[Page 1] THE GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [This text version was created by L. Dietle so that it could be searched via computer. Most hyphenated words were de-hyphenated to facilitate such searches. Bracketed text, such as this paragraph, were added by L. Dietle, and are not a part of the original book. This is a text-only file, and does not support links. All of the photos are stored at https://korns.org/Korns-Book-Photos/Korns-Book-Photos.html.] [This copy was checked to the best of my ability. PDF scans of the actual book are available at https://korns.org/A_Michael_Korns_book.html for verification of the actual text. Please report errors to the e-mail address listed on the home page.] [USE THIS DOCUMENT ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", "WITH ALL FAULTS". L. DIETLE MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS, OR IMPLIED REGARDING THIS DOCUMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. L. 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Author and Historian [................................................................] [Page 3] THE GENEALOGY of MICHAEL KORNS, SR. of SOMERSET COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Charles Byron Korns, Sr., M.D. FIRST EDITION Berlin Publishing Company Berlin, Pennsylvania 1949 [................................................................] [Page 4] [Blank Page] [................................................................] [Page 5] [Photo of Charles Byron Korns, Jr.] Dedicated to the Memory of Lt. Charles Byron Korns, Jr., member of Medical Corps, Station 12, Carribean [sic] Wing, Air Transport Command in World War II, who lost his life January 26, 1944, by accidental drowning at Cabel Beach, North Providence, Nassau, Bahama [sic] Islands. [................................................................] [Page 6] [Blank Page] [................................................................] [Page 7] PREFACE Are you related to the Korns living here and there? It is in answer to this inquiry that the Author of this volume has undertaken to determine and trace the Korns lineage and to make a record of his findings. This undertaking has been carried on with great difficulty because of the unreliability of tradition, the incompleteness and inadequacy of the records kept, and the lack of interest on the part of many of the descendants who were solicited for information on their own line. On October 14, 1727, the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania adopted a resolution requiring all masters of vessels importing Germans and other foreigners to prepare a list of such person, their occupation and the place from whence they came; further, these immigrants should sign a declaration of allegiance and subjection to the King of Great Britain and of fidelity to the Proprietary of Pennsylvania. Most of the immigrants coming to Pennsylvania had taken their oath of allegiance at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many of the names of immigrants will be found in the following volumes: "Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants" by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp; "Pennsylvania Archives, Volume XVII of Second Series;" "Pennsylvania German Pioneers," by Ralph Beaver Strassburger and Dr. William John Hinke;-This authority has an index and a volume of facsimile signatures of the original lists. The above named Volumes have been thoroughly searched for all names spelled Korn, Corn and Korns, as well as the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland Archives. The Department of Interior, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Division of old warrants and land. grants as well as deeds granted to the early Pennsylvania German pioneers, has been investigated. In many Counties in Pennsylvania, there has been an exten- [................................................................] 8 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. sive search of Orphan Court records, Probation of Wills, distribution of estates, petition and transfer of property. In the subdivision of Counties in Pennsylvania there was a record made of the dates of assessments and payment of taxes to determine the duration of residence in that locality. Church records were examined, and notation made of membership, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. Cemeteries have b[e]en visited, inscriptions and obituaries from tombstones copied, and some of the inscriptions translated from German to English. There has been an extensive search for records in both the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., and the Historical Society of Berks County, Reading, Pa., as well as records obtained from other Historical Societies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The enumeration of the First Census in 1790 does not name one person by the name of Korn or Korns, although there is a Michael Corn in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, Pa., and Henry Corns in Northumberland County, Pa., both enumerated in the 1790 census. Tradition has played an important part in the search for record, in some cases has proved to be an asset, while others it has proved to be a great liability as it required long, persistent search throughout the State to prove that the tradition could not be verified. [................................................................] [Page 9] INTRODUCTION The Korns' History has not been written prior to 1949. There were several who made efforts to compile records but the efforts amounted to naught. The Korns name was previously or originally spelled "Korn." The 's' being added about 1795 and first appeared on warrents, land grants and deeds in Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The reason for adding the 's' is not definitely known. Probably through useage of adding the apostrophe 's' in the possessive, the apostrophe was dropped and the 's' retained. The Korn Genealogy goes back about 200 years in the United States. Due to the various ways of spelling and pronunciation of Korn, as, Corn, Kern and Korns, made the search all the more difficult. In Pennsylvania German it is difficult to distinguish the pronunciation between "Korn" and "Kern." In 1932 the author decided there should be some record or history of the Korns descendants for posterity, so with a resolute purpose and a firm determination to write a history of the Korns descendants, he dedicated himself to the completion of his self- appointed task. The following years were spent in excursions into authentic sources in search of the unknown. The Korn or Korns family were Germans, spoke German and all legal transactions were executed in high German script. They were of Protestant faith and many were members of the Reformed and Lutheran Church. There are presented in this volume some of the old original farm homes as they appear in 1949. The buildings are from 100 to 150 years old and some are in a dilapidated condition. They were included in the history for the purposes of location by descendants as the name of State, County and Townships are given. There are drafts of some of the original farms as Michael Korns, Sr., which gives names of adjoining farms of neighbors, such as Gaumers, Cooks, Witt, Beals, Hoyman, Uhl, and Lepley. Many of the Korns children married into neighboring [................................................................] 10 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. families. There are churches where many of the Michael Korns, Sr., family attended and were members. Many of the church records are there and cemeteries where many of the descendants are buried. The name of Korn is a very common name throughout Europe, especially Southern Germany and Northern Switzerland. The author has been informed by Dr. W. A. Korn, a descendant and a former minister and teacher in the Theological Seminary, Lancaster, Pa., who spent some time in Germany, that while he was at Bad Nuheim above Frankfurt on the Main, he met a Carl Korn whose native place was Millheim also in that section. He informed him that a mill in that place was in the Korn name for many generations. The names of the following German pioneers are among the ship lists and are enumerated in the Pennsylvania Archives as follows: Carl Korn, came from Wertemberg, Germany, on ship "Edinburg," James Russel, Commander, arriving in Port of Philadelphia, September 19, 1752. Reference Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17, page 352. Henrich Korn, came from Rotterdam on ship "Phoenix," John Spurrier, Commander, arriving in port of Philadelphia, Pa., November 2, 1752. At which time he took the oath of allegiance to support, obey and defend the Laws of England, the original spelling was Korn. Reference Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17, page 372. He was reported sick aboard ship. Valentine Korn, came from Rotterdam on ship "Beulah," Captain Richie in Command, arriving in port of Philadelphia, September 10, 1753. Reference Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17, page 380. Christoph Korn, came from Rotterdam on ship "Neptune," John Mason, Master last from Cowes, England, September 24, 1754. Reference Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17, page 395. J. Friederich Korn, came from Amsterdam on ship "Friend- [................................................................] [Page 11] INTRODUCTION 11 ship," Charles Ross, Captain, arriving in port of Philadelphia, October 21, 1754. Reference Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17, page 442. This Volume is confined principally to the Michael Korns, Sr., Family of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, with a brief History of his Parents, Brothers and Sisters. Some of his children married and migrated to the West where they obtained land grants and became progressive farmers and were instrumental in the early building and development of the West. Others remained in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where they were also progressive farmers as well as engaged in many other useful vocations and professions. Charles Byron Korns, Sr., M.D. Sipesville, Pa. [................................................................] [Page 12] Acknowledgement For the accomplishment of this work the author is indebted to many whose names cannot be mentioned: The most outstanding include Irwin H. DeLong, Ph.D., an authority on German translation, deciphering of inscriptions on old monuments and authority on early Church History. William Albert Korn, Ph.D., a descendant, Investigator of early Orphan Court Records, and Historical Society Records. Ruth Worst, Genealogist, Pennsylvania State Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Guiles Flower, Genealogist, Carlisle, Pa. Charles Harvey Korns, M.A., Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. John A. Korns, Tarrytown, N. Y. J. Roderic Korns, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Horace M. Korns, Dubuque, Iowa. Olive Korns Porter, Genealogist, Grinnell, Iowa, and Washington, D. C. Mrs. C. S. (Korns) Fleming, Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Mina Mooers Stone, Bussey, Iowa. Mrs. Gertrude Uhl Miller, Millersburg, Ohio. Mrs. Catherine Palmer Craig, Reading, Pa. Dr. I. Clark Gary, Chicago, Illinois. Bessie Pearl Gaumer, Fairfield, Iowa. Wilson A. Korns, New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mrs. E. B. Korns, Long Beach, California. Luella Cornell, Delta, Ohio. [................................................................] [Page 13] TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I CARL (Charles) KORN This Chapter presents the ship records of Carl Korn landing in Port of Philadelphia, Pa., 1752. His Oath of Allegiance and subjection to the King of Great Britain and of Fidelity to the Proprietary of the Province of Pennsylvania. Purpose of coming to America. Application for land warrants and deeds in Maxatawney Township in Berks County, Pa. Assessments and Tax Records J in Maxatawney Township from 1755 to 1777. Will of Carl Korns dated April 4, 1777. Appraisement of Personal Property. Petition of widow, Otilla Korn, for sale of real estate in whole or part (Petition granted) . Names of minor children as they appeared in the Petition: Michael, Jacob, Daniel, Henry and Magdale. CHAPTER II MICHAEL KORNS, SR. This Chapter presents the records of Michael Korns and Susanna Baker Korns with several children emigrated from Berks County, Pa., to Londonderry Township, Bedford County, (now Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa.) about 1795. A Deed was granted to Michael Korns and his brother Jacob Korns in Bedford County by John Tomlinson, February 9, 1796. Michael Korns located on a farm in Southampton Township, Somerset County, reared a family of twelve children, 5 sons and 7 daughters. Michael Korns died 1824. He had a large estate. Appraisement. . . Litigation. . . Sale. . . Distribution of Estate. Draft of Michael Korns, Sr., farm. [................................................................] 14 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Photograph of Cook Cemetery. Photographs of monuments of Michael and Susanna Baker Korns. CHAPTER III DANIEL KORNS BRANCH Daniel Korns, born 1782, first child of Michael Korns, Sr., married Elizabeth Reiver, lived in Southampton Township, Somerset Co., Pa., on a farm, reared a family of nine children. CHAPTER IV CATHERINE KORNS BRANCH Catherine Korns, born 1783, the second child of Michael Korns, Sr., married Jacob Knieriem, also spelled Kemerer. In the Orphans Court Records, Somerset, Pa., the names were used alternately. They reared a family of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters. They lived in Somerset County, Pa., and Allegheny County, Maryland. CHAPTER V MARY MAGDALENE KORNS BRANCH Mary Magdalene Korns, born 1785, the third child of Michael Korns, Sr., married John Beal. They were the parents of fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters, lived in Somerset County, Pa. CHAPTER VI JOHN KORNS BRANCH John Korns, born 1787, fourth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married (1st) Rebecca Boucher, (2nd) Susan Kendall, located in Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio, three miles West of Millersburg, Ohio. They were the parents of nine children. [................................................................] [Page 15] TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 CHAPTER VII SUSANNA KORNS BRANCH Susanna Korns, born 178 9, the fifth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married John Shaver. They lived on a farm in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., later moved to Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. No family history available. CHAPTER VIII REBECCA KORNS BRANCH Rebecca Korns, born 1791, the sixth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married John Witt (Blacksmith), lived in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., descendant, John Witt, Jr. CHAPTER IX CHARLES KORNS BRANCH Charles Korns, born 1793, the seventh child of Michael Korns, Sr., married Catherine Uhl, located in Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio, in 1815. They were the parents of eleven children. CHAPTER X CHRISTINA KORNS BRANCH Christina Korns, born 1796, the eighth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married William Troutman, Jr.; they remained on the Troutman farm in Southampton Township, Somerset Co., all their lives. They were the parents of eleven children. CHAPTER XI BARBARA KORNS BRANCH Barbara Korns, born 1797, the ninth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married Charles Uhl, located in Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio. They were the parents of eleven children. [................................................................] 