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GENERAL INFORMATION
Maria Barbara Knappenberger known as Barbara, daughter of Conrad, was born 15 September 1772 in
Northampton County (later Lehigh County), PA and moved with her parents to
Westmoreland County, PA about 1788. Some Lehigh County, PA records
indicate her full name as Anna Barbara Knappenberger. She married Jacob
WALTHOUR, son of George Jacob and Elizabeth Walthour about 1794, in Westmoreland
County, PA. Jacob
was born 23 January 1763 in Lancaster County, PA and died 8 January 1839 in
North Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, PA and was buried in Brush Creek
Cemetery. Barbara died 12 August 1854 in Hempfield Township,
Westmoreland County, PA of a stroke and was also buried in Brush Creek cemetery. They had
ten children.
The Walthour family history is an interesting one. The family
headed by Johan Casper Waldhauer (1690-1766) immigrated from Broetzingen,
Baden in 1744 by way of Holland on the ship "Two Brothers" that
was waylaid
by the Spaniards due to a war at that time. They later traveled
to Georgia on the ship "Judith" out of Gosport, England and landed in
Georgia in 1746. There they settled in Ebenezer, GA (now part of Effingham County,
GA). They became known as "Salzburgers" which was a
name given to all Germans in Georgia at that time although they were not
from Austria. Two of
Johan Casper Waldhauer's sons, Christopher Conrad and George Jacob, moved
to eastern PA and lived in Lancaster County, PA by 1750. Two other brothers remained in Georgia
--Jacob Casper Waldhauer whose family settled in Effingham County, GA and Andrew
Walthour whose family settled in Liberty County, GA.
The two brothers who left Georgia and moved to PA where the family had
originally intended to settle, Christopher Conrad and George Jacob, worked near Reading, Berks
County for a time and then
moved to Westmoreland County, PA about 1767 when they purchased 900 acres of
land on a branch of Brush Creek. Christopher Conrad Walthour
(1721-1802) built a fort named Fort Walthour and
established a grist mill besides their farms. George Jacob Walthour
(1723-1794) is the father of
Jacob Walthour 1763-1839) who married Maria "Barbara" Knappenberger,
daughter of Conrad Knappenberger.
George Jacob Walthour along with his brother, Christopher Conrad
Walthour, were Continental soldiers in the Revolutionary War from the Brush Creek
area. These soldiers were to protect Fort Walthour in 1782. His brother,
Christopher Conrad, had built Fort Walthour in Westmoreland County, PA as protection from Indian
attacks.
By the time of the Civil War, there were Walthours, Waldhours,
Waldhauers and Waltowers who
fought for the north and those who fought for the south. And after the
Civil War, a number of slaves owned by George Washington Walthour of
Liberty County, GA took the last name of Walthour. This is all
one family that has proven to be strong and proud.
[Margaret "Peg" Stivenson Krecota did the research on George Jacob Walthour's Revolutionary War service and got him listed as such with the
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)].
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Fort Walthour Historical Marker
Irwin, Pennsylvania
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Walthour Family Farm
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
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[both images graciously provided by Jerilyn Jeffreys McDowell of Slippery Rock,
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CHILDREN
JOHN "GEORGE" WALTHOUR (1795-?)
George was born 11 May 1795 in Westmoreland County, PA and died
sometime in the 1860's in McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA. George married Catherine
Ann FRICK who was born about 1800 in McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA and died after the 1880 census in
Allegheny County, PA. Her last years she lived with her youngest
child, Elizabeth Walthour Campbell. They had seven children:
1. Jacob Walthour was born 5 May 1819 in Westmoreland County, PA and died
10 September 1880 in Westmoreland County, PA. He was a plasterer by
trade. He married Lucinda Ann Smith known as "Lucy" on 30 September 1842 in Westmoreland
County, PA. Lucy was born about 1824 in PA and died 1871 in
Westmoreland County, PA. Jacob and Lucy had
8 children:
a. William Webster Walthour born 21 Feb 1843 in Westmoreland Co., PA and
died 15 September 1926 in Westmoreland County, PA. He married Mary Jane
KEENER who was
born 11 Feb 1843 in PA and died 29 June 1930 in Westmoreland County, PA. This family is buried in Harrold's
Cemetery. They had 10 children:
Minnie E. Walthour (1864-1934 who married George Peters (1862-1926), Willis Coy
Walthour (24
April 1867-21 May 1893), Murry A. Walthour (1869-1923) who married Alice Silvis
(Aug 1874-1941), Charles William Walthour (14 Feb 1872-June 1967) who married
Daisy E. Holtzer (Jan 19874-1964), James Franklin Walthour (25 Nov 1874-1962)
who married Clara L. Holtzer (May 1877-Dec 1903) and Lucinda L. Baum (1877-Dec
1946), Emma May Walthour (2 Feb 1877-1963) who married A.M. Zundel, Archie Dell
Walthour (10 July 1879-1967) who married Mary A. Harrold (1881-1946), Daisy Jean
Walthour (died 1882), Calvin Dewalt Walthour (5 Feb 1882-Jan 1965) and Hattie
Walthour (Aug 1887-1983) who married James Jordan (1891-1971)
b. Catharine Ann Walthour was born 30 Jan 1845 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died 27 April 1893 in Westmoreland Co., PA.
