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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... buildings he contracted to build between 1901 and 1925 . No one had all the answers . It became a challenge to document and preserve the essence of our Werner heritage . We were " hooked " . We started to collect data on the building ...
... buildings he contracted to build between 1901 and 1925 . No one had all the answers . It became a challenge to document and preserve the essence of our Werner heritage . We were " hooked " . We started to collect data on the building ...
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... building frame or brick churches to replace the pioneer log churches . It's possible JCW got on- the - job training in rural church - building projects such as these . We know he helped build the 1898 Mt. Zion Reformed Church on the ...
... building frame or brick churches to replace the pioneer log churches . It's possible JCW got on- the - job training in rural church - building projects such as these . We know he helped build the 1898 Mt. Zion Reformed Church on the ...
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... building a Live - In Museum for his descendants . Given the lack of power tools and limited transportation available , JCW accomplished an amazing ... building . Appendix APPENDIX CHRONOLOGY OF JCW BUILDINGS ( From currently available 111.
... building a Live - In Museum for his descendants . Given the lack of power tools and limited transportation available , JCW accomplished an amazing ... building . Appendix APPENDIX CHRONOLOGY OF JCW BUILDINGS ( From currently available 111.
Contents
Werner Family Comes To America | 8 |
Mother Dinah Smith Werner | 16 |
Wife Lydia Stahl Werner | 28 |
Copyright | |
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