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David Clark

• Last Edited: 7 Apr 2006

• David Clark was born on 24 October 1808.³
• He was the son of Johannes R. Clark and Anna Maria Bauman.^1,2
• David Clark died on 6 November 1874, at age 66.³
• He died on 6 November 1874, at age 66.

• Father*: Johannes R. Clark¹ b. 31 Aug 1791, d. 1 Jun 1855
• Mother*: Anna Maria Bauman^1,2 b. 10 Dec 1788, d. 13 Aug 1846

Hannah Wiest¹

• Last Edited: 24 Jun 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Hannah Wiest was born on 10 December 1823.¹
• She was the daughter of Samuel Wiest and Eve Elizabeth Klinger.
• Hannah Wiest married Isaac Monroe Rothermel, son of Abraham M. Rothermel and Catharine Yeager, circa 1 January 1842.¹
• The 1860 Census for Jordan Township, Northumberland County, lists Hannah and William's household as follows: Isaac Rotharmel, 41, farmer; Hannah Rotharmel, 39; William Rotharmel, 13; Amos Rotharmel, 10; Sarious [sic] Rotharmel, 8; Luther Rotharmel, 6; Jest. Rotharmel, 4; Larina Rotharmel, 3; and George Rotharmel, 1.²
• The 1870 Census for Jordan Township lists Hannah (47) and Isaac's (50) household as including: Lazarus, 15; Manasses, 12; Esram, 10; Isaac M., 8; Abraham, 6; and Hannah, 4.³
• Hannah Wiest died on 7 September 1887, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 63.^1,4
• She was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁵

• Father*: Samuel Wiest b. 21 Aug 1795, d. 3 Jan 1867
• Mother*: Eve Elizabeth Klinger b. 16 Jan 1794, d. 18 Jan 1870

Eve Elizabeth Tobias

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Eve Elizabeth Tobias was born on 6 March 1842.
• She was the daughter of Joseph Tobias and Anna Maria Wiest.
• Eve Elizabeth Tobias married Benjamin Byerly Leitzel, son of Benjamin E. Leitzel and Elizabeth Byerly.
• Eve Elizabeth Tobias died on 27 September 1890, at age 48.

• Father*: Joseph Tobias b. 13 May 1798, d. 7 Mar 1844
• Mother*: Anna Maria Wiest b. 8 Mar 1802, d. 1 Jan 1891

Benjamin Byerly Leitzel

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Benjamin Byerly Leitzel was born on 26 February 1840.
• He was the son of Benjamin E. Leitzel and Elizabeth Byerly.
• Benjamin Byerly Leitzel married Eve Elizabeth Tobias, daughter of Joseph Tobias and Anna Maria Wiest.
• According to some sources, Benjamin B. Leitzel was born on his father's farm in Jordan Twp., Northumberland Co., PA, where he was reared to farming. Aside from farming most of the year, Benjamin also helped with the thrashing of wheat during the winter months. His formal schooling amounted to a mere 96 days. Neverthe less, his employment during most of his adult business career was spent in hotel keeping. He ran the hotel in Klingerstown for fully thirty years. He also owned and operated a restaurant in Klingerstown during that period. He owned a 30-acre tract of land in Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., PA, but lived there for but one year.
  Benjamin B. Leitzel and David B. Leitzel were twin brothers. The year of their births is in dispute: the burial records of David's Church, Hebe, list David as having been born in 1839; while those of Klinger's Church, Lykens Twp., list Benjamin as having been born in 1840.¹
• Floyd, Biographical and Genealogical Annals of Northumberland County (1911) says:
  "BENJAMIN B. LEITZEL, twin brother of David B. Leitzel, was born Feb. 26, 1839, in Jordan township, and was reared like the ordinary farm boy of his time. His total attendance at school amounted to ninety-six days, for he not only had to help with the farm work in the summertime but in the winter helped thresh, riding the horses around on the threshing floor to beat out the grain. During the greater part of his independent business career he was engaged in hotel-keeping, in which line he was very well known in his day, keeping the hotel at Klingerstown for fully thirty years. He still lives at Klingerstown, where he now conducts a restaurant. Mr. Leitzel owns a thirty-acre tract in Lykens township, Dauphin county, upon which he lived for one year. He is a highly respected citizen of his community, and served some years as assessor of Upper
  Mahantango township. Politically he is a Democrat, in religion a Lutheran, his family also attending that church.
  "Mr. Leitzel married Eve Elizabeth Tobias, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Wiest) Tobias, and she died Sept. 26, 1889, at the age of forty-seven years, the mother of nine children, five of whom died before reaching the age of two years. The survivors are: W. Oscar, Cyrus, Mary and John."²
• Benjamin Byerly Leitzel died on 23 September 1916, at age 76.
• He was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Benjamin E. Leitzel b. 25 Jan 1803, d. 22 Mar 1882
• Mother*: Elizabeth Byerly b. 3 Jun 1808, d. 20 Mar 1891

