Henry Paul Moschell - Civil War Veteran

This post is the first of two Civil War Veteran ancestors of my daughter in law.                                     

                                      Biography of Private Henry Paul Moschell (1845-1919)

Civil War Veteran

Henry Paul Moschell was born on Feb 4, 1845 in Mittelbach, Bayern, Germany to Johann Paul Moschel and Elisabetha Rupp.

                                      Henry Paul Moschell's German baptismal record

 According to the 1900 Census, Paul arrived in America in 1850.  Then he became a citizen of the USA on Oct 4, 1855 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This certificate would likely have been his father’s as Paul was only 10 years old at the time and should have automatically become a citizen along with his father. 

 

                                                            Naturalization record 

1860 census --  Paul was age 15 and living in the Birmingham section of Pittsburgh with his widowed mother and 3 brothers and 3 sisters.  No occupations listed for any of the family members who ranged in age from 17 down to 2 with his mother age 42.  His father must have passed away prior to this census, but I have no record yet of his death.  I wonder if his was a very recent death and what form of income the family had after his death.  

Civil War Service – Paul is shown as a member of 2 units – Co H 3^rd Regiment Heavy Artillery & 3^rd Regiment Light Battery Pennsylvania Artillery( Feb 29, 1864-Jul 25, 1865). Only two listings naming him were found and no Pension record found, so he may never have been injured to apply for a pension or the dates for the Light Artillery unit gives him only 5 months service at the very end of the war.  His gravestone also lists only these dates for service.  Further research on the 3^rd Regiment shows that it was organized in Philadelphia in 1861. Battery or Company “H” was added in the winter of 1862 as a Light Artillery battery that originated as part of Segebarth’s Battalion Marine Artillery.  The entire Regiment was sent to Fort Monroe, Virginia except Co H.  Company H was ordered to duty in Baltimore where it remained for it’s entire length of service.  It was tasked with the defense of Baltimore.  The only action that just a 52 man detachment of  Company H saw, was to be called to Gettysburg in July 1863.  This was before Paul Moschel enlisted.  An interesting side story to the 3^rd Regiment -   After the capture of Richmond, the 3^rd  Regiment’s Co I was sent to Fort Monroe where it provided the guard duties for Jefferson Davis’ imprisonment there. Since Paul, who was just one month past his 19^th birthday, did not enlist until Feb 29, 1864, his service with Company H was all spent in Baltimore and he likely saw no action. Company H was mustered out at Baltimore on July 25, 1865.  Paul’s enlistment papers describe him as 5’ 8” tall with grey eyes, light hair and a light complexion. He was from Lower St Clair Township in Allegheny Co PA and his prewar occupation was as a glassblower.

                                                 

                                                   Henry Paul Moschell's Enlistment papers

In 1886, The PA 3rd Artillery and the 188th PA Infantry held a reunion in Sunbury, PA. I wonder if  Paul attended,

On Christmas Eve 1867, Paul married Elizabeth Schwarm.  They would have 11 children, all but one  would survive to adulthood and all born in Pittsburgh.  Their children are:

1.          Mary born Aug 14, 1868 ; she married David Forssen in 1889 but died young at age 22 in 1891.  She lived on the South Side of Pittsburgh

2.       Paul Henry George born Aug 17, 1870 – Paul married Mary Effie____ in 1894 and became a City Fireman in Ellwood, Indiana

3.       Henry “Harry” John born Apr 21, 1871 – He married Flora Alice Abbott – they are my daughter in law's ancestors back to Paul. Their daughter Flora Alice Moschell would marry John George Schiller. Harry was also a glass worker, at the Macbeth-Evans Glass Co in Ellwood , Indiana

4.       George born Jun 24, 1876 – George married Grace Reeder in 1897 and worked in the Glass industry in Indiana

5.        John born Dec 28, 1877 – John married Louvisa Knotts was also a glassworker like his father.

6.       Louis Edward born Mar 22, 1880 – Louis married Lula Moon-Pollard and worked for the Corning Glass works box factory in Indiana beginning at age 11.

7.        William A born Apr 26, 1882 and died Mar 24, 1888 in Indianapolis, Indiana just shortly before his 6^th birthday.

