Barbara Rohrer was born in 1789, in Lancaster county, Pa., a daughter of Joseph Rohrer, who settled in Clay township in 1804, being the first of the pioneers. Joseph Rohrer, a native of Pennsylvania, was left an orphan at the age of six years, was reared a farmer, and married Mary Raesor. He became well to do, owned about 1,400 acres of land in Clay township, and at his death, when fifty-five years of age, gave 320 acres to each of his living children, who were named Barbara (Spitler), John, Joseph and Daniel; two others died young, one of whom was a boy that was drowned at the Pinnacles, at the first settlement on the Miami river.
Barbara and John were married August 6, 1807 and had eleven children: Mary Magdalena, Jacob, Joseph , John II, Susannah, Andrew, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Barbara and Solomon.
Barbara and John were married August 6, 1807 and had eleven children: Mary Magdalena, Jacob, Joseph , John II, Susannah, Andrew, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Barbara and Solomon.
Barbara Rohrer was born in 1789, in Lancaster county, Pa., a daughter of Joseph Rohrer, who settled in Clay township in 1804, being the first of the pioneers. Joseph Rohrer, a native of Pennsylvania, was left an orphan at the age of six years, was reared a farmer, and married Mary Raesor. He became well to do, owned about 1,400 acres of land in Clay township, and at his death, when fifty-five years of age, gave 320 acres to each of his living children, who were named Barbara (Spitler), John, Joseph and Daniel; two others died young, one of whom was a boy that was drowned at the Pinnacles, at the first settlement on the Miami river.
Barbara and John were married August 6, 1807 and had eleven children: Mary Magdalena, Jacob, Joseph , John II, Susannah, Andrew, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Barbara and Solomon.
Barbara and John were married August 6, 1807 and had eleven children: Mary Magdalena, Jacob, Joseph , John II, Susannah, Andrew, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Barbara and Solomon.
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