She married Jacob Walter KUNKLE, son of Johan "Paul" Kunkle and Sarah
Long, on 7 Nov 1865. Jacob was born 1 Sept 1844 in North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co.,
PA and died 19 Dec 1915 in Westmoreland Co., PA. They had 8 children:
William Kunkle (Dec 1867), George Kunkle (Jan 1870), Mary M. Kunkle (July 1872),
Willis Franklin Kunkle (Sept 1874), Hannah Etta Kunkle (March 1877), Jacob Walter
Kunkle, Jr.. (13 Oct 1879- Sept 1965) and twin Joseph S. (13 Oct 1879 - 2 Jan
1939), and Sarah L. Kunkle (Sept 1882-1935)
c. George Walthour was born about 1847 in Westmoreland County, PA.
d. Elizabeth Walthour was born about 1849 in Westmoreland County, PA. She
married John ROSE.
e. John Walthour was born December 1851 in Westmoreland County,
PA. He married Mary KLINE who was born about 1860 in PA. By the 1880
census they had two sons: Samuel born about 1877 and William (born June
1879).
f. Henrietta Walthour was born 20 June 1856 in Westmoreland County, PA.
She married Joseph SHOAF.
g. Jacob G. Walthour (known as Jack) was born 8 March 1859 in Westmoreland County,
PA and died sometime after 1930 in Kansas.
He married Carrie SMITH about 1883 in Kansas. Carrie was born March 1864
in Massachusetts and died between 1920 and 1930 in Crawford County,
Kansas. They had five children:
Charles F. Walthour (Dec 1883 Kansas), Nellie (Nov 1887 KS), Bessie Walthour
(March 1894 KS), John Jacob Walthour (13 Aug 1897 PA) and Floyd Walthour (abt
1901 PA). This family moved back to PA for a time but then returned to
Kansas.
h. Maria Meyer Walthour known as "Mary" was born 4 January
1862 in Westmoreland County, PA. She married William AUKERMAN.
i. Barbara Ann Walthour
2. John Walthour was born about 1823 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died sometime after 1880 in Allegheny Co., PA.
He moved to McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA where he was a plasterer by
trade. He married Ruth WATERS, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Waters.
She was born about 1825 in PA. They had 5 children all born in McKeesport:
a. Mary E. Walthour (born Sept 1844), b. Angeline Walthour (born
about 1847), c. Nancy J. Walthour (born about 1851),
d. Samuel Walthour (born Sept 1855) who married Anna Perry (Dec 1859) and had
8 children: Laura V/Sept 1879, John R./Dec 1880, Edna P/Feb 1883, Anna L/Jan
1886, Ruth M./Feb 1888, Mary J/Aug 1891, Samuel (2 Jan 1894, Ralph/Sept
1897.
e. Kate Walthour (born
about 1857).
3. David Walthour was born about 1825 in Westmoreland County, PA.
He married Susanna (maiden name unknown) who was born about 1826 in PA.
They had four children:
a. Rosella Walthour was born about 1848 in PA.
b. Melzena Walthour who was born about 1851 in PA. She
was single in the 1930 census living in McKeesport, Allegheny Co., PA.
She never married.
c. John F. Walthour was born about 1854 and died sometime before 1910
when his wife was listed as a widow. He married Mary A. ELLIOTT,
daughter of Hezekiah and Isabell Elliott, about 1879. Mary was born
about 1858 in PA and died after 1930 in East McKeesport, Allegheny Co.,
PA. John and Mary had three children: Burton B. Walthour who was
born in 1880 in McKeesport, PA and married Mildred COTTON (born about
1884). Camilla Walthour (1886 -1928) who married Judson Sutton ADAMS (1875-1912) in 1908.
Camilla then married Colonel
D. BENNETT (born about 1887) The third child of John
and Mary was Eva Walthour who married George SCHNEIDENER. After
the death of John Walthour, his widow, Mary, married a Mr. CURRY but was a
widowed again by 1930.
d. Ida Walthour was born in 1860 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA
but seemingly died young since she is not listed in the 1870 census.
4. Louis Walthour was born September 1829 in Westmoreland Co., PA and died between 1900 and
1910 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA. Louis married Eliza Jane (maiden
name unknown) about 1850. Eliza was born Feb 1830 in PA and died sometime
after 1910. They had one child: Millie Walthour born about 1868 in
Allegheny County, PA.
5. Lavinia Walthour was born about 1830 in
Westmoreland County, PA. She is listed in the 1850 census as 19
years of age living with her parents and siblings in North Huntingtdon Twp.,
Westmoreland County, PA. 6. Joseph Walter WALTOWER was born 29 December 1831 in Freeport, Armstrong
County, PA and died 9 July 1927 in Versailles, Allegheny County, PA. Joseph was a Drummer Boy with the 63rd Regiment,
PA Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He went in as a drummer boy
and came out a Captain. His name is inscribed on the PA monument at
Gettysburg. Joseph at some point changed the spelling of the last name to WALTOWER. He
married Lydia Ann NEWELL on 8 July 1858 in McKeesport, PA. Lydia was born 10 July 1835 in Bedford County, PA and died 16 May
1905 in Versailles, Allegheny County, PA. Lydia and Joseph along with a
number of their children and grandchildren are buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery in
Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., PA. They had 6 children.
Circa 1912 SEATED
presumably with his daughter Amelia Matilda Waltower Harrison (STANDING
RIGHT)
and presumably with his granddaughter Lydia Bell
Harrison Barrett (STANDING LEFT)
and presumably with his great grandniece Olive Marie Baldridge Wolf (ON
KNEE)
[photo graciously provided by Walt Hadcock]
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Joseph Waltower [85-95 years old] in a Memorial Day
Parade
McKeesport, Versailles Township, Allegheny County, PA
Joseph, a Civil War veteran, is the drummer in the center.
The drum is kept at the McKeesport Heritage Center.
[photo graciously provided by Walt Hadcock] |
Joseph Waltower's Gravestone
Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, PA
[photo graciously provided by
Jerilyn Jeffreys McDowell] |
a. Anna Belle Waltower was born 6 December 1858 in McKeesport, PA
and died 29 September 1938 in Allegheny Co. PA. She married Matthew "Fisher" KELLY
in 1879. Fisher was born 19 Dec 1856 in Allegheny Co., PA and died in McKeesport
on 27 May 1917. They are buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. They had 7 children:
1) Lillie Joe Ann Kelly was born 30 March 1877 and died 12 June 1966. She
married George Clarence Badders, Sr on 15 Oct 1896. George was born 11
June 1877 and died 20 May 1959. 2) Clifton L. Kelly was born 24 Sept
1879 and died 7 Feb 1958. He married Helen McLaughlin (1885-1976).
