Samuel Kistler was born in Berks County, Pa., and when young accompanied his father, Henry Kistler, to Fairfield County in 1815, settling in what was then a wilderness, in Bloom Township. Henry Kistler died in 1841 being then a man of some consequence, the owner of much land and the father of a large family. Samuel Kistler was about eleven years of age when he came to Bloom Township and spent his subsequent life here, dying in 1879, in his seventy-fifth year. He was twice married and the surviving children of his first wife are: Hester A., residing in Van Wert County, Ohio, who is the widow of J. K. Cooper; Elijah; and John C, who lives at Clinton, Mo. Those deceased bore the following names: Caroline, Matilda, Aaron B., George, Samuel A., Oliver P. and Elizabeth. Samuel Kistler and wife were members of the Reformed church.
[Source: History of Fairfield County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Miller, Charles C. Published by Richmond-Arnold [1912], Chicago, 1912.]
Samuel Kistler was born in Berks County, Pa., and when young accompanied his father, Henry Kistler, to Fairfield County in 1815, settling in what was then a wilderness, in Bloom Township. Henry Kistler died in 1841 being then a man of some consequence, the owner of much land and the father of a large family. Samuel Kistler was about eleven years of age when he came to Bloom Township and spent his subsequent life here, dying in 1879, in his seventy-fifth year. He was twice married and the surviving children of his first wife are: Hester A., residing in Van Wert County, Ohio, who is the widow of J. K. Cooper; Elijah; and John C, who lives at Clinton, Mo. Those deceased bore the following names: Caroline, Matilda, Aaron B., George, Samuel A., Oliver P. and Elizabeth. Samuel Kistler and wife were members of the Reformed church.
[Source: History of Fairfield County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Miller, Charles C. Published by Richmond-Arnold [1912], Chicago, 1912.]
Family Members
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Benjamin Kistler
1797–1821
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Hannah Kistler Kline
1799–1848
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George Kistler
1801–1878
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Elizabeth Kistler Wildermoth
1801–1881
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Mary Hester Kistler Kistler
1802–1867
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Lydia Kistler Glick
1807–1867
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Henry Kistler
1809–1877
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Solomon Kistler
1812–1824
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David Kistler
1816–1847
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Mary Magdeline Kistler Hoshor
1818–1898
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Caroline Kistler Wiseley
1826–1845
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Matilda Jane Kistler Holmes
1828–1857
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Aaron Burr Kistler
1829–1894
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Hester A. Kistler Cooper
1831–1913
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George W Kistler
1833–1856
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Samuel A. Kistler
1835–1899
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Oliver Perry Kistler
1837–1897
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Elijah Kistler
1839–1924
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John Calvin Kistler
1841–1924
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Elizabeth Loraine Kistler Newkirk
1846–1905
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