomas Jaeger.	Schmehl, Pvt Elias B (I10427)
18	"ERMA FASSNACHT, BOLLMAN WORKER Erma W. Fassnacht, 86, Colonial Lodge, Denver, formerly of 125 Hartings Park Road, Denver, died of natural causes Saturday morning at the Essa Flory Hospice Center. Mrs. Fassnacht worked at the Bollman Hat Co., Adamstown, for 40 years. She was a member of Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, Schoeneck, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women and Christian Women. She also was a member of Schoeneck Fire Company. Born in Brecknock Township, she was the daughter of the late John and Erma Brendle Weinhold. Her husband, Ralph C. Fassnacht, died in 1995. Surviving are two sons, Ralph Jr., husband of Kay I. Fritz Fassnacht of Stevens, and Kenneth W., husband of Anne L. Enck Fassnacht of Spring Hope, N.C.; a daughter, Mary Jane, wife of Ronald D. Sahm of Denver; 10 grandchildren; 17 grandchildren; a sister, Louella Bartsch of Akron; and a brother, Paul H. Weinhold of Mohnton. She was preceded in death by a brother, Clarence Weinhold." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Lancaster New Era Lancaster Pennsylvania October 8, 2001 Page: B-3	Weinhold, Erma (I1197)
19	"Eva Leonora Koch, daughter of Jacob & Emmeline, born 12 Sep 1871, baptised 7 Jan 1872; Shalter's." St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. Eva Leonora (Koch) married her first cousin, once removed: Howard Heckler Schmehl, son of Elias B. & Anna Emma (Heckler) Schmehl, on 3 Jan 1891 in Reading, PA. Berks County Marriage Application & License, Eva & Howard had 3 known children: Ralph Wilburton (1891-1958); Harry Allen (1896-1959); & Edna Naomi (1906-1906). Eva died at the P.O. of A. Home in Mifflinville, PA; &, although her name is inscribed on Howard's tombstone in Aulenbach Cemetery, she is buried in an un-marked grave in the Mifflinville Cemetery. Death & burial info from PA Death Certificate & Kelchner Funeral Home.	Koch, Eva Leonora (I7653)
20	"Fay B. Smith b 1883" is on his gravestone, but her death date is not cut (buried at Oceanside, California). Lone Tree Reporter, Thursday, December 26, 1940: Funeral services were held at the Giles Funeral Home in Burlington Monday at 1 p. m. for J B Smith, a former resident of Lone Tree. The body was then brought here where short services were held at the grave with Rev. E. A. Voss in charge. Mr. Smith passed away Thursday following an emergency operation at a Burlington hospital Wednesday. Jesse Burge Smith was the son of Wilson R. and Louisa Burge Smith, born at Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1883 and passed away Dec. 19, 1940, aged 57 years and 6 days. When a small boy the family moved to Lone Tree where he received his education in the Lone Tree schools. On July 20, 1904 he was united in marriage to Miss Faye Stonebarger, the Rev. M. S. Rice, Iowa City, officiating. They started housekeeping in Lone Tree, later moved to Burlington where Mr. Smith was a switchman on the C. B. & Q. railroad for a number of years, giving up the work several years ago. He has since worked at painting and interior decorating. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Tyler, Oceanside, Calif., and Mrs. D. C. Lewis, of Burlington; two grandchildren, Robert Tyler and Dallis Lewis; two sisters, Mrs. Edward Dreher of Burlington and Mrs. Fred Burger of Woonsocket, S. Dak.; and one half-brother, Leland Smith of Iowa City. Two daughters, Reva and Pearl, preceded him in death.	Smith, Jesse Burge (I18184)
21	"For more than a century, the Leinbach name was a prominent one in the ministry of the German Reformed Church. Thomas Hartman Leinbach was born January 18, 1802, in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Daniel Leinbach and his wife, Mary Magdalena Hartman. He was confirmed by the Rev. F. L. Herman, who was also his theological instructor. Rev. Leinbach organized the Northkill Congregation in 1826 and served as pastor until 1851. He died March 31, 1864 and is buried in the cemetery of Trinity Tulpehocken Church, west of Stouchsburg near Millardsville." Source - History of St. Thomas Church; p. 42	Leinbach, Rev Thomas Hartman (I33705)
22	"Hannah Addams, daughter of Isaac & Elisabeth Addams, born 3 Oct 1813, baptized 22 Apr 1815" recorded at Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading. "Hannah Hechler, 64, died 8 Nov 1879 of Typhoid Fever; born in Cumru Twp.; resided in Spring Twp.; burial at Seitzinger." Berks County Death Register, online index, line 690. "HECHLER - on November 8th, in Spring, Hannah (nee Adam), wife of Jacob Hechler, aged 64-2-5." "Reading Adler", 2 Dec 1879. Inscription "Hannah H. Heckler, 1814-1879" From tombstone reading done in 1924: "Hannah, wife of Jacob Hechler and daughter of Isaac & Elizabeth Adam, born 3 Sep 1815, died 8 Nov 1879, aged 64 y, 2m, 5d." Cemetery AKA: Bernhard Adam Burial Ground. AKA: Seitzinger's Burial Ground.	Adam, Hannah (I10425)
23	"Hannah wife of Jester Cooper died Nov. 16, 1861 aged 70Y 2M 29D erected by Phebe Dickinson" W/o Justus Cooper; remarried to Thomas Wilcox on 5 February 1847 in Hardin Co., Ohio and buried in Wilcox plot. Thomas Wilcox was the father-in-law of two of her children. M/o Andrew, William, John, Lemuel, Phoebe, Elizabeth and Amos C.	Kemp, Hannah (I21384)
24	"Headstone lost between 1928 and 1970." from "An Updated History and Genealogical Record of the Isenberg Family," by Lillian Isenberg Bahney, 1991.	Smouse, Maria (I10307)
25	"Helen S. Witmer, 90, formerly of Akron, died Sunday at Ephrata Manor where she had lived since 2000. She worked at the former Stunzi Silk Mill and was a saleslady at the former Beauty Classics store, both in Ephrata. A member of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Ephrata, she enjoyed playing bingo. Born in West Cocalico Township, she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Mamie Stuber Enck. Her husband, Charles H. Witmer, died in 1994. Surviving are a son, David L., married to Dorothy L. Becker Witmer of Ephrata; a daughter, Linda E., married to Sterling "Skip" E. Hutchinson Jr. of Elkton, Md.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) November 3, 2003 P.A-5	Enck, Helen S (I1449)
26	"Here rests Jacob Shedel, he was born the 29th of April 1741 and died the 18th of February 1819. he was aged 77 years, 9 mos., and 20 days" Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots-ancestry.com Jacob Capt Scherlte St Michael's Shartlesville PA 49 Captain 3rd Co. 3rd Battalion Berks County Militia	Scherdel, Captain Jacob (I312346696719)
27	"Isaac Harvey, son of William & Judith Osborne Harvey (both emigrants from England to Pennsylvania) born in Chad's Ford PA. 9/21/1718, died 4/3/1802, married 2/2/1740 Martha Newlin, daughter of Nathaniel & Jane(Woodward) Newlin, born at Concord, PA either 9/18/1721 or 11/1724 and died 11/23/1806. They were both buried here. The Harvey's came to this community from Concord PA in 1744 and established their home one mile southeast of Spring Friends Meeting House. Isaac's will contains their children: Nathan, Isaac, Calle, Hannah, Rachel, Martha and Ruth. Another child, Edith, died before the date of the will."	Newlin, Martha (I3858)
28	"Isaac Harvey, son of William & Judith Osborne Harvey (both emigrants from England to Pennsylvania) born in Chad's Ford PA. 9/21/1718, died 4/3/1802, married 2/2/1740 Martha Newlin, daughter of Nathaniel & Jane(Woodward) Newlin, born at Concord, PA either 9/18/1721 or 11/1724 and died 11/23/1806. They were both buried here. The Harvey's came to this community from Concord PA in 1744 and established their home one mile southeast of Spring Friends Meeting House. Isaac's will contains their children: Nathan, Isaac, Calle, Hannah, Rachel, Martha and Ruth. Another child, Edith, died before the date of the will."	Harvey, Isaac (I22176)
29	"Isaac Sharman, an aged and respected citizen of this county, died on Monday night at his residence in Brownsville, Lower Heidelberg township, in the 73d year of his age. Mr Sharman was a farmer by occupation, and for a number of years lived on one of the farms of Riley L. Fisher, of Heidelberg township, but last spring sold out his stock and moved on a place of his own, where he died. He leaves a widow, four sons and three daughters, all grown up. The deceased was a brother of Levi Sharman, of this city" -Reading Times, Aug 10, 1882 72 years, 2 months and 5 days old	Sharman, Isaac (I2690)
30	"J. Henry Hummer, 82, of 1202 W. Main St., Ephrata, died Wednesday evening at Ephrata Community Hospital following an illness of two weeks. Hummer was a partner in the former A.H. Hummer & Sons Electrical Store, Ephrata, from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1973, he constructed several hundred homes under J. Henry Hummer Building Contractor. In 1973, he founded Hummer Development Inc. Builders, which he owned until 1982. He also was the founder and operator of Ephrata Self-Service Laundry for 26 years and was a real estate salesman and appraiser for Hauenstein Agency, Ephrata, from 1971 to 1996. He had been an Ephrata Borough councilman for four years and served on the Ephrata School Board Authority for four years. He was an Ephrata Building and Loan director for 20 years and an Ephrata National Bank director for 23 years. Hummer was a member of First United Methodist Church, Ephrata, where he was a trustee for four years; the Ephrata Free & Accepted Masons Lodge 665; the Ephrata American Legion Cloister Post 429 since 1940; the Lebanon Country Club since 1959; and the Ephrata Lions Club for 40 years. He served five years in the U.S. Army during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was an avid golfer and stock market enthusiast. He attended Ephrata High School and graduated from the Lancaster Business Institute. Born in Ephrata, he was the son of the late Alvin H. and Maria Hackman Hummer. He was married to Alverta Summy Hummer for 56 years on July 30. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julie Marie, married to Thomas S. Wettach, and Cindia Sue, married to Jeffrey M. Rutt, both of Ephrata; four grandchildren; and a brother, John A. of Akron." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) December 31, 1999 P.B-3	Hummer, Jacob Henry (I1131)