3)Blanche Carlysle Kelly was born 30 Aug 1883 and died 12 July 1959. She
married William Morris Jeffreys on 5 April 1906. William was born 14 Apr
1882 and died 2 Dec 1950. 4) Calvin Emory Kelly was born 10 Jan 1885 and died
25 April 1941. He married Lillie Savannah Smith who was born 26 Aug 1888
and died 6 May 1965 5) Enoch B. Kelly, Sr was born 8 Dec 1886 and died
20 Dec 1975. He married Elizabeth A. Baumgartner on 22 Aug 1912.
Elizabeth was born 8 July 1884 and died 1959. 6) Anna Belle Kelly was
born 3 Feb 1889 and died 6 Dec 1961. She married Rees David Jeffreys on
15 Dec 1911. Rees was born 1 Dec 1883 and died 10 April 1946. 7) Maude C.
Kelly was born 30 Nov 1895 and died 8 Jan 1963. She married Samuel Lewis
Kamerer, son of Amost and Emily Kamerer, on 23 Dec 1916. Samuel
was born 7 August 1892 and died June 1963. b. Amelia Matilda Waltower was born 17 August
1861 and died 6 July 1935. She married William Elrod HARRISON, Jr.
(1863-1940). They are buried in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. They had seven children:
Bertha May (May 1881), Mabel (Jan 1884), Lida (Oct 1886), Benjamin (Jan 1889),
Bessie (Aug 1891), Marie (July 1893) and Joseph Waltower Harrison (June 1895). c. Harry Grant Waltower was born 26 March 1866 and died 1949. He married Mary E. SHIELDS
(1864-1943). They had a daughter named Margaret S. Walthour who was born 4
Feb 1894 and died 17 Jan 1993. She married Clarence LEDGARD about
1924. Clarence was born 2 Feb 1895 and died April 1984. d. William
Newell Waltower was born 24 June 1869 and died 11 February 1935 in Versailles,
Allegheny
Co., PA. He married Margaret Nelson WILSON, daughter of Robert S. Wilson and Mary Black, on 24 April
1889. Margaret was born August 1868 in Greenock, PA and died 2
April 1932 in Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., PA . They had 6 children:
1) Francis Raymond (aka Frank) Waltower 8 November 1890. He married
Corine Marie Arnold who was born about 1892 in PA and they had a child named
Francis Arnold Waltower born 1915. 2) Joseph Nelson
Waltower born 9 May 1892 who married Kathryn ( born about 1895 in PA). 3) Robert S. Waltower born 15 April
1894 and died Dec 1967. 4) Kenneth Gray
Waltower born 15
Aug 1900 and died Oct 1969. 5) Mary Isabella Waltower born 1 Feb 1906
and died Sept 1992 in Michigan.
6) William
Allen Waltower born 21 March 1911and died Sept 1980. He married Elizabeth Jane HOLLOWOOD (11 June
1912-28 Jan 2000). e. Charles
Stanley Waltower was born 10 June 1875 and died 4 May 1958 in Los Angeles
County, California. He first married Myrtle B. DOUGLASS, daughter of
Thomas C Douglass and Maranda A. Harrison about 1897 in Allegheny Co., PA.
It seems that this marriage ended in divorce. Myrtle was born 12
March 1875. Charles and Myrtle had 3 children: Thomas Waltower
(Oct 1897), Charles Waltower (Aug 1899) and Helen Waltower (1903). Charles moved
to Birmingham, AL were he married Mattie C. (maiden name unknown) who was
born 4 Oct 1890 in North Carolina and died 31 Oct 1964 in Los Angeles County, CA. By the
1930 census they were living in Montebello, California where he was a real
estate agent. f. Johon Waltower.
7. Elizabeth Walthour was born about 1837 in PA. She married
James CAMPBELL who was born about 1835 in Ohio and died 1926 in Elizabeth
Twp., Allegheny County, PA. They had five children:
William F. Campbell (abt 1861), Emma V. Campbell (about 1864), George W.
Campbell (about 1868), John H. Campbell (about 1874) and Charles J. Campbell
(about 1878).
ELISABETH WALTHOUR (1796-1862)
Elisabeth Walthour was born 31 October 1796 in Westmoreland County, PA
and died 23 Oct 1862 in Westmoreland Co., PA. She first married John KROCK who had been married previously to
Barbara and had six children. John Krock was born 1771 and
died 1 March 1824 in Westmoreland County, PA. Elisabeth later married a Jacob BEAR
(Bair) and had no children with him. While Elizabeth was a widow and
known as Elizabeth Krock, she had a child named Anna Maria Krock who was
born 13 October 1826 and baptized in 1827. It is believed her birth
father was Samuel Alexander since he was a sponsor at her baptism.
Later Mary Ann's grandmother stated in her will to give $100.00 to her
granddaughter named Mary Ann Krock or Alexander (an illegitimate
child). She was baptized as Anna Maria Krock at Brush Creek
Lutheran Church.
1. Mary Ann Krock was born 13 October 1826 in Westmoreland County, PA
and died 18 Feb 1910 in Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. She
married Samuel KUNKLE, son of Johan Sebastian Kunkle and Anna Maria
Catherine WALTHOUR. (Anna Maria Catherine Walthour was the daughter
of George Jacob Walthour/1723-1794) and a sister of Jacob Walthour who
married Barbara Knappenberger).
