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[NI2133] I wish to explain that the government of Germany a that time was very militaristic. Soldiers were stationed in private homes, people were required to lodge and feed them. Because of this oppression, William's older brother, Simeon Joachim, who had been inducted into service, deserted the army, escaped across the Rhine River into France, adopted the name of John Miller and made his way to America. He was always known as French John Miller. A little later another brother, Henry (Heinrich) Joachim made his way to America. Since my brother is now John Miller I will be Henry Miller, he reasoned. Both later reverted to the family name, Joachim, and are buried in the Baughman Cemetery. (Ghlee Raymond Howerter, "My Grandparents")

[NI2134] Henry (Heinrich) Joachim made his way to America. Since my brother is now John Miller I will be Henry Miller, he reasoned. Both later reverted to the family name, Joachim, and are buried in the Baughman Cemetery. (Ghlee Raymond Howerter, "My Grandparents")

[NI2142] Sarah was the only grandmother I ever knwew. She was a wonderful, kind, quiet woman whom we all accepted completely. My earliest memories of her related to one of her occupations. She was a weaver. In the small attic of their home, she had two looms upon which she wove many yards of rag rugs. These looms were entirely manual. She demonstrated how to thread the many strings through the various loops, from front to back, these strings are called warp. the material being woven is called the woof. She was surely an artist at her trade as many, many floor coverings in the home of her day come from her looms. (Ghlee Raymond Howerter, "My Grandparents")

[NI2143] Johan Peter Howerter, the other son of Adam Howerter who came with his father to Northumberland county, was born Nov 4, 1772, and owned a 130 acre farm near Howerter's Church, in Upper Mahanoy Twp, where he died May 6, 1862. This place is now owned by George Paul. He was one of the prominent members of Howerter's Church, in which he held various official positions, and he was one of the building masters when the first church was erected. That edifice stood until replace by the present building, in 1893, which his grandson Amos Howerter, helped to build. His family are also buried there. He married Elizabeth Diehl, who was born Aug 27, 1778, daughter of Johannes Diehl, and sister of his brother's wife Catherine. Mrs Howerter died July 6, 1860, the mother of children as follows:Solomon, Peter, Daniel, Abraham, Elizabeth, Mrs Peter Zerfink, Catherine, Mrs Peter Stoudt, and Polly, Mrs Daniel Bloom. (J.L. Floyd, History of Northumberland County - 1911)

[NI2145] Peter Howarter Married Elizabeth Buck. (Note change in spelling of name. All children had the same parents and were christened in the same church, however by different pastors. The names were spelled and recorded as the pastor thought they should be spelled. So members of the same family have last names that are not the same.) Peter and his wife bought a farm in Cass Twp. and remained there for four or five years before moving to Knox Co. Their oldest son Charles moved in a covered wagon from Knox Co. to SE Kansas where there is a large group of their descendants today. (The Howerter Family)

[NI2146] Reuben Howarter married Anna Fritch and they migrated to Illinois in 1856. They settled in Cass Twp, Sec. 22 and had five girls and one boy. He (Reuben) is buried at Baughman Cemetery, Smithfield, Ill. Several of his children migrated to other areas during the westward migrations of 1880-1900. (The Howerter Family)

[NI2147] Johan Adam Howerter, one of the sons of Adam Howerter, who accompanied him to Northumberland county, was born Aug 24, 1769, and died Feb 14, 1847. His wife, Catherine (Diehl), born Nov 29, 1772, died May 18, 1851. They had no children. They are buried at Howerter's Church. (J.L. Floyd, History of Northumberland County - 1911)Johan Adam Howerter, one of the sons of Adam Howerter, who accompanied him to Northumberland County, was born August 24, 1769, and died February 14, 1847. His wife, Catherine (Diehl) born November 29, 1772, died May 18, 1851. They had no children. They are buried at Howerter's Church. (J. L. Floyd, "History of Northumberland County"-1911

[NI2153] In "My Grandparents," Ghlee Raymond Howerter writes "Peter Moul and wife Dora, their children, Peter Jr., Catherine (Kate), and Louisa (Lou)." I believe that the wife referred to as Dora is really Louisa. Peter Jr. must be Peter Conrad Moul, whose parents are documented in "Cemetery Inscriptions of Fulton County, Ill." as Peter and Louisa (Staub) Maul. (Jan Huffman)

[NI2158] Civil war veteran (Cemetery Inscriptions of Fulton County, Illinois)

[NI2174] Born on George Washington's birthday

[NI2255] Joseph Orem was born in Switzerland County, Indiana, December 22, 1841, and is the 5th of the 12 [sic] children born to Josiah and Ann (Orr) Orem, natives respectively of Maryland and Indiana; the family came to Howard County when Joseph was quite young, returned to Switzerland County, and then to Tipton County, were Joseph enlisted, in the summer of 1862, under Col. Carver & Capt. Alexander McCrory; he fought at Chickamauger, Mission Ridge, Jonesboro & Melton, Tennessee; was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and, after they left Louisville, they had transportation by rail only 12 miles, the balance of the distance to Washington City being made on foot. During his career, he received one flesh wound and had 2 guns shot to pieces while in his hands; he was mustered out in June, 1865, and on his return engaged in farming.

