Frederick Severin, was born in Holland in 1811 and came to the United States as a young man. He moved to the heavily wooded wilderness section of West Virginia near St. Clara in Doddridge County. He lived there when it was an isolated country, cleared up a farm from the woods and in time had provided for his family and acquired a competence sufficient for his needs. His death occurred at St. Clara in 1880. Politically he was a Democrat, and he and all his family were members of the St. Clare Catholic Church. The maiden name of his wife was Julia Reirlich, who was born at Cumberland, Maryland, in 1838 and died at St. Clara, West Virginia, in 1874. He and his wife had 8 children, John P. Severin; Mary married for her first husband William Wanstreet, and is now the wife of George Van Verth, and they live on their farm at Axtell, Kansas; Henry is a farmer at St. Clara, West Virginis; John B. was a merchant and grain dealer and died at Bendena, Kansas, at the age of forty-three; Mrs. Margaret MeMurrer is a widow living in Chicago; Joseph is a farmer at Axtoll, Kansas; Frank is a farmer at Brenner, Kansas; Frederick has a farm at Artell.
Frederick Severin, was born in Holland in 1811 and came to the United States as a young man. He moved to the heavily wooded wilderness section of West Virginia near St. Clara in Doddridge County. He lived there when it was an isolated country, cleared up a farm from the woods and in time had provided for his family and acquired a competence sufficient for his needs. His death occurred at St. Clara in 1880. Politically he was a Democrat, and he and all his family were members of the St. Clare Catholic Church. The maiden name of his wife was Julia Reirlich, who was born at Cumberland, Maryland, in 1838 and died at St. Clara, West Virginia, in 1874. He and his wife had 8 children, John P. Severin; Mary married for her first husband William Wanstreet, and is now the wife of George Van Verth, and they live on their farm at Axtell, Kansas; Henry is a farmer at St. Clara, West Virginis; John B. was a merchant and grain dealer and died at Bendena, Kansas, at the age of forty-three; Mrs. Margaret MeMurrer is a widow living in Chicago; Joseph is a farmer at Axtoll, Kansas; Frank is a farmer at Brenner, Kansas; Frederick has a farm at Artell.
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