8.        Lillian Elizabeth born May 4, 1884 – Lillian married William Fisher and lived in Allentown, Pa

9.       Kathryn E born Aug 30, 1886  -Katie married  Raymond Abbott and lived in Indianapolis

10.    Emma Hazel born Jun 7, 1888 – Emma married Richaard McKillop and moved back the South Side of Pittsburgh

11.      Edna P born Sep 2,  1890 – Edna married Joseph Miller  in Michigan and lived in Indianapolis

Typical glass blowing scenes

1870 census—Paul is living in Birmingham age 25 with his wife Elizabeth. His occupation is that of a glass blower and his personal estate is worth $500.  They also have a one year old daughter, Mary. 

1880 census—Paul is living at 1116 Washington St in Pittsburgh and working as a glass blower.  He and his wife have 6 children, Mary, Harry, Paul George, John & Louis a two month old infant.

1888—city directory shows Paul and family living at 1725 Wharton St in Pittsburgh and working as a glass blower. 

   

1890 veterans census – Paul is living at 1725  Wharton St in Pittsburgh and no disability notes

1890 -  In July, Paul applies for a military pension (awaiting file)

1894 - - Paul’s wife dies on Oct 27, 1894 in Pittsburgh  at age 44, leaving Paul to care for all of their children including their youngest age 4. It does not seem that Paul remarried, so it is assumed that the older siblings helped take care of the youngest.

1896 – Paul marries for a second time to Kate Moran on July 13^th in Allegheny county.  She does not show up in the 1900 census with him and no further information is found on her.

1900 census – By the time of the 1900 census, Paul had moved to Pipe Creek Township in Madison Co, Indiana with 5 of his children, John, Louis, Lilley, Katie and Edna, living there with him at this time.  He is now a retired glass blower. Address 115 North 4^th St.

1910 census—Living at 207 North 13^th St in Elwood, Indiana with 6 of his children, all over 19 years old.  They were John, Louis, Lilley, Katie, Emma and Edna.

The youngest 4 daughters of Paul & Elizabeth Moschell would go on to form the Moschell Orchestra in the 1910’s which played in and around the Ellwood, Indiana area as well as in surrounding states.

                                                The Alexandria Times Tribune, 29 July 1915

Henry Paul Moschell and his daughters

1916 – same address in city directory, also his son John is working as a glassworker and son Paul is a city fireman.

1916 Elwood, Indiana City Directory

Paul Moschell died on Jan 28, 1919 in Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana near Elwood where he lived, a widower age 73.  The cause of death was Emphysema following a bout of the Grippe, an older name for the Flu, and Pneumonia. I wonder if the Flu he had was the Spanish Flu of 1918?   He was returned to Pittsburgh for burial in South Side Cemetery.

 

Sources:

1.       https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/artillery/3dartillery/3dartorg.html

2.       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Pennsylvania_Heavy_Artillery_Regiment

3.       https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm#sort=score+desc&q=moschel

4.       https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/pennsylvania/3rd-pennsylvania-heavy-artillery/

5.       https://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/pennsylvania/pennsylvania-artillery/battery-h-3rd-pennsylvania-heavy-artillery/

6.       https://glassian.org/Making/Pittsburgh/page63.html - glass worker photos

7.       https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/exhibits/oi/OIExhibit/Batch%2CBlow.htm

8.       Ancestry.com – member trees, census records, city directories, Civil War records, naturalization records, death certificate, burial record

9.       Newspapers.com – news articles and obituary

10.   https://www.findagrave.com/ - burial details

11.   http://wikimapia.org/36942715/MacBeth-Evans-Glass-Company#/photo/6218931 - Macbeth and Evans Glass co photo & information in Elwood

12.   https://books.google.com/books?id=rSl0niAD6KUC&pg=PA335&lpg=PA335&dq=glass+works+in+elwood+indiana&source=bl&ots=xfNQuWY1do&sig=ACfU3U0ME9QP-6mYN6-CijLxW_zY1gV2hA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJotKzquPpAhW0knIEHdgRDhI4FBDoATAEegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=glass%20works%20in%20elwood%20indiana&f=false – George Macbeth & Co ad

 

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Jonathan James Clevenger - Civil War Veteran

 

The Biography of

Jonathan James Clevenger

Civil War Veteran

By

Ann M Sinton

Copyright, 2020, Ann M Sinton

     

Jonathan James Clevenger

1832 – 1909

Civil War Veteran

 

Jonathan Clevenger, who also went by his middle name James on some records and was known as “Uncle Jimmie”, was born on Mar 29, 1832 in Belfast, Bedford Co, Pennsylvania.  He was the 5^th of 8 children of Aaron Clevenger & Elizabeth Carbaugh.  In 1840, Jonathan is counted with his father’s family in Belfast Township.  By 1850, Jonathan was shown as an 18 year old laborer on a farm but still in Belfast Township, which was now part of the newly formed Fulton County.

