Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co p 917-921"
John's early ambition was to be a physician, but he followed the profession only one year after obtaining his degree. He returned to farming. He was a leading force in local affairs and he held the township offices of school director and tax collector, and the county office of poor director. On political issues he was Republican. He was one of the active members of Christ Lutheran Church at McKeansburg, and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. Three sons died while serving in the Civil War. Hiram, a Union soldier, who died of starvation while in the army, and is buried at Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis, who died at Bowling Green, Ky., while serving in the Union army, and is buried at McKeansburg, Pa.; and Edward, who also died while in the army.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history ..., Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co p 917-921"
John's early ambition was to be a physician, but he followed the profession only one year after obtaining his degree. He returned to farming. He was a leading force in local affairs and he held the township offices of school director and tax collector, and the county office of poor director. On political issues he was Republican. He was one of the active members of Christ Lutheran Church at McKeansburg, and he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of that church. Three sons died while serving in the Civil War. Hiram, a Union soldier, who died of starvation while in the army, and is buried at Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis, who died at Bowling Green, Ky., while serving in the Union army, and is buried at McKeansburg, Pa.; and Edward, who also died while in the army.
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