Great Grandaughter of Abraham Arndt; Find A Grave Memorial# 132742726.
Mary Catherine Arndt, only daughter of Abraham and Evelina (Pursell) Arndt, born at the old homestead in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pa., August 8, 1846; married, September 8, 1864, Rev. William Richard Kiefer, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Newark, N. J., Conference. He was born in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pa., June 27, 1839, and was a son of John and Sarah Ann (Shively) Kiefer. The loving esteem in which she is held by every church her husband served will be her abiding memorial. After 48 years of active service in the ministry he was granted a superannuated relation in 1906 and retired to live at Ramsey, N. J. where he died March 12, 1921, in his 82d year. He was buried in the Arndt burying ground in
Williams Township. Mr. Kiefer was a veteran of the Civil
War, having served a nine-months' term in the 153d Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He compiled the official history of
the Regiment.
Childken of Rev. William Richard and Mary Catharine (Arndt) Kjefer:
1.Eva Maud Kiefer, bom Jan. 6, 1871; married Jan. 20, 1892, Edward Daniel Keesler.
2.Raymond Arndt Kiefer, M.D., born Feb. 13, 1877; married Elizabeth Beach Wanamaker; Find A Grave Memorial# 5783757
Great Grandaughter of Abraham Arndt; Find A Grave Memorial# 132742726.
Mary Catherine Arndt, only daughter of Abraham and Evelina (Pursell) Arndt, born at the old homestead in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pa., August 8, 1846; married, September 8, 1864, Rev. William Richard Kiefer, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Newark, N. J., Conference. He was born in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pa., June 27, 1839, and was a son of John and Sarah Ann (Shively) Kiefer. The loving esteem in which she is held by every church her husband served will be her abiding memorial. After 48 years of active service in the ministry he was granted a superannuated relation in 1906 and retired to live at Ramsey, N. J. where he died March 12, 1921, in his 82d year. He was buried in the Arndt burying ground in
Williams Township. Mr. Kiefer was a veteran of the Civil
War, having served a nine-months' term in the 153d Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers. He compiled the official history of
the Regiment.
Childken of Rev. William Richard and Mary Catharine (Arndt) Kjefer:
1.Eva Maud Kiefer, bom Jan. 6, 1871; married Jan. 20, 1892, Edward Daniel Keesler.
2.Raymond Arndt Kiefer, M.D., born Feb. 13, 1877; married Elizabeth Beach Wanamaker; Find A Grave Memorial# 5783757
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