Country Carpenter: Josiah C. Werner, 1863-1926Catherine M. Rhoads Gateway Press, 1991 - 128 pages Adam Werner (1800-1876) and his wife, Anna Catharine Sass, came to America from Germany in 1854 settling in Pennsylvania. This is the life story of their grandson, Josiah C. Werner, a Pennsylvania carpenter. |
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... Bill Rhoads and I decided to preserve his grandfather's sixty - year - old Pennsylvania barn . We were fascinated by this turn - of - the - century country carpenter , his ... Bill Rhoads and Homer Bauman Bill Rhoads and John Popovich 3.
... Bill Rhoads and I decided to preserve his grandfather's sixty - year - old Pennsylvania barn . We were fascinated by this turn - of - the - century country carpenter , his ... Bill Rhoads and Homer Bauman Bill Rhoads and John Popovich 3.
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... Bill to " take back to Pa . " " Although Ralph cherished the picture , he knew nothing of Dinah's origin . He assumed she was born on the mountain . The newly acquired portrait reminded Bill of his 1935 interview with his great - uncle ...
... Bill to " take back to Pa . " " Although Ralph cherished the picture , he knew nothing of Dinah's origin . He assumed she was born on the mountain . The newly acquired portrait reminded Bill of his 1935 interview with his great - uncle ...
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... Bill Werner remembered general family talk about a barn the Werners built in Iowa before he was born . By 1991 ... Bill's vivid memories was driving the wagon with Bird , the horse , to the church job in Pine Hill in 1904. As they pulled ...
... Bill Werner remembered general family talk about a barn the Werners built in Iowa before he was born . By 1991 ... Bill's vivid memories was driving the wagon with Bird , the horse , to the church job in Pine Hill in 1904. As they pulled ...
Contents
Werner Family Comes To America | 8 |
Mother Dinah Smith Werner | 16 |
Wife Lydia Stahl Werner | 28 |
Copyright | |
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