John was baptized in the Zion Old Red Union Church after being born Apr 13 1806 and baptized May 19 1806. He married Salome Fusselman May 1828. They had a large family. Sources identify thirteen children: Alfred, Mary, Morgan Walter, Sarah E, Hiram, Francis C, Henry Edwin, Amelia Louise, Edward, Catherine "Kate", Lucian , Wilhelmina and Viletta. He is found on the IRS Tax Assessment records yearly with an income report and "carriage" expenses. Per "Family History As Told By Beers
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co p 917-921"
John's early ambition was to be a physician, but he followed the profession only one year after obtaining his degree. He returned to farming. He was a leading force in local affairs and he held the township offices of school director and tax collector, and the county office of poor director. On political issues he was Republican. He was one of the active members of Christ Lutheran Church at McKeansburg, and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. Three sons died while serving in the Civil War. Hiram, a Union soldier, who died of starvation while in the army, and is buried at Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis, who died at Bowling Green, Ky., while serving in the Union army, and is buried at McKeansburg, Pa.; and Edward, who also died while in the army.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co p 917-921"
John's early ambition was to be a physician, but he followed the profession only one year after obtaining his degree. He returned to farming. He was a leading force in local affairs and he held the township offices of school director and tax collector, and the county office of poor director. On political issues he was Republican. He was one of the active members of Christ Lutheran Church at McKeansburg, and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. Three sons died while serving in the Civil War. Hiram, a Union soldier, who died of starvation while in the army, and is buried at Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis, who died at Bowling Green, Ky., while serving in the Union army, and is buried at McKeansburg, Pa.; and Edward, who also died while in the army.
John was baptized in the Zion Old Red Union Church after being born Apr 13 1806 and baptized May 19 1806. He married Salome Fusselman May 1828. They had a large family. Sources identify thirteen children: Alfred, Mary, Morgan Walter, Sarah E, Hiram, Francis C, Henry Edwin, Amelia Louise, Edward, Catherine "Kate", Lucian , Wilhelmina and Viletta. He is found on the IRS Tax Assessment records yearly with an income report and "carriage" expenses. Per "Family History As Told By Beers
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co p 917-921"
John's early ambition was to be a physician, but he followed the profession only one year after obtaining his degree. He returned to farming. He was a leading force in local affairs and he held the township offices of school director and tax collector, and the county office of poor director. On political issues he was Republican. He was one of the active members of Christ Lutheran Church at McKeansburg, and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. Three sons died while serving in the Civil War. Hiram, a Union soldier, who died of starvation while in the army, and is buried at Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis, who died at Bowling Green, Ky., while serving in the Union army, and is buried at McKeansburg, Pa.; and Edward, who also died while in the army.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co p 917-921"
John's early ambition was to be a physician, but he followed the profession only one year after obtaining his degree. He returned to farming. He was a leading force in local affairs and he held the township offices of school director and tax collector, and the county office of poor director. On political issues he was Republican. He was one of the active members of Christ Lutheran Church at McKeansburg, and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. Three sons died while serving in the Civil War. Hiram, a Union soldier, who died of starvation while in the army, and is buried at Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis, who died at Bowling Green, Ky., while serving in the Union army, and is buried at McKeansburg, Pa.; and Edward, who also died while in the army.
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