Son of Godfrey Lenhart and Mary Elizabeth Harbaugh, born in 1783. Due to a mistake in "the Harbaugh History" book published in 1947, he is sometimes confused with his son the Rev. John L. Lenhart (1805-1862) who was the chaplain on the frigate Cumberland and lost his life heroically when his vessel was attacked and sunk by the vessel Merrimac during the Civil War.
The following is an excerpt from a history written by Rev Charles F. Berkheimer who wrote "John L. Lenhart, Chaplain of the Cumberland" in 1966:
"Big and burly and impulsive -- these adjectives used to describe Chaplain John Lenhart equally applied to his father, local preacher Rev. Henry Lenhart. He was born in York in 1783, the son of Godfrey Lenhart -- a silversmith and clock maker whose store was on Market Square, and who served as county commissioner 1787-1790 and county sheriff 1792-1795. His mother was the former Mary Elizabeth Harbaugh, oldest daughter of pioneer York settler Yost Harbaugh.
Henry Lenhart was a local preacher as early as 1810, for he is listed that year among the preachers attending Low's Camp Meeting near Shrewsbury. In 1811 he moved his family to Williamsport.
Henry's father Godfrey was one of nine children of immigrants Johan Peter and Maria Margaretha Lenhart -- the other known children being Anna Margaret, Philip, Frederick, Johan Jacob and Johan George. Henry's brother William Yost Lenhart was a prominent mathematician and poet. Henry's son Godfrey, as a lad of 14, became the driver of the conveyance which took the surveyors from Williamsport to run the new boundary line of Tioga County, which was then being taken from Lycoming. He (Henry's son Godfrey) served in the Mexican War and when the Civil War was declared, even though he was about 45 years old, he enlisted and served in numerous engagements. In 1864 he contracted typhoid fever, was furloughed, and died while
recuperating at his home in Bath, NY. His March 9, 1864, Williamsport obituary states that he was "the son of Rev. Henry Lenhart, recently deceased."
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He's buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Lycoming, PA.
Copy of his Death Notice-
Death Notice: "Sunbury Gazette"; Nov. 5, 1859 in Montoursville, on the 23d ult., at Judge Eldred's, Rev. Henry Lenhart, in his 76th year.
[23d ult means month before on the 23rd day, he died on Oct. 23, 1859]
Contributor: karne55 (48797086)-Jan 2019
The following is an excerpt from a history written by Rev Charles F. Berkheimer who wrote "John L. Lenhart, Chaplain of the Cumberland" in 1966:
"Big and burly and impulsive -- these adjectives used to describe Chaplain John Lenhart equally applied to his father, local preacher Rev. Henry Lenhart. He was born in York in 1783, the son of Godfrey Lenhart -- a silversmith and clock maker whose store was on Market Square, and who served as county commissioner 1787-1790 and county sheriff 1792-1795. His mother was the former Mary Elizabeth Harbaugh, oldest daughter of pioneer York settler Yost Harbaugh.
Henry Lenhart was a local preacher as early as 1810, for he is listed that year among the preachers attending Low's Camp Meeting near Shrewsbury. In 1811 he moved his family to Williamsport.
Henry's father Godfrey was one of nine children of immigrants Johan Peter and Maria Margaretha Lenhart -- the other known children being Anna Margaret, Philip, Frederick, Johan Jacob and Johan George. Henry's brother William Yost Lenhart was a prominent mathematician and poet. Henry's son Godfrey, as a lad of 14, became the driver of the conveyance which took the surveyors from Williamsport to run the new boundary line of Tioga County, which was then being taken from Lycoming. He (Henry's son Godfrey) served in the Mexican War and when the Civil War was declared, even though he was about 45 years old, he enlisted and served in numerous engagements. In 1864 he contracted typhoid fever, was furloughed, and died while
recuperating at his home in Bath, NY. His March 9, 1864, Williamsport obituary states that he was "the son of Rev. Henry Lenhart, recently deceased."
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He's buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Lycoming, PA.
Copy of his Death Notice-
Death Notice: "Sunbury Gazette"; Nov. 5, 1859 in Montoursville, on the 23d ult., at Judge Eldred's, Rev. Henry Lenhart, in his 76th year.