Lura May Shade

• Last Edited: 8 Feb 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lura May Shade is also referred to as Lulu May Shade in some sources.
• She was born on 12 June 1895, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Oscar Milton Shade and Elmira Frannie Shaffer.
• Lura May Shade was baptized on 11 August 1895, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.³
• She married Chester Arthur Johns, son of George Johns and Flora Hayes, on 25 December 1919, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.^4,1
• Lura May Shade died on 6 February 1988, Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 92.¹
• She was buried on 8 February 1988, at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Lura May Johns, 92, Shamokin
  SHAMOKIN - Mrs. Lura May Johns, 92, of 82 E. Sunbury St. died Saturday in Sunbury Community Hospital. Her death occurred one day after her brother, Raymond "Dutch" R.O. Shade of Shamokin, died. A double funeral service was conducted Monday in Shamokin.
  Mrs. Johns had been a resident of the Leader Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Sunbury, since becoming ill 10 months ago.
  Born in Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, June 12, 1895, she was a daughter of the late Oscar M. and Elmira Phrana (Shaffer) Shade. In 1918, she married Chester Arthur Johns, who died in 1971.
  Mrs. Johns was a homemaker. She lived in Shamokin since childhood. She was a 1913 graduate of Shamokin High School.
  She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, Shamokin, and Irish Chapter Order of Eastern Star.
  Mrs. Johns is survived by two daughters, Frana F. of Shamokin and Mrs. Lois Keiter of Palmyra; one son, Arthur Chester of Lancaster; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Ella J. Wilson of Lancaster.
  A sister died in 1981.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 09 Feb 1988, Tue, Page 8.¹
  

• Father*: Oscar Milton Shade b. 26 Dec 1873, d. 18 Dec 1954
• Mother*: Elmira Frannie Shaffer b. 27 Jun 1875, d. 20 Apr 1956

Jestie Bush Rothermel^1,2

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Jestie Bush Rothermel was born on 27 February 1884, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.^2,3,1
• She was the daughter of Lazarus W. Rothermel and Emma L. Bush.
• Jestie Bush Rothermel was baptized on 19 April 1884, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁴
• She married James W. Runkle, son of Michael Runkle and Caroline Zerbe, in December 1903, Mahanoy, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,5
• Jestie Bush Rothermel died on 11 May 1959, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 75.^3,1
• Newspaper obituary:
  Relative of Area Resident Expires
  Mrs. Jestie Runkle, 75, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, a native of Jordan Township, Northumberland County, died unexpectedly in her home. She had been in apparent good health.
  Mrs. Runkle was a daughter of the late Lazarus and Emma (Bush) Rothermel. She was married to James Runkle. The couple lived in Sacramento since 1955. Mrs. Runkle was a member of Himmel's United Church of Christ, Rebuck.
  Surviving are the husband, four children, Charles Herb and Chester Runkle, Spring Glen; Lester Runkle, Hegins, and Miss Eva Runkle, at home; a step son, William Runkle, Sunbury R. D a step-daughter, Mrs.. Lloyd Mattern, Valley View; 13 grandchildren , 13 great-grandchildren, three brothers, John and Samuel Rothermel, Herndon, and Norman Rothermel, Klingerstown, R. D; seven sisters, Mrs. Alice Wiest, Long View, Wash; Mrs. J. Phillips and Mrs. Ethel Coleman, Klingerstown; Mrs. James Shadle, Sacramento; Mrs. Ira Klinger, Mrs. John Williard and Mrs. George Bixler, Valley View.
  Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 in Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, in charge of Rev. Jacob M. Singer, Herndon. Burial will be in the Himmel's Church Cemetery, Rebuck. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow evening and at the graveside Friday prior to the services.
  Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 13 May 1959, Wed, Page 4.³
  