16 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. CHAPTER XII DELILA KORNS BRANCH Delila Korns, born 1801, the tenth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married John Miller. They lived in Somerset County, Pa., and were the parents of four children. CHAPTER XIII MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH Michael Korns, Jr., born 1803, the eleventh child of Michael Korns, Sr., married Johanna Lepley. They were the parents of eight children. They located in Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pa., in 1832. CHAPTER XIV WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH William Korns, born 1806, the twelfth child of Michael Korns, Sr., married Elizabeth Hoyman. They were the parents of eleven children. They emigrated to Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio, 2 1/2 miles West of Millersburg. CHAPTER XV JACOB KORNS BRANCH Jacob Korns, brother of Michael Korns, Sr., located in Bedford County, Pa., was first assessed there in 1791. Owned property in both Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., and in Cumberland, Maryland. He emigrated to Holmes County, Ohio, from the state of Maryland about 1817. He married Elizabeth......., her surname not known. They were the parents of several children. The first Grist Mill in Southampton Township was built by Jacob Korns in 1809. He sold the property to George Weller who later named the town Wellersburg. [................................................................] [Page 17] TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER XVI DANIEL KORNS BRANCH Daniel Korns, brother of Michael Korns, Sr., located in Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pa. He was Tax Collector there in 1812. His son, Benjamin, married Sarah Shoemaker. They were the parents of seven children. William Albert Korns, Ph.D., is a descendant of Daniel Korns. CHAPTER XVII HENRY KORNS BRANCH Henry Korns, brother of Michael Korns, Sr., married Catherine Baker. They lived on Polk St., Cumberland, Maryland. He dealt in real estate and had a comb factory. They were the parents of several children. Lowdermilk's History of Cumberland, Maryland, listed the Korns' family among the first one hundred families living in Cumberland, 1790 to 1800. Mrs. Catherine Palmer Craig, a descendant of Henry Korns, is President of the Auxiliary to the Pennsylvania Medical Society, 1949. CHAPTER XVIII CATHERINE KORNS BRANCH Catherine Korns, sister of Michael Korns, Sr., married Christian Heiman (Hoyman). They emigrated to Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., and were the parents of four children. [................................................................] [Page 18] CHAPTER I CARL (Charles) KORN Carl ( Charles) Korn, the original ancestor in this country, came from Wurtemberg, Germany. He embarked from Rotterdam in ship "Edinburg," James Russell, Commander, the last from Cowes, England, arriving at port of Philadelphia, Tuesday, September 19, 1752. At that date at the State House in Philadelphia in the presence of Edward Shippen, Esq., he signed a declaration of allegiance and subjection to the King of Great Britain and of fidelity to the proprietary of the province of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 17, page 352. Carl Korn evidently came to this country for the same reason as many other German immigrants, looking forward to having homes and farm lands of their own; to enjoy the rights of free religious worship and escaping the incessant civil and religious wars which has been and were sweeping over the State of Wurtemberg. The date of Carl's birth, place in home of Germany, name of his parents and their station in life, names of any brothers and sisters, whether any members of the family had come over before he did or afterwards, what reasons other than those above he had in coming to the new world, is unknown. Some time after Carl's arrival he married. The given name of his wife was Otillia. The surname is unknown. [Update: A 1752 public wedding announcement from Krefeld-Rheinland, Germany, available as FHL 1336928 announces the forthcoming wedding of a Carl Korn to an Odelia Kraussen from Bulheim. "D" and "T" are sometimes interchanged in the German language, so "Otillia" and "Odelia" can easily be interpreted to be the same name.] The couple located in Maxatawney Township, Berks County, Pa. about 1754. The records show two land warrants were granted to Carl (Charles) Korn, March 19th, 1755 and February 17th, 1758 respectively. Ref. Penna. Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. 26, page 279. 3rd Series, Vol. 18, page 40-Proprietary Return, County of Berks, Maxatawney Township, 1767, 100 acres. Carl Korn had either brought money across the ocean with him or else was ambitious, industrious and thrifty for he soon acquired property and was taxed in Maxatawney Township as [................................................................] CARL (Charles) KORN 19 early as 1755. The tax records show the name spelled by the Tax Collector and the Assessor several ways, as, "Carl Korn," "Charles Korn or Corn," all assessments being on the same piece of property but in different years. Carl Korn lived in Maxatawney Township, Berks County from 1754 to 1778. He reared a family of seven children, namely, Catherine, Charles, Jr., Michael, Jacob, Daniel, Henry, and Magdalena. Carl Korn, being ill, made his Will April 4th, 1777 and evidently died early in 1778, as his Will was probated July 11th, 1778. He named his wife Otillia Korns and' Henry Keisser as Executors in his Will. The Will was sealed and signed by Carl Korn in the presence of Peter Braun and Nicolaus Hermany. It appears that Carl Korn did not dispose of all of his real estate in his Will as his widow filed a Petition with the Orphans Court on the 8th day of February, 1781, petitioning the Court to sell the whole or part of the real estate for the education and maintenance of her minor children. The Petition states that the deceased Carl Korn left issue seven children, five of whom were in their minority, Michael, Jacob, Daniel, Henry and Magdalena. The Court issued an Order to Otilla Korn, Executrix, to expose to sale forty acres of the above mentioned land on Saturday, the third day of March in 1781 and that she make a report of her proceedings to the next Orphans Court after said sale. There has been no record found that Otilla Korn complied with the Court Order nor any record of transfer of the land. The children of Carl and Otilla Korn were: Catharine Korn, who married Christian Hoyman and located in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Penna. Charles Korn, Jr., evidently died in Berks County about the same time as his father, Carl. The assessment was made the same day by the same appraisers who appraised his father's estate. According to the articles that were appraised of Chas. Korn, Jr., he was a shoemaker. [................................................................] 20 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Michael Korn, married Susan Baker. He moved to Londonderry Twp., Bedford County, Pa., in 1795. Jacob Korn, moved to Londonderry Twp., Bedford County, Pa., in 1791. He was assessed the~e in 1791 as a single freeman. Daniel Korn located in Lehigh County, Pa., in Macungie Township. Henry Korn located in Allegheny County, (Cumberland) Maryland. Magdalena Korn, no residence. There is no record of where Carl Korn or his wife were buried. He was listed as one of the early members of the Longswamp Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa. The children had moved from Berks County as the census of 1790 and again of 1800 did not enumerate any person by the name of Korn or Corn in Berks County. The inference is that four of the children have located in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., and Cumberland, Md. Daniel located in Lehigh County and Magdalena Korn evidently married as there were no records of a Magdalena Korn to be found. TAX LISTS Copy of Notes taken May 1933, from original Tax Lists in The Berks County Historical Society, Reading, Pa. Maxatawny Township, Berks County: 1755 Charles Korn...................................� 4 1757 Charl Corne..................................... 4 1758 Charles Corn.................................... 3.4.6 1758 Charles Corn.................................... 4.1.0 1758 Charles Corn.................................... 2.3.0 1759 Charles Carn.................................... 3.0.0 1759 Charles Korn.................................... 3.4.6 1760 Charles Korn (no amount given) The above except for that the first year, 175 \5, taken from Index which is a copy of the originals. The lists for 1761-69 not in the Historical Society archives. [................................................................] CARL (Charles) KORN 21 From the original volumes the following: county tax provincial tax 1770 Charles Corn...... �1.0 0.1.9 1771 Charles Corn....... 6 .1.6 1772 Carl Korn.......... 9 3. 1773 Carl Korn.......... 9 3. 1774 Charles Korn....... 6 4.6 1775 Charles Korn....... 4 4.6 1776 1777 list wanting 1778 (tax laid in month of February 1778 does not assess him) (the inference' is that he had died by that time) 1781 Attila Korn (no amount given) Tax list for Maxatawny Township has as follows: 1786 Korn, Michl...........................� 0.15. 0 deficiency allowed tax collector...... 16.10 1/2 (another book has this: 1786 Korn Michael, weaver................. 15. 50 w. land at �3...................... 150. 2 cows at �4.......................... 8. ___________ taxables.......................... 173. tax paid.......................... 0.15.0 WILL OF CARL KORN (Written in German script) Copied from the original May 17, 1933, at the Berks County Court House. 1m namen Gottes Amen. Ich Carl Korn wohnhaft in Maxethany" Thaunschip Berks County in d. Province Pennsyla yoeman bin enstetzlich krank und schwach aber Gott sey dank bey gutem Verstandt und bey-guter uberlegeriheit und in guter Vernunft habe dabey bedeucklich getagt meinen 1etzsten Willen und Testament zu machen nemlich Erstlich ist mein wille und Verlang dass aIle meine schulden sollen treylich bezahld werden [................................................................] 22 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. nach mein em Doht; weiders ist mein willen und Verlangen class wann alle meinen schulden bezahld sein und noch etwas sollte uber bleiben von meineh Guter dass meiner elichefrau Otilia Kornin in inhre gewald und eigens sein nach Tod damit die kleine kinder davon erzogen werden, uberiches ist mein Verlangen dass mein uber den Blauen Bergen wann es meinen erben bey Recht welches ich in Hande hab bekommen konnen sollen es verkaufen od. es under sich in gleiche Theil deillen und wann verkauft wirdt so sollen sie dass geld in gleiche Theil deillen nach meinen Tod; Zum letzsten is mein wille und testament dass meine frau und freundt Henrich Keisser sollen ececutors und gaartin sein uber meinen estaad und kinder und diesen willen erkonne ich Carl Korn vor meinen letzsten willen und testament und keinen andern, und bekraftige dieses mit handt und sigel geschehe d. 4t april anno Dimino 1777. (Carl Korn) (Seal) Gesiegelt und geseinet bey mir Carl Korn in gegenweat der undr schriebenen als zeigen Peter Braun Nicolaus Hermany Action on the will-Registers office at Reading in Berks County the eleventh day of July 1778 then personally appeared Peter Braun, and on the 14th day of October 1778 personally appeared Nicholas Hermony witnesses to the above written will and on their solemn affirmation did severally depose and say that they were present and saw and heard Carl Korn the testator therein named sign seal pronounce publish and declare the above writing to be his last will and testament and at the time of doing thereof he was of sound memory and understanding as they verily believe and that they subscribed their names in the presence of each other respectively as witnesses thereto at the request and in the presence of the said testator. Coram me Henry Christ, register. [................................................................] CARL (Charles) KORN 23 WILL OF CARL KORN Copied from the original May 17, 1933, at the Berks County Court House. Translated. In the name of God, Amen. I, Carl Korn, residing in Maxethany Township, Berks County, in the State. of Pennsylvania, am dreadfully sick and weak, but thank God, (I) am in sound mind and good power of reflection and in good judgment, have seriously considered my last Will and Testament which I make, namely, First, it is my will and desire that all my debts should be faithfully paid after my death; Further, it is my will and desire that after all my debts have been paid and something should remain from my possessions that my wife Otilia Korn should exercise power and possession until death so that my small children may be reared therefrom, above this it is my desire that (my possession) over the Blue Mountains (or Hills) which I have in hand, if my heirs gain right to it, shall be sold, or it shall be divided equally and if sold the money shall be divided among them equally after my death; Lastly, it is my will and testament that my wife and friend Henry Keisser shall be executors and guardians over my estate and children, and this will do, I, Carl Korn, acknowledge as my last will and testament, and no other, and attest to this by affixing my hand and seal this 4th day of April, anno Domino 1777. (Carl Korn) (Seal) Sealed and signed by me, Carl Korn, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses Peter Braun Nicolaus Hermany ACCOUNT OF EXECUTORS Copied May 17, 1933, from the original Account of Otillia Korn and Henry Keyser executors of the last will and testament of Carl Korn late of the Township of Maxatawny in Berks County yoeman deceased. [................................................................] 24 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. The said accomptants themselfs with all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of the said deceased according to an inventory. exhibited in the registers office in Reading amounting to................. � 60. 0. 5 Item with advance on sale of the said goods at public vendue........................... � 35. 4. 2 ______________ � 95. 4. 7 Balance due to the said accomptants............ � 42.11. 4 1/2 ______________ � 137.11. 4 1/2 Reading february 8, 1781 errors excepted HER pr Otillia X Korn MARK Henrich Keiser (in Geman script) The said accomptants have allowance for their several payments and dispursements out of the said estate as per rects 1778, Oct. 14 for letters testamentary etc......... � 3. 0. 0 to Abraham Zimmerman................... 6.12. 5 John Nicholas Mauser................... 0.15. 0 Nicholas Hermony....................... 6.13. 7 Michael Bauerman....................... 3. 1. 7 Peter Dormeyer ........................ 0.17. 0 John Fritsh............................ 1. 7. 0 Michael Bobst.......................... 3.15.11 George Schubert........................ 1.10. 5 George Reichert........................ 0.10. 0 Peter Braun............................ 2. 8. 0 Kilian Leiby........................... 1.15. 2 John Yampert........................... 3. 1. 9 Nicholas Kutz.......................... 1. 7. 0 Jacob Biel............................. 0. 4. 0 Widow Haas............................. 1. 2. 6 Joseph Grose........................... 0.16. 4 Andreas Eshenbach...................... 2.10. 0 William Wister........................ 27. 0. 0 William Green.......................... 2. 2. 0 Sabastian Levan........................ 6. 0. 0 [................................................................] CARL (Charles) KORN 25 for drawing this account.............. 15. 0. 0 Henry Christ for examining passing and filing this account fair copy, seal and search for inventory......... 35. 0. 0 _____________ 126. 9. 8 Commissions on receiving 95. 4. 7 ad 5 pc 4.15. 1/2... 11. 1. 8 1/2 _____________ 137.11. 4 1/2 Ditto on paying 126. 9. 8 ad ditto 6. 6. 6 INVENTORY Inventory of the Estate of Charles Korn decd. exhibited April 16th, 1779. This Inventory made the 15th day of September and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven for the moveable goods and chattels and other effects Charles Corn late of Maxethany Berks County deceased. Wee the subscribers have appraised and valued the above goods namely as follows Vitz. (items not copied total)........................... � 60. 0. 5 (on a parallel column is also an inventory of the goods of) Chr Corn Junr Inventory is appraised the day within said (total) 37.12.10 (according to the contents of inventory Charles Korn, Jr. was a shoemaker) (signatures to the inventories) Nicholas Hermany Peter Braun (in German script) Berks County the 18th day of Janr Anno Domini 1779 before me one of the justice of the peace for the said county Nichs Hermany and Peter Braun and by their affirmation did that they maight a trou Inventory of the goods and other effects of Charles Corn senr and Charles Corn J unr as above mentioned witness my hand the day and year above said. Samuel Ely [................................................................] 26 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. ORPHANS COURT RECORDS Volume 2, page 290, Berks County At an Orphans Court held at Reading in and for the county of Berks the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one before Henry Christ, Jacob Shomaker and Daniel Levan, esquires justices, etc. upon the petition of Otillia Korn widow and ececutrix named in the will of Carl Korn late of the township of Maxatawny in the said county yoeman deceased setting forth that the said deceased left issue seven children five of whom to wit: Michael, Jacob, Daniel, Henry and Magdalena are yet in their minority: That said deceased died seized of and in a certain tract of land situate in the said township of Maxatawny adjoining lands of Philip Scheffer, Henry Grim, ....... Diehl, Andreas Eschenbach and others containing about one hundred acres be the same more or less with the appurtenances whereof no disposition was made by his said will and that the personal estate of the said deceased is not sufficient for the payment of the debts as appears by the account herewith exhibited to the court therefore praying the court to grant her an order for the sale of the said real estate or so much thereof as may be found necessary for the payment of the debts and maintenance and education of the minor children of the said deceased according to law etc. The Court hereupon due prove and consideration had of the premises do order the said Otillia Korn executrix as aforesaid to expose to sale forty acres of the above mentioned land adjoining lands of Henry Grim, ........ Diehl, Andreas Eschenbach on Saturday the third day of March next and that she make report of her proceedings therein to the next Orphans Court after said sale. HER Otillia X Korn MARK [................................................................] CARL (Charles) KORN 27 The Debts of Carl Korn List of the debts due from the said deceased: To John Wister of Philadelphia in Specie......... � 150. To Jeremiah Wiltz for surveying land over the Blue mountains................................. � 168.15. To the executors as per account to ye register... � 42. 6. 9 1/2 Total........................... � 361. 1. 9 1/2 The above account proved on oath of the executrix Feb. 8, 1781 before me Henry Christ errors excepted HER Otillia X Korn MARK [................................................................] [page 28] CHAPTER II MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Michael Korns, Sr., the progenitor of the Korns family in Somerset County, was born in Berks County in 1760, the son of Carl (Charles) Korns and Otilla Korns of Maxatawney Township, Berks County, Pa. He married Susanna Baker in 1781. Michael Korn was-assessed in Berks County as late as 1786. He migrated to Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pa., about 1795. His brother, Jacob Korns, preceded him to Londonderry Township as he was first assessed there as a single freeman in 1791. No records are available as to the assessment of Michael Korn or others of the Korns family from the time he was last assessed in Berks County until he arrived in Londonderry Township, Bedford County. [Update: The 1878 "History of Cumberland" by William H. Lowdermilk, indicates that in 1787 the Governor and Council of Maryland, by authority of the Legislature, commissioned a survey of the territory of the State lying westward of Fort Cumberland. A survey was done, marking out 4,165 lots of 50 acres each, and noting lands that were already occupied and improved by settlers. These settlers were authorized, by an act of 1788, to purchase the land that they had settled on. A resulting list of such settlers "then located upon the lands lying in Maryland west of Fort Cumberland" includes the name "Michael Corn". The same list is provided in volume 1 of the book "History of Allegany County Maryland" by James W. Thomas, LL.D. and Judge T.J.C. Williams. This record evidentially explains where Michael Korn went between the time he was last assessed in Berks County, PA in 1786, and the time he showed up in the Bedford County (now Somerset County) records in 1795.] The first records that appeared in Bedford County, Pa., was a land grant by John Tomlinson to Michael and Jacob Korns, August 23, 1796, for 200 acres of land. This was the first legal transaction where the name was spelled Korns. When Somerset County was organized in 1795 that part of Bedford County including Londonderry Township was added to Somerset County and named Southampton Township in Somerset County. The reason for migrating to Somerset County is not known. The early assessment records in Southampton Township note many people from Berks County who migrated there about the same time. They included Jacob Baker, Henry Baker, Jos. Leydig, William Martz, Joseph Boyer, Jacob Hahn, John Comp, Heymans and many other Germans who originally lived in Berks County. Michael Korns, Sr., was accompanied by his wife and several children. They settled on a large farm in Southampton where he reared a family of 12 children, five sons and seven daughters. The children grew to manhood and womanhood and married [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 29 into neighboring families. The children of Michael, Sr., and Susanna Baker Korns were: Daniel Korns, born 1782, married Elizabeth Reiver. Catharine Korns, born 1783, married Jacob Knieriem, also spelled Kemerer. Mary Korns, born 1785, married John Beal. John Korns, born 1787, married (1st) Rebecca Boucher, (2nd) Susan Kendall. Susanna Korns, born 1789, married John Shaver. Rebecca Korns, born 1791, married John Witt. Charles Korns, born 1793, married Catharine Uhl. Christina Korns, born 1796, married William Troutman, Jr. Barbara Korns, born 1797, married Charles Uhl. Delila Korns, born 1801, married John Miller. Michael Korns, Jr., born 1803, married Johanna Lepley. William Korns; born 1806, married Elizabeth Hoyman. The Michael Korns, Sr., farm in Southampton Township consisted of several hundred acres nestled in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. Much of the land had been cleared and in a good state of cultivation, indicative of hard and strenuous labor. This home was the pride of that community. The place was designated by the Court as a voting place in that District, and was formerly the seat of government of that township as it was here the elections were held, school boards held their meetings, tax collectors and township auditors met here. This home, once the pride of our ancestors, is now in a dilapidated state due to the ravages of time and carelessness and indifference of the various owners. The religious life of the Germans in Southampton Township, Somerset County was not overlooked. Nor was the need for a proper place in which to worship, for the Wellersburg Reformed and Lutheran Church was organized about 1803, among the first members were: the Korns, Uhls, Hoymans, Witts, Wilhelms, Reichers, Wingers, and Gaumers. The Reverend Benjamin Knepper had served that congregation continuously [................................................................] 30 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [Photo of Barn and House] Original Farm Home of Michael Korns, Sr., 1795, at it appears in 1949. Located in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 31 for almost half a century. He conducted his service and delivered his sermons in German during the early years, later in English. Susanna Baker Korns died in 1811 and was buried in Cook Cemetery. Michael Korns, Sr., re-married about 1817. The given name of his wife was Magdalena, last name unknown. She was probably his housekeeper. Michael Korns died in 1824 and was buried in Cook Cemetery, one-half mile South of the Korns home on the summit of a knoll close to Wellersburg. Overlooking the old Michael Korns farm is the Cook Cemetery where Michael Korns, Sr., and Susanna Baker Korns are buried where stone slabs in fair condition with obituaries clearly discernIble written in high German, mark their resting place. Many of the Korns descendants are buried there although the cemetery shows much evidence of neglect. Michael Korns was considered a wealthy man in his day. His estate amounted to between eight and ten thousand dollars. His second wife and heirs caused altercations and dissentions which prolonged settling of the estate for five years. Daniel Korns remained in Southampton Township and was a farmer. John Korns migrated to Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio. Charles Korns migrated to Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio. Michael Korns, Jr., moved to Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pa. William Korns moved to Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio. Barbara Korns moved to Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio. Christina Korns Troutman remained on the farm in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa. Susanna Korns Shaver moved to Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. Mary Magdalena Beal remained in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa. Delila Korns Miller was in Somerset County, Pa. Rebecca Korns Witt was in Somerset County, Pa., as was also Catharine Korns Knieriem, (also spelled Kemerer), the names appearing alternately in Orphans Court Records in Somerset Court House. [................................................................] [Pages 32-33] [Draft of Michael Korns, Sr. & Daniel Korns, Sr. farms] DRAFT OF THE MICHAEL KORNS, SR.. FARM IN SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, PA. NOTE ADJOINING FARMS-BEALS, GAUMERS, COOKS, LEPLEY, WITT, HOYMANS, AND UHL. [................................................................] 34 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Magdelina Korn, widow of Michael, Sr., married....... Boyer in 1829. CERTIFIED COPY OF DEED John Tomlinson to Michael Korns et al To all people to whom these presents shall come, I John Tomlinson of the county of Alegany and State of Maryland send Greetings Whereas his excellency Charles Biddle Esq. Vice President of the Supreme executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by his warrant under the less seal of the said Commonwealth bearing date the second day of February Anno Domini 1786, did grant to be surveyed unto Joseph Rhodes two hundred Acres on the head Waters of Gladwin and Denning' Run Including an Improvement adjoining Nathaniel Critchfield and others as by the Warrants Remaining in the Surveyor Generals hands of the said State may more fully appear. Now know ye-that I the said John Tomlisnon, for and in consideration of the sum of fifteen shillings lawful Money of the state aforesaid to me in hand paid by Michael Korns & Jacob Korns of Bedford county in the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid the Receipy Whereof I hereby Acknowledge Have granted bargained and sold Released and Conformed and hereby Do Grant bargain sell Release and confirm unto the said Michael Korns and Jacob Korns their heirs and Assigns all my Right title Interest Property Claim and Demand Whatsoever of in and to the said Warrant and land hereby Granted and Surveyed and to be surveyed thereon Together with all and singular the Rights members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any ways of Right appertaining. To have and to Hold the said Premises hereby granted with the apurtenances unto the said Michael Korns & Jacob Korns their heirs and Assigns the only proper use and behoof of them the said Michael Korns & Jacob Korns their heirs and Assigns forever, under and subject to all fees dues and Demans to which the same is liable In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 35 day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety six Sealed & Delivered in the presence of Us John Tomlinson (Seal) John Shrimpfinn John Newmyer Bedford County SS Personally came the Grantor within mentioned John Tomlinson before me one of the Justices of the Peace for said County and Acknowledged the within Instrument of Writing to be his Act & Deed and Desire the Same to be recorded as Such Witness my hand and seal this twenty third day of August One thousand seven hundred and ninety six Thomas Coulter (Seal) 9th Februa 1796 this day Received of Michael and Jacob Korns the sum of fifteen Shillings the full consideration within mentioned John Tomlinson Thomas Coulter Recorded and compared with the original this 30th May 1797 John Anderson Recorded State of Pennsylvania }ss County of Bedford I, Robert M. Hammer, Recorder of Deeds, etc., in and for said County and State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Deed from John Tomlinson to Michael Korns and Jacob Korns so full, true and entire as the same remains on file and of record in the Recorder's Office of the County aforesaid in Deed Book D, Page 630. [................................................................] 39 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Bedford, Pa., this 30th day of December A.D. 1947 [SIC] Robert H. Hammer Recorder of Deeds TAX LIST Tax assessments in Londonderry Twp., Bedford Co., Pa. Jacob Corn, 1791 Jacob Corn, 1792, Single Freeman. Jacob Korn, 1797 Michael Korn, 1795 Michael Corn, 1796. 630 acres Londenderry Twp. Bedford County Michael Corn, 1797 Michael Korn, 1799 Jacob Korn, 1799 The following is taken from the assessment records of Somerset County from 1802 to 1825. It is unfortunate that the original records of assessments from the date of the organization of the County in 1795 to 1801, inclusive, were taken from the County Commissioner's Office several years ago by a woman representing herself as investigating records of certain persons to determine their eligibility for membership in various organizations. Michael Corns, 1801, 100 acres, cleared 35 Jacob Corns, 1801, 19 acres, cleared 5 Michael Corns, 1802, 100 acres, 35 acres clear Jacob Corns, 1802, 19 acres, 5 acres dear Michael Korn, 1803, 130 acres, 35 cleared Jacob Korn, 1803, 19 acres, 5 cleared Michael Corns, 1803, 130 acres, 35 acres clear Jacob Corns, 1803, 49 acres, 5 acres clear Michael Korn, 1804 Jacob Korn, 1804 Daniel Korn, 1804, Single Freeman Michael Korn, 1805, 150 acres, 50 clear Jacob Korn, 1805, 60 acres, 6 dear Michael Korn, 1806, 190 acres, 80 clear [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 37 Jacob Korn, 1806, 60 acres, 6 clear Single Freeman-Daniel Corn Michael Korn, 1807, 178 acres, 60 clear Jacob Korn, 1807, 60 acres, 6 clear Single Freeman-Daniel Korn Michael Korn, 1808 Jacob Korn, 1808 Daniel Korn, 1808, Single Freeman John Korn, 1808, Single Freeman Michael Korn, 1808, 176 acres, 70 clear same 1808, 50 acres, 15 clear Jacob Korn, 1808, 160 acres, 86 clear Single Freeman-Daniel Korn 1809 Entire year missing from records. . Michael Korn, 1810, 226 acres, 75 clear Jacob Korn, 1810, 280 acres, 84 clear Single Freemen-Daniel Korn, 40 acres, 25 clear Michael Korn, 1811, 178 acres, 70 clear Jacob Korn, 1811, 80 acres, 20 clear Daniel Korn, 1811, 80 acres, 25 clear Michael Korn, 1812, 178 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1812, 80 acres, 25 clear Michael Korn, 1812 Daniel Korn, 1812, married Jacob Korns, 1812, not assessed in Somerset County. Michael Korn, 1813, 178 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1813, 93 acres, 25 clear Michael Korn, 1814 Daniel Korn, 1814 John Korn, 1814 Michael Korn, 1814, 170 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1814, 90 acres, 15 clear Single Freemen-John Korn Michael Korn, 1815, 269 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1815, 90 acres, 15 clear Michael Korn, 1816, 269 acres, 90 clear Daniel Korn, 1816, 90 acres, 15 clear Charles Korns, 1816, 90 acres, 15 clear Michael Korn, 1817 Daniel Korn, 1817 [................................................................] 38 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Charles Korn, 1817, single freeman Michael Korns, 1818, 170 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korns, 1818, 93 acres, 25 clear Charles Korns, 1818, 100 acres, 15 clear Michael Korns, 1819, 170 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korns, 1819, 132 acres, 25 clear Michael Korns, 1820, 188 acres, 60 clear Daniel Korns, 1820,93 acres, 25 clear Michael Korns, 1821, 188 acres, 60 clear Daniel Korns, 1821, 93 acres, 25 clear Michael Korns, 1822, 188 acres, 60 clear Daniel Korns, 1822, 93 acres, 25 clear Michael Korn, 1823, 173 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1823, 93 acres, 20 clear Michael Korn, 1824, 173 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1824, 93 acres, 20 clear Michael Korn, 1825, 173 acres, 70 clear Daniel Korn, 1825, 93 acres, 20 clear Michael Korn's hr's. 1826, 180 acres, 75 clear. The following Deed records show the holdings at various times of Michael Corn-Korn-Korns. The real estate shown in the assessments prior to the first deed in Somerset County in 1805, was apparently conveyed him while the County was still a part of Bedford County. Any reconciliation of his actual holdings as per deeds shown, with the assessed valuations, etc., is apparently difficult if not impossible. John F. Mifflin et al Deed dated 12/23/05 TO Recorded 3/23/07 Michael Corns, sr } Volume 4 page 309 & Consideration-$300.00 Christian Hoyman A certain tract in Southampton Township called "Rich Bottom," situate on a branch of Jenning's Run in Bedford County, adjoining Patrick Redmond; Messrs. baynton & Wharton; Mary Woods; Patrick Burk; Ralph Rutledge, containing 356 acres & al. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 39 This tract was surveyed in pursuance of an application No. 432, dated 8/22/1767, granted to Michael Young, and the right of the said Michael Young to the said tract became vested in John F. Mifflin. Michael Corn & Christian Hoyman, being seized as tenants in common of the aforementioned tract, agreed to divide the said tract so each should have his own portion. It was decided Michael Corn should have a part of this tract adjoining Patrick Reaman; Messrs. Baynton & Wharton and Mary Woods. No acreage is given in this Agreement of Partition or Deed, which is dated 2/22/1810 and recorded in Volume 5 page 195. Draft in connection with partiticn [sic] proceedings as given later in records from the office of the Register of Wills give the acreage as 178 & allowance. This tract is of interest in that it was retained by Michael Korns until his death. The following two Agreements are precedent to a Deed from Samuel Riddle to Michael Korns, said deed follows the Agreements. AGREEMENT Samuel Riddle Dated 3/16/1808 to Recorded 8/31/1808 Michael Corns, Sr } Volume 4 page 523 Consideration-$240.60 payable $40.00 on 4/1/09, and $25.00 annually thereafter until paid. Conveys tract of 60 acres & al. in Southampton Township, adjoining F. Glaze (no other adjoiners given) Samuel Riddle By this Agreement, dated 9/2/1814 to } recorded 10/6/1818 in Volume 8 page Michael Korn et al 191, Samuel Riddle acknowledges to have received from Michael Korns and others, payment for various tracts of land in Southampton Township, [................................................................] 