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Adam Franklin Bohner¹

• Last Edited: 20 Dec 2020

• Adam Franklin Bohner is also referred to as Adam Bahner in some sources.
• He was born on 19 February 1871, Northumberland County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Noah Rebuck Bahner and Mary Troutman.²
• Adam Franklin Bohner married Sarah Ellen Hain, daughter of Erastus Hain and Alma Shaffer, circa 1889.^1,3
• Adam Franklin Bohner died on 16 August 1944, Northumberland County, PA, at age 73.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  ADAM F. BOHNER
  Adam F. Bohner, age 73 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Specht, at Malta, August 16.
  A son of the late Noah and Mary (Troutman) Bohner, he was a native of Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County. His wife, who was formerly Miss Sara Hain, preceded him in death four years ago.
  He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Specht, of Malta; Walter Bohner, of Sunbury; Mrs, Ralph Romberger, Klingerstown; Mrs. Ray Kehler, of Mt. Carmel . Mrs. William Adams, Dalmatia; Mrs. Ray Troutman of Ashland; Carmi Bohner, of Montgomery; Mrs. Burgess Bingaman, Herndon R. D; Mrs. Fred Wiest, of Perkasie; Mrs. Wilson Kramer, of Schuylkill Haven, and Mrs. Samuel Fegley, Millersburg, R. D.
  Other survivors are thirty-three grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Emory Shaffer of Dalmatia R. D; and three brothers, David Bohner, of Sunbury; Harry Bohner, Dalmatia, and Carmi Bohner, of Sunbury R.D.
  Funeral services were held from the Specht residence at Malta, Sunday morning, with further services in God's Missionary Church, Pillow, of which he was , a member. The pastor. Rev. E. T. Rotz, officiated, and interment was made in Union Cemetery, near Pillow.
  Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 24 Aug 1944, Thu, Page 1.²
  
• He was buried at Union Cemetery, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹

• Father*: Noah Rebuck Bahner² b. 10 May 1844, d. 29 Jul 1920
• Mother*: Mary Troutman² b. 13 Dec 1847, d. 19 Mar 1921

Sarah Ellen Hain¹

• Last Edited: 20 Dec 2020

• Sarah Ellen Hain was born on 10 July 1876, Upper Mahanoy County, Northumberland County, PA.³
• She was the daughter of Erastus Hain and Alma Shaffer.²
• Sarah Ellen Hain married Adam Franklin Bohner, son of Noah Rebuck Bahner and Mary Troutman, circa 1889.^1,4
• Sarah Ellen Hain was buried on 13 June 1940, at Union Cemetery, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  MRS. ADAM F. BOHNER
  Mrs. Sarah Ellen Bohner, age 72 years, wife of Adam F. Bohner, died at her home near Pillow, Sunday evening.
  Survivors are her husband, nine daughters and two sons, Bessie, Mrs. Benjamin Spacht of Malta; Bertha, Mrs. Ray Kahler of Mt. Carmel; Carrie, Mrs. Ralph Romberger, Klingerstown; Katie, Mrs. Ray Troutman, Fountain Springs; Beulah, Mrs. William Adams, Dalmatia; Jennie, Mrs. Spurgeon Bingaman, Pillow; Ruth, Mrs. Samuel Fegley of Hebe; Grace, Mrs. Fred Wiest, Hebe; Mildred, at home; Walter Bohner of Rife and Carmie Bohner of Montgomery. Other survivors are thirty-one grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, a brother, John Hain of Berrysburg, and a sister, Mrs. Harry Boyer of Dalmatia.
  Funeral services will be held from the residence ac 10:00 o'clock Thursday morning with further services in God's Missionary Church, Pillow. Rev. Truman Wise of Rebersburg will officiate and interment will be made in the Union Cemetery at Pillow.
  Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 13 Jun 1940, Thu, Page 1.⁵
  
• She died on 9 July 1940, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 63.³

• Father*: Erastus Hain² b. 26 Sep 1823, d. 20 Nov 1907
• Mother*: Alma Shaffer² b. 13 Jul 1831, d. 18 Oct 1920

Erastus Hain¹

• Last Edited: 18 Dec 2018

• Erastus Hain was born on 26 September 1823, Berks County, PA.^3,4
• He was the son of George Hain and Catherine Rieser.²
• The death certificate for Erastus Hain lists his father as Jacob Hain and his mother as Catherine Reicer.⁴
• Erastus Hain married Alma Shaffer.¹
• Erastus Hain died on 20 November 1907, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 84.^3,4
• He was buried on 23 November 1907, at Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,4

