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Gideon Sheib Fetterolf

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Gideon Sheib Fetterolf

Birth
Albany, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Apr 1894 (aged 87)
Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Row 4, Plot 5
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Gideon Fetterolf, born 2 Sep 1806; died 22 Apr 1894. He was born in Albany Twp., Berks Co., PA. Came to Montg. Co., in early manhood, resided on a farm in Perkiomen Twp., near Gratersford, unil 1856, when he sold the farm and removed to Freeland (Now Collegeville) for the purpose of giving his sons an education at Freeland Seminary. He then engaged in the produce business, driving to Philadelphia weekly. Early in the '60's he engaged in the grain and coal business at Royersford, PA, for some years. Later he purchased a grist-mill near Collegeville, retiring some then years before his death. He was president of the Perkiomen and Sumneytown Turnpike Co., for many years, and an Elder in Trinity Christian Church, Collegeville, from its organization, until a few years before his death. He was modest and retiring in his disposition, a thorough Christian, and liberal in his views on all matters of public interest.

SOURCE: The Hunsicker Family History, by Henry A. Hunsicker, Pub. 1911, pg. 36-37
Gideon Fetterolf, born 2 Sep 1806; died 22 Apr 1894. He was born in Albany Twp., Berks Co., PA. Came to Montg. Co., in early manhood, resided on a farm in Perkiomen Twp., near Gratersford, unil 1856, when he sold the farm and removed to Freeland (Now Collegeville) for the purpose of giving his sons an education at Freeland Seminary. He then engaged in the produce business, driving to Philadelphia weekly. Early in the '60's he engaged in the grain and coal business at Royersford, PA, for some years. Later he purchased a grist-mill near Collegeville, retiring some then years before his death. He was president of the Perkiomen and Sumneytown Turnpike Co., for many years, and an Elder in Trinity Christian Church, Collegeville, from its organization, until a few years before his death. He was modest and retiring in his disposition, a thorough Christian, and liberal in his views on all matters of public interest.

SOURCE: The Hunsicker Family History, by Henry A. Hunsicker, Pub. 1911, pg. 36-37

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