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died after 1836 in Harrison
married at least twice, maybe three
Was Anna Rosina Ochs, daughter
She was born June
d. age 37. His second wife was
a Rev. War soldier. He is
"Pa. Archives," 5th Ser. Vol. 11,
pg. 51, 590. He was a pri-
Caleb North's Comp., under Col.
He followed his brother,
He moved to Harrison Co.
part of West Virginia. He made
pension for his service in the
War. He was refused three
SUch.
:, b. Oct. 4, 1753,
,24, 1753. He may have died young.
Jacob Wilhelm, b. July 23, 1755,
!755. He manied and died. In
Berkheimer died of Yellow
There is also a record of
in the "Pa. Archives"
in the 5th Comp., 6th Bart.
Philip Gable's Comp. from
Aug. 24, 1781.
b. Apr. 20, 1758, bapt.
He is mentioned in his father's
it says "15 pounds to the children
.Andrew, deceased." Andrew is
"Pa. Archives" Ser. VI, Vol. 3,
708,710,720,1060 as a member
. Co. and after 1784 Montgomery
in 3rd Comp., 6th Batt.
Philad. CO. 1781, and May 2,
s a fffer in Gwynedd Twp. Philad.
Was Christina. He died prior to
Oct., 1786
b. June 15, 1760, balx.
married Samuel Gutnecht.
(#3 above) married
and had: 1. Catharine, b.
¢1. Oct. 16, 1844, rod. John Fetzer,
Apr. 19, 1840, both buried St.
Ch. Center Square. Together they
William B., Eliza, Mary,
and Ann.
Jan. 23, 1775, d. Mar. 17, 1851,
b. Apr. 19, 1781, d. Jan. 7,
St. John's Lutheran, Center
had: Jesse, George, Maria,
Andrew and Elizabeth.
1778, d. June 13, 1859,
Engard, b. May 13, 1770, d.
Susanna, Mary, Jacob, and
married 2d. Anna M. Dcms, she
1, 1773, d. Mar. 6, 1849. They
Mar. 27, 1783, d. Nov. 9, 1866.
b. Dec. 12, 1781, d.Jan. 6,
John's I.uthemn Clmrch,
Their children are: Charles,
George and Juliana, William.
Nov. 15, 1781, d. Sept. 13,
1811 married Margaret Hilgatt, b.
d. Jun 2, 1874. Both buried
They are the proseni-
farailies in Noe,.humbedand and
He lived on the farm at Sandy
Hill and about 1820 moved to vicinity of
Milton. He bought land along Chillisquaque
Creek, and became quite wealthy. He and
Margaret had: Susana, Samuel, George, Mary,
Francis, Henry (or Harry), Jacob and Margaret.
George is the one we talk about later.
6. Mary, married Henry Ruiner. Lived at
Christiana Hundred (near Wilmington), Dela.
They had: Mary, Esther and Susanna, born
Sept. 27, 1804.
Wdliam Berkheimer (#5 above) b. Nov. 15,
1781, died Sept. 13, 1842, married Margaret
Hilgard, b. Apr. 8, 1790, d. June 2, 1874, both
buried at Milton and together they had:
1. Susanna, b. Mar. 14, 1813, d. Dec. 19,
1897, married Mien Shoemaker, a mechanic,
of Lewisburg where they lived. Mien was b.
Sept. 22, 1808, and d. Feb. 15, 1891, they had:
Thomas, William, Margaret Jane, Rachel,
Sarah, Mat and Susanna.
2. Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1815, d. Sept. 15,
1896, farmer in Union Co., rod. Mary Ketler, b.
Dec. 4, 1824, d. July 15, 1909, both buried in
White Deer Lutheran Cem., outside West
Milton. They had: Margaret Jane, Joseph K.,
William H. and Mary Eliza.
3. George, b. Oct. 22, 1818, d. June 26, 1893,
,md. Mercy Steiner, b. Feb. 7, 1823, d. Feb. 11,
1887, lived and farmed near White Deer
Furnace and are buried in White Deer
Lutheran Cem., outside West Milton. They
had: Wdliam Francis, Margaret Jane, Mary,
susanna, George, Jr., Julia Ann, Jacob L., Sarah
Elizabeth, Andrew, Caroline, Samuel, Leah,
Lavinia and Rebecca.
4. Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1822, d. Dec. 9, 1906,
married Andrew Fetzer, b. Jan. 19, 1815, d.