40 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. and this Agreement is for the purpose of facilitation the securing of Patents for their respective tracts. The following Deed conveys the tracts mentioned in the Agreements aforementioned. Samuel Riddle Dated -/-/1818 } Recorded 2/3/1827 to Volume 11 page 462 Michael Corns, Sr. No consideration given. Conveys inter alia;-61 acres 124 perches in Southampton Township, adjoining H. Hoyman; I Beals called "Sufalts tract". A part of this tract which falls in the Survey of James Milligan is to be released to him by Daniel Corns. This being tract No. 3 in this so-called General Deed, and is one of 41 tracts conveyed to various persons in the same deed. Also, 189 acres in Southampton Township, adjoining Welker tract; ...............Arnold; John R. Gaumer, called "Arnold's Improvement." This being tract No. 41 in this General Deed. The 189 acre tract next above was conveyed to Jacob Cook by deed dated 5/3/1817-recorded 10/20/1817 in Volume 9 page 327, for a consideration of $2150.00. Samuel Riddle Dated 5/22/1815 } Recorded 6/1/1819 to Volume 8 page 321 Michael Corns, Sr Consideration-$1600.00 320 acres & al. in Southampton Township, adjoining Vacant land; Samuel Roberts; Nicholas Randal; James Milligan. Michael Corns was granted a Patent on the above tract by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated 11/14/1816, recorded 6/12/1817 in Volume 9 page 156, consideration-$281.68 It is mentioned that 102 1/4 acres of this Patent of 320 acres is part of the 189 acres conveyed to Jacob Cook by deed recited above in Volume 9 page 327. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 41 [Photo of Tombstones] Michael Korns, Sr. and Susanna (Baker) Korns Monuments in Cook Cemetery, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Inscriptions in German. HIER RUHEN DIE MICHAEL KORN GEBEINE DER HIRE RUHEN DIE GEBEINE SUSANNA KORN 1ST VON DER HR MICHAEL KORN GEBOHREN 1762 GEBOHREN 1757. ER STARB DEN, SIE STARB DEN 5 TEN NOV. 1824. 10 TEN MAY 1811. ER BRACHT SEINER ALT AUF 64 Here Rests the remains of JAHR WENICHER 2 TAGE, SANFT Susanna Korn. Born 1762. RUHE SEINE ASCHE. Died May 10th, 1811. Here rest the remains of Michael Korn. Born 1757. Died Nov. 5th, 1824. He brought his age to 64 years less 2 days. May he rest in peace. [................................................................] 42 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Michael Korn, jr & Henry Hoyman, Administrators of Michael Korn, sr decd. conveyed two tracts of land to Jacob Cook by their deed dated 9/2/1830-recorded 9/2/1830 in Volume 12 page 120, for a consideration of $4888.15. One of the two tracts conveyed carries thru as explained before, but the other tract of 96 acres is difficult to reconcile with the various conveyances as given. The, foregoing are all the Deed transactions of Michael Korns, sr. CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. There appears to be an error on the date of birth of Michael Korn as inscribed on the monument in Cook Cemetery, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa. On the second line of inscription the date of birth is given as 1757 no month or day of birth is given. On 3rd and 4th line the date of death is given as 5th day of November, 1824. On 5th and 6th line his age is given as 64 years, less 2 days at date of death. According to the date of birth and age at death he could not have been born in 1757. His exact date of birth was November 7, 1760. The error was due to the person who cut the inscription on the stone who failed to evaluate the date of birth or the person who furnished the data for the inscription. The correction of the above error is consistent with the petition of Otilla Korn, Executrix of Carl Korn, dated Feb. 8th, 1781, for the sale of the land not disposed in the will of Carl Korn. The petition as presented to The Orphans Court of Berks County, Pa. on the above date as follows that Carl Korn deceased left issue of 7 children, 5 of whom are in their minority, namely, Michael, Jacob, Daniel, Henry and Magdale. On the date of the petition, February 8th, 1781, Michael Korns was 20 years, 3 months and 1 day old and still in his minority. Michael Korns was 14 years 5 months and 12 days old at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, April 19th, 1775. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 43 [Photo of Cook Cemetery] Cook Cemetery, Southampton Township, Somerset County Where Michael Korns, Sr. and Susanna (Baker) Korns and many of their descendants are buried. [................................................................] 44 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Michael Korns was 20 years 11 months and 12.days old on the date of the Capitulation of Cornwallis at Yorktown, October 19th, 1781. Which tentatively ended the war although peace was not signed at Paris until September 3 rd, 1783. Michael Korns was 22 years 1 month and 17 days old when his first child, Daniel, was born, December 24, 1782. Michael Korns was 45 years 3 months and 18 days old when his twelfth and youngest child, William, was born, February 25, 1806. Susanna, wife of Michael Korns, Sr. was born 1762, died May 10, 1811, no month or day of birth given on monument. She was probably about two years his junior. INVENTORY No. 33 A. D. 1824 Inventory on the estate of Michael Korns, Sr., dec'd., as appraised. Filed December 22nd, 1824. A. Ogle, Jr., Register Somerset County SS Personally appeared Jacob Witt Sr. and Adam Leply before me Jacob Martz Esqr. one of the Justice of the peace in and for said County on their oaths do say that the will appraise and bonefy Value all the property of Michael Korn deceased which shall be laid before them to the best of our knowledge and judgement. Sworn and Subscribed before me this the first day of December AD 1824. Jacob Martz Jacob Witt Sen Adam Lepley To one Note payable by henry korn Dadet 4th october To Michel korn & henr hayman the of......................................... $080.00 Interest........................................ 005.60 To one Note payable by Jacob Baremoy May the 4th day of 1820............................. 003.50 Interest........................................ 000.87 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 45 [Photo of church] Wellersburg Reformed and Lutheran Church, Organized about 1803 The Korns, Uhls, Hoymans, Witts, Wilhelms, Reichers, Wingers and Gaumers were among the first members. [................................................................] 46 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. To one Note payable by Peter Wingard the 3 day of September 1816 the sum of................... 076.00 Interest........................................... 037.62 To one Note payable by Jacob Alter the sum of...... 285.00 Interest............................................ 31.35 Due on a Note by Christian Shocky & Crosby .........009.27 To one Note payable by Jacob Reber................. 055.00 Interest........................................... 018.70 To one Note payable by Daniel Corn................. 019.58 Interest........................................... 011.55 To one Note payable by henry Martz................. 010.00 Interest........................................... 000.40 To one Note payable by Daniel willhalm............. 010.00 To one Note by George arnold....................... 005.00 Interest........................................... 000.52 To one Note payable by Charles horn................ 005.00 Interest........................................... 001.85 To one Note payable by Jonathan Long............... 003.00 Interest........................................... 000.30 $668.11 _______ To one Note payable by Daniel korn sum of.......... 070.00 Interest........................................... 032.60 To one Note payable by Absalom Bear................ 011.00 Interest........................................... 001.59 To one Note payable by Charles korn................ 017.04 Interest........................................... 009.35 To one Note payable by henry glingaman............. 006.00 Interest........................................... 000.96 Due by adam keefers Estate.......................... 20.00 To one Note payable George P. Lehliter.............. 01.25 Due by Samuel Gallenten of Indian County............ 20.00 Due by Christien Lint............................... 10.00 To one Note payable by George Weller................ 90.00 Interest............................................ 29.70 Due by Jacob All bricte.............................. 5.14 Due by Charles Gaumer................................ 5.52 Due by Suffia Shafer................................. 3.33 Due by Luderck Caler................................. 2.26 Due by John Witt..................................... 1.20 Due by John Beal..................................... 0.99 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 47 Due by henry kennel.................................. 0.60 Due by Jacob Allbride................................ 0.63 $329,16 _________ Due by Daniel Uhle.................................. 00.78 Due by weller....................................... 00.20 Due by henry kennel................................. 00.80 Due by Peter willhalm................................ 4.30 Due by Andrew heston................................ 01.00 Due by Andrew Wallintine............................. 3.00 Due by Cornelous Devore Jr.......................... 03.00 Due by Tobious arnwald.............................. 00.50 Due by John Giger................................... 01.80 Due by Richard Geier................................ 02.00 Due by Peter Reber.................................. 03.00 Due by Peter Engle................................... 2.00 Due by George hutzle................................ 05.00 Due by Jacob Anderson................................ 1.50 Due by John Wagaman................................. 00.50 Due by Daniel Willhalm.............................. 00.50 Due by Caleb Porter................................. 06.00 Due by John Porter Esq.............................. 01.00 Due by Carter Inkeeper.............................. 03.00 Due by William Dorson............................... 06.00 Due by Peter Speelman................................ 1.00 Due by Samuel Reed................................... 5.00 Due by Samuel Boyer & Peter Boyer................... 05.00 $56.88 _________ Due by Joseph Shumake................................ 7.50 Due by Isaac Miller.................................. 3.00 Due by Abraham fouch................................. 3.00 Due by old Crize..................................... 1.00 Due by John Crize.................................... 1.00 Due by henry Moyer................................... 3.00 Due by henry frank................................... 1.00 Due by Samuel house.................................. 1.50 Due by Joseph Spriggs................................ 1.51 Due by Daniel will.................................. 00.50 Due by henry fox.................................... 00.50 Due by William workman.............................. 00.50 Due by John Emre.................................... 00.50 Due by henry korn................................... 27.50 Due by John hahn..................................... 5.00 Due by Peter Clester................................ 03.17 [................................................................] 48 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Due by Jacob Uhl..................................... 36.00 1/2 Due by Alexander Ogle on wife babys estate about................................................ 60.00 Due by vallentine Soules............................. 05.00 Due by Note of Richard findley Esqr.................. 64.00 Due by Peter Shafer.................................. 20.00 $245.17 _________ 1 umberalla.......................................... .25 1 old lamp........................................... .06 1/4 Due by Joseph Hardy................................... 1.75 Due by George Weller.................................. 6.50 Due by (unintelligible) Arnold........................ 1.00 December the 3th 1824 We the subscribers having been first sworn as the Law directs do Certify that the foregoing is a true valuation and appraisement of the goods and chattels rights and credits wich ware of Michel Korn Deceased as fare as they Come to our knowledge witness our hands and seals Jacob Witt Sen (Seal) Adam Lepley (Seal) PUBLIC SALE No, 33 of 1824 Vendue Paper on the Estate of Michael Korns Decd. Filed 22nd day of December Anno Domini 1824 A. Ogle, Jr. Register Vandue paper of the goods & chattles rights & credits of Michel Korn deceased. Sold 8the day of December AD 1824 [In the following list, "Do" means "Ditto".] John witt Sith note 00.15 Daniel korn 1 Booket note 00.11 John witt 1 Do & Joon note 00.15 John witt 2 Do & sundry note 00.26 Daniel korn 1 Do & cow Jain note 00.56 John korn 3 augurs & saw note 00.66 Henry kennel 2 augurs & drawing knife note 01.11 David Close 1 shovel & Bell not 02.00 Jacob Riber 2 Siths paid to hayman 00.41 George weller 3 hoes not 00.27 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 49 Daniel uhl 1 hoe & old syth paid to hayman 00.32 Jacob witt 1 plow shere paid to hery hayman 00.76 Christien kennel 2 old axes note 01.13 Daniel uhl 1 dung hook paid .41 Thomas Doson Basket & sundries not 00.25 John Miller 1 Saddle Bag not 02.00 John korn 1 Do not 01.01 John Porter 2 crocks 00.04 Jacob Cook 2 Do not 00.05 Thomas Doson 2 Do not 00.09 henry kennel 1 pade note .50 Daniel korn 1 ginger cake pan not 00.25 Jacob Riber 1 Do paid to henry hayman .31 John Miller 1 Do note .35 Jacob Cook 1 Do not .23 Andrew Glink 1 old ax & straw knfe .31 Adam Lepley 1 bucket .41 Daniel korn 1 Do not .05 Daniel korn 1 dung hook & fork not .17 Henry Boucher 1 Tave Box paid henry hayman .22 franses bruse 1 Jack scrue not 5.00 G. Bell 1 washing tub not .26 Henry kennel 1 tub paid to henry hayman .06 ________ $ 18.86 Christien kennel 1 Barl not 00.34 G. Bell 1 forken of butter note 3.33 George Harder 1 grind Stone note 00.92 John Korn 1 Sope tub not .26 John Korn 1 Journ not .25 Jonsy Arnold 1 Cask .50 Susanna kennel 1 iron pot not .53 Susanna kennel Do not .51 G. Bell 2 buckets & tub not .25 Adam Sturtz 1 Bucket .17 G. Bell 2 gags not .02 Henry kennel 1 Large tub note 1.20 Susanna kennel 1 Bed steed not 1.27 Jacob Sturtz 1 Crout tub not .53 John Beal 1 Cradle & syth not .41 Daniel korn 1 Do not .34 Peter Clester 1 pann not .06 [................................................................] 50 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS,SR. william Korn 1 plough not 2.70 Jacob Sturtz 1 Do not 2.90 william Korn 1 harrow not 2.69 william korn 1 shuvel not 1.69 Daniel korn 1 flax brake not 00.12 henry kennel 1 large sled 1.80 Henry kennel 1 log sligh & chain note 2.05 Daniel allbride 2 hogs 2 choice note 7.50 Jonathan Long 2 Do 3 choice note 7.60 William korn 2 Do 4 choice note 6.20 G. Bell 2 Do 6 choice not 3.31 G. Bell 1 Sow & pigs not 4.25 henry kennel 1 Do note 3.21 henry weineour 2 pigs 1 choice not 2.12 ________ $ 51.05 Henry wineaur 2 pigs 2 choice not 3.40 Henry wineour 2 Do 3 choice not 3.26 G. Bell 2 Do 4 choice not 2.55 henry kennel 2 Do 5 choice note 2.25 G. Bell 4 Do 6 choice note 2.50 Jacob Cook 2 Calfs not 7.21 Jacob Cook 2 Do not 5.13 Jacob Cook 2 Do not 5.95 Jacob Cook 2 Steers not 11.62 ________ $ 42.87 John Miller 4 Red & black steers not 17.81 John Miller 2 heifers not 13.00 John Miller 1 bull not 5.31 Daniel korn 1 Black cow not 9.45 Daniel uhl for Jon Miller 1 mouley heifer not 9.90 Christian wingard 1 heifer not 8.40 George harder of J 1 cow not 8.65 John Uh1 1 cow not 10.00 John Miller 1 red cow not 8.60 Henry kennel 1 Cow note 11.06 George Cook 2 Sheep not 2.25 George Rishel 2 Do 2 lot not 2.90 Christien wingard 2 Do 4 lot not 3.65 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 51 George Rishel 2 Do 3 lot not 3.00 Christian wingard 2 Do 5 lot not 3.00 John Miller 2 Do 6 lot not 3.45 George Richel 2 Do 7 lot not 3.40 Christien Sturtz 2 Do 8 lot not 3.06 John korn 1 mare Colt not 18.00 Jacob witt Jr. 1 bald horse not 18.56 henry kennel 1 blind mare not 7.20 Jacob Ohlinger 1 Carrege not 52.00 henry kennel 1 wind mill note 6.82 henry kennel 1 Cuting box not 1.30 Daniel korn 1 wagon not 42.00 Jon kennel 1 hay lathers not .63 G. Bell 20 bushels of wheat not 13.67 John witt 20 Do at 75 cts not 15.00 John witt 20 Do Do Do Do not 15.00 John witt 20 Do Do Do Do not 15.00 Jacob uh1 20 Do Do Do Do not 15.00 Do 20 Do Do Do Do not 15.00 G. Bell 30 Do Do Do Do not 22.50 Richard Gager 20 bushels of Ry at 33 cents not 6.60 John witt 20 Do Do Do Do Do Do Do not 6.60 William korn 20 Do Do Do Do Do Do Do not 6.60 Richard giger 20 Do Do Do Do Do 32 cent not 6.40 Richard giger 20 Do Do Do Do Do Do Do not 6.40 John witt 20 Do Do Do Do Do Do Do not 6.40 ________ $ 420.17 John witt 20 bushels of rye at 30cts not 6.00 George weller 15 Do Do not 4.50 John Geiger 25 bushels of oats at 22ct not 5.50 Daniel willhalm 1 stove not 16.50 Peter Clester 1 slay box and Cuting box not 00.28 Ralph Logston 25 bus oats at 21 cents not 5.25 Peter Riber 5 Do corm at 40 cents not 2.00 John geiger 5 Do Do Do not 2.00 henry Kennel 5 Do Do Do not 2.00 Daniel korn 5 Do Do 39 cents not 1.95 George All Bride 5 Do Do 35 not 1.75 John Geiger 5 Do Do 35 not 1.75 William Troutman 1 Clock not 30.50 George All Bride [................................................................] 