Samuel was born 5 March 1813 in Westmoreland
County, PA and died 1 April 1892 in Wesley Twp., Washington County, Ohio.
This couple is buried in Bartlett Cemetery in Washington Co., Ohio. Mary Ann and Samuel had
8 children. The first 7 were born in Westmoreland Co, PA and
the last one in Ohio. The family moved to Ohio prior to the
1870 census.
a. Elizabeth Rachel Kunkle was born 18 October 1851 and died 22
April 1928 in Westmoreland Co., PA. She married Adam
"Calvin" ALTMAN about 1882. Calvin was born about 1859 in
PA and died 1936 in Westmoreland Co., PA. They had three
children: Anna Altman (1884-1967) who married Joseph Clyde SHANER (7
June 1880),
Samuel Kunkle Altman (20 May 1886-5 April 1980) who married Mary Jane ECK
(October 1891), and Arminta Elizabeth ALTMAN (29 May 1894) who
married Edward Haymaker KELLEY (29 June 1898).
b.
John Sebastian Kunkle was born 6 April 1854 in Westmoreland Co., PA and
died sometime after 1920. John never
married. He spent his life in Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio.
c. Alice Anna Catherine Kunkle was born 4 September 1856 and died
26 Oct 1948 in Washington County, Ohio.
Alice never married. She is buried in Washington County Home
Cemetery.
d. Sarah Martha Kunkle was born 26 January 1859 and died 3 March 1935
in Geauga County, Ohio. She married Samuel Thompson REED on 17
November 1881. Samuel was born Jan 1859 in Ohio and died between
1920-1930 in Geauga Co., Ohio. They
had six children: George Ellsworth Reed (3 Oct 1882), Margie J. Reed
(April 1886), Alva M. Reed (son)(Oct 1888), , Allie R. Reed (August 1892),
Nannie D. Reed (Oct 1894) and Vernon Glen Reed (15 Aug 1898).
e. Israel J. Kunkle was born 12 April 1863 and died 28 September
1942 in Washington Co., Ohio. He married Lucy E. MAINS on 13 July
1889. Lucy was born October 1871 in Ohio and died 1941 in Washington
County, Ohio. This couple is buried in Bartlett Cemetery, Washington
Co., Ohio. They had one daughter:
Silva Kunkle who was born March 1890 in Washington Co., Ohio.
f. Frances Margaret Kunkle known as Fanny was born 5 June 1865 in
Westmoreland Co., PA.
g. Stephen Joseph Kunkle was born February 1869 (one census has him
born in PA and another one has him born in Ohio). Stephen seemingly
never married. He died sometime after 1920.
h. Rebecca Malzena Kunkle was born 14 January 1872 and died 29
October 1895 in Washington Co., Ohio. She is buried in Bartlett
Cemetery, Washington Co., Ohio.
MARIA BARBARA WALTHOUR (1798-?)
Maria Barbara known as "Mary" was born 11 June 1798 in Westmoreland
County, PA and died between 1835-1838 in Westmoreland County, PA. She married Adam
MARCHAND, son of Frederick Marchand and
Christina Harmon, who was born 30 November 1794 in
Westmoreland County, PA and died between 1835-1838 in Westmoreland County,
PA. Jacob Walthour's estate records of 1839 indicated that this couple had
died and listed their five children:
1. Susanna Marchand was born 2 July 1824 in Westmoreland County, PA and baptized
at Brush Creek Church. She married a Mr. PORTER.
2. Isabella Marchand was born 4 February 1826 in Westmoreland County, PA and baptized
at Brush Creek Church. She married William HEASLEY who was born about 1823
in Westmoreland County, PA and died between 1870 and 1880 in Allegan County,
Michigan. They had 7 children: Aaron Heasley (1850 in PA) who
married Clara (maiden name unknown) ,
Mary E. Heasley (abt 1853 PA) who married Alexander PATTERSON, (born about 1853
in Scotland), Margaret Heasley (abt
1859 Ohio), Lewis Heasley (abt 1859 Ohio), H. Wilson Heasley (abt 1862 Ohio), Joseph A. Heasley (abt 1864
Michigan) and Gilderoy William Heasley (abt 1867 Michigan).
1.. Jacob Frederick Marchand was born 22 May 1828 in Westmoreland County, PA and
baptized at Brush Creek Church. In the 1860 census he was living in
Hamilton County, Ohio. He was a farmer and single.
4. Joseph Marchand was born 14 December 1833 in Westmoreland County, PA and baptized
at Brush Creek Church.
5. Louisa or Mary Ellen Marchand was born in Westmoreland County,
PA. In an Orphan's Court petition of 1839 filed on the estate of
Jacob Walthour, the fifth child of Mary and Adam Marchand is listed as Louisa.
SUSANNAH E. WALTHOUR (1800-1872)
Susannah was born 27 July 1800 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died 1872 in Clarion County, PA. She married David KIFER, son of Henry
Kifer and Anna Maria Meyer, in 1824. David was born 10 February 1795 in
Westmoreland County, PA and died 5 June 1857 in Clarion County, PA.
David and Susannah moved to Clarion County where they were
farmers. They are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Clarion County,
PA. They had six children:
1. Henry A. Kifer born 9 March 1827 in Clarion County, PA and died 25 January
1831 in Clarion County, PA.
2. Levi Kifer was born 9 February 1828 in Clarion County, PA and died 2 July
1887 in Callensburg, Clarion County, PA. He married Frances WHITMER who was born 13 January 1824 and died 23 November
1906 in Clarion County, PA. They
had 5 children:
a. William J. Worth was born 11 October 1851 and died
1940. He married Catherine R. HAHN who was born about
1857. They
had 2 sons named Marshall "Curtis" born 16 January 1882 and Thomas
L. born 24 December 1885 in Clarion County, PA.
b. David B. was born 1854 and died 1925 who first married Samantha SHARROW and had a son
named Edward Harkey KIFER (23 June 1879-28 July 1902). He then married Anise L.