In 1855, Jonathan is said to have married Elizabeth Margaret Dishong in Jackson, Cambria Co, Pennsylvania.  By 1860, the Clevengers are farming in Jackson Township in Cambria Co, near Johnstown and are counted with 4 young children living with them – Elizabeth Margaret, Mary Ellen E, Eliza & Frederick.  Elizabeth Margaret & Mary Ellen are children from Elizabeth’s first marriage to Daniel Albaugh who died in 1853.   Jonathan’s real estate is worth $400 and his personal worth is $125.  The family had added another child, Jacob, in 1861, and children, Henry &John in 1863.  

Records differ slightly about what happened next for Jonathan.   He did enlist in the Pennsylvania Infantry in Hollidaysburg, Pa and was a member of two different Regiments, the 57^th and the 84^th.  Feb 29, 1864 & Mar 29,1864 are the enlistment dates given.  Upon his enlistment he was to be paid a bounty of  $300 as a volunteer recruit.   The bounty was to be paid in 4 installments.  At the time of his mustering out of the Army on June 29, 1865,  he owed the government $21.73 for clothing and was still due $160 of bounty payments.  Due to the Civil War ending on Apr 19, 1865, Jonathan would serve for only 17 months  of the 3 years he signed up for.  Jonathan would at first be a member of the 57^th   and joined them at the time when the veterans of the regiment were on furlough due to their 3 year enlistment ending and then re-enlisting, but after many losses by the regiment, it was consolidated with the 84^th in January 1865, who also suffered great losses of manpower.  He mustered out on June 29, 1865 near Washington DC, surviving the war.  

1864 Muster Roll- Line 11

57^th Pa Infantry state Colors. The 57^th was organized in the fall of 1861.  In Jan 1865, it merged with the 84^th Regiment and mustered out on June 29, 1865.

The 84^th Pa Infantry State Colors. The 84^th was formed in November 1861 and merged with the 57^th in Jan 1865, mustering out in June 1865.

http://www.pacivilwarflags.org/search/searchFlags.cfm

 

Muster Cards

Pension Card

Even tho there is record of an application for Pension, none could be found for Jonathan.  He was possibly not eligible for one because there is no record of a wound from the war or disease caused by his service.

After the war, son Noah arrived in March of 1867 or 8 and daughter  Aramina arrived in 1868.   1870 finds the family living in Jackson Township in Cambria county near Ebensburg.  Jonathan is farming once again and the family consists of 6 children – Eliza, Frederick, Jacob, Henry, John and Noah. Jonathan now owns real estate valued at $1000 and had a personal estate of $125.  The census also lists a farm laborer, Noah Dishong age 24, and a domestic servant, Elizabeth Albaugh age 18, living in Jonathan’s household.  Aramina is missing from this census but shows up later at her sister’s home. There was one last child born, Emma in 1874.

 1880 was an odd census year for the Clevenger family.  It shows daughter Aramina, age 9, living with her married 24 year old sister Eliza Clevenger Patrick.  Aramina’s death certificate states she was born in 1868, so she should be about 11 or 12 in 1880.  Also in 1880, the 13 yr old son Noah is counted with the family of his married 1^st cousin Noah Dishong who also had worked for and lived with  Jonathan 10 years previous.  In 1880, 17 yr old son John is living with his aunt & uncle Mary A (Dishong) & George Bowser in Jackson Twp, Cambria Co. The19 yr old  son Jacob was found listed as a laborer in the household of his uncle & aunt Frederick & Elizabeth(Bheam) Dishong in Jackson Twp.  24 yr old son Frederick was listed as a servant in the household of (no relation) Ebenezer and Mary(Berkebile) Cardiff in Taylor, Cambria Co.  17 yr old Henry and 6 yr old Emma were not found in this census. And neither were their parents Jonathan & Elizabeth.  Emma’s obituary claims that she was orphaned at a young age.  It would seem that these children were all spread out to live with relatives except for Frederick.  Dishong is the maiden name of their mother Elizabeth.  This would also explain finding various ages for these individuals in the records that I have found.  So where were Jonathan and Elizabeth and the two missing children, Emma and Henry in 1880??  One can only imagine the many scenarios.