January 18, 1866, he married Eliza A. Irby (now deceased). There were no children born to their union, but they adopted and reared Melissa Brown. October 20, 1881, Mr. Orem married Mrs. Mary E. (Cobb) Caldwell, and to this union one child, Josiah L., was born, Aug. 17, 1882. Mrs Orem is also the mother of four children by her former husband. Mr. Orem is an active worker in the Democratic ranks, and both he and his wife are members of the Christian Church. (Counties of Howard & Tipton, Indiana, Historical and Biographical, 1883)

[NI2256] Grandma's favorite song: "In the Sweet By and By" (Vivian Orem Karr)

[NI2258] Josiah Orem, a veteran farmer of Prairie Twonship, was born July 2, 1806 in Dorchester County, MD; his father, Samuel Orem, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his mother, Sarah (Jones) orem had two brothers who participated in the struggle of the Revolution; both her parents were of english extraction, and natives of Maryland, and our subject was the eldest of 3 children born to them; they migrated to this state (Indiana) in 1817, and located in Switzerland Count; there they remained until his wife died, when Samuel came to this (Tipton) County, and resided with his son (our subject), who had previously located here, until his death. Josiah remained with his parents until he was about 27 years of age, enjoying very meager opportunities for obtaining instruction, because of the scarcity and remoteness of schools, but his quick intellect enabled him to pick up a great deal of information; when he began life for himself, the routine of his existence consisted of farming during the summer and in boating his produce to the best market. In 1843, he located on the part of the Indian Reserve now known as Howard County; after a residence there of about 4 years, he located in the northwestern part of Prairie Township, on 160 acres, which constitutes his present residence. He never received anything in the way of financial assistance, and all his possessions came to him through hard labor.

He was married, September 2, 1832, to Ann Orr (now deceased), a native of Pennsylvania, and the third child born to Joseph and Nancy (McDonald) Orr, both of whom were of Irish descent. This union was crowned by the birth of 12 [sic] children, viz.: Sarah J. (deceased), Nancy, John (deceased), Martha M., Joseph, Samuel P., Alexander N., Levi, Eliza L. (deceased), William (deceeased), Lorenzo D. and Mary M. All of his children have received a liberal start from him, andhe still has sufficient to supply his old age; he has been a member at the Christian Church for 30 years, and his wife was also an active member of that denomination up to the time of her death. They were both, during its palmy days, members of the Grange. Politically, he is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Gen. Jackson. (Counties of Howard & Tipton, Indiana, Historical and Biographical, 1883)

[NI2260] The ship took 16 weeks to cross the ocean. Joseph and Agnes losttheir oldest and only child on the trip. The child was wrapped in a winding sheet and put into the water. Sharks had followed the ship for seven days before the death of the child.

Seven other children were born in America. Joseph and Agnes migrated because they wanted religious freedom from the Church of England. (Vivian Orem Karr)

[NI2262] Note difference in ages [between Samuel and Sarah]. Story is told that Sarah visited Samuel's family when Samuel was just a baby and jokingly said that she would marry him. Twenty years later she did. (Vivian Orem Karr)

[NI2263] Had two brothers who participated in teh struggle of the Revolution. (Counties of Howard & Tipton, Indiana, Historical and Biographical, 1883)

[NI2270] Favorite song: "We're Marching Through Georgia"

Grandpa Merrick was a teacher and an excellent speller.

During the Civil War he was looking for food in the South. The Southern women would not give him any, but he found popcorn upstairs. He took off his pants, tied the legs together and filled the legs with popcorn. Then he took the corn back to camp. Grandpa Merrick would laugh and cry when he told the story of the popcorn.

His last wife "Effie" did not like Grandpa's grandchildren. When they would come, he would tell them to go to the back door, and he would give them a treat.

He tought his grandchildren to say the alphabet backwards. (Vivian Orem Karr)

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Franz Philip was Marsha Fenstermacher/Binkley's 5 th Great Grandfather
he evidently dropped the use of the name Franz after arriving in America.
The name doesn't even show on his will , which is also in this book.
His father was Johann Maithias and his grandfather was Conradt Fenstermacher. I believe at this time that Mathias was an only child. Since Conradt died the year after he was born.

[NI2378] Myrtilla's father (Hiriam Hinton) died before she was born.

[NI2484] Eldon was only 6 months old when his dad died. He said that he couldn't have had a better stepfather than Joe Orem. (Vivian Orem Karr)

[NI2530] Levi lost a leg with a broad ax. (Vivian Orem Karr)

[NI2622] Effie was mother of Laura Scott and Lonne Parker. (Vivian Orem Karr, p5)

[NI2646] [NI12286] Jesse served in the War of 1812 from Pickaway Co, Ohio in Capt. Creighton's Co.. Warrant #84254.

1810, 1820, 1830 resided in Walnut Twp., Pickaway Co. Oh. 1831 to Hancock Co. Ohio. Hancock Co. Original Entry book p. 164, Amanda Twp. Section 10.

Death record, Jesse Cherry, Hancock Co. vol. 1 p 14, #526. Hancock Co. court of common pleas, direct judgement index vol. 11 p. 271, case # 297. Hancock Co. Recorders office, deeds, vol. 36 p. 218, Samuel Myers, Sheriff to Major Bright (heirs of Jesse Cherry). (Henshaw, Riggenbach, Thompson, Treece, and Tuin Families, The)

[NI2654] [NI13208] Marriage (1) Pa Archives, Series 2, vol 2 p. 50.

Taxed in Shamokin, PA 1788. (Henshaw, Riggenbach, Thomson, Treece, and Tuin Families, The)

[NI2826] May have sailed on the ship "St. Andrew" from Rotterdam on October 27, 1738. [Leroy Hinderliter]