HORNER who was born 1855 and died 1941. David and Anise had 4 children: George (1889-1890), Homer V. (1891-1961),
Grace (1893-1971) and Byron (1899-1938).
c. Elsey Jane was born 1856 in Clarion County, PA. She married Jacob P.
DUNKLE and had four children: Pearl, Edna, Birdie, and Irvin.
d. Luther Walthour was born 7 April 1860 and married Elizabeth A. OVER who was
born 1862 and died 1947. They were married 8 June 1886 and had 3
children: Fame, Gertrude, and Raymond.
e. James McClelland known as Mack was born 11 September 1862 in Clarion County and
died 25 October 1950 in Newberry County, South Carolina. He married Sarah Jane
HENRY who was born 13 October 1866. They had 9 children: Nellie Mae
(1884), Grover Cleveland (1886), Daisy Belle (1888), Robert Pattison (1891), Don
Carlos (1893), Amber Ruth (1897), James Marvin (1899), Lela Margarete (1904) and
Jennie (1907). This family moved to Michigan around 1900.
3. Mary Ann Barbara Kifer was born 6 February 1830 in Clarion County, PA and died 9 April
1894 in Callensburg, Clarion County, PA. She married Emmanuel OVER in
1848 who was born 14 August 1821 in Clarion County,
PA and died 31 May 1903. They are buried in Mt. Zion church Cemetery,
Clarion co., PA. This couple had 7 children:
a. Esther J. Over was born 5 October 1849 in Clarion County and died
there 5 July 1854.b. Alice Nancy Over was born 15 October 1851 in Clarion County and died 15 September
1933
in Santa Ana, California.
c. David Lee Over was born 16 October 1853 and died 11 April 1918 in
Pittsburgh, PA. . He married Ella Mary KIFER
who was born 1859 and died 1894. David
and Ella had 4 children: Mabel Edna (1876-1964) who married a Mr. LOBAUGH
and then Clinton George AGNEW (1874), Claude V. (born about 1878) who married
Iva (born about 1880), Mary and Lida.
d. Amelia Susan Over was born 10 April 1856 in Clarion County, PA and died 25 December
1939 in Seattle, Washington. She married Thomas Jones ELLIOTT
who was born 17 February 1856 in Clarion County and died September 1940 in
Seattle. They married 4 March 1884
and had 7 children: Edith
(1885-1969), George Over (1887-1973) who married Stella May CIPRA (1887-1987), Thomas Claude (1889-1969), Irene
(1891-1971), Alice Amelia (1895-1985), Charles Jennings (1897-1961), and Mildred
Marguerite (1900-1989). This family lived in Rapid City, South Dakota and
then moved onto the state of Washington.
e. Ada M. Over was born 21 December 1860 in Clarion County, PA and died there 20 August
1902. She married Frank L. SHALLENBERGER in 1882. They had
a son named John Lloyd Shallenberger.
f. Sirwell C. Over was born 1 January 1864 in Clarion County and died 19 May
1952 in Santa Ana, California.
g. Edith E. Over was born 4 February 1870 in Clarion County, PA and died 8 March 1947
in Santa Ana, California.
4. Sophia Kifer was born 15 April 1832 in Clarion County, PA and died 22 April
1886 in Clarion County, PA. She married David B. REICHERD, son of John Reicherd and Elizabeth
Wetter, on 14 November 1850. David was born 24 July 1828 in Toby Township,
Armstrong County, PA. They
had 4 children: Warren C. (born 12 March 1852) who married Lillie B. HODILL, James
"Benton" (born 4 June 1854), John E. (born 27 September 1859), and Alice N. (born
1 May 1862) who married George W. CRAIG
(born about 1862)
and had a son Leslie D. Craig (born about 1890).
5. Esther Jane Kifer was born 25 March 1833 in Clarion County, PA and died 6
May 1883 in Clarion County, PA. She married Bennett
G. WILSON who was born 14 July 1837 and died 1 November 1883 in Clarion County,
PA. They had 7 children: Josephine (born about 1860), Myra I.
(born about 1861), Lucy M. (born about 1862), David A. (born about 1864) who married Adda E.
(born about 1858) and had two children named Blanche Wilson (born abut
1890) and Orville S. Wilson (born about 1895), Orville V. (born about 1866), Laura Susannah (September
1867-22 December 1888), and Nettie N. (born about 1875).
SARAH WALTHOUR (1803-?)
Sarah was born 28 September 1803 in Westmoreland County, PA and died
after 1860. She married John B. KUNKLE, son of John Peter Kunkle and
Anna Elisabeth Rugh, on 3 May 1827. John was born 22 December 1804 in
Westmoreland County, PA and died 15 March 1838 in North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland County, PA. This couple had
five children:
1.. Anna Elizabeth Kunkle was born 23 January 1829 in Westmoreland County and
died 8 December 1906 in Westmoreland County, PA. Elizabeth first married a
Mr. HEINTZLEMAN and had two daughters: Sarah Jane born about 1855 and
Lydia Ellen born about 1856 in Westmoreland County, PA.
In the 1860 census for Penn Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA Elizabeth A.
Heintzleman age 31 was living with her widowed mother, Sarah Kunkle and her two
daughters.
By the 1870 census, Eliz. Heintzleman is listed as 41 years of age and head
of household in Penn Twp., Westmoreland County, PA with three daughters:
Jane, age 14, Lydia, age 11 and Rachel, age 3.
By the 1880 census, Elizabeth Kunkle is listed as head of household, age 51,
divorced with her youngest daughter, listed as Rachel EVERET, age 13.