The 1890 census is not available as it was lost in a fire.  I think it would have help this out a bit.

In 1900, Jonathan is widowed, his wife supposed to have died in 1900, and living alone on his mortgage free farm in Licking Creek Township in Fulton county and going by the name of James J Clevenger. 

Jonathan passes away on June 24, 1909 at the home of his brothers Jacob & Adam, in Todd, Fulton Co, Pa from gangrene of the right foot.  He is buried at Union Cemetery in McConnellsburg, PA 2 days later where his wife is also buried. According to his obituary, he was survived by his 8 children Eliza, Fred, Jacob, Henry, Armina, John, Noah and Emma.

Obituary in the Fulton County News,  July 1, 1909

Jonathan J Clevenger grave 

 

Military Burial Record

Jonathan Clevenger was the 3^rd great grandfather of Cullen Flanders.

 

Side Story -  Despite the break up of his family, all of the children of Jonathan seemed to have led normal adult lives, marrying and having families of their own, except Noah.  Noah created a tragedy for his family.  While he did marry in 1894 and have children, his first wife, Carrie Trout, was just 16 1/2  and Noah was 27 at the time, permission was given to marry.  They would have 7 children between 1896 and 1911.  In 1912, news reports stated that Noah had been molesting his 14 year old daughter Lettie.  This was corroborated by the girl and other relatives who reported the offense.  He was arrested and would plead guilty to the charges. He was sentenced to 10 – 15 years in prison and was recorded entering the Western State Penitentiary on April 10, 1912.  In 1919, he would apply for clemency, but was refused.  The 1920 census shows him still an inmate.  He probably served at least the minimum 10 years, then in 1928, at age 61, he applied for a marriage license with Mary Emma Bowser, age 30, who coincidentally was the same age as his molested daughter.  They were married and had at least one child in 1930.  In 1937, his wife, pregnant and having contracted the flu, died.  Noah died in 1955, age 88.  Lettie would go on to marry and have two sons, she died in 1982 at age 85.

Ann M Sinton, 2020

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Gottlieb Hahn - Civil War Veteran

 Gottlieb Hahn is the third ancestor of my son in law to have served in the Civil War.  He also enlisted late in the war and sadly died on his way home in 1865. 

The Biography of

Gottlieb Hahn

Civil War Veteran

By

Ann M Sinton

Copyright, 2020, Ann M Sinton

   

Biography of Gottlieb Hahn (1826 – 1865)

Civil War Veteran

Gottlieb was born in Altdorf, Germany on Aug 9, 1826, the son of Andreas Hahn and Maria Dorothea Henne.  His father made an application for emigration in March 1855 and arrived in May 1855. Gottlieb immigrated with them and they settled in Shade Twp., Somerset Co, Pennsylvania. I have found only one sibling of Gottlieb, Anna Maria, who was born in 1829 in Germany. 

Gottlieb and his wife Catharine Civilla Hiller were married on Jan 1, 1855 in Richland Twp, Cambria Co, Pa.  by the Rev John Stull.  The first census the family is found in is in 1860.  By this time, Gottlieb had married and has 3 young children, Matilda, Catharine and Anna. His wife is also a native of Germany.  Gottlieb’s father, age 65, is living in the household with them.  Gottlieb’s occupation is a farmer and he owns real estate valued at $1200 with a personal estate worth $214. 

In 1863, a fourth child, John is born. About the same time Gottlieb is registered for the Draft and about a year later he is enlisting at Chambersburg on Sep 26, 1864 in Co C 52^nd PA Infantry at age 38.  On Jan 31, 1865, his last child is born, Elizabeth.