52 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. for Beall 1 Stove not 20.00 John Gaumer 1 Loom not 10.00 Daniel korn 1 sett hors geers not 3.85 Jacob witt 1 Do paid to henry hayman .22 Daniel Leidig 1 Do not 1.90 Christien kennel 1 Do not 1.70 Daniel Leidig hors geers not 1.00 Jacob witt 1 lot of books paid hayman 0.15 John korn 1 book not 6.01 John Baker 1 Bible note 1.20 John Baker 1 Book note 00.93 John korn 1 Book not 4.01 William korn 1 Book not .85 Daniel kotn 1 lot of Books not 0.25 Jacob uhl 1 Galin teen not 0.22 George harden To sundrie not 0.21 Jacob witt Conk Shell not 0.60 Joseph Dilley Cask paid to henry hayman 0.26 Daniel korn 1/2 sett of susors not 0.13 Daniel korn Do Do of Do not 0.08 Jacob Cook Do Do of Do not 0.09 Jacob Cook Do Do of Do not 0.06 Charles Gaumer 5 teen cups not 0.29 George harden 1 sausage funel not 0.21 David Cookholds 1 lot of tin ware 0.30 Daniel Lepley 1 marshel 0.60 Peter Boyer to knives and forks not 0.25 James Craspy 2 Dishes 0.06 Peter Boyer knives and fork not 0.30 ________ $ 134.71 Charles Gaumer Saysers not 00.52 Jacob Bare 1 razer 00.16 Peter wilhalm 2 Spectiels not 00.12 Jacob Cook 1 flax hagel not 2.00 frances dun to candle moles paid hayman 00.40 Charles Gaumer widow keem Ladle and others widow 1.44 Tomas Doson Cffey Cettle not 2.12 1/2 Jacob Cook Coffymill widow 00.51 George Allbride Streener not 00.35 Peter Clester to Stilyards not 1.90 Peter wilhelm to Stilyards not 2.90 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 53 Abraham Bure 1 Set of tin ware paid 00.12 John Beal 1 Stone peha Not 00.06 Jacob witt 1 sheep Shires not 0.14 Gulin Shaffer 1 Do 00.37 Johnsy Arnold 1 pocked Book 00.40 Charls Gaumer wool Cards not 00.40 Adam Boyer 1 Coffey mill not 00.16 Levi Shaffer 1 tin Bucket paid henry hayman 00.25 Jacob Cook Bees wax not 00.50 Daniel Lepley 1 Sheep Shers. 00.73 Jonathan Boyer tin Bucket not 00.12 John uhl 1 watering pot not 1.20 Daniel Lepley wool Cards 00.21 Charles Gaumer Trap not 0.51 henry kennel Cuping Glasses note 0.26 James haris tin Bucket with bucket paid 00.05 John Hillen 1 Pistole not 2.68 Jacob River 1 Salt Box Cash paid 00.05 Jonathan Boyer tin Dish not 00.06 Henry All Bride 1 Coffey pot not 00.20 Charls Gaumer 7 spoons not 00.43 Daniel Lepley 1 Smoothing iron 00.60 Ludwick Calen 1 puter Dish not 01.90 John Sturtz 1 old Coffe Pot paid hayman 0.07 Charls Gaumer 3 puter platis not 1.35 Ludwick kaler 3 plats not 0.43 Ludwick Caler 1 puter Dish not 0.95 ________ $ 24.97 Philip hayman 1 puter dish paid henry hayman 0.41 Peter Bare 1 Cabage Cutig paid h'man 0.12 Jacob witt 1 hammer not 0.25 Jonathan Boyer 1 old mug not 0.05 Richard Gaumer 1 plat and hug (?) not 0.11 Daniel Lepley 1 Bed Cord 0.15 william korn to shaving tools not 0.91 George Leidig 1 Razer and Lance not 0.13 Daniel Lepley 1 Looking.glass & picture 0.50 Peter wingard 1 manuscript Book not 2.25 John kennel 2 Chiers not 0.89 John Beal 1 broken kettle not 4.44 william korn 1 Do not 3.65 [................................................................] 54 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. henry kennel 1 arm Chair note 0.50 henry kennel I Do Do note 0.89 henry kennel 2 Do Do note 2.50 Peter Close 1 Jug not 0.21 Peter Boyer 1 Bey hive not 2.14 John kennel Bee hive note 2.11 Jacob Cook Do Do not 2.59 William korn 5 bushles of potates not 1.45 same do 5 Do Do not 1.35 Adam Lepley 1 Chees press 0.16 George Leidig 1 Cubard not 1.04 George All bride 1 pan not 0.75 George Lieduk 1 puhen (?) not 0.16 Jonathan Boyer 1 pot hook not 0.86 henry kennel 1 Bucket note 0.25 Peter willhalm 1 Iron pot not 1.45 henry kennel 1 Bucket note 0.28 George weller 1 Duchoven not 1.30 henry kennel 1 Choping bench note 0.03 Daniel korn 1 set of weaving geers not 2.00 John Gumer 1 set weaving geers 2.03 Daniel korn 1 Do Do Do not 0.25 Richard Gaumer 1 Do for kniting geers not 0.78 Adam Boyer 1 Reel not 0.94 John Korn 1 set of weaving gers not 1.00 ________ $ 40.98 John korn 1 sett weavers geers not 0.12 1/2 Peter Close 1 Do Do not 1.87 1/2 henry Martz 1 Do Do not 0.85 philip Beal 1 Wheel not 2.50 henry Martz 1 Do not 2.40 John Sturtz 1 Reel paid hoyman 0.20 John Burley (?) 1 Spining wheel paid 0.50 John Miller 1 Barrel of dryde apples 0.95 Peter willhelm 1 Do Do Do not 1.25 Peter willhelm 1 Do Do Do not 0.50 Peter willhelm 1 Bag of Snitz not 0.16 John McCarty 1 Bag of Beens paid 0.33 Christien wingard 1 Barrel & flax seed not 1.15 David Guckholtz 1 Gum & snitz 0.07 Jacob witt 1 Do and beens not 0.33 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 55 william korn 1 Barrel not 0.22 Peter Clester 1 wool weel not 0.55 Richard Green (?) 1 Sope - 2 Baskeds not 0.36 George Lidig 4 Bgs not 1.00 Jonathan Boyer 1 lot of tobacco not 0.20 william korn 4 Bags not 1.43 Peter Trautman 1 wooling weel not 2.00 Jonathan Boyer 1 gage & hops not 0.25 Jonathan Boyer Coller & blind bridle not 0.33 Ludwick Caler 5 Busliels of Corn 39 not 1.95 Peter willhelm 1/2 stack of hay not 10.00 George Arnold 1/2 Do Do Do not 9.87 william korn 1/2 Do Do Do not 10.00 John Logsdon 1/2 Do Do Do not 10.00 Richard Geiger 1 Stack of hay not 4.83 Charls Gaumer 1 Do Do Do not 1.96 Peter Clester 1 Do Do Do not 5.00 John Beal 1/3 Wheat in the Shock not 2.21 henry kennel 1/3 of Rye in the Shock not 2.01 henry all bride 1 Bed & bedsteed not 6.05 Charls Gaumer 1 Bed & bedsteed not 3.30 henry kennel 1 Chist note 0.41 Jacob witt 2 Barrels not 0.32 Samuel Baker 1 Chist 0.21 ________ $ 88.64 william korn 1 table not 2.96 henry kennel (Line blank) not Daniel korn 1 Saddle not 1.00 william korn 1 Bed & bedsteed not 5.32 Adam Boyer 1 Desk not 2.00 henry Close, Jr 1 gun not 6.00 william korn 1 Rifle not 6.20 Adam Sturtz 1 sett of weven spools .70 Jacob witt 1 Basket & power horn not 0.67 william korn 1 ax not 1.57 Adam Sturtz 1 horse sorrel not 40.51 william korn 1 haff Bushle not 0.52 william korn to hay in the mow not 1.30 [the above line means that there was some kind of barn on the property] william korn hay&C not 1.26 John Logsdon 10 acres of wheat in the ground not 44.00 william korn 7 acres of wheat Do not 33.12 [................................................................] 56 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Daniel korn 3 acres of newground not 18.50 william korn 13 acres of Rye in the ground not 24.10 Daniel Uhl 1 Cask paid to hayman 0.21 Jacob witt 1 table not 1.30 William korn 1 of hobels not 0.98 williar:n korn 1 dresor not 0.35 George Leidig 1 Doe trough not 0.25 John witt 1 tub & flax not 6.00 Jonathan Boyer 1 shovel not 0.17 Adam hufman 1 umberel paid 0.56 Jonathan witt 2 bags 3 Chiste 4.60 John korn 1 Chist not 1.05 George Leidig I Rope not 0.26 Richard Gaumer 1 ax not 1.53 Daniel korn 1 cow for wingard not 11.00 ________ $ 215.99 Cash Received at vandue 06.03 The whol Amount of vandue in vandue paper $1042.14 Amount of Notes 961.28 Amount in Cash Received at vandue 6.36 Amount for which no nots are given and which is in vendue papar 74.51 LEGAL DOCUMENTS SOMERSET COUNTY, ss. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Sheriff of Somerset County, GREETING: WHEREAS at an Orphans Court held at Somerset, in and for the County of Somerset, on the last Monday in November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four before the Honorable John Tod Esquire, and his Associate Judges of the same Court Upon the Petition of Daniel Korn, eldest Son and heir at Law of Michael Korn late of the township of Southampton in said County yeoman deceased presented his petition to the said Judges, stating that his said father died intestate, leaving a Widow to wit Magdalen Korn and issue twelve Children, to wit: Your petitioner, Catharine intermarried [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 57 with one Jacob Knieriem, Mary intermarried with one John Beall, Susanna intermarried with one John Shaver, John, Charles, Rebecca intermarried with one John Witt (black Smith), Christena intermarried with one William Troutman, Junior, Barbare intermarried with one Charles Uhl, Delila intermarried with one John Miler, Michael Jr & William, the last named of whom is stillin [sic] his minority, and that the said intestate died seized in his dimesne as of fee of and in two certain tracts of land both situate in the Township of Southampton in said County, bounded by lands of the Petitioner, Henry Hoyman, John Witt, Senior and others one of which said tracts of land contains about one hundred and fifty acres & allowance: the other of which said tracts of land contains about one hundred acres & allownace with the appurtenances; and therefore praying the Court to award an Inquest to make Partition or Valuation of the Premises according to Law. We therefore command you, taht [sic] taking with you, twelve free, honest and lawful men of your Bailiwick, you go to and upon the premises aforesaid, and there by their Oaths or solemn Affirmation, that you make Partition thereof, to and among the Widow and Children of the said intestate, in such manner and in such proportions as by the Law of this Commonwealth is directed if such Partitions can be made without prejudice to and spoiling of the whole; but is such Partition cannot be made thereof, as aforesaid, that then you value and appraise the same according to Law. And further, that you cause the said Inquest to enquire and ascertain ehether [sic] the said Real Estate with the appurtenances will conveniently accommodate more than one of the Children of the said Intestate; and if so how many of the said Children it will conveniently accommodate, that due Notice of the time of making such Partition or Valuation be given to all the parties interested, and that you make return of your proceedings herein to the next General Orphans Court, to be held at Somerset on the first Monday in September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty six And have you then there this Writ. WITNESS, the Honorable Johh Tod Esquire, at Somerset, the [................................................................] 58 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. tenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. Alexander Ogle Jun Clerk The following records are all from the Estate of Michael Korns, Sr. filed to No. 33 of 1824 in the Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court in and for Somerset County. ADMINISTRATORS BOND on the estate of Michael Korns, Sr., decd. Filed 23rd November 1824, A. J. Ogle, Register. Registered in Book Vol. 2 page 424, A. Ogle, Reg. Know all men by these presents, that we Magdalena Corn, Michael Corn, Henry Hoyman, George Pile, John Witt & Joseph Imhoff of Somerset County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, are held and firmly bound unto the said Commonwealth, in the sum of three thousand dollars lawful money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Commonwealth. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs Executors and Administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seal and dated the 23rd day of November one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour [sic]. The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounden Magdalena Michael & Henry Administrators of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights and credits which were of Michael Corns late of Somerset County aforesaid, deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular, the goods, chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, at the time of his death, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said Magdalena, Michael & Henry or into the hands & possession of any other person or persons for, them & the same so made do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Register's Office at Somerset, on or before the 23rd day of December next. And the same goods, chattles, rights and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, which at any time [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 59 after shall come to the hands and possession of the said Magdalena, Michael & Henry or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for them do well and truly administer according to law. And further do make or cause to be made a true and just account, calculation and reckoning of the said Administration, on or before the 23rd day of November next ensuing, and all the rest and residue of the said goods, chattles & credits, which shall be found remaining on the said Administrators account, the same being first examined and allowed of by the Orphans' Court of said County, shall deliver and pay according to the directions of the said Orphans' Court, and if it shall hereafter appear that any Last Will & Testament was made by the said decd, and the executor or executors therein named, do exhibit the same into the said Register's Office making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the within bounden Administrators being thereunto requested, do render & deliver the said letters of Administration approbation of such testament being first had and made in the said Register's Office, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Alexander Ogle, Jr. HER Magdalena X Korn (Seal) MARK Michael Korn, Jr. (Seal) John Witt (Seal) Henry Hoyman (Seal) Joseph Imhoff (Seal) George Pile (Seal) No. 33-1824 November Court 1824 PETITION WILLIAM KORN FOR GUARDIAN 29th Nov 1824 John Witt appointed Guardian sec leg by the Court according to the prayer of the Petitioner Entered page 389 To the Honorable John Tod Esquire, President and his asso- [................................................................] 60 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. ciate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Somerset now composing an Orphans Court in and for 'said County The Petition of William Korn son of Michael Korn late of Southampton township in said County, deceased Humbly showeth that your Petitioner is a minor above the age of fourteen years, and hath no guardian appointed to take care of his person and Estate your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your honors to admit him to make choice of a Guardian for the purposes aforesaid, and he will pray, etc. William Korn No. 33-1824 November T. 1824 PETITION Daniel Korn for partition or valuation of two tracts of land in Southampton township late the property of Michael Korn decd. 29 Nov 1824 read and writ awarded & issued to Sept Court 1826 entered in O. Court to page 390 A. Ogle Clerk To the Honorable John Tod Esquire President and his associate judges of the Court of Common pleas of Somerset County & now composing an Orphans Court in and for the same County. The petition of Daniel Korn eldest son and heir at law of Michael Korn late of Southampton township in the said County yeoman deceased, Humbly sheweth. That your petitioner's said father lately died intestate leaving a widow, towit [sic], Magdalena Korn and issue twelve children to wit, your petitioner, Catharine, intermarried with one Jacob Knieriem, Mary, intermarried with one John Beall, Susanna, intermarried with one John Shaver, John, Charles, Rebecca, intermarried with one John Witt (blacksmith), Christena, intermarried with one William Troutman, Junior, Barbara, intermarried with one Charles Uhl, Delila, intermarried with one [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 61 John Miller, Michael Jr., and William the last named of whom is still in his minority; and that the said intestate died seized in his demesne as of fee of and in two certain tracts of land with their appurtenances both situate in said township of Southampton adjoining lands of your petitioner Henry Hoyman Jacob Witt Senior and others one of which said tracts contains about one hundred & fifty acres and allowance: the other of which said tracts of land contains about one hundred acres and allowance. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays your Honors to award an inquest to make partition of the premises aforesaid to and among the children & representatives of the said intestate in such manner & in such propertions as by the laws of this Commonwealth is directed if such partition can be made without prejudice to or spoiling the whole but if such partition cannot be made thereof as aforesaid then to value and appraise the same & make report of their proceedings therein according to law. And he will pray, etc. Daniel Korn INQUISITION INDENTED and taken at the Dwelling House of Michael Korns Deceased in the township of Southampton in the County of Somerset and State of Pennsilvania on the 21 day of August in the year of our Lord 1826 before George Meese Esquire High Sheriff of the said County of Somerset by virtue of A writ of Partition or valuation to him Directed and to this Inquisition Annexed by the oaths and Affirmations of Peter Troutman John Camp John Meese Benjamin Troutman Jacob Troutman John Camp Sent (?) Peter Boyer Jacob Uhl Henry Close George Weller Phillip Hayman John A. Sturtz twelve free Honest and Lawful men of his bailwick who on thear oaths and Affirmation Aforesaid Respectively do say that on the Day and year Aforsaid they went to and upon the Lands and tenements of wich Michael Korns in the Said writ Mentioned Died Seized and then and thear Did find that the same Lands and tenements Could not be Parted and Devided to and Among the widow and all the Children in the Said writ named without [................................................................] 62 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Prejudice to or Spoiling of the whoal thereof and therefore the Inquest Aforesaid on thear oaths and Affirmation Aforesaid have valued and Apprased one Plantation and tract of Land generly caled the old Plase Containing About one hundred and fifty acres and Alowance at $13.50 Dollers Per acre Lawfull Money of the united Stats also one other Plantation and tract of Land Containing About one Hundred acres and Alowance at $8.25 Dollers Per acre Lawfull money of the united Stats and Both Adjoining Lands of Daniel Korns henry Hayman Jacob Witt Lint and others the Inquest Aforsaid upon thear oaths and Afirmation Aforsaid Do value and Aprais the Same at the Above Price in testomony wherof as well the Sais Sheriff as the Inquest Aforsaid have to this Inquisition In testomony ably (?) Set thear hands and Seals Dated the Day and year Above written George Meese Shff (Seal) Peter troutman (Seal) Peter Boyer (seal) Jonny Camp (Seal) Jacob Uhl (seal) John Meese (Seal) Henry Close (seal) Ben Troutman (Seal) George Weller (seal) Jacob Troutman (Seal) Philip Hayman (seal) John Camp Sen. (Seal) John Stortz (seal) SOMERSET COUNTY, ss The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Sheriff of Somerset County, GREETING: WHEREAS at an Orphans Court held at Somerset, in and for the County of Somerset, on the third Monday in February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine before the Honorable Alexander Thomson Esquire, and his Associate Judges of the same Court Daniel Korn eldest son and heir at Law of Michael Korn late of the Township of Southampton in said County of Somerset yeoman deceased presented his petition to the said Judges, stating that his said father died intestate, leaving a widow to wit Magdalen Korn and issue [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 63 twelve Children, to wit: Your petitioner Catharine intermarried with one Jacob Kemerer (?) Mary intermarried with one John Beall, Susanna intermarried with one John Shaver, John, Charles, Rebecca intermarried with one John Witt, Black smith, Christena intermarried with one William Troutman, Jun., Barbara intermarried with one Charles Uhl, Delila intermarried with one John Miller, Michael, Jr., & William the last named of whom is still in his minority and that the said intestate died seized in his dimesne as of fee of and in two certain tracts of land both situate in the Township of Southampton in said County, bounded by lands of the petitioner, Henry Hayman, Jacob Witt Sen & others one of which said tracts of land contains about one hundred & eighty eight acres the other of which said tracts of land contains ninety nine acres with the appurtenances; and therefore praying the Court to award an Inquest to make Partition or Valuation of the Premises according to Law. We therefore command you, that taking with you, twelve free, honest and lawful men of your Bailiwick, you go to and upon the Premises aforesaid, and there by their Oaths or solemn Affirmation, that you make Partition thereof, to and amongst the Widow and Children of the said intestate, in such manner and in such proportions as by the Law of this Commonwealth is directed if such Partition can be made without prejudice to and spoiling of the whole; but if such Partition cannot be made thereof, as aforesaid, that then you value and appraise the same according to Law. And further, that you cause the said Inquest to enquire and ascertain whether the said Real Estate with the Appurtenances will conveniently accomodate more than one of the Children of the said Intestate; and if so, how many of the said Children it will conveniently accomodate, that due Notice of the time of making such Partition or Valuation be given to all the parties interested, and that you make return of your proceedings herein to the next General Orphans Court, to be held at Somerset on the first Monday in June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty nine. And have you then there this Writ. WITNESS, the Honorable Alexander Thomson [................................................................] 64 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Esquire, at Somerset, the twenty first Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine For Alexander Ogle Junior Clerk. Robert Fletcher No. 33-1824 February Court 1829 RULE ON THE HEIRS OF MICHAEL KORN deceased Dec. 11, 1829 Served personally on the within Heirs So answers Jos. Imhoff Shff Serving....................................... $ 1.50 30 Miles...................................... 2.40 _______ $ 3.90 Somerset County SS At an Orphans Court held at Somerset for said County on the first Monday of December 1828 before the Honorable of Alex Thomson Esq President and Henry Black and John Kurtz Esqrs his Associate Judges of the same Court. 4 December 1828 On Motion Rule on Daniel Korn, Catharine intermarried with Jacob Knieriem, Mary intermarried with one John Beall, Susannah intermarried with one John Shaver, John, Charles, Rebecca intermarried with one John Witt (Black smith), Christena intermarried with one Wm. Troutman, Jun, Barbara intermarried with one Charles Uhl, Delila intermarried with one John Miller, Michael, jr William the last named of whom is still in his minority, all heirs and legal representatives of Michael Korns late of Southampton Township deceased to appear at next Court and accept or refuse the real estate of the said deceased at the appraised price. . Certified Dec 7th 1828 Robt. Fletcher for Alex. Ogle Sen. Clerk [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 65 Note-The date of Dec. 11, 1829 is apparently in error. The record shows either 1828 or 1829, but it must be 1828. No. 33-1824 June Court 1829 ALIAS WRIT OF PARTITION or valuation of Michael Korns real estate Serving notice on 4 heirs and mileage......... $ 5.48 Inquisition..................................... 3.00 Executing writ.................................. 2.02 Miles........................................... 2.40 Shff paid (unintelligible word)................. 1.00 Chain carrier................................... 1.00 Surveyor Witt Esq............................... 6.00 ______ $20.50 The execution of this writ appears in a certain schedule hereto annexed So answers Jos Imhoff Shff September Term 1826 first writ "C Ogle" No. 33-1824 PRECIPE FOR CITATION against Michael Korns Admers. January the 6th 1829 Sir please to essue a Sitation Against they Administrators of Michael Korn Decea I Cannot Get them to Settle up Daniel Korn Alexander Ogle, Jr. [................................................................] 66 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. No. 33-1824 September Term A.D. 1826 WRIT OF PARTITION or valuation on the Real estate of Michael Korns late of Southampton Township deceased the Exacution of thes writ Appears in A Scedel (?) [schedule?] Anexed to this writ So answers Shff fees paid George Meese Shff 18th Feby 1829 On Motion of Mr Quigley (Weigley?) this writ set aside by the Court and Aleas writ awarded on old petition and issued returnable to June Court 1829 No. 33-1824 CITATION Magdalen Corn, Michael Corn, Jr., and Henry Hoyman Admtrs of Michael Corn deceased Servd on Michl Corns, Jr., on 13th on Henry Hoyman on the 12th January 1829 Servd. on Magdalen Corn On the 16th Inst. So answers J. Imhoff Shff Serving........................... $ 1.00 34 miles.......................... 2.72 ______ Paid See Ogles Cost Book page 127 $ 3.72 Somerset County SS The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Magdalen Corn, Michael Corn, Jr., and Henry Hoyman Administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of Michael Korn late 0of said County deceased Greeting; At the instance of Daniel Korn you and each of you, laying aside all business & excuses whatsoever are hereby Cited to be and appear before me Alexander Ogle Jun Register for the Probate of Wills and granting of Letters of Administration in and for said County, at my Office in Somerset on the 23rd Instant [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 67 at ten Oclock A.M. then and there to state and file your account upon the administration of the estate of said deceased, according to law, or to shew just cause why you should not. Herein fail not. Given under my hand and seal of Office at Somerset the 19th January 1829 Robt. Fletcher for Alex Ogle, Jun Register INQUISITION INTENDED and taken at the Late Dwellinghouse of Michl. Korns, decd. now occupied by Michl. Korns Jr. in Southampton township in the County of Somerset & State of Pennsylvania on the 29th day of April AD 1829 before Jos Imhoff high sheriff of Somerset County by vertue of a writ of Pertition or Valuation to him Directed and to this Inquisition Annexed by the Oaths of John Lint Christian Shockey Henry Martz John Witt John Geiger Henry Close Richard Gomer Andrew (?) Emerick George Weller Jacob Uhl Adam Sturtz & George Dewalt (?) twelve free honest and Lawful men of my bailiwik who on their Oaths and Solemn affirmation aforesaid respectfully Do say the on the Day & Year aforesaid they went to & upon the Lands and tenements of Michael Korns in the said Writ mentioned Decd Decd and then and there Did find that the same lands & tenements with there appurtenances could not be parted and divided to and among the Widow & all the children of Said Decd without prejudice to or Spoiling of the whole and the said Inquest aforesaid Did then and there further find the said Lands and tenemnts with there appurtenances will accommodate two of the Children of said Decd that is to say that part of the said Land & tenements ajoining Lands of Henry Hoyman Jacob Witt & others Called the Mantion place now occupied by Michael Korns Jr containing one hundred & eighty eight acres as by Annexed Diagrim marked No 1 will accommodate one of the children of the said Decd. Also one other part of land Containing ninety nine Acres ajoining Lands of Jacob Cook & ohters as by the Annexed Diagrim Marked No 2 [................................................................] 68 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. will accommodate one of the Children of Said Decd and the Inquest aforesaid upon their Oaths & affirmation aforesaid Do value & appraise that Part of said Property Contained in the Description by the Diagrim hereto Annexed & Marked No.1 Caled the Mantion place at & for the Sum of Twenty-two Dollars & fifty cents Lawful Money for Each & Every Acre thereof and the Inquest aforesaid upon their Oaths & affirmation aforesaid Do Value & appraise that Other tract of Land & Discribed by the Diagrim hereto Annexed and Marked No 2 at & for the sum fourteen Dollers & fifty cents Lawfull money aforesaid for Each & Every acre thereof In Witness whereof As well the Said Sheriff as the Inquest aforesaid in this Inquisition in Report of the Partteys intended here Interchangeable Sett there hands & seals Day & Year aforesaid etc. Jos Imhoff Shff (Seal) Andrew Emerick (Seal) Henry Martz (Seal) Henry Close (Seal) Christian Shockey (Seal) George Dewalt (Seal) George Weller (Seal) John Lint (Seal) Richard Gomer (Seal) Jacob Uhl (Seal) Adam Sturtz (Seal) John Geiger (Seal) John Witt (Seal) Note:-See attached Photostat for "Diagrim" mentioned above. No. 33-1824 August Court 1829 RULE ON THE HEIRS OF MICHAEL KORN deceased Served by Coppy on the Legle heirs on the 29th June 1829 So answers Serving $1.75 Jos Imhoff Shff 5 Coppys .62 34 Miles 2.72 _____ $5.09 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 69 Somerset County SS At an Orphans Court held at Somerset before the Honorable Alex Thomson Esq. President and Henry Black and John Kurtz Esquires his Associates Judges of the same Court. 2nd June 1829 on Aplication of Mr. Weigley Inquisition on the Real estate of a Michael Korns late of Southampton Township deceased confirmed by the Court. And same day Rule upon the heirs and legal representatives of said deceased to appear at next Court and accept or refuse the Real estate of said deceased at the appraised price. Certified June 27th, 1829 R. Fletcher for A. Ogle Jun Clerk Names of the Heirs Daniel Korns-Catharine intermarried with Jacob Kemerer- Mary intermarried with John Beall-Susannah intermarried with one John Shaver- John-Charles-Rebecca intermarried with one John Witt (Black Smith), Christena intermarried with Wm. Troutman Jun-Barbara intermarried with Charles Uhl, Delila intermarried with John Miller, Michael, jr and William the last named of whom is in his minority and John Witt his Guardian Somerset County SS Personally appeared in open Court Chas. Heffley Deputy Sheriff who on his oath saith that he served the within on Daniel Korns Michael Korns, jr & Jacob Cook three legal heirs & representatives by giving them a copy ten days before this Court Charles Hefle Sworn & Subscribed in open Court Sep. 2-1829 (?) A. Ogle Jun Clerk [................................................................] 70 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. No. 33-1824 November Court 1829 RULE ON THE HEIRS OF MICHAEL KORNS deceased to shew Cause why real estate should not be sold Served on 19th of November 1829 So answers Jos Imhoff Shff Shff $8.25 Somerset County SS At an Orphans Court held at Somerset in and for said County on the 2nd Sept 1829 Before the Honorable Alex Thomson Esq President John Kurtz & Henry Black Esq Associate Judges of the same Court. On motion of H. N. Weigley EsQ. the Court granted a Rule on the heirs and legal representatives of Michael Korns decd to shew cause at next Term why the real estate of said deceased should not be sold. By the Court Alex Ogle Jr Clerk The following appears but is unsigned Somerset County SS Personally appeared in open Court Charles Heffley Shff who being sworn saith that he served the within Rule on Jacob Cook and Michael Korns two persons interested 1st December 1829 Order of Sale granted, to take place on the premises on the 3rd Saturday of Jany-One third in hand and the balance on three equal annual payments-notice to be given in two of the papers printed in Somerset and by nine written or printed advertisements to be put up in the most public places in the County-Admtrs to give Seventy in $7000 (Entered) [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 71 No. 33-1824 Somerset County SS At an Orphans Court of the County of Somerset Commenced and held at Somerset in and for said County on the last Monday in November 1829 Before the Honorable Alexander Thomson Esquire President and Henry Black and John Kurtz his Associate Judges of the same Court-And now to wit on the fourth day of December 1829 The Administration Account of Magdalena Korn (now Boyer) Michael Korn and Henry Hoyman Administrators of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits which were of Michael Korn late of Southampton Township deceased refered to Samuel G.o Bailey and Moses Hampton Esquires to ascertain and determine what interest Administrators must be charged with, to ascertain and determine further what amount Administrators must have for their trouble in settling estate to meet on the 18th Instant. Robert Fletcher for A. Ogle Sen. Clerk 18th December A.D. 1829 Pursuant to the above Rule, All the Auditors named therein having met at the Office of Samuel G. Bailey in Somerset and having been respectively sworn and affirmed and having heard the parties concerned, by their Counsel do report the following Alteration and addition to the said Administration account-to wit- Balance in the hands of Administrators as per Administration Account..................... $588.64 To part of Item No. 22 in Said account for which Administrators are not entitled to credit................................... 173.30 _______ $761.94 [................................................................] 72 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Brot forward............................... $761.94 Interest on Same from 1 December 1826....... 