• She was buried on 15 May 1959, at Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA.^3,2

• Father*: Lazarus W. Rothermel b. 15 Apr 1855, d. 1934
• Mother*: Emma L. Bush b. Jun 1861, d. 1929

William Lincoln Troutman

• Last Edited: 29 Dec 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• William Lincoln Troutman was born on 5 May 1864, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.^2,3
• He was the son of William Klark Troutman and Lydia Leitzel.¹
• William Lincoln Troutman was baptized on 31 July 1864, St. David's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Hebe, Northumberland County, PA.⁴
• He married Susan McClata Lahr, daughter of Josiah Lahr and Harriet Rebuck, on 25 December 1886.
• At the time of the 1910 census, William and Susan were living in Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA, where William was a public school teacher. They had been married 22 years and had given birth to 10 children, all of whom were then living. Their household in cluded 7 children, Grant (who was also a school teacher), Earle, Eva, Kittie, Roscoe, Ruth, and Paul.⁵
• William Lincoln Troutman died on 23 March 1941, Uniontown, Dauphin County, PA, at age 76.^3,6,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  W.L. TROUTMAN, RETIRED RURAL TEACHER, DIES
  William L. Troutman, retired public school teacher, and justice of the peace of Jordan Township for 40 years, died Sunday night at 9:45 o'clock at his home at Hebe, after an illness of two years. He was aged 76 years, 10 months and 16 days.
  His death breaks a marital union of 53 years. He was for many years a resident of Hebe, moving to Pillow 14 years ago.
  He was the son of William K. and Lydia Troutman, and was born May 5, 1864, at Hebe.
  December 24, 1887, he married Miss Susan M. Lahr, of Hebe, the ceremony being performed at Red Cross.
  She survives him, together with the following children: Grant, of Pillow; Clarence, Earl, Lillian, Ammon, Eva and Roscoe, of Hebe, and Fay, now Mrs. Schlegel, of Valley View; one sister, Miss Mazie Troutman, of Ashland, also survives.
  Mr. Troutman taught school for 42 years in the rural areas of lower Northumberland county, having one of the longest records in Jordan Township and vicinity before his retirement. His record as justice of the peace was also one of the longest in Central Pennsylvania.
  He was a member of the Hebe Reformed Church and the Hebe P. O. S. of A. lodge.
  Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, and continued ih the Hebe Reformed Church. Rev. Jacob Singer will officiate, and burial will be in the Hebe Cemetery.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 24 Mar 1941, Mon, Page 2.⁷
  