                                                    1863 Draft Registration, Line 2

Civil War Muster Roll, Line 18

Gottlieb Hahn's Muster Card

The 52^nd’s first State Color. This regiment was organized in Oct 1861.This flag was raised over Fort Sumter as the first Union flag in the fort since April 1861. It was also raised over Fort Ripley, Castle Pinckney and then over Charleston. 

This was the 52^nd’s second State Color received by the regiment sometime after April 26, 1865. They mustered out on July 12, 1865.

http://www.pacivilwarflags.org/regiments/indivRegiment.cfm?group=51-100&reg=52nd%20Infantry#:~:text=Hennessy%20raised%20the%20regiment's%20flag,service%20on%20July%2012%2C%201865.

Gottlieb’s military career is short, only about 6 ½ months.  His physical description is as follows: 5’8” tall, Light complexion, Blue eyes and Sandy hair. On Nov 1, 1864 his regiment was at Camp Biddle in Carlisle, Pa.  By Nov 14, 1864,  his unit was stationed at Morris Island, South Carolina performing picket duty as boat infantry in the harbor.  The only fighting the unit saw while Gottlieb was with them was on Oct 13, 1864 at Fort Wagner, SC.  By March 1865, Gottlieb was listed as sick and absent from his regiment at Charleston or New Bern, SC. until Apr 3, 1865.  

Pension Records

Pension documents state the Gottlieb was admitted to the hospital for chronic rheumatism and stomach cramps.  A comrade testified that he fell ill on a Friday and was still ill on Sunday while his regiment left for their next assignment.  He was placed on the transport  ship, Northern Light,  bound for New York.  Gottlieb died aboard ship on Apr 14, 1865, just six days before the end of the war,  of acute peritonitis before reaching home never meeting his youngest child Elizabeth.  

from Gottlieb's pension file - his death

He is buried at Cypress National Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.  Gottlieb came to America with the hopes of building a future, but only was afforded 10 short years of life here.  Gottlieb’s name is among those on the Somerset county Defenders of the Union Civil War monument. 

Photos by Maryann Slick, Gottlieb’s 3^rd great granddaughter

His wife at age 38, is left with 5 children, applied for his military pension.  One witness stated the Gottlieb was a man of good character and habits and was respected by everyone in his company. He was a sober man and had been guilty of no indiscretion that could have caused his sickness.  There is nothing in the pension file that states whether or not the widow of Gottlieb Hahn ever received any payment. 

Catherine Hiller Hahn and her 5 children are found still living in Shade Twp in 1870. Her real estate is now worth $1500 and her personal estate is $625.  No one in the family is shown with a job so her assets and proceeds from her farm must be enough to care for her family.  In 1880, the family is still intact, with 22 year old daughter, Catherine, working and son John working on a farm. Catherine never marries again, and passes away on July 17, 1912 at age 84 in Shade Twp.  She is buried in Otterbein Cemetery in Hooversville, Pa. 

At the time of  Catherine Civilla Hahn's death , she was collecting $12 a month pension for Gottlieb's service. 

Interesting side story – Gottlieb’s daughter, Anna, would later survive the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 at age 30 and live to be 100 years old as stated in her obituary. 

Gottlieb is Cullen Flanders’ great great great grandfather. 

                                     

The following are excerpts from the Somerset Daily American published on Jan 21, 1946 – an essay by Elaine Swank. This essay won third place in a Bar Association Contest was entitled – “ Home Life in Early Somerset County”. This essay is mainly about home life for Gottlieb Hahn and his wife Civilla.

“” Near the middle of the nineteenth century, Catherine Hiller departed from her home in Germany to come to America.  After thirty-six days on the Atlantic ocean, Miss Hiller arrived in her new country. A year after her arrival she married Gottlieb Hahn, a plasterer and stone mason whom she had known before she left Europe.  At this time, Mr Hahn was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad.  The young couple began their married life on a farm near Johnstown.

For nine happy years the Hahns lived on this farm but one day a friend visited and told of the opportunities in the West.  The friend’s stories _____  Mr Hahn’s interest so much that impulsively he sold the farm and made plans for traveling.  The Civil War however, caused him to cancel his plans and ideas.  He, as well as many other able-bodied men, answered the call to join the Northern army.  Before leaving, he purchased a small tract of land and a cabin in Shade township near the _______ village of Wilbur.  The house was not so well built as the one in which they had previously lived, but to the Hahns it was home.  It was a place where the three children, Catherine, called Katie, Matilda known better as Tillie, and John could grow up in happy times and security.