137.14 _______ $899.08 The Auditors are Satisfied that the accountants are entitled to a cerdit of $297 only of the Item No. 22 in the Administration Account above refered to, and they have therefore charged them with the balance of $173.30-which being added to the balance which Accountants have reported in their hands makes $761.94 upon which Sum the Auditors have charged Interest from the first December 1826-which being added to the last mentioned Sum makes an aggregate of Eight hundred and ninety nine dollars and eight cents in the hands of Accountants for distribution- Witness our hands and Seals at Somerset the day and year aforesaid. Samuel G. Bailey (Seal) Moses Hampton (Seal) No. 33-1824 Michael Korns estate Feby 4th 1830 RULE ON THE ADMRS of Corns decd to appear at next Court 1st day & shew cause why the ballance remaining due on Admt account should not be distributed among the legal heirs and representatives notice to be given to all the heirs & parties interested I Williams Register Entered To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County now composing an Orphans Court in and for said County-- The petition of Jacob Cook humbly sheweth that Michael Korns late of said County deceased died intestate leaving a [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 73 widow Magdlena twelve children, to wit Daniel, Catharine intermarried with Jacob Kemerer, Polly [elsewhere in this book listed as Mary or Mary Magdalene] with John Beal, Susanne with John Shaver, John, Charles, Rebecca intermarried with John Witt, Christena intermarried with William Troutman, Barbere with Charles Uhl, William, Michael, Lilah intermarried with John Miller--That the said intestate died seized of real and personal property to a considerable amount--That Michael Korns, Jr., and Henry Hoyman & Magdalene widow were appointed Administrators of the personal estate of said deceased that they have regularly settled their Administration account of said estate which has been confirmed by your Honors -by which said account there appears to beee aa ballance in the hands of the said Administrators of eight hundred and ninety nine dollars and eight cents--Your petitioner therefore prays your Honors to grant an order upon said Administrators to pay over to the heirs and legal representatives of the said Michael Korns deceased their several shares and purparts of the personal estate of said deceased--and he will pray &C Jacob Cook 1830 RULE ON THE ADMINISTRATORS of Michael Korns decd Served personally on Henry Hoyman & Michl Korns, Jr., on the 10th of March 1830 So answers Jos Imhoff Shff fees $ 3 .40 Somerset County SS At an Orphans Court held at Somerset on the first Monday in February 1830 before the Honorable Alesander Thomson President and Henry Black and John Kurtz Esquires his associate judges of the Same Court-- On Motion Rule granted on the Administrators of Michael [................................................................] 74 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Korns deceased to appear and file their bond and take out the order for the sale of the real estate of Said deceased or else shew cause on the first day of next term why they should not be discharged and the letters of Administration revoked Extract from the record certified the 7th day of March 1830 I Williams Clerk 1830 RULE ON THE HEIRS of Michael Korns decd. Served by Coppy on the Legal Representatives on the 7th April 1830 So answers Jos Imhoff Shff Shff fees $8.52 This Rule continued until the next Court. May 1st 1830 I Williams Clerk Somerset County SS At an Orphans Court held at Somerset in and for said County on the first Monday in February 1830 before the Honorable Alex. Thomson president and Henry Black and John Kurtz Esquires his Associates Judges of the same Court On Motion Rule on the heirs and legal representatives of Michael Korns decd to shew cause on the Monday of next Court why distribution of the personal estate of said deceased Should not be made From the record I Williams Clerk Somerset County etc Joseph Imhoff Shff being duly sworn doth say that he served the within rule on the heirs & legal representatives of Michael [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 75 Korns deceased on the 7th day of April 1830--viz on Jacob Cook swn & subs in open Court Michael Korns Jr Apl. 27, 1830 Daniel Korns Jos Imhoff Widow Beal Curam Geo. Foy Prothy Adam Lepley Daniel Lepley John Miller Henry Hoyman 1830 RETURN AND CONFIRMATION of sale of Michael Korns estate Michael Korns decd Sept 3rd 1830 Sale confirmed by the Court as made I Williams Clerk Somerset County SS In the Orphans Court of said County of........//Term 1830 Korns Michael decd To the order of Court of April Term 1830 ordering the Sale of the real estate of the Said decd to be made on the first Monday of June 1830 The Administrators return that in pursuance of the same after due and publick notice they did expose the real estate of the said Michael Korns decd. to sale and sold the same to Jacob Cook as follows, viz The home place at $3503.01 three thousand five hundred and three dollars and one cent and the other tract called Glases (?) plan to the said Jacob Cook for $1385.14 one thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars and fourteen cents that being in both cases the highest sum bidden and he the highest bidder [................................................................] 76 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. The undersigned therefore pray the court to confirm the Said Sale and they in duty bound will pray &c Michael Korns Jr Henry Hoiman Administrators [................................................................] [Page 77] CHAPTER III DANIEL KORNS BRANCH Daniel Korns, born Dec. 24, 1782; died Aug. 26, 1861. He was married to Elizabeth Reiver, born Aug. 23, 1787, died March 13, 1873. They had 9 children. Hanna Korns, born......, died July 19, 1831. Jacob Korns Daniel Korns, Jr. Solomon Korns. John Korns. Susanna (Korns) Gaumer, wife of Samuel Gaumer. Catherine (Korns) Lepley, wife of Joseph Lepley. Elizabeth (Korns) Gaumer, wife of Daniel Gaumer. Mary (Korns) Shaffer, wife of Levi Shaffer. Also Dom and Morgan. JACOB KORNS, son of Daniel, Sr. Jacob, the oldest son of Daniel B. and Elizabeth Rivers (Reiber) Korns was born in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1817 and died in Marshalltown, Iowa, June 23, 1911. He grew to manhood in Somerset County and was married to Elizabeth Biesicker, (b. Oct. 9, 1817, d. Nov. 30, 1887), June 17, 1842. In 1857, fifteen years after his marriage, he came to Iowa with his family, and farmed Emanuel Emerick's farm at Carnsforth, Iowa. During that year he broke up some of the virgin prairie on his farm of 320 acres in Tama County that he bought from the government. There he built the house using the native black walnut for timbers and clapboards. In 1857 he moved on his own land bringing his goods from Iowa City in wagons a distance of 62 miles. Iowa City was the only large town and as far as the railroad came. [................................................................] 78 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [Photo of farm] Original Farm Home of Daniel and Elizabeth (Reiver) Korns in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. [This photo caption conflicts with the local family tradition that the first Korns living on the illustrated farm was Daniel Korns, Jr.] [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 79 There were only three settlers in the township and so the Korns home was a haven where new settlers stayed until they had their new homes ready to move into. He was a friend of the newcomer always, helping him to establish himself in his new surroundings. Helping to build a new community. He was a true pioneer. He married Mrs. Mary Goldsmith of Chicago, July 31, 1889. To the union of Elizabeth Biesicker and Jacob Korns was born six children: Edmund F. Korns, b. July 26, 1843, d. April 17, 1848; Catherine B. Korns, b. March 9, 1845, d. March 6,1907; Mary B. Korns, b. April 25, 1847, d. August 10, 1850; Annie Elizabeth Korns, b. Sept. 22, 1849, d. Aug. 3, 1850; Susan Korns, b. June 7, 1852, d. March 14, 1876; [and] Sarah Amanda Korns, b. Oct. 11, 1856. Children of Susan Korns and Douglas Boyd: Minnie May, b. March 26, 1874, d. April 10, 1927. Married Elam Jessup Hadley Dec. 14, 1893, b. Dec. 5, 1870. Lilly, b. Feb. 7, 1876, d. March 13, 1879. After the death of Susan, her children were taken into the Korns home. Lilly died at the age of three years, one month. Minnie lived with her grandparents who gave her every advantage they could. She graduated from the Le Grand Academy and went to Iowa College one year. From early childhood she showed musical talent and so went to Oberlin College, Ohio, to study music. On Dec. 14, 1893, she married Elam Jessup Hadley (b. Dec. 5, 1870). Until the past few years the family home was in Grinnell, Iowa. The children were born there and were educated in the local schools and Grinnell College. Edmund E., b. August 12, 1895. Gladys E., b. July 15,1897. Grace A., b. March 17, 1899. Donald B., b. December 24, 1903. Dwight E., b. June 16, 1906. [................................................................] 80 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Dorothy J., b. April 6, 1908. Harold D., b. June 26, 1910. Herbert G., b. August 31, 1912. Edmund E. Hadley m. Marguerite Feys, Feb. 10, 1920. They have one son, Joseph E. Hadley, b. Dec. 31, 1920. They live in Washington, D. C. Edmund enlisted in 1917 and served until the close of the war. He enlisted in the Chicago University Ambulance Corps and was later transferred to the Intelligence Service and was stationed in the vicinity of New York City until the close of the war. He was discharged in Dec. 1918. In Jan. 1919 he was appointed to go as a member of the Armenian Relief Commission. He spent the next year at various points in the Near East, and it was here that he met and married his wife, Marguerite Feys, at Tiflis, Russia. She is a native of Dixmude, Belgium. Early in the war she went to Paris where she spent four years in the French War Service. Following the war she went on the staff of General Haskell, a British army general, on the Near East Commission. While there she met Edmund Hadley. Gladys E. Hadley married James T. Barnes of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Aug. 12, 1928. They have one child, Barbara Jean Barnes, b. May 18, 1929. They live in Oklahoma City. James T. Barnes enlisted in the Air Service Nov. 30, 1917, at Altus, Oklahoma. He was sworn into the service at Fort Logan, Denver, Colorado, Dec. 4, 1917. His company sailed for overseas service from the harbor at New York, March 16, 1918, and landed in Liverpool, England, March 28, 1918. He was sent to different camps in England, and was in training there when the Armistice was signed. On Dec. 1, 1918, the company sailed from Liverpool, England, for New York. Landed in New York City, Dec. 12, 1918, and was honorably discharged at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas, on Dec. 27, 1918. Grace A. Hadley married Sheldon F. Fuller of Grinnell, Iowa, Oct. 19, 1921. Their little daughter Betty Ann Fuller, b. July [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 81 16, 1925, d. Dec. 24, 1930, of meningitis. They live in Washington, D. C. Sheldon F. Fuller was a student at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, and in Sept. 1918, enlisted in the S. A. T. C. (Student Army Training Corps). He was discharged in Dec. 1918. Donald B. Hadley married Avo Rice of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 8, 1930. They live in Washington, D. C. Dorothy J., b. April 6, 1908, graduated from Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, in 1930, and is living in Washington, D.C. Dwight, b. June 16, 1906, is living in Washington, D. C. Harold, b. June 26, 1910, and Herbert, b. Aug. 31, 1912, are attending Washington University, Washington, D. C. Edmund F., Mary B., and Annie Elizabeth Korns are buried in Rivers Cemetery in Southampton Twp., Somerset Co., Pa.; Catherine B. and Susan (Boyd) are buried in the Korns Cemetery in Highland Twp., Iowa County, Iowa, with their father and mother. SARAH AMANDA KORNS MOOERS Sarah Amanda Korns married Timothy Andrew Mooers June 13, 1894. They have two children, George F. Mooers, b. April 23, 1895, and Mina K. Mooers, b. April 14, 1898. Sarah Amanda was born in Somerset Co., Pa., Oct. 11, 1856. She was brought to Iowa when six months old and was educated in the schools in Highland Twp., and Grinnell College Academy. For four years she taught school in Iowa and Washington and then was called home to take care of her mother. On June 13, 1894, she married Timothy Andrew Mooers, b. Nov. 16, 1852, d. Sept. 13, 1921, and to this union were born two children, George F., b. April 23, 1895, and Mina Katheryn, b. April 14, 1898. She lived on the Korns homestead until the death of her husband and now lives in Grinnell, Iowa. Sarah Amanda died at Boon, Iowa, Feb. 26, 1938, and was buried in Montour Cemetery. [................................................................] 82 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. George Frederick, b. April 23, 1895, was educated in Tama County schools, graduated from Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1916. He entered Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado, in the fall of 1916, and enlisted in the infantry Sept. 20, 1917, at Toledo, Iowa. He was sworn into the service (163 D. B.) at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Later he was transferred to Camp Cody and Camp Dix, serving in the Hq. Co., 133rd Suf.; Co. F. 329 Inq. Cas. Det. No. 59, and served in France from Oct. 13, 1918 to Jan. 31, 1919. He was discharged Feb. 1919. George married Vemba Clark, March 14, 1923 and they live in Grinnell, Iowa. Mina Katheryn, b. April 14, 1898, was educated in the Tama County schools and graduated from Grinnell High School, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1917, and received her B.A. degree from Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, in 1922. She has done graduate work in Iowa State College Summer School in Ames, Iowa. Ever since she has graduated, Mina has taught science in the High Schools of Minnesota. She was formally a teacher in Elk River, Minnesota. Mina Katheryn married John Tyler Stone, Jan. 24, 1942. DANIEL KORNS, JR. and Caroline (Tressler) Korns They had nine children: 1. Daniel William Korns, b. Feb. 4,1867, d. Dec. 4,1876. 2. Mary Ellen Korns, b. Dec. 19, 1844, d. Feb. 1, 1847. 3. [John] Wilson Korns, married Mary Elizabeth Geiger, four children. 4. Joseph Korns, married Elizabeth Blair [or Clair], no children. 5. Jacob Korns, married Margaret Burkett, seven children. 6. Emanuel Korns, married Katie Ann Comp. Children: Lewis Korns, Charles Korns, Anna Korns. 7. Lizzie Korns, married Solomon Shaffer. 8. Lydia Korns, married George Wisel. 9. Tillie Korns, married Jim Blubaugh. One child, Clara, known as Korns. The parents never lived together. [................................................................] [Page 83] [Photo of John Wilson "Wilse" Korns, Son of Daniel] Wilson Korns [................................................................] 84 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Children of Wilson and Mary Elizabeth (Geiger) Korns: 1. Earl T. Korns, married Ella Lepley. Children: Lester and Lucretia. Lucretia married Daniel Sturtz and lives with her parents. [See page 136 for Lester's children.] 2. Nevin Lewis Korns, married Anna Longanecker. Children: Mary, Mildred and David. 3. John Harvey, married Kathryn Martz. Children: John, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth. John Harvey d. Dec. 29, 1930, and Kathryn remarried to John Kerr, one son, Richard Earl. 4. Allen Lester Korns, married Gladys [Edna] Bittner. Children: Melvin Lester, b. Apr. 8, 1926; Luther Allen, b. Mar. 1, 1929; Gladys Estalene, b. Apr. 13, 1933; Alvin Lee, b. Apr. 25, 1946. Jacob A. Korns, b. Sept. 1, 1853, married Margaret Burkett, b. Jan. 29, 1858. Their children: 1. Clayton A. Korns, b. April 6, 1888, married Leora Troutman. Two children: a. Elwood M. Korns, b. March 26, 1917. b. Luther William Korns, b. July 6, 1923. 2. Joseph M. Korns, b. July 15, 1899, married Alice Boyer. [On March 21, 2007 Londa Korns Randall reported that the birth date of Joseph M. Korns, her grandfather is incorrect. She wrote "He was born in 1889 not 1899 as stated. He was married to Alice Nevada Boyer as stated and they had 2 sons, Merle Edwin Korns, who never married, born Jan. 1, 1914 and died Jan. 18, 2002 and my dad James Ralph Korns, born Oct. 30, 1915. He married Lois Ruth Emerick. They had three daughters, Lois Faith Korns Horner, Londa Korns Randall, and Deborah Ivy Korns Harden. ...Mother, Lois Korns, died Dec. 12, 1999 and Dad died April 3, 2005".] 3. Orpha Korns, b. April 27, 1891, d. 1924. 4. Cynthia Korns, b. Dec. 6, 1893, married Wesley SleyIan. About seven children. 5. Mahlon Korns, b. Oct. 5, 1895. 6. Dewie C. Korns, b. May 27, 1897, married Ethel Ringler, b. Nov. 6, 1897. a. Woodrow Korns, b. July 15, 1918. b. Therman Korns, b. Jan. 14, 1930. c. Audrey Jane Korns, b. May 27, 1931. 7. Sherman Korns, b. Nov. 27, 1901. Elizabeth Ann Korns, daughter of Daniel Korns, Jr., married Solomon Shaffer, a son of Levi Shaffer, who was born Nov. 10, 1844, in Bridgeport, Bedford County, Pa. To this marriage four children were born-three boys and one girl. [................................................................] 