St. Peters Red Cross, Lutheran church book, Burials
Birdie Elwina Reitz, born Jul 22, 1889, died Sep 13, 1889
BIOGRAPHY: GALEN Reitz, son of Isaac H. Reitz, was born June 19, 1857, in Washington township, this county, where he still lives. He was reared to farm life and worked for his parents until he reached the age of twenty-six years, after which he began farming near Mahanoy Church, where he has ever since resided. He has a forty-six-acre farm, the produce of which he markets at Trevorton, where he makes a weekly trip. His property is well cultivated and valuable, and has good buildings, the barn builtin 1877 and the house in 1890. He has served six years as school director of Washington township and since 1906 as overseer of the poor, and he is much respected in the neighborhood for his intelligent public services as well as his able management of his private affairs. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Reitz and his family are Lutheran members of the Mahanoy church, which he has served as deacon, elder and (for four years) trustee.
On Dec. 18, 1876, Mr. Reitz married Lucinda Shipe, daughter of Samuel and Hettie (Herner) Shipe, the former a blacksmith and farmer, and granddaughter of Jacob Shipe, who was a farmer of Lower Augusta township.Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Reitz:
Emma, married to Jefferson Wynn, of Lower Augusta township;
Minnie I., unmarried;
Isaac S., who married Hannah Grieger and resides in Harrisburg;
Mary A.;
Selvia K.;
Frances I.;
Harvey; and
Samuel, Bertha and Claude, all three of whom died young.
Birdie Elwina Reitz, born Jul 22, 1889, died Sep 13, 1889
BIOGRAPHY: GALEN Reitz, son of Isaac H. Reitz, was born June 19, 1857, in Washington township, this county, where he still lives. He was reared to farm life and worked for his parents until he reached the age of twenty-six years, after which he began farming near Mahanoy Church, where he has ever since resided. He has a forty-six-acre farm, the produce of which he markets at Trevorton, where he makes a weekly trip. His property is well cultivated and valuable, and has good buildings, the barn builtin 1877 and the house in 1890. He has served six years as school director of Washington township and since 1906 as overseer of the poor, and he is much respected in the neighborhood for his intelligent public services as well as his able management of his private affairs. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Reitz and his family are Lutheran members of the Mahanoy church, which he has served as deacon, elder and (for four years) trustee.
On Dec. 18, 1876, Mr. Reitz married Lucinda Shipe, daughter of Samuel and Hettie (Herner) Shipe, the former a blacksmith and farmer, and granddaughter of Jacob Shipe, who was a farmer of Lower Augusta township.Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Reitz:
Emma, married to Jefferson Wynn, of Lower Augusta township;
Minnie I., unmarried;
Isaac S., who married Hannah Grieger and resides in Harrisburg;
Mary A.;
Selvia K.;
Frances I.;
Harvey; and
Samuel, Bertha and Claude, all three of whom died young.
St. Peters Red Cross, Lutheran church book, Burials
Birdie Elwina Reitz, born Jul 22, 1889, died Sep 13, 1889
BIOGRAPHY: GALEN Reitz, son of Isaac H. Reitz, was born June 19, 1857, in Washington township, this county, where he still lives. He was reared to farm life and worked for his parents until he reached the age of twenty-six years, after which he began farming near Mahanoy Church, where he has ever since resided. He has a forty-six-acre farm, the produce of which he markets at Trevorton, where he makes a weekly trip. His property is well cultivated and valuable, and has good buildings, the barn builtin 1877 and the house in 1890. He has served six years as school director of Washington township and since 1906 as overseer of the poor, and he is much respected in the neighborhood for his intelligent public services as well as his able management of his private affairs. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Reitz and his family are Lutheran members of the Mahanoy church, which he has served as deacon, elder and (for four years) trustee.
On Dec. 18, 1876, Mr. Reitz married Lucinda Shipe, daughter of Samuel and Hettie (Herner) Shipe, the former a blacksmith and farmer, and granddaughter of Jacob Shipe, who was a farmer of Lower Augusta township.Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Reitz:
Emma, married to Jefferson Wynn, of Lower Augusta township;
Minnie I., unmarried;
Isaac S., who married Hannah Grieger and resides in Harrisburg;
Mary A.;
Selvia K.;
Frances I.;
Harvey; and
Samuel, Bertha and Claude, all three of whom died young.
Birdie Elwina Reitz, born Jul 22, 1889, died Sep 13, 1889
BIOGRAPHY: GALEN Reitz, son of Isaac H. Reitz, was born June 19, 1857, in Washington township, this county, where he still lives. He was reared to farm life and worked for his parents until he reached the age of twenty-six years, after which he began farming near Mahanoy Church, where he has ever since resided. He has a forty-six-acre farm, the produce of which he markets at Trevorton, where he makes a weekly trip. His property is well cultivated and valuable, and has good buildings, the barn builtin 1877 and the house in 1890. He has served six years as school director of Washington township and since 1906 as overseer of the poor, and he is much respected in the neighborhood for his intelligent public services as well as his able management of his private affairs. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Reitz and his family are Lutheran members of the Mahanoy church, which he has served as deacon, elder and (for four years) trustee.
On Dec. 18, 1876, Mr. Reitz married Lucinda Shipe, daughter of Samuel and Hettie (Herner) Shipe, the former a blacksmith and farmer, and granddaughter of Jacob Shipe, who was a farmer of Lower Augusta township.Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Reitz:
Emma, married to Jefferson Wynn, of Lower Augusta township;
Minnie I., unmarried;
Isaac S., who married Hannah Grieger and resides in Harrisburg;
Mary A.;
Selvia K.;
Frances I.;
Harvey; and
Samuel, Bertha and Claude, all three of whom died young.
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