31	"Jacob Heckler, son of George & Mary Heckler, born 21 Aug 1813." Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading. "HECHLER - on Feb 18, in Spring, Jacob Hechler, aged 67-5-27." "Reading Adler", 22 Feb 1881. Inscription "Jacob Heckler, 1816-1881" - current monument "Jacob Heckler, 21 Aug 1813 - 18 Feb 1881, aged 67y, 5m, 27d" - from 1924 tombstone inscription reading.	Heckler, Jacob (I10411)
32	"John Wardell Passmore, third son of Ellis and Ruth Passmore, was a native of Cecil county, Maryland, the date of his birth having been October 30, 1802. His preliminary education was acquired at a private school and later he attended a boarding school conducted by Enoch Lewis, after which he served an apprenticeship at the trade of carpenter. He located in the township of West Nottingham, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and became one of its prominent and influential citizens. He followed his trade for a number of years, but subsequently turned his attention to teaching school. He was a strong advocate of the principles of the Whig party, and was chosen by that body to serve as county commissioner of Chester county, his tenure of the office being from 1836 to 1841. On October 13, 1822, Mr. Passmore married Deborah Brown, born January 12, 1801, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Brown. Their children were: Ellis Pusey, born August 23, 1823; Samuel Brown, born December 13, 1827; Elizabeth Ruth, born Nov- ember 11, 1830, and John A., born June 30, 1836, now deceased. John W. Passmore, father of these children, died at his residence in Chester county, June 26, 1848; he was survived many years by his widow, who passed away in May, 1895.	Passmore, John Wardell (I14810)
33	"Klopp's Cornet Band was formed in 1881 by Morgan Klopp. He was the musician in the township giving musical instruction to 80 to 100 students as well as being the organist of five local churches. He and his family lived in the sexton's house, North Heidelberg Church. In 1904, the Reading newspaper reported that he and his son, Eugene, were choristers at 71 funerals that year." Source: North Heidelberg Township: History and Lore; Kathy M. Scogna; 1996	Klopp, Morgan B (I205)
34	"Lacy W Simmons of Bradenton, Fla served as a witness for his brother John M Simmons of Thomas County, Ga. They both served in Ga state troops and in Co. I of the 54th Ga Infantry. They were separated into different units before the Civil war ended. You can read Lacy Simmons' witness page under John M. Simmons' paperwork visible on line, Courtesy of GA Archives Virtual vault." -cbozeman, Tifton, GA. contributor 46985035 -------------- "Simmons, Lacy W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops October 8, 1861. Mustered out April 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865." Reference: researchonline.net	Simmons, Rev Lacy Willams (I17351)
35	"Lena S. (Brubacher) Blessing, 63, of Lancaster, entered into rest on Sunday, November 21, at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy. She was born in Oakley, Maryland, a daughter of the late Eli G. and Priscilla W. Stauffer Brubacher. She was the wife of the late Clyde E. Blessing. Lena was a member of the First Deaf Mennonite Church and worked for Patterson Dental Supply from 1995 to 2003, and in earlier years had been employed as a seamstress for New Holland Lingerie and Singing Needles Sewing Factories. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and was an avid Phillies fan. Her other hobbies include knitting, quilting, crocheting, cross stitching, and puzzles. Surviving are her children, Ella (Kevin) Clare, of Pequea, Lydia Blessing, and Glen Blessing, both of Lancaster; 2 grandchildren, Kylee and Ethan Clare; 6 brothers, Harvey (Alice) Brubacher of Ephrata, Willis (Betty) Brubacher of Dover, Henry (Joyce) Brubacher of Leesburg, OH, Jacob (Mary Lou) Brubacher of Leonardtown, MD, Irvin (Ruby) Brubacher of Elkhorn, KY, and Earl (Ellen) Brubacher of Alliance, OH; 2 sisters, Susie (Edward) Martin of Leonardtown, MD, and Alice (Philip) Weaver of Ohio. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ella Brubacher and a brother, Eli Brubacher. A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 PM, Friday, December 3rd, and 9 to 10 AM, Saturday, December 4th, at Mellinger Mennonite Church, Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Funeral services will follow at 10:00 AM, Saturday, with Pastors Jeffrey Hoffer and Henry Deller officiating. Interment will follow in the Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Elizabeth Township. Memorial contributions in Lena's memory may be sent to Hospice of Lancaster County, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604. Arrangements by Stradling Funeral Homes, Inc., Akron/Ephrata." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania Monday, November 29, 2010	Brubacher, Lena S (I1897)
36	"Mae Stuber Fry, 88, died Sunday after a lengthy illness at the home of her daughter, Joan E. Howell, of 475 W. Girl Scout Road, Stevens. Mrs. Fry, who was formerly of Ephrata, had lived with her daughter for six years. Born in Schoeneck, she was a daughter of the late Henry E. and Mamie Stuber Enck. She was the wife of John Fry, who died in 1967. Mrs. Fry belonged to Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Ephrata, where she had been a Sunday school pianist. She was also a member of the Pioneer Fire Co. Auxiliary in Ephrata. Surviving in addition to her daughter are a son, Carl Dwain Fry of Ephrata; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Bertha, wife of Samuel B. Peiffer of Ephrata, and Helen Witmer of Akron." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA March 20, 1995 Page B3	Enck, Mae Stuber (Fry) (I1447)
37	"Mamie S. Meckley, 92, died December 5, 2010 in her West Lawn residence, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Ephrata, she was a daughter of the late Stephen H. and Suzanna (Leid) Sweigart. Mamie worked as a seamstress for various companies, retiring from Rachlin's in 1991. She was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Whitfield, and a former member of the Nazarene Church, Reading. Mamie loved to serve people. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed cleaning as well. She will be dearly missed. She is survived by her four children: Larry E., husband of Deborah Meckley, Tyler, TX; Shirley A., wife of Donald E. Hackman, Denver, PA; Nancy L. Martin, West Lawn and Linda M., wife of John K. Hughes, Exeter. Also surviving are three siblings: Aaron S. Sweigart, Ephrata; Clair E. Sweigart, Reinholds and Grace I. Ziemer, Ephrata. There are eight grandchildren: Brad, Ken, Sheri, Denise, Sharlene, Debra, Lisa and Christine and 10 great-grandchildren surviving. She was predeceased by 8 siblings. Services will be Friday at 12 p.m. in Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 1110 Snyder Road, Whitfield. A viewing will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the church. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Berks Visiting Nurse Association, Attn: Hospice, 1170 Berkshire Boulevard, Wyomissing, PA 19610-1220. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading is in charge of arrangements." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania Wednesday, December 8, 2010	Sweigart, Mamie S (I29737)
38	"Marvin Earl Long, 84, died on Friday evening, September 7, 2007 in Hospice of Lancaster County at Ephrata Community Hospital with his loved ones by his side. He will be laid to rest next to his beloved wife of 49 years, Eva Isabella (Fitterling) Long. A Funeral Service will be held at Swamp Lutheran Church, 275 Swamp Church, Rd., Reinholds at 11:00 AM, Viewing 10-11 AM on Tuesday September 11. His pastor, Rev. Dennis Trout, will conduct the services." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA September 10, 2007 P.B4 Inscription P.F.C. 5th. DIV. U.S. ARMY W.W.II	Long, Marvin Earl (I28276)
39	"Mary Frankhouser, 80, of Conestoga View, died there at 6:35 p.m. Thursday after a long illness. Formerly of northern Lancaster county, she spend her earlier years in the Ephrata area. Born and reared in Brecknock Township, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Katie Sharp Frankhouser. Surviving are nieces and nephews."	Frankhouser, Mary (I31575)
40	"Mary was the daughter of George and Hannah/Anne Wood. She and husband, Richard, with 6 of their 9 children, immigrated to PA Colony in Spring of 1683 from Mouldridge, Derbyshire, England. They settled in Darby Twp. where they spent the rest of their lives. Their children were Rachel, Ann, Abigail, Mary, Sarah, Jacob, Benjamin, Enoch and Elinor Bonsall. Mary was born in Bonsall, Derbyshire, England and died in Darby Twp., Chester Co., PA." --bio contributed by Nancy Gibson Lowe	Wood, Mary (I32876)
