"Abraham Rothermel was born in Oley township, Berks county, Aug. 22, 1777, came to Northumberland county after his marriage, and lived near Rebuck, in what is now Washington township. He owned a large farm (now in possession of Daniel Kahler), was a blacksmith by trade, and was noted for his strength. He died Feb. 23, 1861, when over eight-three years old, and he and his wife, Catharine Yeager (or Feager), are buried at the Himmel Church; she was born Dec. 21, 1779, and died Sept. 1, 1872, when over ninety-two years old. This worthy couple were the parents of the following children: Charles...; Martin, who located in Ogle county, Ill. (his son Robert served in the Union army, and he had also a son Amos); Hannah, who married Michael Emerich (no children); Susanna, who married Jacob Hoffman, of Washington, Northumberland county; Mary, whose first husband was a Mr. Geist, her second Andrew Kahley (they located at Red Bank, in Jefferson county, Pa.); Catharine, who married Charles Boardsherry, and lived at Northumberland; Isaac...; and Amos, who settled in Illinois, and whose daughter married a minister (he served in the Federal army during the Civil war and met his nephew, William, in the general review at Washington at the close of the war)." —From Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. L. Floyd & Co., 1911, p. 924.
"Abraham Rothermel was born in Oley township, Berks county, Aug. 22, 1777, came to Northumberland county after his marriage, and lived near Rebuck, in what is now Washington township. He owned a large farm (now in possession of Daniel Kahler), was a blacksmith by trade, and was noted for his strength. He died Feb. 23, 1861, when over eight-three years old, and he and his wife, Catharine Yeager (or Feager), are buried at the Himmel Church; she was born Dec. 21, 1779, and died Sept. 1, 1872, when over ninety-two years old. This worthy couple were the parents of the following children: Charles...; Martin, who located in Ogle county, Ill. (his son Robert served in the Union army, and he had also a son Amos); Hannah, who married Michael Emerich (no children); Susanna, who married Jacob Hoffman, of Washington, Northumberland county; Mary, whose first husband was a Mr. Geist, her second Andrew Kahley (they located at Red Bank, in Jefferson county, Pa.); Catharine, who married Charles Boardsherry, and lived at Northumberland; Isaac...; and Amos, who settled in Illinois, and whose daughter married a minister (he served in the Federal army during the Civil war and met his nephew, William, in the general review at Washington at the close of the war)." —From Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: J. L. Floyd & Co., 1911, p. 924.
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