spouses: Mary Foltz
Eliza Wike
m 26 Dec 1841 Cumberland PA
Parents Simon and Barbara (Knarr) Guss
WILLIAM GUSS , an old and prominent farmer of this township, died Nov. 18, 1894, at his home, __ miles northwest of this place, aged 83 years 3 months and 16 days. Mr. Guss was born in Pennsylvania Aug. 2, 1811. At the age of eight years he moved with his parents to Juniata county, where they remained until they died. His father died in 1820 and his mother in 1843. In 1832 he was married to Miss Mary Foltz, who departed this life in 1835, leaving Mr. Guss with two children. He purchased a small farm and commenced farming, doing the best he could until 1841, when he married for his second wife, Miss Eliza Wike, daughter of George and Polly Wike, and sister of the late D. J. and Geo. Wike and Mrs. Wm. Myers. Mr. Guss remained in Pennsylvania until the year 1848, when he sold out and emigrated to Illinois and settled on section 4 in Barry township, where he has since remained, engaged in farming and raising stock with success. In the year 1867 he built a fine residence on a farm adjoining the one upon which he first settled, and where he has as fine improvements in the way of buildings as any farmer in the county. In his younger days he followed boating on the Pennsylvania canals, but since his second marriage has been engaged exclusively in farming and raising stock, and there were few, if any, who excelled him in either. He commenced life a poor man, but through a continued course of industry and economy he became one of the independent farmers of Pike county. He always lived a quiet life, and was considered one of the good citizens of Pike county. He had born to him nine children--two by his first marriage and seven by his second, three of which are deceased. At the family residence, Tuesday, Dr. Baker delivered a brief eulogy in accordance with a request made years ago, and the burial took place in our cemetery, a long procession of relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
Contributed by Virginia Gorton Bonne - [Barry Adage, 22 Nov 1894, p4 c3]
ELIZA WIKE, fifth child of George Wike Sr. born 1812 in Stark Co. Ohio married William Guss in 1841 in Cumberland Co. PA. He had been previously married and had two children. The Guss family came to Pike County in1848, settling on Section 4, Barry Township. William and Eliza (Wike) Guss had seven children. Mary (Essig) Wike, mother of Mrs. Guss, who had emigrated to Pike Co in the early years to be with her children, died at the Guss home in 1862 at the age of 80 years. Widowed in her early forties and left with nine children, the eldest barely 21, Mary (Essig) Wike successfully reared her family, several of who contributed a great deal to the early years of Barry and Pike County.
Eliza Wike
m 26 Dec 1841 Cumberland PA
Parents Simon and Barbara (Knarr) Guss
WILLIAM GUSS , an old and prominent farmer of this township, died Nov. 18, 1894, at his home, __ miles northwest of this place, aged 83 years 3 months and 16 days. Mr. Guss was born in Pennsylvania Aug. 2, 1811. At the age of eight years he moved with his parents to Juniata county, where they remained until they died. His father died in 1820 and his mother in 1843. In 1832 he was married to Miss Mary Foltz, who departed this life in 1835, leaving Mr. Guss with two children. He purchased a small farm and commenced farming, doing the best he could until 1841, when he married for his second wife, Miss Eliza Wike, daughter of George and Polly Wike, and sister of the late D. J. and Geo. Wike and Mrs. Wm. Myers. Mr. Guss remained in Pennsylvania until the year 1848, when he sold out and emigrated to Illinois and settled on section 4 in Barry township, where he has since remained, engaged in farming and raising stock with success. In the year 1867 he built a fine residence on a farm adjoining the one upon which he first settled, and where he has as fine improvements in the way of buildings as any farmer in the county. In his younger days he followed boating on the Pennsylvania canals, but since his second marriage has been engaged exclusively in farming and raising stock, and there were few, if any, who excelled him in either. He commenced life a poor man, but through a continued course of industry and economy he became one of the independent farmers of Pike county. He always lived a quiet life, and was considered one of the good citizens of Pike county. He had born to him nine children--two by his first marriage and seven by his second, three of which are deceased. At the family residence, Tuesday, Dr. Baker delivered a brief eulogy in accordance with a request made years ago, and the burial took place in our cemetery, a long procession of relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
Contributed by Virginia Gorton Bonne - [Barry Adage, 22 Nov 1894, p4 c3]
ELIZA WIKE, fifth child of George Wike Sr. born 1812 in Stark Co. Ohio married William Guss in 1841 in Cumberland Co. PA. He had been previously married and had two children. The Guss family came to Pike County in1848, settling on Section 4, Barry Township. William and Eliza (Wike) Guss had seven children. Mary (Essig) Wike, mother of Mrs. Guss, who had emigrated to Pike Co in the early years to be with her children, died at the Guss home in 1862 at the age of 80 years. Widowed in her early forties and left with nine children, the eldest barely 21, Mary (Essig) Wike successfully reared her family, several of who contributed a great deal to the early years of Barry and Pike County.