41	"Maxwell Cunningham Byers was a brilliant and hard - nosed railroad administrator. Rising through the railroading ranks as a civil engineer he was described as engaging, who followed no fads and “...a capacity for work that was astounding.” He was practical, a student of railroad operations, and a problem solver whose solutions were sound and economically realistic. His short career culminated in his appointment as President of the Western Maryland Railway in 1920 [the youngest railroad president in the country]. Byers political and business skills helped the Western Maryland reach record profits and would be severely tested during the Great Depression. Baltimore's B&O Railroad Museum exhibit, Maxwell Cunningham Byers: A Distinguished Life and A Tragic Death(beginning June 2014), explores his life and death.” [He was shot in his office by an older, disgruntled vice president who then shot himself.] A couple weeks later the board of directors' voted for a substantial pension to be used in the education of Mr. Byers' five sons. (Time 20 Oct 1930)	Byers, Maxwell Cunningham (I27964)
42	"Miss Alice Dickinson, 68, Kansas City, Mo., passed away July 6. Funeral services were at 3:30 p.m. July 8th at the Gibson chapel, Carollton, with burial in the Van Horn Cemetery. Miss Dickinson had taught school many years in the state of Louisiana, recently moving to Kansas City from DeRidder, La. Survivors include her sister, Miss Delpha Dickinson of Kansas City; a brother, W. L. Dickinson of Keytesville; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dickinson, three brothers and a half-sister. The community extends sympathy to the sister, Miss Delpha, and other relatives." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, July 19, 1976	Dickinson, Alice Cecelia (I19471)
43	"Moses Mendenhall was born in Concord, in Chester County, about 1693; was the Son of Benjamin Mendenhall, an early Settler in that place; in his youth he was religiously inclined, loving the Conversation of such, and would "chuse" places of Retirement to wait upon God; he married about the Year 1719, and soon after settled in "Kennet", where his habitation was the remainder of his Life; as he grew in Years, he grew in the Truth, and in the year 1724 he appeared in the Ministry, first, in a few Words, but increased in his Gift, he continuing faithful, that in time he had a seasonable, refreshing Testimony being attended with the power of Truth, and often affected the Spirits of the Hearers. He traveled in Truth's Service in Maryland and the Jerseys, and sometimes visited the Meetings of Friends near home, which was generally well received where his lot was cast: He was serviceable in the Discipline of the Church, being rightly gifted for it and had a clear discerning of a Spirit of undue Liberty that seem to so prevail some about that time, which afterwards manifested it self, to the Exercise of the Faithful. His last "Sicknefs" was the Small-pox, which was heavy upon him, but he bore his affliction patiently, and being sensible his End was near, he signified he was thankful to the Lord that he was liked to be taken from the Troubles of this World, exhorting Friends to "Faithfulnefs". And thus in a resigned Frame of mind he departed this life the day of the 9th month, in the year 1731, aged about 38 years, and was buried in "Kennet" Burying Grounds, a Minister about 7 years."	Mendenhall, Moses (I7711)
44	"New Bethel Zion Church, Grimville, Greenwich Township, Berks County : originally Bethel Church, locally named the Stone Church, known officially as the Greenwich Congregation, 1761-1802 / translated by Amandus S. Leiby ; Zoltan Lenky and Calvin Herring, collaborating." Inscription Translation of German inscription: Hanna Rosina Kohler, wife of Johannes Kohler, daughter of Johannes & Hechler, born 3 Apr 1772, died 25 Nov 1824, aged 52 years, 7 months, 22 days.	Hechler, Hanna Rosina (I2338)
45	"North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979" record shows 'Nelly Newland' marrying 'Claburn Guthrie' on October 9, 1809 in Orange County, North Carolina. Minutes of Spring Monthly Meeting for December 29, 1810: 'Elener Guttery' was disowned for marriage out of unity. Gravesite Details --6-9-21 thanks to Bryan 46982727 for nickname Nellie; reports first name is spelled Eleanor with birth within the community of Snow Camp and death in Alamance Co. NC.	Newlin, Elenor (I22211)
46	"On the 9th of January, in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Margaret, wife of D. Gensmer, aged 68 years and 13 days." (Published in Der Libanon Demokrat, Lebanon, PA, Jan. 20, 1854) contributed by GLENDA EISENHOUR (#47259424) Margaret Gensemer the wife of Daniel Gensemer Born Miller Born 27th December 1783 Died 9 January 1851 68 years 13 days	Miller, Margaret (I30629)
47	"Pioneer ancestors of Holaday families of this region. They married 3/3/1746 in Old Swede Church, Wilmington, Del., came to North Carolina 1756 and lived one mile south of here." Revolutionary War Patriot / North Carolina. Children: Samuel Holaday 1746 – 1825 Robert Holaday 1748 – 1816 William Holaday 1750 – 1812 Priscilla Holaday 1751 – 1834 Deborah Holaday 1752 – 1820 Hannah Holaday 1754 – 1844 Thomas Holaday 1756 – 1819 Sarah Holaday 1758 – 1839 Abigail Holaday 1760 – 1820 Henry Holaday Jr 1762 – 1830 Rebecca Holaday 1764 – 1848 Mary Holaday 1766 –	Holaday / Holliday, Henry Sr (I14756)
48	"Ralph Fassnacht Jr., 77, of Stevens, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Lancashire Hall after a lengthy illness. He was born in Schoeneck to the late Ralph and Erma (Weinhold) Fassnacht, and was the husband of Kay (Fritz) Fassnacht, to whom he shared 55 years of marriage. Ralph was a member of the Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, Schoeneck, and a member of the Cocalico Sportsman Association and National Wild Turkey Foundation. He worked for Gulf Oil and Chevron Oil companies on the PA turnpike for many years until his retirement in 1996. He loved his beagles and was a lifetime member of the Lebanon County Beagle Club. He also enjoyed hunting and traveling to Hidden Valley Camp, in Bull Run, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.. Ralph is survived by 2 sons, Michael L., husband of Nancy (Bauer) Fassnacht of Reynoldsville, Phillip A., husband of Stephanie (Graybill) Fassnacht of Stevens; 6 grandchildren, Shane, Nathan, and Matthew Fassnacht, Samantha and Kayla Weaver, and Olivia Fassnacht; and a sister, Mary Jane, wife of Ronald Sahm of Schoeneck. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Craig Fassnacht in 1968, and a brother, Kenneth Fassnacht. A viewing will be held on Friday, February 24, 2012, from 6 to 8 pm, at the Roseboro Stradling Funeral Home, 533 Walnut Street, Denver. There will be an additional viewing on Saturday, from 10 to 11 am, at Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, 48 South King St., Stevens (Schoeneck), followed by his funeral service at 11 am, with Pastor Harry Dekolf officiating. Interment will take place in the Mellingers Union Cemetery, Schoeneck. Memorial contributions in Ralph's memory may be made to his church, Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, 48 South King St., Stevens, PA 17578. Arrangements by Roseboro Stradling Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc.," Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania Wednesday, February 22, 2012	Fassnacht, Ralph C Jr (I1188)
49	"RALPH FASSNACHT, BOLLMAN RETIREE Ralph C. Fassnacht, 85, of 125 Hartings Park Road, Denver, died Saturday morning in Fairmount Rest Home, Ephrata, where he had been a patient since October. He was the husband of Erma W. Weinhold Fassnacht. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary April 15, 1994. Born in West Cocalico Township, he was the son of the late Alvin B. and Lizzie Conrad Fassnacht. He was a lifelong resident of West Cocalico Township. He retired from Bollman Hat Co., Adamstown, where he worked for 20 years. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Orioles, Nest 54, Denver, and was a member of the Cocalico Sportsmen Association and a life member of Schoeneck Fire Company. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Ralph Fassnacht Jr., Stevens, and Kenneth W. Fassnacht, Spring Hope, N.C.; and a daughter, Mary Jane, wife of Ronald D. Sahm, Denver. Eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Sunday News Lancaster, PA January 22, 1995 Page B-4	Fassnacht, Ralph C (I1198)
50	"Ralph N. Hackman, 92, formerly of 419 Pine St., Denver, died of natural causes Saturday at Denver Nursing Home, where he had lived since 1995. He worked at Textile Machine Works of Wyomissing for 25 years, and was a truck driver for the former Walter W. Moyer Co. Inc., Ephrata. Hackman was a member of Mellinger's Lutheran Church, Schoeneck. He was also a member of the Golden Years Circle of Denver. Hackman enjoyed small-game hunting and taking bus trips. Born in West Cocalico Township, he was the son of the late Nathan W. and Elsie K. Noll Hackman. His wife, Mary K. Hoffman Hackman, died in 1988. Surviving are two sons, Eugene H., married to Gladys M. Steinmetz Hackman, and Paul H., married to Anna V. Ingram Hackman, both of Denver; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Beulah N. Erb of Brethren Village; and two brothers, Daniel N. of Lancashire Hall and Walter N. Sr. of Ephrata. He was preceded in death by a sister, Florence Hershey, and a brother, Harry N." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA July 24, 2000 P.B8	Hackman, Ralph Noll (I3192)