• Father*: George Hain² b. 2 Feb 1783
• Mother*: Catherine Rieser²

Alma Shaffer¹

• Last Edited: 18 Dec 2018

• Alma Shaffer was born on 13 July 1831, Northumberland County, PA.²
• She married Erastus Hain, son of George Hain and Catherine Rieser.¹
• Alma Shaffer died on 18 October 1920, Northumberland County, PA, at age 89.²
• She was buried at Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.²

Andrew Hain¹

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2019

• Andrew Hain was born in 1869.¹
• He was the son of Erastus Hain and Alma Shaffer.¹
• Andrew Hain married Hattie C. Bohner, daughter of John T. Bohner and Sarah A. Shadle.¹
• Andrew Hain died on 22 December 1922.¹
• He was buried at Union Cemetery, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹

• Father*: Erastus Hain¹ b. 26 Sep 1823, d. 20 Nov 1907
• Mother*: Alma Shaffer¹ b. 13 Jul 1831, d. 18 Oct 1920

Hattie C. Bohner¹

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2019

• Hattie C. Bohner was born in 1872.¹
• She was the daughter of John T. Bohner and Sarah A. Shadle.¹
• Hattie C. Bohner married Andrew Hain, son of Erastus Hain and Alma Shaffer.¹
• Hattie C. Bohner died in 1945.¹
• She was buried at Union Cemetery, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹

• Father*: John T. Bohner¹ b. 9 Jun 1847, d. 6 Apr 1916
• Mother*: Sarah A. Shadle¹ b. 17 Jan 1852, d. 10 Dec 1935

Earl Franklin Kohr¹

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Earl Franklin Kohr was born on 24 July 1907, Orwin, Schuylkill County, PA.³
• He was the son of Harvey Kohr and Amelia Estella Miller.²
• Earl Franklin Kohr married Betty Jane Romberger, daughter of John Klinger Romberger and Blanche Elizabeth Hoffman.¹
• Earl Franklin Kohr died on 18 October 1964, Hershey Hospital, Hershey, Dauphin County, PA, at age 57.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Earl F. Kohr, 57, Former Hershey Policeman, Dies
  Earl Franklin Kohr, 57, a former Hershey Estates policeman, died Sunday at Hershey Hospital. He resided at the Community Club Apartments in Hershey.
  Kohr had been a special police officer for the Hershey Estates for many years before he became ill a few months ago.
  He was a member of Seventh Street Lutheran Church, Lebanon; Mt. Lebanon Lodge 226, F. and AM; Harrisburg Consistory; Hermit Commandery 24, Lebanon; Weidle Royal Arch Chapter 197, Lebanon; Lebanon Council 27, Royal and Select Masters of Pennsylvania; Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Forest 43, Harrisburg, and the Hershey Fire Company.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Betty Romberger Kohr; three sons, Glenn E., Salina, Kans; Jack M., Lancaster, and Roger A., at home; his father, Harvey Kohr, Orwin; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Adams, Miss Ellen Kohr and Miss Bessie Kohr, all of Orwin; three brothers, Henry, Lebanon; Harry, Orwin, and Walter, Harrisburg, and six grandchildren.
  Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 19 Oct 1964, Mon, Page 2.^4,3
  
• He was buried at Hershey Cemetery, Hershey, Dauphin County, PA.¹

• Father*: Harvey Kohr² b. 18 Apr 1877, d. 31 Dec 1965
• Mother*: Amelia Estella Miller² b. 9 Nov 1880, d. 13 Oct 1923

Charles William Fetterhoff¹

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Charles William Fetterhoff was born on 22 December 1926, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• He was the son of William Henry Fetterhoff and Ida Rebecca Young.¹
• Charles William Fetterhoff married Betty Jane Romberger, daughter of John Klinger Romberger and Blanche Elizabeth Hoffman, in 1969.²
• Charles William Fetterhoff died on 6 June 2001, Orwin, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 74.¹
• He was buried at Saint Peter's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwin, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: William Henry Fetterhoff¹ b. 1900, d. 1968
• Mother*: Ida Rebecca Young¹ b. 1902, d. 1970

William Henry Fetterhoff¹

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2016

• William Henry Fetterhoff was born in 1900.¹
• He married Ida Rebecca Young.¹
• William Henry Fetterhoff died in 1968.¹