Dec. 8, 1867, bah buried Harmony Cem.,
Milton. They had: Margaret, Susan, Diana
Elizabeth, William and Andrew. (twins).
5. Francis, b. Oct. 24, 1824, d. Mar. 18, 1891,
md. Rosanna McGrarm, b. 1838, d. Sept. 24,
1926, both buried in Harmony Cem., Milton.
They had: Margaret, Jacob Francis, Philip
Andrew, John Wdliam, Rachel Emma, Mary
Catherine, Chades Amandus and George
Henry.
6. Hem'y (or Harry), b. Mar. 28, 1827, d.
Sept. 7, 1904. He married Adeline E. Haupt, b.
Oct. 28, 1831, d. May 29, 1899. Both buried in
Harmony Cem., Milton. They had: Wdliam H.,
Mary M., Isabella, Chades F., Elizabeth,
Horatio Seymour, Jamella, James R., Clara
Francis and Sarah Jane.
7. Jacob, b. Nov. 17, 1829, d. Nov. 18, 1902,
unmarried.
8. Margaret, b. Feb. I1, 1833, d. May 13,
1908, married Daniel Keyser, b. Jan. 5, 1828, d.
Aug. 9, 1909, bah buried Montandon Cem.,
near Milton. They had: William, Frank, Mary,
Emma, Rooe, Jacob, Thomas, Calvin and Nora.
Julia, daughter of George and Mercy Stein
Berkheimer, rod. Jan. 14, 1869 Henry Jacob
Sypher, b. 4/19/1848 in Uflion Co., the son of
Jacob Sypher and Salome Stees.
Jacob Sypher was in the War of 1812. Henry
Jacob Sypher and Julia Berkheimer had: Anna
md. Harvey Sones: Wdliam H. rod. Maggie
Oa/w, George A. rod. Ida Kurtz: Veronica and
Bessie.
MIFFLINBURG TELEGRAPH, July 29, 2004--5
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Children and their families are invited to marvel at "The Magic oF Matt" during a free
show at the Public Library for Union County by magician Matt Szulanczyk on Wed.,
Aug. 4, beginning at 7 p.m. A graduate of Lewislmrg Area High Schoo Matt
performs many different kinds of magic, ranging from up,dose card and coin tricks
to a stage show that includes impressive illusions. Please register to attend the show
either by visiting the library at 255 Reitz Blvd. in Lewisburg or by calling 523-1172.
Union County Library
System Update
by Carol High
Check library for more
Western exploret
The focus of the 2004 Herr Memorial
Library's summer reading program,
"Discover New Trails @ Your Library,"
is on history and adventure in honor of
the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark's expedition.
Tonight, a family showing of the
National Geographic Society's film
"Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West"
is scheduled. But Lewis and Clark were
not the only Europeans to explore
parts of what would some day become
the American West.
There are many locations on the
Colorado Plateau bearing the name
"Escalante" the Escalante Ruins of
western Colorado, the town of
Escalante, Utah, the Escalante River,
and the newly created Grand Staircase-
Escalante National Monument.
All are named after Father Silvesire
Velez de Escalante, a Franciscan mis-
sionary-explorer, who on July 29, 1776,
left the Spanish frontier town of Santa
Fe along with his superior Francisco
Dominguez and 12 other men to begin
an expedition seeking a northern route
to Monterey in California.
At the time, the New World empire
of Spain stretched from Panama north
through Mexico and across the
American Southwest to the California
coast. Little was known about the
immense desert country between
California and Santa Fe, though, prima-
rily because of the treacherous
Colorado River.
Initially, the priests made good time,
and by mid-September, they had
reached Utah Lake, iust to the south of
the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah.
There, they found Indians Dominguez
described as "the most docile and affa-
ble nation of all that have been known
in these regions."
By early October, winter was
approaching. Traveling through high
mountain passes, Escalante and
Dominguez began to encounter fierce
snowstorms. The priests were
unequipped to deal with the snow and
bitter cold, and they soon ran short of
provisions.
The expedition abandoned the goal
of reaching California and headed
back for Santa Fe, but during the long
journey home they nearly starved to
death. The men ate their cows, their
mules, and even their horses, then sur-
vived on prickly-pear cactus.
On January 2, 1777, Escalante and
Dominguez stasgered into Santa Fe
with their exhausted men. They had
traveled nearly 1,700 miles in just 159
days through some of the roughest
country in the Southwest. Although
they did not find a route tO Monterey,
Escalante's written account of the
expedition became an essential guide
for future explorers.
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