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Maria Elisabeth Wolff was baptized on 3 October 1728 in Oberhochstadt, Palatinate (presently a district of Hochstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), a daughter of Johann Jacob Wolff and Anna Margaretha Meyer.

She was known by her middle name, "Elisabeth".

She arrived in Philadelphia in the autumn of 1751 with her parents and future husband on the ship Queen of Denmark.

On 16 October 1753, she married Georg Jacob Ulrich at Host Church in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Mother of nine children.

Mrs. Elisabeth Ulrich of "Ober Hoch-Stadt, Europe" died on 4 March 1806 at the age of 77 years, 5 months and 10 days (per Claude Weston Unger's transcription). She was buried at Summer Hill Cemetery (Saint Paul's Cemetery).

NOTE: A second transcription published later by Schuylkill Roots (Dellock and Rice) listed the age at death as 77 years, 5 months less 10 days (meaning 77 years, 4 months and 21 days), which would place the birth date at 11 October 1728, or after the date of baptism of 3 October 1728. Preference is given to the earlier Unger transcript pending location of the original register. Importantly, the separator "." used in German records for ages and dates is not a decimal point but instead is equivalent to "-" or "/" in modern American records.

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Georg Jacob Ulrich and Maria Elisabeth Wolff were the parents of the following children.

1. Eva Barbara Ulrich, b. 1754 (m. George Peter Bressler).
2. Anna Maria Ulrich, b. 1759 (m. John Bressler).
3. Valentine Ulrich, b. 1761 (m. Anna Rosina Berger).
4. Catharine Ulrich, b. 1763 (m. John Adam Braun).
5. Margaret Ulrich, b. 1764.
6. Elizabeth Ulrich, b. 1766 (m. Henry Meyer).
7. Maria Eva Ulrich, b. 1768 (m. John Peter Klopp).
8. Susanna Ulrich, b. 1770 (m. Balthasar Schneider).
9. Christina Ulrich, b. 1772.

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Gravesite Details
No remaining grave marker.

Wolff, Maria Elisabeth (I327)

John Hiester, aka Johannes Hüster
- Eldest brother of Johann Jost Hüster/Joseph Yost Hiester (1710-1780) and Johann Daniel Hüster/Daniel Hiester (1713-1795)
- Arrived in America on 21 Sep 1731 via the ship Britannia (his brothers Joseph and Daniel arrived later on 26-Sep-1737 via the ship St. Andrews Galley)
** Regarding the parentage of the three wandering Hüster/Hiester brothers John, Joseph, and Daniel - please refer to the article published in 1957 by the German researcher Wilhelm Hartnack "Die Herkunft der in Amerika beruehmt gewordenen Hüsters" (aka "The Origin of the Famous Hüsters (Hiesters) - A revised corrected history to the version presented by Isaak Hiester"). [NOTE: Please contact memorialist if more information is required.]

In 1750 John married Maria/Mary Barbara EPLER [she married second Johann Christian Ruth in 1758]. John and Mary Hiester were the parents of:
1) Maria Catharine (1750-1824)
2) Joseph (1752-1832 [1820-1823: 5th Governor of Pennsylvania]
3) Mathias (1757-c1773)

Reported Problem for Photo Request: I searched the entire cemetery and could not find the grave.
Details: John appears on the Gerberich transcription lists from the 1930s. However, there is no tombstone for him and he is not listed in the Bern Forebears transcription. Mosslady

Hiester, John Christian (I20343)

". . . About the year 1745 he married a Miss Agnes Vanderslice of Philadelphia. . . .In 1767 his wife died. Her remains lie buried in the Chestnut Hill, Cemetery, Philadelphia. In 1769 he married a Miss Heighstand, (or Hiestand,) from Germantown. . . .There were no children from the second marriage; all the children were from the first marriage. . . ."

Source: Reading Times(Reading, Pennsylvania) Thu, Feb. 21, 1884, Page 2

Inscription
Translation of headstone is:

"Here rests the body of Heinrich (Henry) von Reed, born ----- 1722, died 1790, 27th October. Aged 68 years, 7 months and 16 days."

(This makes his birthdate Mar 11, 1722)
Gravesite Details
Husand of Ann

Van Reed, Heinrich (I29308)

"Alverta Bingeman Leed, 56, a school cafeteria manager, of 250 E. Mt. Airy Road, Stevens, died Friday at 6:09 p.m. at Ephrata Community Hospital. She was the wife of Sherman J. Leed. They were married for 35 years.

She was born in Hopeland, the daughter of Ella Mae Hensel Bingeman and the late Ralph E. Bingeman. She was a member of Hopeland United Methodist Church.

She was employed by the Ephrata Area School District and for the past 19 years managed the cafeteria at Clay Elemetery School.

In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by two sons: Craig D.Leed, Stevens, and David B. Leed, Ephrata; two grandchildren; two brothers: Harold H. Bingeman, Ephrata, and Larry H. Bingeman, Oceanside, Calif.; and two sisters, Mildred B. Snader, Ephrata, and Myrleen B., wife of Stanley Kline, Stevens."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster Pennsylvania
Contributed By Ruth George

Bingeman, Alverta (I9367)

"Anna H. Lutz, 90, a retired sewing machine operator who formerly lived in Rothsville, died Wednesday morning at United Zion Retirement Community of Lititz after a brief illness.
Miss Lutz worked at the Rosenau Apparel Co. of Ephrata from 1937 to 1969.
She belonged to Middle Creek Church of the Brethren of Lititz.
She enjoyed gardening.
Born in Warwick Township, she was a daughter of the late Lemon H. and Annie S. Hummer Lutz.
Surviving are a sister, Emma H. Kauffman of Lititz, and nieces and nephews."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, PA
March 13, 1997
Page B3

Lutz, Anna H (I31662)

"Barbara" Buchwalter was the daughter of Yost Theodorus "Durst" Buchwalter and Barbara (Landis) Buckwalter. Her parents were both born in Switerland and then immigrated to America in 1713.

She married Hans "John" Weber, a Mennonite farmer, about 1750 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and between 1752 and 1768 they had 5 boys and 3 girls. Their names were: Anna, Jacob, John, Barbara, Abraham, George, Joseph and Elizabeth Weaver.

Note: Sometime during her life time her children adopted "Weaver" as their sir name.

She is buried in the old cemetery on the west side of Route 897 at the Old Order Weaverland Mennonite Church.

Inscription
Inscription (Translated from Original Gravestone): Barberra Weber Died 16 Feb 1796 Aged 65 Years and 4 Months
Gravesite Details
She also has a stone with other (Weaver) family members in the Weberthal Cemetery at the bottom of the hill from where she is buried.

Buckwalter / Buchwalter, Barberra (Weber) (I23734)

"Bertha Enck Peiffer, 85, of the Maple Farm Nursing Center, Akron, and formerly of Ephrata, died Wednesday after a short illness at Ephrata Community Hospital.

She was the wife of Samuel B. Peiffer, who died in March.

