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Christian S. Burkhart

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Christian S. Burkhart

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
31 Jul 1891 (aged 62)
Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 6, Yellow Brick Frame Cemetery - North
Memorial ID
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Christian was the son of Jacob Good Burkhart and Magdalena Buckwalter Sensenig. He married Mary Weaver, daughter of Abraham Weaver and Mary Witwer, on 12 Jan 1851 in Lancaster County, PA. Father of Soloman W. Burkhart, Abraham W. Burkhart, John W. Burkhart, Mattie W. (Burkhart) Culp, Jacob W. Burkhart, Samuel W. Burkhart, Maryann W. (Burkhart) Snider, and Christian W. Burkhart.

Note: On the 1850 and 1860 census it lists him as a Master Wagon Maker in Lancaster County, PA. They moved to Elkhart County, Indiana in 1879.

Note: Christian S. Burkhart was a third cousin to Milton Snavely Hershey the founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company.

Christian was the son of Jacob Good Burkhart and Magdalena Buckwalter Sensenig. He married Mary Weaver, daughter of Abraham Weaver and Mary Witwer, on 12 Jan 1851 in Lancaster County, PA. Father of Soloman W. Burkhart, Abraham W. Burkhart, John W. Burkhart, Mattie W. (Burkhart) Culp, Jacob W. Burkhart, Samuel W. Burkhart, Maryann W. (Burkhart) Snider, and Christian W. Burkhart.

Note: On the 1850 and 1860 census it lists him as a Master Wagon Maker in Lancaster County, PA. They moved to Elkhart County, Indiana in 1879.

Note: Christian S. Burkhart was a third cousin to Milton Snavely Hershey the founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company.



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