• He was buried at St. David's Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery, Hebe, Northumberland County, PA. William's burial is listed under the name of "William L. Troutman."⁸
• Floyd, Biographical and Genealogical Annals of Northumberland County (Internet versions) states:
  WILLIAM L. TROUTMAN, son of William K. and Lydia (Leitzel) Troutman, was born May 5, 1864, in Lykens Valley, Dauphin county, and like the average farmer's son was trained to agricultural pursuits from boyhood and worked for his parents until he became of age. His early literary training was obtained at home and in the schools at Pillow, Dauphin county, and when twenty years old he was licensed to teach, by Prof. M. J. Wolverton, then superintendent of schools in Northumberland county. His first experience was at the Grove schoolhouse, No. 2, in Jordan township, and he has taught twenty-five years in all in that township, where he was engaged for twenty years consecutively. For two terms he was located at Leck Kill, in Upper Mahanoy township. His first professional certificate was granted in 1900, his second in 1909, by Prof. W. W. Fetzer, county superintendent. Mr. Troutman was not only regarded as a successful educator, but also as an executive officer, for while teaching he was appointed school director of his township, serving as such about a year, and during that time he was secretary of the board of health in his township; the district had three cases of smallpox in his term. In the summer season Mr. Troutman followed farming, for the most part as a tenant farmer, though he at present owns a farm of ninety-eight acres and oversees the work of cultivation. In 1885 he moved to near Hebe, and in 1906 moved into the village, where he built his present home in 1909. He has for a number of years been active in public affairs in the locality having served one term as assessor of Jordan township and two terms as
  justice of the peace, to which office he was first elected in 1897, being reelected five years later by a large majority. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a most active member of the Reformed congregation of St. David's Church at Hebe, of which he was deacon for twelve years and elder for six years, and he has been secretary of the consistory for the past twenty. years, being still the incumbent of that position. For fifteen years he was the efficient superintendent of the Sunday school.
       On Christmas Day, 1886, Mr. Troutman married Susan M. Lahr, daughter of Josiah and Harriet (Rebuck) Lahr; and they have a family of ten children, born as follows: Grant, June 21, 1888 (he has been engaged in teaching public school in Jordan township and in the spring of 1910 entered the Keystone State normal school, at Kutztown, Pa. Clarence, Nov. 30, 1889; Earl, Sept. 25, 1891; William, Dec. 31, 1892; Ammon J., June 29, 1894; Eva G., May 30, 1896: Nettie, June 4, 1898; Rosco R., June 30, 1900: Ruth F., May 12, 1902; Paul L., Nov. 2, 1906.
• According to the Troutman Family History, William was born in Lykens Valley, Dauphin County, PA, on May 5, 186 4. Like the average farmer's son, William was trained to the agricultural pursuits from boyhood and worked for his father until he became of age. His early literary training was obtained at home and in the school at Pillow, Dauphin County, PA. When he was 20 year s old, he was licensed to teach by Prof. W. J. Wolverton, then Superintendent of Schools in Northumberland County. His first teaching experience was at the Grove School House #2, in Jordan Township. In all, he taught for 25 years in that township where he was retained for a period of 20 years; his only break in tenure being a period of two years when he was located in Leck Kill, Upper Mahoney Township. His first professional certificate was granted in 1900; his second in 1909, by Prof. W. W. Fetzer, county superintendent at that time.^1,9

• Father*: William Klark Troutman¹ b. 18 Jan 1831, d. 2 Nov 1897
• Mother*: Lydia Leitzel¹ b. 15 Jan 1834, d. 26 Nov 1868

Grant L. Troutman¹

• Last Edited: 28 Jan 2021

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger (#1), Descendants of Peter Klinger (#2)

• Grant L. Troutman was born on 12 June 1888, Jordan Township, Dauphin County, PA.²
• He was the son of William Lincoln Troutman and Susan McClata Lahr.
• Some sources record that Grant L. Troutman was born on 12 August 1889, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.³
• He married Hannah Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Harry Abraham Miller and Hannah Jennie Weiser, on 10 October 1948, Washington, DC.³
• Grant L. Troutman died on 4 July 1973, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA, at age 85.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Grant Troutman
  PILLOW - A private funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Reed , Funeral Home here for Grant Troutman, 85, Pillow, who died at the Sunbury Community Hospital Saturday.
  The Rev. C. M. Bean of Berrysburg will officiate at the service. The an unknown person e will be no visitation. Burial will be made in Union Cemetery; Pillow RD.
  Mr. Troutman was born in Jordan Township June 21, 1888, a son of the late William and Susan Lahr Trcutman.
  He is survived by his widow, the former Hannah E. Miller, a son, Roy Buffington of Elizabethville, two brothers, Forrest of Selinsgrove RD and Roscoe of Hebe[,] two sisters, Eva Wrenn of Hebe and Mrs. Allen Schlegel of Valley View and two grandchildren.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 09 Jul 1973, Mon, Page 11.²
  
• He was buried at Union Cemetery, Pillow, Northumberland County, PA.⁴

• Father*: William Lincoln Troutman b. 5 May 1864, d. 23 Mar 1941
• Mother*: Susan McClata Lahr b. 1871, d. 17 Apr 1958

Clarence R. Troutman

• Last Edited: 23 Jun 2005

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Clarence R. Troutman was born on 30 November 1889.
• He was the son of William Lincoln Troutman and Susan McClata Lahr.
• Clarence R. Troutman died on 14 January 1944, at age 54.
• He was buried at St. David's Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery, Hebe, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹

• Father*: William Lincoln Troutman b. 5 May 1864, d. 23 Mar 1941
• Mother*: Susan McClata Lahr b. 1871, d. 17 Apr 1958