spouses: Mary Foltz
Eliza Wike
m 26 Dec 1841 Cumberland PA
Parents Simon and Barbara (Knarr) Guss
WILLIAM GUSS , an old and prominent farmer of this township, died Nov. 18, 1894, at his home, __ miles northwest of this place, aged 83 years 3 months and 16 days. Mr. Guss was born in Pennsylvania Aug. 2, 1811. At the age of eight years he moved with his parents to Juniata county, where they remained until they died. His father died in 1820 and his mother in 1843. In 1832 he was married to Miss Mary Foltz, who departed this life in 1835, leaving Mr. Guss with two children. He purchased a small farm and commenced farming, doing the best he could until 1841, when he married for his second wife, Miss Eliza Wike, daughter of George and Polly Wike, and sister of the late D. J. and Geo. Wike and Mrs. Wm. Myers. Mr. Guss remained in Pennsylvania until the year 1848, when he sold out and emigrated to Illinois and settled on section 4 in Barry township, where he has since remained, engaged in farming and raising stock with success. In the year 1867 he built a fine residence on a farm adjoining the one upon which he first settled, and where he has as fine improvements in the way of buildings as any farmer in the county. In his younger days he followed boating on the Pennsylvania canals, but since his second marriage has been engaged exclusively in farming and raising stock, and there were few, if any, who excelled him in either. He commenced life a poor man, but through a continued course of industry and economy he became one of the independent farmers of Pike county. He always lived a quiet life, and was considered one of the good citizens of Pike county. He had born to him nine children--two by his first marriage and seven by his second, three of which are deceased. At the family residence, Tuesday, Dr. Baker delivered a brief eulogy in accordance with a request made years ago, and the burial took place in our cemetery, a long procession of relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
Contributed by Virginia Gorton Bonne - [Barry Adage, 22 Nov 1894, p4 c3]
ELIZA WIKE, fifth child of George Wike Sr. born 1812 in Stark Co. Ohio married William Guss in 1841 in Cumberland Co. PA. He had been previously married and had two children. The Guss family came to Pike County in1848, settling on Section 4, Barry Township. William and Eliza (Wike) Guss had seven children. Mary (Essig) Wike, mother of Mrs. Guss, who had emigrated to Pike Co in the early years to be with her children, died at the Guss home in 1862 at the age of 80 years. Widowed in her early forties and left with nine children, the eldest barely 21, Mary (Essig) Wike successfully reared her family, several of who contributed a great deal to the early years of Barry and Pike County.
Eliza Wike
m 26 Dec 1841 Cumberland PA
Parents Simon and Barbara (Knarr) Guss
WILLIAM GUSS , an old and prominent farmer of this township, died Nov. 18, 1894, at his home, __ miles northwest of this place, aged 83 years 3 months and 16 days. Mr. Guss was born in Pennsylvania Aug. 2, 1811. At the age of eight years he moved with his parents to Juniata county, where they remained until they died. His father died in 1820 and his mother in 1843. In 1832 he was married to Miss Mary Foltz, who departed this life in 1835, leaving Mr. Guss with two children. He purchased a small farm and commenced farming, doing the best he could until 1841, when he married for his second wife, Miss Eliza Wike, daughter of George and Polly Wike, and sister of the late D. J. and Geo. Wike and Mrs. Wm. Myers. Mr. Guss remained in Pennsylvania until the year 1848, when he sold out and emigrated to Illinois and settled on section 4 in Barry township, where he has since remained, engaged in farming and raising stock with success. In the year 1867 he built a fine residence on a farm adjoining the one upon which he first settled, and where he has as fine improvements in the way of buildings as any farmer in the county. In his younger days he followed boating on the Pennsylvania canals, but since his second marriage has been engaged exclusively in farming and raising stock, and there were few, if any, who excelled him in either. He commenced life a poor man, but through a continued course of industry and economy he became one of the independent farmers of Pike county. He always lived a quiet life, and was considered one of the good citizens of Pike county. He had born to him nine children--two by his first marriage and seven by his second, three of which are deceased. At the family residence, Tuesday, Dr. Baker delivered a brief eulogy in accordance with a request made years ago, and the burial took place in our cemetery, a long procession of relatives and friends following the remains to their last resting place.
Contributed by Virginia Gorton Bonne - [Barry Adage, 22 Nov 1894, p4 c3]
ELIZA WIKE, fifth child of George Wike Sr. born 1812 in Stark Co. Ohio married William Guss in 1841 in Cumberland Co. PA. He had been previously married and had two children. The Guss family came to Pike County in1848, settling on Section 4, Barry Township. William and Eliza (Wike) Guss had seven children. Mary (Essig) Wike, mother of Mrs. Guss, who had emigrated to Pike Co in the early years to be with her children, died at the Guss home in 1862 at the age of 80 years. Widowed in her early forties and left with nine children, the eldest barely 21, Mary (Essig) Wike successfully reared her family, several of who contributed a great deal to the early years of Barry and Pike County.
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