CHRISTIAN BAUER was born, October 17, 1835, at Ober-Umpt, Freidenstadt, Wurtemberg, Germany, and is a son of Jacob Bauer, his mother's maiden name being Waltz. He learned the carpenter trade, which he followed in Germany until 1854, when he immigrated to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He continued working at his trade in Williamsport until 1872, when he purchased his present homestead of 117 acres and has since been engaged in general farming. He was married in 1859 to Catherine, daughter of Jacob Keiser, who died in 1881. She was the mother of the following children: Mary, deceased; Jacob, deceased; William; Christian; Charles; George; Philip; Annie; Levina, and Hannah, deceased. He married for his second wife Lucy, daughter of Daniel Fry, of Upper Fairfield township, who has had one child, Tillie. Mr. Bauer is steward and exhorter in the Evangelical church of Cohick.
CHRISTIAN BAUER was born, October 17, 1835, at Ober-Umpt, Freidenstadt, Wurtemberg, Germany, and is a son of Jacob Bauer, his mother's maiden name being Waltz. He learned the carpenter trade, which he followed in Germany until 1854, when he immigrated to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He continued working at his trade in Williamsport until 1872, when he purchased his present homestead of 117 acres and has since been engaged in general farming. He was married in 1859 to Catherine, daughter of Jacob Keiser, who died in 1881. She was the mother of the following children: Mary, deceased; Jacob, deceased; William; Christian; Charles; George; Philip; Annie; Levina, and Hannah, deceased. He married for his second wife Lucy, daughter of Daniel Fry, of Upper Fairfield township, who has had one child, Tillie. Mr. Bauer is steward and exhorter in the Evangelical church of Cohick.
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