Born in Schoeneck, she was a daughter of the late Henry E. and Mamie H. Stuber Enck. She lived in Ephrata since 1925.

Mrs. Peiffer had worked at the Sammette Manufacturing Co., Ephrata, the former Stunzi Silk Mill and the former Westerhoff Silk Mill, both in Ephrata.

She was a member of Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Ephrata.

Surviving are twin daughters, Sheila Ann, wife of Vincent L. Mohler of Lebanon, and Amelia Dian, wife of Donald P. Paque of Green Bay, Wis.; six grandchildren; 10 stepgrandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; 19 stepgreat-grandchildren; and a sister, Helen S. Witmer of Akron."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, PA
November 7, 1996
Page B3.

Enck, Bertha S (I470)

"Bishop" Jacob Hertzler, first known Amish Bishop in America, was born in 1703 in Canton Bern, Switzerland. He died in 1786 in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Northkill Amish Cemetery, two miles west of Hamburg, Pennsylvania. He immigrated on September 9, 1749 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is a book about his life called, "Life and Times of Jacob Hertzler: Pioneer Amish Bishop 1703 - 1786". In this book, you will also learn about the first known Amish school in America, which was organized on Hertzler's homestead.

Hertzler, Bishop Jacob (I21900)

"Blanche Dickinson, a former Tina resident, died last week at Warrensburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dickinson ran a grocery store in Tina several years ago before moving to Trenton, where he died. Blanche had lived at John Knots at Higginsville since 1973. She is survived by a brother and sister.

Services were Thursday in Carrollton with burial at Van Horn Cemetery." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, February 18, 1987

Griffin, Blanche (I31591)

"Cadwallader Foulke was born 13 Sep 1691, the 7th child of Edward & Eleanor (Ellin) 'Hughs' Foulke.
He was born in Coed-&-Foel, Llanderfel, Merionethshire, Wales. He immigrated to Pennsylvania, Colonial America, in 1698 and settled near Gwynedd.

Cadwalader was a Yeoman and in 1718 he bought 307 acres of land. (Historical Collections of Gwynedd).

Cadwallader Foulke married Mary Verch Robert Evans on 13 Jun 1719 at the Gwynedd Monthly Meeting House, Gwynedd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They had ten children, but one only, Judah, lived to adult age.

In 1731 the family moved from Gwynedd to Philadelphia. Cadwallader was appointed 'Justice of the Peace' for Philadelphia County in 1738.

After a short illness Cadwallader Foulke died on 17 Sep 1743. He was laid to rest at the Friends Arch Street Meeting House Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."
I found this:
Name: Cadwalader Foulke
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mary Evans
Child: Judah Foulke
[Cadwalader Foulke in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000]
Elder

Foulke, Cadwallader (I31261)

"Catherine Brown (Fisher), 82, widow of Samuel L. Brown, died at her home in Robesonia. She was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, of that place.
There survive these children: Mary, wife of Darius Hiester, Womelsdorf; Sallie E., at home; Frank M., West Lawn; Katie A., wife of George W. Yocum, Sinking Spring; Harry F., Minnie E., wife of B. Franklin Lamm; Howard E. and John W., all of Robesonia; eight grandchildren, six great grandchildren, one brother and one sister; John H., West Reading and Mrs. Emma Palm, Wyomissing.
Funeral Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m., from the home. All services at the house, Rev. E.S. Leinbach officiating."
-Reading Times, Oct. 22, 1927

Fisher, Catherine (I13673)

"Daughter of John Erb, b 5/6 Oct 1756, near Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co., PA, d 3 Dec 1810, Clay Twp, Lancaster Co., PA; and Judith Hull, daughter of Wendell Holl and Mary, b 26 Dec 1759, PA, d 19 Jun 1839, Lancaster Co., PA. Both are buried on the Schenk farm near Clay, PA.
Granddaughter of Jacob Erb (#93292387) and Magdalena Tschantz (Schantz, Johns) (#93191147)."
contributed by per Joanna Cayford
#48708932

Erb, Nancy (I1905)

"Der Alt" Johannes Senseman's headstone is in storage at Ephrata Cloister. This information was given to me in the 1990's by Clarence Spohn, the cloister director at that time. "Der Alt" Johannes was the father of Jacob Senseman and the grandfather of the Johannes who is listed on this website. "Der Alt" Johannes, his wife, and his son, Jacob, are all buried in "God's Acre" at the Cloister.

Senseman, John (I21761)

"Died from Chronic Arteriosclerosis Heart Disease (10 yrs.) due to generalized arteriosclerosis (10 yrs.)
Retired Grocer. Widower for 2.5 years prior to death. "
Married August 19, 1896 to Kate Hoffmaster "Good" (maiden name), memorial ID 29711584

Schell, Reuben William Daniel (I7408)

"Elder & Clerk nearly 14 years".

William Pim served as a justice of the peace, and for many years was the clerk of Bradford Monthly Meeting. After Dorothy's demise, he married 2nd Ann Gibbons, widow of James of Westtown.

Pim, William (I22362)

"Elected Official & Music Teacher"

Mary Ann (Blatt) Ober, 85, formerly of Elizabethtown, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Westminster Manor, Bradenton, FL. Born Friday, November 27, 1936, in Reading, she was the daughter of the late Harold J. and Helen (Senft) Blatt. She was married to D. Kenneth Ober for almost 40 years until his death on November 7, 1996.

A graduate of West Chester University with a bachelor's degree in Music Education, she was also a professional pianist who gave private lessons in the Elizabethtown area for 30 years and also taught elementary music in Lower Dauphin, West York, Donegal and Elizabethtown public schools. She served as the church organist and choir director at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy for over 49 years.

She was an elected official for nearly thirty years as a Republican Committeewoman serving Mount Joy Township and later as a State Republican Committee person serving Lancaster County. She received countless party awards and honors. In addition, she represented Stonecroft Ministries as a Regional and Area Representative organizing Christian Women Clubs.

She is survived by three children: Dr. David K. Ober, married to Boni, of Elizabethtown, Daniel H. Ober, married to Rebekah, of Bradenton, FL and Kendra L. Galusha, married to Jeff, of Middlebury, CT. Also surviving are 8 grandchildren and a -grandson; a brother, Harold Blatt, married to Jean, of The Villages, FL, as well as Mary Ann's extended family and caring friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Shirley (Blatt) Rohrbaugh.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy, 7 Marietta Avenue, Mount Joy, PA 17552, with Reverend Sarah A. Kneier officiating. Burial will follow in Elizabethtown Mennonite Cemetery. A viewing will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy on Saturday from 3-5 PM. Arrangements have been entrusted with the Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, 130 North Market Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, 717-367-1543.

Memories and condolences may be shared at: www.FinkenbinderFamily.com

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3 Mar 2022

Blatt, Mary Ann (Ober) (I29530)

"Elias B. Schmehl - born in Ruscommanor Township, Berks County, PA; 28 Feb 1840." Civil War Military Pension Records; 2 Apr 1915.

Elias served as a private during the Civil War in Company C, 167th PA Infantry Regiment;
Nov 1862 - Aug 1863.

"Elias B. Schmehl of Reading to Emma Hechler of Spring; Fox's Hotel; 6 Oct 1866."
Records of Rev. Thomas Jaeger.

Schmehl, Pvt Elias B (I10427)

"ERMA FASSNACHT, BOLLMAN WORKER
Erma W. Fassnacht, 86, Colonial Lodge, Denver, formerly of 125 Hartings Park Road, Denver, died of natural causes Saturday morning at the Essa Flory Hospice Center.

Mrs. Fassnacht worked at the Bollman Hat Co., Adamstown, for 40 years.

She was a member of Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, Schoeneck, where she was a member of the United Methodist Women and Christian Women.

She also was a member of Schoeneck Fire Company.

Born in Brecknock Township, she was the daughter of the late John and Erma Brendle Weinhold.

Her husband, Ralph C. Fassnacht, died in 1995.

Surviving are two sons, Ralph Jr., husband of Kay I. Fritz Fassnacht of Stevens, and Kenneth W., husband of Anne L. Enck Fassnacht of Spring Hope, N.C.; a daughter, Mary Jane, wife of Ronald D. Sahm of Denver; 10 grandchildren; 17 grandchildren; a sister, Louella Bartsch of Akron; and a brother, Paul H. Weinhold of Mohnton.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Clarence Weinhold."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Lancaster New Era
Lancaster Pennsylvania
October 8, 2001
Page: B-3

Weinhold, Erma (I1197)

"Eva Leonora Koch, daughter of Jacob & Emmeline, born 12 Sep 1871, baptised 7 Jan 1872; Shalter's."
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Reading, PA.

