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Charles Edwin Lenker^1,2

• Last Edited: 22 Sep 2023

• Charles Edwin Lenker married Cora Ellen Bonawitz.¹

Cora Ellen Bonawitz^1,2

• Last Edited: 22 Sep 2023

• Cora Ellen Bonawitz married Charles Edwin Lenker.¹
• Her married name was Lenker.¹

Benjamin Bush¹

• Last Edited: 22 Sep 2023

• Benjamin Bush married Catherine Heim.¹

Catherine Heim¹

• Last Edited: 22 Sep 2023

• Catherine Heim married Benjamin Bush.¹
• Her married name was Bush.¹

Nathan Arsman Adams^1,2

• Last Edited: 26 Jul 2025

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Nathan Arsman Adams was born on 13 January 1910, Pillow, Northumberland County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of Henry D. Adams and Emma Jane Goodman.¹
• Nathan Arsman Adams married Mabel Irene Schaffer, daughter of Frank Adam Schaffer and Katie Louisa Deppen.²
• Nathan Arsman Adams died on 3 November 1998, Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 88.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Nathan A. Adams, 88, Millersburg
  MILLERSBURG -- Nathan A. Adams, 88, of Medical Road, formerly of RR Herndon, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998, at Susquehanna Lutheran Village, where he lived.
  He was born Jan. 13, 1910, in Jordan Township, the son of the late Henry and Emma (Goodman) Adams. He was married to the former Mabel I. Shaffer, who preceded him in death.
  Mr. Adams was employed by Bethlehem Steel as a steelworker and he was a farmer before retiring.
  He was a member of the Pillow Fire Company, the Dauphin County Volunteer Fireman's Association and United Steelworkers Union.
  Mr. Adams was a member of David's United Church of Christ, Hebe.
  Surviving are six sons, Melvin of RR2 Herndon, Jack, Robert and Steve, all of RR1 Herndon, Roy of RR3 Sunbury and Jeffrey of RR1 Dornsife; five daughters, Leona Monzuse of Riverside, Calif., Shirley Jimison of Port Trevorton, Patricia Byle of Powder Springs, Ga. Linda Leach of RR1 Sunbury and' Bonnie Klinger of RR1 Dornsife; 29 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grand child; and two sisters, Eva King and Martha Snyder, both of Lykens.
  He was preceded in death by one daughter, Ruby.
  Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, RR Herndon. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church by the Rev. George Heberling. Burial will be in David's Church Cemetery.
  Contributions may be made to the memorial fund at David's United Church of Christ, RR, Herndon, Pa. 17830.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 05 Nov 1998, Thu, Page 17.⁴
  
• He was buried at Saint Davids Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery, Hebe, Northumberland County, PA.⁴

• Father*: Henry D. Adams¹ b. 27 Mar 1876, d. 11 Oct 1957
• Mother*: Emma Jane Goodman¹ b. 11 Nov 1887, d. 19 Aug 1958

Henry D. Adams¹

• Last Edited: 26 Jul 2025

• Henry D. Adams was born on 27 March 1876, Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA.²
• He married Emma Jane Goodman, daughter of Nathan Goodman and Sarah Byerly, on 16 June 1906, Northumberland County, PA.^1,3
• Newspaper obituary:
  Henry D. Adams
  Henry D. Adams. 81, of Herndon R.D. 1, died in his sleep at his home, early Friday morning.
  A native of Rebuck, he was a son of the late Aerisman andSallie Adams Adams. A retired farmer, Mr. Adams was a member of St. David's Reformed Church, Hebe.
  Surviving are his wife, the former Emma Goodman; five daughters: Mrs. Roy Heberling, Orwin; Mrs. John Sallada, Tower City; Mrs. John Morgan, Dornsife R.D; Mrs. John King and Martha, both of Lykens; three sons: Mason, Herndon R.D. 1; Raymond, Dornsife R.D; Paul, Danville; one brother, Andrew, Dalmatia; 31 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
  Funeral Monday afternoon from St. David's Reformed Church. Rev. Jacob Singer, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
  Rothermel Funeral Service, of Klingerstown, has charge.
  Pottsville Republican, October 11, 1957, Page 16.⁴
  
