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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Page 67
... crew built a second barn on the first foundation the summer of 1887 . BEN WALKER contracted for JCW to build his barn , starting June 1884. That barn burned down Feb. 1960 when JCW was no longer around . Walkers weren't the only farmers ...
... crew built a second barn on the first foundation the summer of 1887 . BEN WALKER contracted for JCW to build his barn , starting June 1884. That barn burned down Feb. 1960 when JCW was no longer around . Walkers weren't the only farmers ...
Page 79
... crew could successfully join the old and new sections , but the barn has weathered 90 years of severe wind and snow storms ... ( William Engleka's wife , Martha Fraley , lived with Adam and Mazie Werner for eight years before she was ...
... crew could successfully join the old and new sections , but the barn has weathered 90 years of severe wind and snow storms ... ( William Engleka's wife , Martha Fraley , lived with Adam and Mazie Werner for eight years before she was ...
Page 98
... crew spent five months building a large Queen Anne style house for DR . LEWIS J. WALKER , a dentist , in Grafton , W. Va . ( Walker was the son of a neighboring relative . ) On this project , JCW worked with an architect . The design ...
... crew spent five months building a large Queen Anne style house for DR . LEWIS J. WALKER , a dentist , in Grafton , W. Va . ( Walker was the son of a neighboring relative . ) On this project , JCW worked with an architect . The design ...
Contents
Werner Family Comes To America | 8 |
Mother Dinah Smith Werner | 16 |
Wife Lydia Stahl Werner | 28 |
Copyright | |
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