Eva Leonora (Koch) married her first cousin, once removed: Howard Heckler Schmehl, son of Elias B. & Anna Emma (Heckler) Schmehl, on 3 Jan 1891 in Reading, PA.
Berks County Marriage Application & License,

Eva & Howard had 3 known children: Ralph Wilburton (1891-1958); Harry Allen (1896-1959); & Edna Naomi (1906-1906).

Eva died at the P.O. of A. Home in Mifflinville, PA; &, although her name is inscribed on Howard's tombstone in Aulenbach Cemetery, she is buried in an un-marked grave in the Mifflinville Cemetery. Death & burial info from PA Death Certificate & Kelchner Funeral Home.

Koch, Eva Leonora (I7653)

"Fay B. Smith b 1883" is on his gravestone, but her death date is not cut (buried at Oceanside, California).

Lone Tree Reporter, Thursday, December 26, 1940:

Funeral services were held at the Giles Funeral Home in Burlington Monday at 1 p. m. for J B Smith, a former resident of Lone Tree. The body was then brought here where short services were held at the grave with Rev. E. A. Voss in charge. Mr. Smith passed away Thursday following an emergency operation at a Burlington hospital Wednesday.

Jesse Burge Smith was the son of Wilson R. and Louisa Burge Smith, born at Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1883 and passed away Dec. 19, 1940, aged 57 years and 6 days. When a small boy the family moved to Lone Tree where he received his education in the Lone Tree schools. On July 20, 1904 he was united in marriage to Miss Faye Stonebarger, the Rev. M. S. Rice, Iowa City, officiating.

They started housekeeping in Lone Tree, later moved to Burlington where Mr. Smith was a switchman on the C. B. & Q. railroad for a number of years, giving up the work several years ago. He has since worked at painting and interior decorating. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Tyler, Oceanside, Calif., and Mrs. D. C. Lewis, of Burlington; two grandchildren, Robert Tyler and Dallis Lewis; two sisters, Mrs. Edward Dreher of Burlington and Mrs. Fred Burger of Woonsocket, S. Dak.; and one half-brother, Leland Smith of Iowa City. Two daughters, Reva and Pearl, preceded him in death.

Smith, Jesse Burge (I18184)

"For more than a century, the Leinbach name was a prominent one in the ministry of the German Reformed Church. Thomas Hartman Leinbach was born January 18, 1802, in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Daniel Leinbach and his wife, Mary Magdalena Hartman. He was confirmed by the Rev. F. L. Herman, who was also his theological instructor. Rev. Leinbach organized the Northkill Congregation in 1826 and served as pastor until 1851. He died March 31, 1864 and is buried in the cemetery of Trinity Tulpehocken Church, west of Stouchsburg near Millardsville."
Source - History of St. Thomas Church; p. 42

Leinbach, Rev Thomas Hartman (I33705)

"Hannah Addams, daughter of Isaac & Elisabeth Addams, born 3 Oct 1813, baptized 22 Apr 1815" recorded at Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading.

"Hannah Hechler, 64, died 8 Nov 1879 of Typhoid Fever; born in Cumru Twp.; resided in Spring Twp.; burial at Seitzinger."
Berks County Death Register, online index, line 690.

"HECHLER - on November 8th, in Spring, Hannah (nee Adam), wife of Jacob Hechler, aged 64-2-5." "Reading Adler", 2 Dec 1879.

Inscription

"Hannah H. Heckler, 1814-1879"

From tombstone reading done in 1924:
"Hannah, wife of Jacob Hechler and daughter of Isaac & Elizabeth Adam, born 3 Sep 1815, died 8 Nov 1879, aged 64 y, 2m, 5d."

Cemetery
AKA: Bernhard Adam Burial Ground.
AKA: Seitzinger's Burial Ground.

Adam, Hannah (I10425)

"Hannah wife of Jester Cooper died Nov. 16, 1861 aged 70Y 2M 29D erected by Phebe Dickinson"
W/o Justus Cooper; remarried to Thomas Wilcox on 5 February 1847 in Hardin Co., Ohio and buried in Wilcox plot. Thomas Wilcox was the father-in-law of two of her children.
M/o Andrew, William, John, Lemuel, Phoebe, Elizabeth and Amos C.

Kemp, Hannah (I21384)

"Headstone lost between 1928 and 1970." from "An Updated History and Genealogical Record of the Isenberg Family," by Lillian Isenberg Bahney, 1991.

Smouse, Maria (I10307)

"Helen S. Witmer, 90, formerly of Akron, died Sunday at Ephrata Manor where she had lived since 2000.

She worked at the former Stunzi Silk Mill and was a saleslady at the former Beauty Classics store, both in Ephrata.

A member of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Ephrata, she enjoyed playing bingo.

Born in West Cocalico Township, she was the daughter of the late Henry E. and Mamie Stuber Enck.

Her husband, Charles H. Witmer, died in 1994.

Surviving are a son, David L., married to Dorothy L. Becker Witmer of Ephrata; a daughter, Linda E., married to Sterling "Skip" E. Hutchinson Jr. of Elkton, Md.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
(Lancaster, PA)
November 3, 2003
P.A-5

Enck, Helen S (I1449)

"Here rests Jacob Shedel, he was born the 29th of April 1741 and died the 18th of February 1819. he was aged 77 years, 9 mos., and 20 days"

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots-ancestry.com
Jacob Capt Scherlte St Michael's Shartlesville PA 49

Captain 3rd Co. 3rd Battalion Berks County Militia

Scherdel, Captain Jacob (I312346696719)

"Isaac Harvey, son of William & Judith Osborne Harvey (both emigrants from England to Pennsylvania) born in Chad's Ford PA. 9/21/1718, died 4/3/1802, married 2/2/1740 Martha Newlin, daughter of Nathaniel & Jane(Woodward) Newlin, born at Concord, PA either 9/18/1721 or 11/1724 and died 11/23/1806. They were both buried here. The Harvey's came to this community from Concord PA in 1744 and established their home one mile southeast of Spring Friends Meeting House. Isaac's will contains their children: Nathan, Isaac, Calle, Hannah, Rachel, Martha and Ruth. Another child, Edith, died before the date of the will."

Newlin, Martha (I3858)

Harvey, Isaac (I22176)

"Isaac Sharman, an aged and respected citizen of this county, died on Monday night at his residence in Brownsville, Lower Heidelberg township, in the 73d year of his age. Mr Sharman was a farmer by occupation, and for a number of years lived on one of the farms of Riley L. Fisher, of Heidelberg township, but last spring sold out his stock and moved on a place of his own, where he died. He leaves a widow, four sons and three daughters, all grown up. The deceased was a brother of Levi Sharman, of this city"
-Reading Times, Aug 10, 1882

72 years, 2 months and 5 days old

Sharman, Isaac (I2690)

"J. Henry Hummer, 82, of 1202 W. Main St., Ephrata, died Wednesday evening at Ephrata Community Hospital following an illness of two weeks.
Hummer was a partner in the former A.H. Hummer & Sons Electrical Store, Ephrata, from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1973, he constructed several hundred homes under J. Henry Hummer Building Contractor. In 1973, he founded Hummer Development Inc. Builders, which he owned until 1982. He also was the founder and operator of Ephrata Self-Service Laundry for 26 years and was a real estate salesman and appraiser for Hauenstein Agency, Ephrata, from 1971 to 1996.
He had been an Ephrata Borough councilman for four years and served on the Ephrata School Board Authority for four years.
He was an Ephrata Building and Loan director for 20 years and an Ephrata National Bank director for 23 years.
Hummer was a member of First United Methodist Church, Ephrata, where he was a trustee for four years; the Ephrata Free & Accepted Masons Lodge 665; the Ephrata American Legion Cloister Post 429 since 1940; the Lebanon Country Club since 1959; and the Ephrata Lions Club for 40 years.
He served five years in the U.S. Army during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
He was an avid golfer and stock market enthusiast.
He attended Ephrata High School and graduated from the Lancaster Business Institute.
Born in Ephrata, he was the son of the late Alvin H. and Maria Hackman Hummer.
He was married to Alverta Summy Hummer for 56 years on July 30.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julie Marie, married to Thomas S. Wettach, and Cindia Sue, married to Jeffrey M. Rutt, both of Ephrata; four grandchildren; and a brother, John A. of Akron."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
(Lancaster, PA)
December 31, 1999
P.B-3

Hummer, Jacob Henry (I1131)

"Jacob Heckler, son of George & Mary Heckler, born 21 Aug 1813."
Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

"HECHLER - on Feb 18, in Spring, Jacob Hechler, aged 67-5-27."
"Reading Adler", 22 Feb 1881.

