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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... daughter , who died at age 2. Two of the sons , Frederick and Henry , emigrated to USA , one in 1852 , the other in 1853 , and settled in Somerset Co. , Pa . They wrote glowing descriptions of this country , with plenty of land and a ...
... daughter , who died at age 2. Two of the sons , Frederick and Henry , emigrated to USA , one in 1852 , the other in 1853 , and settled in Somerset Co. , Pa . They wrote glowing descriptions of this country , with plenty of land and a ...
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... daughter , Mrs. Ira Ferner in Berlin , was followed In death Saturday by her hus- band , George Ackerman , 91 . The nonagenarians were united in marriage May 13 , 1880 , in the Reformed Church In Berlin . They travelled on horseback to ...
... daughter , Mrs. Ira Ferner in Berlin , was followed In death Saturday by her hus- band , George Ackerman , 91 . The nonagenarians were united in marriage May 13 , 1880 , in the Reformed Church In Berlin . They travelled on horseback to ...
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... daughters . Two of them , Dinah and Elizabeth , married the German Werner brothers and moved to nearby farms to work . Harriet , the eldest daughter , married Jonathan D. Lichty , a nearby German farmer whose wife had died at the birth ...
... daughters . Two of them , Dinah and Elizabeth , married the German Werner brothers and moved to nearby farms to work . Harriet , the eldest daughter , married Jonathan D. Lichty , a nearby German farmer whose wife had died at the birth ...
Contents
Werner Family Comes To America | 8 |
Mother Dinah Smith Werner | 16 |
Wife Lydia Stahl Werner | 28 |
Copyright | |
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