Rachel Mariah Everett was born 21 January 1867 and died 1 October 1942. Rachel
married Thomas Borland JELLISON (25 July 1859-22 January 1911) on 18 November 1883
and had 12 children: Pearl Gertrude Jellison (7 July 1885-15 April 1958)
who married Ralph Cleveland Newlin (1884-1957), Eva Myrtle Jellison (4 Nov
1886-30 Oct 1966) who married Marion Jacob Altman, Susan Jellison (18
March 1888-19 Feb 1980) who married Mike Pehulic, Elizabeth Ann Jellison
(12 Feb 1890-30 June 1978) who married Albert Walt, George Seaman Jellison
(20 Oct 1892-18 Oct 1894), Sarah Ellen Jellison (23 Sept 1894-17 Feb
1968), Rachel Blanche Jellison (21 Dec 1897-17 June 1946) who married Theodore
C. Lamb, Florence Elsie Jellison (15 Aug 1899-1969) who married Roy Burkhart and
then married George Risker, Ruth Bessie Jellison (29 April 1902028 Nov
1963) who married Stewart Greenawalt , Martha Mariah Jellison (4 July 1903-28
June 1994) who married Harry Cramer Hildenbrand, and Alice Catherine
Jellison (20 March 1906-8 Feb 1989) who married Joseph Dunn and Rufus W.
Jellison born 2 Sept 1913 and died Dec 1969. Thomas and Rachel are buried in Brush Creek Cemetery.
2. Jacob Kunkle was born 28 March 1831 in North Huntingdon Twp.,
Westmoreland Co., PA and died 1878-1880 in Westmoreland Co., PA. He
married Lavinia (maiden name unknown) who was born about 1847 in PA. They
had 4 children: Mary J. Kunkle (April 1870), Edward Kunkle (abt 1873),
Anna Kunkle (27 May 1875-Aug 1965) and George Kunkle (abt 1878)
3. Peter Kunkle was born 20 March 1833 in Westmoreland County, PA.
Peter married Sarah (maiden name unknown) who was born about 1841 in PA.
They had a daughter named Rebecca J. born about 1859 in North Huntingdon Twp.,
Westmoreland Co., PA.
4.. Sarah Jane Kunkle was born 28 July 1835 in North Huntingdon Township,
Westmoreland County, PA. She was single in the 1860 census and living with
her widowed mother.
5. John A. Kunkle was born 23 March 1838 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died 27 December 1910 in Delmont, Westmoreland County, PA. He married
Sarah Elizabeth WAUGAMAN, daughter of John Waugaman and Susannah Naley, on 22
October 1861. Sarah was born 10 August 1842 in Salem Township, Westmoreland County,
PA and died 23 March 1915 in Delmont, PA. John A. Kunkle was a
Civil War veteran with the 168th PA Regiment. They are buried in
Eastview Union Cemetery. This couple had
10 children: a. George Benjamin McClellan Kunkle was born 19 July 1862 and died 5 March
1915 in Westmoreland Co., PA. He married Barbara "Alice" ASHBAUGH,
daughter of Henry Ashbaugh and Elizabeth Good, on 27 Sept 1885. Alice
was born 3 August 1862 and died 18 July 1946 in Westmoreland Co., PA. They
had 8 children: William Roy (1886-1887), Harry Francis (1888-1959), Mary
(1888-1888), John Henry (1890-1958), Sarah Ellen (1893-1972), Ruth Rebecca
(1896), Wilson George (1900-1962), Edward Paul (1908-1984). b. William John Kunkle was born 4 December 1864 and died 15 June
1948 in Indiana County, PA.
He married Effie Ermina PALMER on 7 Aug 1890. Effie was born 4 April 1871 and died 14 April 1931.
They had 8 children: Horace
John (1891-1945), Bertha Margaret (1893), Florence M. (1895-1897), Sarah Winona
(1896-1964), Louise Marie (1898), Samuel LeRoy (1904-1963), Almeda Pearl (1906),
George Edward (1910). c. Annie Susanna Kunkle was born 29 June 1867 and died 25 November
1932 in Westmoreland Co., PA. She
married David "Henry" WOLFE, son of Abraham Wolfe and Mary Steiner, on
1 Nov 1888. Henry was born 5 April 1861 and died
1918. They had 6 children: Grace
(1889-1984), Ida (1894-1973), John (1899-1988), Sarah (1901-1992), Ralph
(1903-1984) and Claire (born 1905).
d. Harry Paul Kunkle was born 24 January 1869 and died 29 May 1943 in
Westmoreland Co., PA. He
married Margaret Jane GOOD, daughter of Paul Good and Mary Waugaman, on 25 March 1897. Margaret was born 30 September
1872 and died 21 November 1954. They had 7 children: Olive M. (1897),
Laurabel (1899), Emily (born 1901), Mary (1905), Edith (1907), Margaret (1909-1909),
Sarah Elizabeth (1912).
e. Edward Everett Kunkle was born 29 April 1870 and died 2 May 1946 in
Westmoreland Co., PA. He
married Mary Jane WOLFE, daughter of Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Klingensmith, on 17 September 1891. Mary Jane was born 20 August 1871
and died 13 September 1955. They had 6 children: Andrew John
"Morrison" (1892-1973), Roy (1894-1985), Edna Florence (1896-1976), Glen Roscoe
(1898-1981), Sarah Rebecca (1900), George William (1909-1984). f. Rebecca Jane Kunkle was born 16 September 1873 in Salem Township, Westmoreland County,
PA and died 3 May 1969 in Westmoreland County, PA. She is buried in
Eastview Union Cemetery. g. Sarah Elizabeth Kunkle was born 3 July 1875 and died 15 August
1954 in Westmoreland Co., PA. She
married George Elias CASHDOLLAR on 12 October 1904. George was born 6 April
1881 and died 19 April 1945. They had two children: Duella Mae
(1905-1948) and John Allen (1907-1908).
h. Louisa Rachel Kunkle was born 6 May 1878 and died 12 April 1963. She
married John Burne SHUSTER on 20 June 1901. John was born 5 July 1875 and
died 22 July 1918. They had 3 children: Dora Leola (1902-1903), Carl
Boyd (1906) and Merle Buren (1913).
i. Cyrus Peter Kunkle was born 17 April 1880 and died 21 December 1881 in Salem
Township,
Westmoreland County, PA Buried Eastview Union Cemetery.
j. Mary Ellen Pearl Kunkle was born 10 November 1882 in Salem Township, Westmoreland
County, PA and died 18 August 1896. Buried Eastview Union Cemetery.