Inscription

"Jacob Heckler, 1816-1881" - current monument

"Jacob Heckler, 21 Aug 1813 - 18 Feb 1881, aged 67y, 5m, 27d" - from 1924 tombstone inscription reading.

Heckler, Jacob (I10411)

"John Wardell Passmore, third son of Ellis and Ruth Passmore, was a native of Cecil county, Maryland, the date of his birth having been October 30, 1802. His preliminary education was acquired at a private school and later he attended a boarding school conducted by Enoch Lewis, after which he served an apprenticeship at the trade of carpenter. He located in the township of West Nottingham, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and became one of its prominent and influential citizens. He followed his trade for a number of years, but subsequently turned his attention to teaching school. He was a strong advocate of the principles of the Whig party, and was chosen by that body to serve as county commissioner of Chester county, his tenure of the office being from 1836 to 1841. On October 13, 1822, Mr. Passmore married Deborah Brown, born January 12, 1801, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Brown. Their children were: Ellis Pusey, born August 23, 1823; Samuel Brown, born December 13, 1827; Elizabeth Ruth, born Nov- ember 11, 1830, and John A., born June 30, 1836, now deceased. John W. Passmore, father of these children, died at his residence in Chester county, June 26, 1848; he was survived many years by his widow, who passed away in May, 1895.

Passmore, John Wardell (I14810)

"Klopp's Cornet Band was formed in 1881 by Morgan Klopp. He was the musician in the township giving musical instruction to 80 to 100 students as well as being the organist of five local churches. He and his family lived in the sexton's house, North Heidelberg Church. In 1904, the Reading newspaper reported that he and his son, Eugene, were choristers at 71 funerals that year."

Source: North Heidelberg Township: History and Lore; Kathy M. Scogna; 1996

Klopp, Morgan B (I205)

"Lacy W Simmons of Bradenton, Fla served as a witness for his brother John M Simmons of Thomas County, Ga. They both served in Ga state troops and in Co. I of the 54th Ga Infantry. They were separated into different units before the Civil war ended. You can read Lacy Simmons' witness page under John M. Simmons' paperwork visible on line, Courtesy of GA Archives Virtual vault."

-cbozeman, Tifton, GA. contributor
46985035
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"Simmons, Lacy W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Ga. State Troops October 8, 1861. Mustered out April 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. I, 54th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865."

Reference: researchonline.net

Simmons, Rev Lacy Willams (I17351)

"Lena S. (Brubacher) Blessing, 63, of Lancaster, entered into rest on Sunday, November 21, at Hospice of Lancaster County, Mt. Joy.

She was born in Oakley, Maryland, a daughter of the late Eli G. and Priscilla W. Stauffer Brubacher. She was the wife of the late Clyde E. Blessing.

Lena was a member of the First Deaf Mennonite Church and worked for Patterson Dental Supply from 1995 to 2003, and in earlier years had been employed as a seamstress for New Holland Lingerie and Singing Needles Sewing Factories. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and was an avid Phillies fan. Her other hobbies include knitting, quilting, crocheting, cross stitching, and puzzles.

Surviving are her children, Ella (Kevin) Clare, of Pequea, Lydia Blessing, and Glen Blessing, both of Lancaster; 2 grandchildren, Kylee and Ethan Clare; 6 brothers, Harvey (Alice) Brubacher of Ephrata, Willis (Betty) Brubacher of Dover, Henry (Joyce) Brubacher of Leesburg, OH, Jacob (Mary Lou) Brubacher of Leonardtown, MD, Irvin (Ruby) Brubacher of Elkhorn, KY, and Earl (Ellen) Brubacher of Alliance, OH; 2 sisters, Susie (Edward) Martin of Leonardtown, MD, and Alice (Philip) Weaver of Ohio.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ella Brubacher and a brother, Eli Brubacher.

A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 PM, Friday, December 3rd, and 9 to 10 AM, Saturday, December 4th, at Mellinger Mennonite Church, Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Funeral services will follow at 10:00 AM, Saturday, with Pastors Jeffrey Hoffer and Henry Deller officiating. Interment will follow in the Hammer Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Elizabeth Township.

Memorial contributions in Lena's memory may be sent to Hospice of Lancaster County, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604.

Arrangements by Stradling Funeral Homes, Inc., Akron/Ephrata."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Monday, November 29, 2010

Brubacher, Lena S (I1897)

"Mae Stuber Fry, 88, died Sunday after a lengthy illness at the home of her daughter, Joan E. Howell, of 475 W. Girl Scout Road, Stevens. Mrs. Fry, who was formerly of Ephrata, had lived with her daughter for six years.

Born in Schoeneck, she was a daughter of the late Henry E. and Mamie Stuber Enck.

She was the wife of John Fry, who died in 1967.

Mrs. Fry belonged to Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Ephrata, where she had been a Sunday school pianist. She was also a member of the Pioneer Fire Co. Auxiliary in Ephrata.

Surviving in addition to her daughter are a son, Carl Dwain Fry of Ephrata; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Bertha, wife of Samuel B. Peiffer of Ephrata, and Helen Witmer of Akron."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, PA
March 20, 1995
Page B3

Enck, Mae Stuber (Fry) (I1447)

"Mamie S. Meckley, 92, died December 5, 2010 in her West Lawn residence, surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Ephrata, she was a daughter of the late Stephen H. and Suzanna (Leid) Sweigart.

Mamie worked as a seamstress for various companies, retiring from Rachlin's in 1991.

She was a member of Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Whitfield, and a former member of the Nazarene Church, Reading.

Mamie loved to serve people. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed cleaning as well. She will be dearly missed.

She is survived by her four children: Larry E., husband of Deborah Meckley, Tyler, TX; Shirley A., wife of Donald E. Hackman, Denver, PA; Nancy L. Martin, West Lawn and Linda M., wife of John K. Hughes, Exeter. Also surviving are three siblings: Aaron S. Sweigart, Ephrata; Clair E. Sweigart, Reinholds and Grace I. Ziemer, Ephrata. There are eight grandchildren: Brad, Ken, Sheri, Denise, Sharlene, Debra, Lisa and Christine and 10 great-grandchildren surviving.

She was predeceased by 8 siblings.

Services will be Friday at 12 p.m. in Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 1110 Snyder Road, Whitfield. A viewing will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the church. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Berks Visiting Nurse Association, Attn: Hospice, 1170 Berkshire Boulevard, Wyomissing, PA 19610-1220. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading is in charge of arrangements."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Sweigart, Mamie S (I29737)

"Marvin Earl Long, 84, died on Friday evening, September 7, 2007 in Hospice of Lancaster County at Ephrata Community Hospital with his loved ones by his side. He will be laid to rest next to his beloved wife of 49 years, Eva Isabella (Fitterling) Long.

A Funeral Service will be held at Swamp Lutheran Church, 275 Swamp Church, Rd., Reinholds at 11:00 AM, Viewing 10-11 AM on Tuesday September 11. His pastor, Rev. Dennis Trout, will conduct the services."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, PA
September 10, 2007
P.B4

Inscription
P.F.C. 5th. DIV. U.S. ARMY W.W.II

Long, Marvin Earl (I28276)

"Mary Frankhouser, 80, of Conestoga View, died there at 6:35 p.m. Thursday after a long illness.
Formerly of northern Lancaster county, she spend her earlier years in the Ephrata area.
Born and reared in Brecknock Township, she was the daughter of the late Aaron and Katie Sharp Frankhouser.
Surviving are nieces and nephews."

Frankhouser, Mary (I31575)

"Mary was the daughter of George and Hannah/Anne Wood. She and husband, Richard, with 6 of their 9 children, immigrated to PA Colony in Spring of 1683 from Mouldridge, Derbyshire, England. They settled in Darby Twp. where they spent the rest of their lives. Their children were Rachel, Ann, Abigail, Mary, Sarah, Jacob, Benjamin, Enoch and Elinor Bonsall. Mary was born in Bonsall, Derbyshire, England and died in Darby Twp., Chester Co., PA."
--bio contributed by Nancy Gibson Lowe

Wood, Mary (I32876)

"Maxwell Cunningham Byers was a brilliant and hard - nosed railroad administrator. Rising through the railroading ranks as a civil engineer he was described as engaging, who followed no fads and “...a capacity for work that was astounding.” He was practical, a student of railroad operations, and a problem solver whose solutions were sound and economically realistic. His short career culminated in his appointment as President of the Western Maryland Railway in 1920 [the youngest railroad president in the country]. Byers political and business skills helped the Western Maryland reach record profits and would be severely tested during the Great Depression. Baltimore's B&O Railroad Museum exhibit, Maxwell Cunningham Byers: A Distinguished Life and A Tragic Death(beginning June 2014), explores his life and death.” [He was shot in his office by an older, disgruntled vice president who then shot himself.]
A couple weeks later the board of directors' voted for a substantial pension to be used in the education of Mr. Byers' five sons. (Time 20 Oct 1930)

Byers, Maxwell Cunningham (I27964)

"Miss Alice Dickinson, 68, Kansas City, Mo., passed away July 6. Funeral services were at 3:30 p.m. July 8th at the Gibson chapel, Carollton, with burial in the Van Horn Cemetery.