Ida Rebecca Young¹

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2016

• Ida Rebecca Young was born in 1902.¹
• She married William Henry Fetterhoff.¹
• Ida Rebecca Young died in 1970.¹

Harvey Kohr¹

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2016

• Harvey Kohr was born on 18 April 1877, Lebanon County, PA.¹
• He married Amelia Estella Miller.^1,2
• Harvey Kohr died on 31 December 1965, Orwin, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 88.¹
• He was buried at Saint Peters Reformed Church Cemetery, Orwin, Schuylkill County, PA.¹

Amelia Estella Miller¹

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2016

• Amelia Estella Miller was born on 9 November 1880, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• She married Harvey Kohr.^1,2
• Amelia Estella Miller died on 13 October 1923, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 42.¹

Charles Cornelius Hoffman¹

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2016

• Charles Cornelius Hoffman was born in 1861.¹
• He married Angeline Messersmith.¹
• Charles Cornelius Hoffman died in 1915.¹

Angeline Messersmith¹

• Last Edited: 10 Nov 2016

• Angeline Messersmith was born in 1861.¹
• She married Charles Cornelius Hoffman.¹
• Angeline Messersmith died in 1920.¹

Estella May Kimble¹

• Last Edited: 11 Nov 2016

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Estella May Kimble was born on 30 May 1904.¹
• She was the daughter of Thomas G. Kimble and Mary M. Muntzing.²
• Estella May Kimble married Rufus Mark Merold, son of Patrick Merold and Victoria Klinger, on 20 January 1943, Summit County, OH.^1,2
• Estella May Kimble died on 20 July 2002, at age 98.¹
• She was buried at Swamp College Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, OH.¹

• Father*: Thomas G. Kimble²
• Mother*: Mary M. Muntzing²

Lawrence Eugene Merold¹

• Last Edited: 26 Jun 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lawrence Eugene Merold was born on 24 July 1907, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of Patrick Merold and Victoria Klinger.¹
• Lawrence Eugene Merold married Wilma V. Schnegg circa 1939.^3,4
• Lawrence Eugene Merold died on 8 April 1943, in military action when a truck he was driving struck a mine. Lawrence was a Warrant Officer JG in the 18th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division. Tunisia at age 35.⁵
• Newspaper obituary:
  Former Tower City Man Killed in Action
  Mrs. Victoria Merold of Arllngton, Va, a former Tower City resident, has received word from the War Department that her son, Warrant Officer Lawrence. E. Merold was killed in action in North Africa. Captain Merold was thirty-seven years old and married to Wilma Schegg of Akron, Ohio, about two years ago, shortly after he enlisted in the service.
  To survive, he leaves his mother, Mrs. Victoria Merold, Arlington, Virginia: wife, Mrs, Wilma Merold, Akron, Ohio: two, brothers in the service, Rufus and William, and a brother, Harry, of Virginia. Two half-sisters, Mrs, Albert Zimmerman and Mrs. Henry Workman of Philadelphia, and a half-brother, Guerney Williard of Philadelphia. Walter Klinger, Tower City, a brother to Mrs. Victoria Merold. The Merold family were former residents of Tower City, having moved to Akron, Ohio, about 25 years ago.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 13 May 1943, Thu, Page 9.⁴
  
• He was buried at Rose Hill Park, Akron, Summit County, OH.³
• Online biography:
  Lawrence E. Merold grew up at 1275 N. Main Street in Akron, Ohio. He attended Findley Elementary School and graduated from North High School in January of 1927.
  He was the son of Patrick Merold and Victoria Klinger. He had two brothers: Harry D. and Rufus M. and four half brothers: William, Charles N., John A., and Albert H. He was married to Wilma V. Schnegg.
  Larry entered military service on 03/07/1941 in the US Army where he was a Warrant Officer Junior Grade. Service Company, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st "Big Red One" Infantry Division, Service # W2117935.
  He was killed In Action 8 April 1943 in a Non-Battle incident in Tunisia. While driving his commanding officer and three others to an unknown location orders were given to proceed through a known minefield. A mine was struck and Larry was killed. All other occupants of the vehicle survived. Buried at Rose Hill Burial Park in Akron, OH. He was thirty-nine years old at the time of his death.⁶
  

• Father*: Patrick Merold¹ b. 1873, d. 7 Nov 1934
• Mother*: Victoria Klinger¹ b. 17 Jun 1874, d. 1 Oct 1950