NANCY BARBARA WALTHOUR (1806-1890)
Nancy Barbara was born November 1806 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 11
August 1890 in Armstrong County, PA. She married John SHEARER, son of
Jacob Shearer and Barbara Heasley, in 7 June 1832 in Westmoreland
County. John was born 20 September 1805 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 14 April 1896 in Armstrong
County, PA. This couple moved to Armstrong County in 1852 and had seven
children. They are buried in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Bethel Township,
Armstrong County, PA but there are no grave markers. For more information on this family, click on
the name above.
ESTHER WALTHOUR (1808-1863)
Esther was born 8 March 1808 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 5 April 1863
in Westmoreland County. She married John LENHART on 16 April 1828. John, the son of Christian and Anna Lenhart, was born 29 September 1801
in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, PA and died there on 17 November
1883. This couple is buried at Eastview Union Cemetery, Delmont, Westmoreland County,
PA. They had 7 children:
1. Sarah J. Lenhart was born 28 December 1829 in Westmoreland County and
died 21 December 1890 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA. She first married Isaac
HUGUS, son of Henry Hugus and Elizabeth Schwartz, on 10 December 1851.
Isaac was born 1817 and died 22 September 1852 in Delmont, Westmoreland
Co., PA. Sarah
and Isaac had a daughter Eleanor Hugus born about 1852.
Sarah
remarried Simon Jacob STECK, who was the widower of her sister, Susan [see below]. Simon was the son of John Steck and Leah Rugh. He was born
14 November 1824 and died 1873. Sarah and Simon were married in 1855.
They had 6 children:
a. John Zimmerman Steck born 30 January 1856 in Westmoreland County, PA.
b. Jennie Ann Steck born 13 September 1858 who married Charles Powell.
c. Ellen Hugus Steck born 6 December 1860.
d. Henry M. Steck born April 13 1862.
e. Charles Steck born 1865.
f. Horatio Edward Steck born 1868.
2. Susan Lenhart was born 19 February 1831 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died 1854 there. She married Simon Jacob Steck on 13 April 1851. He
was born 14 November 1824 and died 1873. After Susan died in 1854, he married
her older sister, Sarah who was a widow (see above). Susan and
Simon had two children:
a. William Edgar Steck born 1 November 1852 in Westmoreland County, PA.
b. Mary Elizabeth Steck born 1853 who married Norman C. YOUNG, son of Robert
Young. Norman was born about 1841 in PA.
3. John W. Lenhart was born 5 August 1833 in Westmoreland County, PA
and died 14 July 1874. He married Martha Elizabeth JOBE, daughter of
William Jobe and Hannah Martz, on 20 April
1865. Martha was born 1842 and died between 1875 and 1880. John and Martha had 3 children:
a. Robert "Stewart" Lenhart born 17 April 1867 in Westmoreland
Co., PA and died 28 Oct 1948 in Topeka, Kansas. Robert first married Laura
Belle PEER, daughter of David J.C. Peer and Isabella Henderson on 3 July 1888.
Laura was born 8 april 1868 and died April 1929 in Westmoreland County,
PA. This marriage ended in divorce. They had one daughter: Viola
Henrietta Lenhart born 16 June 1889 in PA and died 14 July 1979 in Kansas.
Robert was living in Kansas by the 1900 census and listed as single. He married Augusta
Sophie "Minnie"
STROTH about 1901. Minnie was born 4 Feb 1880 in Kansas and died 8
May 1961 in Topeka, Kansas. They had six children: Louise C. Lenhart
(18 Nov 1901-18 June 1996), Clarence Stewart Lenhart (20 Nov 1903-15 Nov 1992), Emery
Gordon Lenhart (19 Jan 1906-3 Oct 1986), Otto James Lenhart (5 August 1908- 3
Nov 2002), Edward
Wilbur Lenhart (27 Oct 1910-25 Nov 1991) and Erna Susanna Lenhart (17 Oct
1917-29 Jan 2007).
b. Etta Mary Lenhart was born 27 May 1870 in Westmoreland County,
PA. She George HENDERSON who was born July 1866 about 1890. They had
four children: Genevieve Henderson (Aug 1891), Rose A. Henderson (March
1893), John L. Henderson (Dec 1894) and May H. Henerson (Nov 1898).
c. Harry Lenhart was born 1875 in Westmoreland County, PA. He was
raised by his maternal grandmother, Hannah Jobe.
4. William M. Lenhart was born 2 October 1835 and died 21 July 1875.
He married Matilda UMBERGER on 4 March 1869.
5. Elizabeth L. Lenhart was born 31 March 1839 and died 26 October
1865. She married Samuel H. ROBINSON on 16 June 1864. They had
one daughter:
a. Annie Lenhart Robinson who was born 14 November 1864.
She was raised by her maternal grandfather, John Lenhart.