Miss Dickinson had taught school many years in the state of Louisiana, recently moving to Kansas City from DeRidder, La. Survivors include her sister, Miss Delpha Dickinson of Kansas City; a brother, W. L. Dickinson of Keytesville; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dickinson, three brothers and a half-sister.

The community extends sympathy to the sister, Miss Delpha, and other relatives." The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, July 19, 1976

Dickinson, Alice Cecelia (I19471)

"Moses Mendenhall was born in Concord, in Chester County, about 1693; was the Son of Benjamin Mendenhall, an early Settler in that place; in his youth he was religiously inclined, loving the Conversation of such, and would "chuse" places of Retirement to wait upon God; he married about the Year 1719, and soon after settled in "Kennet", where his habitation was the remainder of his Life; as he grew in Years, he grew in the Truth, and in the year 1724 he appeared in the Ministry, first, in a few Words, but increased in his Gift, he continuing faithful, that in time he had a seasonable, refreshing Testimony being attended with the power of Truth, and often affected the Spirits of the Hearers. He traveled in Truth's Service in Maryland and the Jerseys, and sometimes visited the Meetings of Friends near home, which was generally well received where his lot was cast: He was serviceable in the Discipline of the Church, being rightly gifted for it and had a clear discerning of a Spirit of undue Liberty that seem to so prevail some about that time, which afterwards manifested it self, to the Exercise of the Faithful. His last "Sicknefs" was the Small-pox, which was heavy upon him, but he bore his affliction patiently, and being sensible his End was near, he signified he was thankful to the Lord that he was liked to be taken from the Troubles of this World, exhorting Friends to "Faithfulnefs". And thus in a resigned Frame of mind he departed this life the day of the 9th month, in the year 1731, aged about 38 years, and was buried in "Kennet" Burying Grounds, a Minister about 7 years."

Mendenhall, Moses (I7711)

"New Bethel Zion Church, Grimville, Greenwich Township, Berks County : originally Bethel Church, locally named the Stone Church, known officially as the Greenwich Congregation, 1761-1802 / translated by Amandus S. Leiby ; Zoltan Lenky and Calvin Herring, collaborating."

Inscription

Translation of German inscription:
Hanna Rosina Kohler, wife of Johannes Kohler, daughter of Johannes & Hechler, born 3 Apr 1772, died 25 Nov 1824, aged 52 years, 7 months, 22 days.

Hechler, Hanna Rosina (I2338)

"North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979" record shows 'Nelly Newland' marrying 'Claburn Guthrie' on October 9, 1809 in Orange County, North Carolina.

Minutes of Spring Monthly Meeting for December 29, 1810: 'Elener Guttery' was disowned for marriage out of unity.

Gravesite Details
--6-9-21 thanks to Bryan 46982727 for nickname Nellie; reports first name is spelled Eleanor with birth within the community of Snow Camp and death in Alamance Co. NC.

Newlin, Elenor (I22211)

"On the 9th of January, in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Margaret, wife of D. Gensmer, aged 68 years and 13 days." (Published in Der Libanon Demokrat, Lebanon, PA, Jan. 20, 1854)
contributed by GLENDA EISENHOUR (#47259424)

Margaret Gensemer
the wife of
Daniel Gensemer
Born Miller
Born 27th December 1783
Died 9 January 1851
68 years 13 days

Miller, Margaret (I30629)

"Pioneer ancestors of Holaday families of this region. They married 3/3/1746 in Old Swede Church, Wilmington, Del., came to North Carolina 1756 and lived one mile south of here."

Revolutionary War Patriot / North Carolina.

Children:

Samuel Holaday
1746 – 1825

Robert Holaday
1748 – 1816

William Holaday
1750 – 1812

Priscilla Holaday
1751 – 1834

Deborah Holaday
1752 – 1820

Hannah Holaday
1754 – 1844

Thomas Holaday
1756 – 1819

Sarah Holaday
1758 – 1839

Abigail Holaday
1760 – 1820

Henry Holaday Jr
1762 – 1830

Rebecca Holaday
1764 – 1848

Mary Holaday
1766 –

Holaday / Holliday, Henry Sr (I14756)

"Ralph Fassnacht Jr., 77, of Stevens, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2012 at Lancashire Hall after a lengthy illness.

He was born in Schoeneck to the late Ralph and Erma (Weinhold) Fassnacht, and was the husband of Kay (Fritz) Fassnacht, to whom he shared 55 years of marriage.

Ralph was a member of the Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, Schoeneck, and a member of the Cocalico Sportsman Association and National Wild Turkey Foundation. He worked for Gulf Oil and Chevron Oil companies on the PA turnpike for many years until his retirement in 1996. He loved his beagles and was a lifetime member of the Lebanon County Beagle Club. He also enjoyed hunting and traveling to Hidden Valley Camp, in Bull Run, Bradford County, Pennsylvania..

Ralph is survived by 2 sons, Michael L., husband of Nancy (Bauer) Fassnacht of Reynoldsville, Phillip A., husband of Stephanie (Graybill) Fassnacht of Stevens; 6 grandchildren, Shane, Nathan, and Matthew Fassnacht, Samantha and Kayla Weaver, and Olivia Fassnacht; and a sister, Mary Jane, wife of Ronald Sahm of Schoeneck.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Craig Fassnacht in 1968, and a brother, Kenneth Fassnacht.

A viewing will be held on Friday, February 24, 2012, from 6 to 8 pm, at the Roseboro Stradling Funeral Home, 533 Walnut Street, Denver. There will be an additional viewing on Saturday, from 10 to 11 am, at Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, 48 South King St., Stevens (Schoeneck), followed by his funeral service at 11 am, with Pastor Harry Dekolf officiating. Interment will take place in the Mellingers Union Cemetery, Schoeneck.

Memorial contributions in Ralph's memory may be made to his church, Weist Memorial United Methodist Church, 48 South King St., Stevens, PA 17578.

Arrangements by Roseboro Stradling Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc.,"
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Fassnacht, Ralph C Jr (I1188)

"RALPH FASSNACHT, BOLLMAN RETIREE
Ralph C. Fassnacht, 85, of 125 Hartings Park Road, Denver, died Saturday morning in Fairmount Rest Home, Ephrata, where he had been a patient since October.

He was the husband of Erma W. Weinhold Fassnacht. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary April 15, 1994.

Born in West Cocalico Township, he was the son of the late Alvin B. and Lizzie Conrad Fassnacht. He was a lifelong resident of West Cocalico Township. He retired from Bollman Hat Co., Adamstown, where he worked for 20 years.

He was a member of Fraternal Order of Orioles, Nest 54, Denver, and was a member of the Cocalico Sportsmen Association and a life member of Schoeneck Fire Company.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Ralph Fassnacht Jr., Stevens, and Kenneth W. Fassnacht, Spring Hope, N.C.; and a daughter, Mary Jane, wife of Ronald D. Sahm, Denver. Eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Sunday News
Lancaster, PA
January 22, 1995
Page B-4

Fassnacht, Ralph C (I1198)

"Ralph N. Hackman, 92, formerly of 419 Pine St., Denver, died of natural causes Saturday at Denver Nursing Home, where he had lived since 1995.

He worked at Textile Machine Works of Wyomissing for 25 years, and was a truck driver for the former Walter W. Moyer Co. Inc., Ephrata.

Hackman was a member of Mellinger's Lutheran Church, Schoeneck.

He was also a member of the Golden Years Circle of Denver.

Hackman enjoyed small-game hunting and taking bus trips.

Born in West Cocalico Township, he was the son of the late Nathan W. and Elsie K. Noll Hackman.

His wife, Mary K. Hoffman Hackman, died in 1988.

Surviving are two sons, Eugene H., married to Gladys M. Steinmetz Hackman, and Paul H., married to Anna V. Ingram Hackman, both of Denver; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Beulah N. Erb of Brethren Village; and two brothers, Daniel N. of Lancashire Hall and Walter N. Sr. of Ephrata.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Florence Hershey, and a brother, Harry N."
Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster, PA
July 24, 2000
P.B8

Hackman, Ralph Noll (I3192)

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