[23d ult means month before on the 23rd day, he died on Oct. 23, 1859]
Contributor: karne55 (48797086)-Jan 2019
Son of Godfrey Lenhart and Mary Elizabeth Harbaugh, born in 1783. Due to a mistake in "the Harbaugh History" book published in 1947, he is sometimes confused with his son the Rev. John L. Lenhart (1805-1862) who was the chaplain on the frigate Cumberland and lost his life heroically when his vessel was attacked and sunk by the vessel Merrimac during the Civil War.
The following is an excerpt from a history written by Rev Charles F. Berkheimer who wrote "John L. Lenhart, Chaplain of the Cumberland" in 1966:
"Big and burly and impulsive -- these adjectives used to describe Chaplain John Lenhart equally applied to his father, local preacher Rev. Henry Lenhart. He was born in York in 1783, the son of Godfrey Lenhart -- a silversmith and clock maker whose store was on Market Square, and who served as county commissioner 1787-1790 and county sheriff 1792-1795. His mother was the former Mary Elizabeth Harbaugh, oldest daughter of pioneer York settler Yost Harbaugh.
Henry Lenhart was a local preacher as early as 1810, for he is listed that year among the preachers attending Low's Camp Meeting near Shrewsbury. In 1811 he moved his family to Williamsport.
Henry's father Godfrey was one of nine children of immigrants Johan Peter and Maria Margaretha Lenhart -- the other known children being Anna Margaret, Philip, Frederick, Johan Jacob and Johan George. Henry's brother William Yost Lenhart was a prominent mathematician and poet. Henry's son Godfrey, as a lad of 14, became the driver of the conveyance which took the surveyors from Williamsport to run the new boundary line of Tioga County, which was then being taken from Lycoming. He (Henry's son Godfrey) served in the Mexican War and when the Civil War was declared, even though he was about 45 years old, he enlisted and served in numerous engagements. In 1864 he contracted typhoid fever, was furloughed, and died while
recuperating at his home in Bath, NY. His March 9, 1864, Williamsport obituary states that he was "the son of Rev. Henry Lenhart, recently deceased."
------
He's buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Lycoming, PA.
Copy of his Death Notice-
Death Notice: "Sunbury Gazette"; Nov. 5, 1859 in Montoursville, on the 23d ult., at Judge Eldred's, Rev. Henry Lenhart, in his 76th year.
[23d ult means month before on the 23rd day, he died on Oct. 23, 1859]
Contributor: karne55 (48797086)-Jan 2019
The following is an excerpt from a history written by Rev Charles F. Berkheimer who wrote "John L. Lenhart, Chaplain of the Cumberland" in 1966:
"Big and burly and impulsive -- these adjectives used to describe Chaplain John Lenhart equally applied to his father, local preacher Rev. Henry Lenhart. He was born in York in 1783, the son of Godfrey Lenhart -- a silversmith and clock maker whose store was on Market Square, and who served as county commissioner 1787-1790 and county sheriff 1792-1795. His mother was the former Mary Elizabeth Harbaugh, oldest daughter of pioneer York settler Yost Harbaugh.
Henry Lenhart was a local preacher as early as 1810, for he is listed that year among the preachers attending Low's Camp Meeting near Shrewsbury. In 1811 he moved his family to Williamsport.
Henry's father Godfrey was one of nine children of immigrants Johan Peter and Maria Margaretha Lenhart -- the other known children being Anna Margaret, Philip, Frederick, Johan Jacob and Johan George. Henry's brother William Yost Lenhart was a prominent mathematician and poet. Henry's son Godfrey, as a lad of 14, became the driver of the conveyance which took the surveyors from Williamsport to run the new boundary line of Tioga County, which was then being taken from Lycoming. He (Henry's son Godfrey) served in the Mexican War and when the Civil War was declared, even though he was about 45 years old, he enlisted and served in numerous engagements. In 1864 he contracted typhoid fever, was furloughed, and died while
recuperating at his home in Bath, NY. His March 9, 1864, Williamsport obituary states that he was "the son of Rev. Henry Lenhart, recently deceased."
------
He's buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Lycoming, PA.
Copy of his Death Notice-
Death Notice: "Sunbury Gazette"; Nov. 5, 1859 in Montoursville, on the 23d ult., at Judge Eldred's, Rev. Henry Lenhart, in his 76th year.
[23d ult means month before on the 23rd day, he died on Oct. 23, 1859]
Contributor: karne55 (48797086)-Jan 2019
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