The Log cabin which had been built many years before was placed in a pictorial setting.  The neighboring hills stood as a _____ shelter. Crisp green leaves on the aged trees _______  ______ from the _____ _____. Tall grasses abutted the cabin ______ and looked impatiently as if to see all that happened.  “”

“” After living in the cabin for a year, the Hahns found it necessary to add another room. Now they tried the left as a store room. Otherwise, the house had not undergone many changes.””

“”Mrs Hahn selected sample grains and took them to Hooversville to John___ Hoover’s Grist Mill where the grains were ground into flour for daily use.  “”

“” Mrs Hahn’s farm was one of the few farms with a good orchard, apples, which grew in abundance, were the favorite snack of the family and also a source of income.  Many of them were sold as soon as they were picked, others were made into cider and sold as vinegar. “”

“”The coming of cold weather raised the question of winter clothing.  During the summer months, the children had little use for heavy winter garments.  Now clothing had to be made for each member of the family.  A small field of flax and wool sheared from a flock of sheep supplied the chief materials for the clothing.  As in other households, and in, Mrs; Hahn’s the spinning wheel hummed continuously for many days. 

Mrs Hahn busied herself with making clothes for herself and her children.  Sitting before her spinning wheel, she often let her mind wander to the time when this cabin was first built.  Many times her thoughts centered on the lives of the first settlers here. They made all their own clothing.   Although much of it was inadequate for their needs.””

“”The clothing of the women and children has changed very little, Mrs Hahn, making linsey petticoats, realized this,_____. She glanced toward a corner on which lay neatly made mittens for Katie and Tillie.

In the evening, friendly Mr Fidler brought the Hahns two healthy young rabbits which he had killed while hunting.  Mrs Hahn cooked the meat. In a large kettle over the huge fire; when a\the meat was well cooked, she added vegetables to the rich broth.  She served the mixture at the old rough table. The children sat on stools, which, like the table, were made of split logs; they ate from earthenware dishes.

After supper, the children gathered before the cozy fire and listened with eagerness to stories from the Bible and Aesop’s Fables, which their mother quietly read.””

“”During January 1865, a child was born to Mrs Hahn. The mother named the baby Elizabeth because that was a name of which Mr Hahn was fond.  However, Elizabeth was never able to see her father. That same year. Mrs Hahn heard that her husband had died of typhoid in a hospital in New York. Although grief-stricken, Mrs Hahn ____for the welfare of her family.  She was no longer able to participate in the events of the countryside. There was work which had to be done in order that food and shelter could be secured.

One of the  events which attracted the attention of Mrs Hahn’s family and the whole countryside was a wedding.  “”

“” I remember being to two weddings, my sister Katie’s and my daughter Ivy’s says Mrs Elizabeth Hahn Berkebile. Oh you were at three –ours. Adds Mr Calvin Berkebile, her husband.

Sundays, Mrs Hahn, being a God loving mother, went with her children to church services. At first, these _____ were held in the neighbors homes where rows of benches were the only seats for the congregation. Later, they attended the Otterbein church.

Katie, Tillie, John and Elizabeth Hahn, along with the Fidlers, Yoders and Petermans, went to school three to five months of the year.””

“”In the fall, the neighbors helped Mrs Hahn with the butchering. In the year 1880, when the meat was all hung in the smoke house, one of the boys lighted a fire to cure the meat.  During the evening, the fat dripping from the meat ignited and the blaze struck the building.  Before it could be stopped, the fire spread to the cabin.  Frantically, Mrs Hahn and the children escaped. Elizabeth, who was then fifteen, was suffering from scarlet fever. That night the entire cabin and almost everything in it were completely destroyed by the fire. 

October 13, 1885, when she was twenty years old, Elizabeth became the bride of Calvin Berkebile, a son of a neighboring farmer. They were married in Hooversville. Mr Berkebile was a farmer, but had other abilities too.  For about fifteen years he was a butcher.  He also spent several years working in the mills of Pittsburgh and Johnstown.  At one time, he had a news stand in Hooversville. “”

 

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