• Henry D. Adams died on 11 October 1957, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 81.²

Emma Jane Goodman¹

• Last Edited: 26 Jul 2025

• Her married name was Adams.¹
• Emma Jane Goodman was born on 11 November 1887, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.³
• She was the daughter of Nathan Goodman and Sarah Byerly.²
• Emma Jane Goodman married Henry D. Adams on 16 June 1906, Northumberland County, PA.^1,2
• Emma Jane Goodman died on 19 August 1958, Danville State Hospital, Mahoning Township, Montour County, PA, at age 70.⁴
• Newspaper obituary:
  Elderly Herndon R.D. Woman Dies
  Mrs. Emma Adams, 70, Herndon R. D, died in Danville State Hospital at 5:30 yesterday afternoon after an extended illness. She had been a hospital patient since November, 1957.
  A daughter of the late Nathan and Sarah (Byerly) Goodman, Mrs. was born November 12, 1887, in Herndon. She was a member of St. David's Lutheran Church, Hebe. Her husband, Henry Adams, preceded her in death in October, 1957.
  Survivors include the following children: Mrs. Roy Hebberling, Orwin; Nathan, Herndon, R. D.: Mrs. John Salada, and Paul Adams, Tower City: Mrs. John Morgan and Ray, Adams, Dornsife R. D. and Mrs. John King, and Martha Adams, Lykens. Surviving, also, are 32 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; one brother, John C. Goodman, Baltimore, and three sisters, Mrs. German Straub, Herndon R. D; Mary Webber, Llewelyn; Mrs. William Starr, Dalmatia.
  Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 11:00 in the Lutheran Church, Hebe, in charge of the pastor, Rev. Paul Billow. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown R. D., Friday evening and at the church from 10:00 Saturday morning until time of services.
  Shamokin News-Dispatch, August 20, 1958, Page 3.⁵
  
• She was buried at Saint Davids Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery, Hebe, Northumberland County, PA.^4,3

• Father*: Nathan Goodman² b. 18 May 1842, d. 22 Nov 1910
• Mother*: Sarah Byerly² b. 1 Jul 1852, d. 9 Jan 1931

Ruby Adams¹

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2023

• Relationship: 5th great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Her married name was Kritzer.¹
• Ruby Adams was born on 10 November 1942, Herndon RD, Northumberland County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Nathan Arsman Adams and Mabel Irene Schaffer.¹
• Ruby Adams died on 16 September 1968, Lower Bucks County Hospital, Bristol, Bucks County, PA, at age 25.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mrs. Ruby Kritzer
  Levittown
  Mrs. Ruby (Adams) Kritzer, 25, wife of Howard Kritzer, Levittown, died Monday night in Lower Bucks Hospital, at Bristol, where she had been admitted on Sunday evening She had been in failing health since January.
  A native of Jordan Township. Herndon R.D., Mrs. Kritzer was a daughter of Nathan and Mabel Shaffer) Adams. She was graduated from Mahanoy Joint High School in 1960.
  Surviving are the husband., two sons, Daniel and Michael, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Adams, Jordan Township: six brothers, Melvin Jack, Roy, Robert. Steve and Jeffrey Adams, all of Herndon R.D; five sisters, Mrs. Robert Strine, Linglestown R.D; Mrs David Jimison, Harrisburg; Mrs Robert Byle, Wellingboro, N.J; Mrs. David Leach, Dalmatia. and Mrs. David Klinger, Dornsife R.D.
  Shamokin News-Dispatch, September 18, 1968, Page 2.²
  
• She was buried on 20 September 1968, at Himmel Church Cemetery, Rebuck, Northumberland County, PA.^1,3

• Father*: Nathan Arsman Adams¹ b. 13 Jan 1910, d. 3 Nov 1998
• Mother*: Mabel Irene Schaffer¹ b. 4 Feb 1919, d. 7 May 1994