6. Barbara Ann Lenhart was born 5 April 1842 who married J. Frank ROUP.
7. James Rush Lenhart was born 6 February 1845 in Westmoreland County,
PA and died 12 July 1924 there. He married Mary Caroline ARMEL,
daughter of Jacob Armel and Margaret Brinker, on 11
February 1868. She was born 7 November 1842 in Westmoreland County and
died there 18 November 1914. They had 8 children:
a. Pressley Brinker Lenhart born 24 October 1868 and died 5 February 1934. He
married Winona Anna FRY on 2 January 1896. Winona was born 25 September
1871
and died 16 September 1954.
b. Unnamed Lenhart was born 2 May 1872 and died as an infant.
c. John Edward McNeil Lenhart was born 8 July 1873 and died 8 December 1919 in
Westmoreland County, PA. He married Marion Eleanor GRANGER who was
born 14 September 1883 and died 5 April 1970.
d. William Oran Lenhart was born 2 May 1875 and died 2 July 1965 in Westmoreland
County, PA. He married Anna DOUTHETT who was born 20 February 1888 and
died 6 March 1986.
e. Rush Edwin Lenhart was born 19 December 1876 and died 13 May 1947. He
married Anna M. SMAIL on 4 June 1904. She was born 20 February 1888 and
died 1948.
f. James Lawrence Lenhart was born 2 December 1878 and died 28 January 1971.
He married Cleo Edna Adair who was born 15 October 1879 and died 1 January
1915.
g. Addison Brown Lenhart was born 12 January 1880 and died 23 September
1958.
he married Mary V. LEWIS who died 2 July 1962.
h. Margaret Jane Lenhart was born 17 September 1885 and died 6 November
1979.
JOHN WALTHOUR (1812-1891)
John was born 8 May 1812 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 12 August
1891 in Westmoreland County, PA. He married Anna Mary ALTMAN who was
born 13 June 1818 and died 23 September 1891 in Westmoreland County, PA.
No children were listed in the 1850 or 1860 census. This couple is buried in Brush Creek Church Cemetery in Westmoreland
County, PA.
HANNAH WALTHOUR (c1815-1850)
Hannah was born about 1815 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died April 1850 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio. She married her
cousin Jacob KNAPPENBERGER, son of John Knappenberger and Hannah L. CORT, on 20
April 1837 in Westmoreland County, PA. Jacob was born 1 January 1814 in Westmoreland County,
PA and died 9 January 1898 in Mason County, West Virginia. This couple had three children: Henry
, Hannah, and Lillian. Nothing further is known of these three
children. For more information on Jacob Knappenberger family,
click on his name above.
JOSEPH WALTHOUR (1816-1866)
Joseph was born 25 December 1816 in Westmoreland County, PA and
died 1 April 1866 in Westmoreland County, PA. He married Elizabeth
(known as Eliza) WENTLING,
daughter of John Dewalt Wentling and Ann Elizabeth WALTHOUR, on the 9 December 1841. Eliza
was born 1825 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 18 August 1893 in Westmoreland
County, PA. This couple is buried at the Old Brush Creek Cemetery also
called Adamsburg Cemetery in Westmoreland County, PA. They had ten children:
1. Mary E. Walthour was born 27 January 1843 and died 26 January 1872 in
Westmoreland County, PA. She married Johnston J. JOBE who was born about
1839 in PA. They were living with her parents in the 1870 census.
2. Oliver K. Walthour was born 1845 in Westmoreland County, PA.
3. Benjamin "Rush" Walthour was born 1 November 1846 in Westmoreland County, PA
and died 1903 in Westmoreland Co., PA. He owned a livery stable in Manor,
PA. Benjamin married Sarah Jane RANKIN , daughter of David J. Rankin and
Eliza Skelly, on 24 September 1874 in Westmoreland
County, PA. Sarah was born 6 April 1855 and died 9 April 1933. They
are buried in Brush Creek Cemetery. This couple had 4 children:
a. Gertrude Florence Walthour was born 14 July 1875 in
Westmoreland County, PA. She married Kreider A .ROCK who was born about
1873 in PA. They had three children: Louise (abt 1901), Samuel (abt 1903)
and sarah W. (abt 1906).
b. Howard Cherry Walthour was born 16 January 1880 and died 1956 in
Westmoreland County, PA. He married Margaret R. SCHMIDT in 1901.
Margaret was born 1879 in England and died 1963 in Westmoreland Co., PA.
They are buried in Brush Creek Cemetery. Howard and Margaret had
four children: Eugene Rush Walthour (1901 - 1918), John Smith Walthour
(1903-1951), Dorothy Jane Walthour (1904), and Joseph R. Walthour (1915-2000)
who married Helen Taylor (1916-2005).
c. Edna A. Walthour was born 12 December 1883. She married John
Clayton Brisbine, M.D., who was born 18 Dec 1882. They had two
children: Rush N. Brisbine (6 Feb 908-Feb 1970) and Nancy J. Brisbine (abt 1912).
d. Josephine Walthour was born 27 March 1887. She married a Mr.
ROVENSKY.
4. . Marquis Lafayette Walthour was born 17 August 1849 in Westmoreland County, PA
and died 27 November 1853. He is buried at Adamsburg Cemetery. (Old
Brush Creek Cemetery) in Westmoreland Co., PA.
5. Eliza Jane Walthour was born 3 March 1852 in Westmoreland County, PA
and died 23 November 1852. She is buried in Adamsburg Cemetery (Old Brush Creek).
6. Franklin Pierce Walthour was born 1853 in Westmoreland County, PA and died 1894
and is
buried in Old Brush Creek Cemetery, Westmoreland County, PA. Frank
seemingly never married.
7. Lydia Ann Walthour was born about 1855 in Westmoreland County,
PA.
8. John C. Walthour was born 29 May 1858 in Westmoreland County,
PA. He died 4 November 1875 and is buried in Old Brush Creek Cemetery in
Westmoreland County, PA
9. Sarah E. Walthour was born 9 April 1861 and died 18 July 1880 in
Westmoreland County, PA. She is buried at Old Brush Creek Cemetery,
Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co., PA.
10. Josephine Walthour was born about 1866 in Westmoreland County, PA.
She married Will KNOX.
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