86 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Dorsey Pearson, b. April 11, 1875, d. July 12, 1912. Essie Pearl, b. April 8, 1878, d. June 27, 1927. Charles Elbert, b. Aug. 31, 1888, d. Dec. 6, 1896. Howard Melvin, b. Oct. 16, 1882. Graduated from the common schools of Bedford Co., Pa., and the Loch Haven Normal School of Loch Haven, Pa. He spent eighteen years as [a] teacher in the schools of Bedford, Elk, and Westmoreland, Counties. Also four years as teacher of Latin in Hyndman High School. June 27, 1912, he was united in marriage to Bertha Longenecker, daughter of David and Lona Longenecker of Baker's Summit, Bedford Co. They have one child, Genevieve, b. April 13, 1916. Solomon Shaffer died June 14, 1917. Elizabeth (Korns) Shaffer died Dec. 10, 1906. SOLOMON KORNS Solomon Korns was born in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Sept. 13, 1822. He was married to Mary E. Fink, who was b. Nov. 7, 1825, in Turbot Township, Northumberland Co., Pa. They were married Sept. 5, 1847, at Wellersburg, Pa., by the Rev. Benjamine Knepper and the ceremony was witnessed by William Troutman and Louisa Lepley. Solomon Korns and Mary (Fink) Korns had ten children: 1. Elizabeth Ann Korns, b. Aug. 7, 1850, at Wellersburg, Pa. 2. Delila Korns, b. Oct. 10, 1852, at Wellersburg, Pa. 3. Franklin Korns, b. Sept. 4, 1854, at Wellersburg, Pa. 4. Sara Katherine Korns, b. May 30, 1856, at Knox County, Illinois. 5. Ellen Jane Korns, b. April 16, 1858, Knox County, Illinois. 6. Margaret Louisa Korns, b. March 9, 1860, Henderson County, Illinois. [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 87 7. William Henry Korns, b. April 7,1862, Henderson County, Illinois. 8. Mary Matilda Korns, b. Feb. 24, 1864, Tama County, Iowa. 9. Frances May Korns, b. May 14, 1866, Putman County, Missouri. 10. George Washington Korns, b. April 19, 1868, Putman County, Missouri. 1. Elizabeth Ann Korns married Chas. Hurford, d. Newburg, Oregon, about 1930. 2. Delilah married Robert Lightfoot, d.. Putman County, Missouri, July 8, 1891. 3. Franklin Korns, d. June 15, 1856. 4. Sara Kathryn Korns married .........Woodruff, d. Newburg, Oregon, about 1930. 5. Ellen Jane Korns, d. Jan. 27, 1874. 6. Margaret Louisa Korns, married Martin Helferstine, d. Jan. 4, 1905, Unionville, Missouri. 7. William Henry Korns married Roberta Stalcup on June 26, 1884, d. March 29, 1922. 8. Mary Matilda Korns married Isaac Yount and lives in Unionville, Missouri, with her daughter and two sons. 9. Frances May Korns married Mel. Plummer and now resides in Cottonwood, California. 10. George Washington Korns married Lottie Lightfoot, resides at Kirksville, Missouri. Solomon, the third son of Daniel (1782) and Elizabeth Reiver (1787) Korns was born in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., on Sept. 13, 1822. No record is available regarding his early life and education, although from a newspaper account published in 1897, describing the celebration of his golden wedding is stated "In his early life Solomon Korns was a country squire as well as school teacher in a rural district in Pennsylvania....." [................................................................] 88 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. On Sept. 5, 1847, Solomon was married to Mary Elizabeth Finck, who was born in Turbot Township, Northumberland County, Pa., on Nov. 7, 1825. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Benjamin Knepper of the German Reformed Church at the town of Wellersburg, Pa., and was witnessed by William Troutman and Louisa Lepley. The couple remained in Wellersburg where their first three children were born. Elizabeth Anne, Aug. 7, 1850, married Chas. Hurford, d. Newburg, Oregon, about 1930. Delilah, Oct. 12, 1852, married Robert Lightfoot, d. Putman County, Missouri, July 8, 1891. Franklin, Sept. 4,1854, d. June 15, 1856. Solomon and two of his brothers, Jacob and John, decided to "Go West" so presumably in the spring of 1855 the three families piled all their possessions in their wagons and started overland, while Daniel, the oldest brother, and their three sisters, Elizabeth, Susanna and Polly, remained in Somerset Co. Knox County, Illinois, was apparently the first stopping place for here the following daughters were born, at or near Galesburg. Sara Kathryn, May 30, 1856, married .... Woodruff, d. Newburg, Oregon, about 1930. Ellen Jane, April 16, 1858, d. Jan. 27, 1874. Margaret Louisa, March 9, 1860, married Martin Helferstine, d. Jan. 4, 1905, Unionville, Missouri. The parents next moved with their five daughters to Henderson County, Illinois, where William Henry was b. April 7, 1862, near a small settlement called Raritan. Family history tells that the three brothers remained in the close neighborhood of each other during their travels westward as they all next settled in Tama County, Iowa, on nearby farms. It was here the sixth daughter, Mary Matilda was born in Highland Township, on Feb. 24, 1864, and here the family remained for about two years, while the two brothers of Solomon, Jacob and John, permanently remained. Mary Matilda married Isaac Yount [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 89 and at the present time is residing in Unionville, Missouri, with her daughter and two sons. Solomon next took his family to Putman County, Missouri, where he located at West Liberty and where the last two children were born. Frances May, May 14, 1866, married Mel. Plummer, now resides at Cottonwood, California. George Washington, April 19, 1868, married Lottie Lightfoot, resides at Kirksville, Missouri. Besides farming to some extent at each of the above named places Solomon also engaged in the occupation of milling, which trade he had apparently learned at his old home in Pennsylvania. After a short time spent in Macon Co., the family returned and permanently located in Unionville, Putman Co., Missouri, where Solomon engaged in the freight and drayage business. I Solomon and Mary celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Sept. 5, 1897. Solomon died at the family home, June 30, 1901, aged 78 years, 9 months and 17 days. Mary his wife for over a half a century, survived him for a few years. William Henry married Roberta Stalcup on June 26, 1884. William Henry Korns and Roberta (Stalcup) Korns moved to Rockwell City, Iowa, where he assisted in publishing a newspaper for a short time returning to Unionville where he leased and published the "Unionville Democrat." Here their first child, a boy, was born, dying shortly after birth. In 1888 the couple located at Tekamah, Burt Co., Nebraska, where the husband bought and edited the "Burt County Herald" also becoming postmaster under Grover Cleveland. Two children, Rowena and J. Roderic, were born here on March 18, 1889, and July 24, 1890, respectively. In the spring of 1895 the family moved to Casper, Wyoming, which was the terminal of the F. E. and M. V. R. R. and before oil had become the principal commodity of production. W. H. owned and edited the "Wyoming Derrick" [................................................................] 90 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. and became the leader of the local Democrats in which has since been stated was the most bitterly fought political campaign in Natrona County. Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish American War, Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska, became the family home where W. H. published the "Chadron Chronicle," another Democratic newspaper which he had bought. In 1901 the family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where W. H. bought a half interest in the "Mining Review," a weekly magazine devoted to the interests of mining. In 1905, after disposing of his interest in the magazine, W. H. founded the Korns Warehouse Company which he operated to the time of his death on March 29, 1922. The local city government changed from the aldermanic to the commission form in 1911 and W. H. became one of the first commissioners, being assigned to the water department, and at the election it was the writers' privilege to cast the first vote of his life for his father. The widow, Roberta Stalcup Korns still survives and resides in this city. Rowena married C. A. Maly and has one daughter named Karl Rowena. J. R. Korns, was married Jan. 30, 1917, to Sara Beck Marrill, a granddaughter of the well-known pioneer mining man, John Beck of the Bullion-Beck Mine. Two sons have been born to this couple, James Roderic on Jan. 20, 1918, and William Lester, Nov. 18, 1921. SUSANNA (Korns) GAUMER, wife of Samuel Gaumer. Buried in Victor, Iowa. Their children: Samuel, Kate and Levi. ELIZABETH (Korns) GAUMER, wife of Daniel Gaumer. Children of Daniel Gaumer and Elizabeth Korns Gaumer: 1. Rebecca, 1836-1904. 2. George, 1835-1868. 3. Hannah, no date of birth or death known. 4. Elizabeth, no date of birth or death known. 5. Delilah, no date of birth or death known. 6. Solomon, 1842-1923. [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 91 7. Edward, 1844-1873. 8. Simon, 1848-1932. 9. Julia, 1846- 10. Lavina, no date of birth known (about 1852). 11. Minerva, no date of birth known (about 1855). 12. James, 1859-1906. Rebecca Gaumer, b. in 1836, daughter of Elizabeth Korns Gaumer and Daniel Gaumer, married William Gary. She d. in 1904. Children: 1. Dr. Isaiah Clark Gary, b. March 4, 1858. 2. Katherine Elizabeth Gary, b. April 1861. 3. Simon Peter Gary. 4. George Edward Gary. 5. Belle Gary, b. Nov. 1869. Katherine Elizabeth Gary married Fred Ingram in 1883. They had two children: a. William, b. in 1884. b. Pearl, b. in 1886 and d. in 1927. One son b. in 1927. Belle Gary married Fred Ingersol. They had two children: a. Lola Ingersol. b. Charles Gary Ingersol. George Gaumer, 1835-1868, married Sarah Carroll, had two children: Norman and George Gaumer. 1. Norman Gaumer, deceased, b. about 1867, married Effie S. Pryor and had three children: a. Sidney Carroll Gaumer, U. S. Veterans Hospital, Knoxville, Iowa. b. George Dewey Gaumer, deceased, married Irene Eaton and had two children: Lora Frances Gaumer, deceased. George Norman Gaumer, 116 South 9th Street, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. [................................................................] 92 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. c. Dorothy Louise Gaumer, married Samson T. LegvoId, Manilla, Iowa, they have three children. Samson T. Legvold, Jr., Manilla, Iowa. Dorothy Lavonne Legvold, Manilla, Iowa. Velta May Legvold, Manilla, Iowa. 2. George Gaumer, 1869-1892. Solomon Gaumer, 1842-1923, married Annie Stewart and had nine children: James Stewart, Jessie May, John Edward, Archie Winnett, Rolla Raymond, Frances Bernice, Bessie Pearle, Charles Carl, and Hugh Donald. 1. James Stewart Gaumer, M.D., 1872, Fairfield, la., graduated from Rush Med. College, 1900, married Minnie Corey, have one son, Stewart Corey Gaumer, 1918. 2. Jessie May Gaumer, 1874-1876. 3. John Edward Gaumer, 1876, San Francisco, California, married Nelle Teachnor who died 1923, married Lea Krumm 1924. 4. Archie Winnett Gaumer, D.D.S., 1878-1920, Bloomfield, Iowa, married Edith Anschutz. 5. Rolla Raymond Gaumer, D.D.S., 1880, Galesburg, Ill., married Bessie Ensley. 6. Frances Bernice Gaumer, 1882, married Ernest Breniman, Brooklyn, Iowa, and have four children: Lester Breniman, 1905, Evelyth, Minn. Mildred Breniman, 1908, who married Clinton Belknap, Chicago, Illinois. Gorrest Breniman, 1913, Brooklyn, Iowa. Ruth Breniman, 1918, Brooklyn, Iowa. 7. Bessie Pearle Gaumer, 1885, Fairfield, Iowa, unmarried. 8. Charles Carl Gaumer, 1887, East Moline, Ill., married Eleanora Carlson, and have four children: Harold Gaumer, 1911, East Moline, Illinois. Helene Gaumer, 1913, East Moline, Illinois. Walter Gaumer, 1918, East Moline, Illinois. Archie Gaumer, 1922, East Moline, Illinois. [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 93 9. Hugh Donald Gaumer, 1889, San Francisco, California, married Estella Crowel. Simon Gaumer, 1848-1932, Des Moines, Iowa, married Amanda Manatt and had two daughters: Belle and Maude. 1. Belle Gaumer, married James Murvin, Des Moines, Iowa. 2. Maude Gaumer, married John Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa, and had one son, Merle Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa, who married Virginia..... and have a daughter, Betty Jean Thompson. Julia Gaumer, Gilman, Iowa, unmarried, deceased. Lavina Gaumer, Victor, Iowa, married Samuel Jordan, deceased. No children. Minerva Gaumer, Seattle, Washington, married James Sage, deceased. They had two sons, Ellsworth and Arthur Sage, deceased. She later married ..... Morse. James Gaumer, 1858-1906, Fairfield, Iowa, married Anna Bales and had nine children: Nina, Wesley, Blanche, Cleveland, Harvey, and Viloma. 1. Nina Gaumer, 1881, married J. S. Pence, M.D., Columbus, Jct., Iowa, and have three children: a. John Pence, 1898, Red Oak, Iowa, married Nelle Routson and have three children: Janelle, Jacklyn and John, Jr. b. Cornelia Pence, 1900, married William Kent, Columbus, Jct., Iowa. c. William Pence, 1902, Chicago, Ill., married Alma Kelley. 2. Wesley Gaumer, 1883, Fairfield, Iowa, married Caryl Holt. 3. Blanche Gaumer, 1885, Fairfield, Iowa, unmarried. [................................................................] 94 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 4. Cleveland Gaumer, 1888, Fairfield, Iowa, married Verda Green. 5. Harvey Gaumer, 1891, Fairfield, Iowa, married Margaret Heine, have two daughters: Betty, 1926, and Patricia, 1928. 6. Viloma Gaumer, 1904, Fairfield, Iowa, unmarried. DR. ISAIAH CLARK GARY The following biographical data is taken from the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois: "Dr. Isaiah Clark Gary, founder, owner and executive head of the People's Hospital and Training School for Nurses at Chicago, is a vital factor in the life of this city, where his philanthropy has been the means of bringing health, hope and happiness to thousands. By dint of his own efforts he has risen from obscurity to prominence. He was born near Cumberland, Md., March 4, 1858, a son of William Henry and Rebecca (Gaumer) Gary, and is one of the many sons of that state who, by character and achievement, have attained prominence and reflected credit upon the city of his adoption. His rudimental education was obtained in the subscription schools of his native county, and upon the removal of the family to Tama, Iowa, in 1868, he became a student in the public schools there. In 1884 he entered the Wilton (Iowa) Academy, where he took a scientific course, and pursued his studies in that institution until 1886, bravely working his way through the academy and obtaining his education through his own efforts. "Having decided upon the study of medicine, he came to Illinois and ever since has been a resident of Cook County, matriculating in the medical department of the Northwestern University in 1886, and graduating from that institution in 1889, with the degree of M.D. "He worked his way through the medical course as he had previously done at the academy, making a good record in his studies, despite the outside duties he was obliged to perform. In [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 95 [Photo] Dr. I. Clark Gary [................................................................] 96 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 1888 he was made assistant physician at the Armour Mission dispensary, and for two years assistant city physician of the central south side. After graduation, he established himself as a general practitioner in the center of a densely populated, largely foreign section of Chicago, and his first office room was at the corner of Archer Avenue and Twenty-second Street, in the same building in which he established the People's Hospital and Training School for Nurses. His life and practice here brought him into close touch with the great mass of suffering humanity, and his keen insight into human life and affairs, together with his kind hearted sympathy, soon led him to recognize the need of the people, and in 1897 he decided to found a hospital to be conducted on ethical and philanthropic principles, which was to be especially adapted to meet the needs of the people in moderate and humble circumstances. The plan was executed without the aid of subscriptions or outside contributions, and proved a success from the beginning. "Under the management of a man so eminently qualified and fitted for his life work, the success of the undertaking was at once assured and Dr. Gary deserves great credit for his efforts toward filling a long felt need. Since its beginning the hospital has received more than sixteen thousand five hundred bed patients, and twenty thousand personal injury cases, and no institution in the city has done so much with such limited facilities. Located on Twenty-second Street and Archer Avenue, in the midst of a congested manufacturing railroad and lumber district of the south side, the People's Hospital has done a wonderful work in administering to the needs of the people who apply for aid. The aim of this great institution, as of every true physician, is to alleviate suffering and prolong life, therefore, all emergency cases are given first aid and that without ascertaining the ability of the patient to pay, and no patients are turned away until they can be safely removed. The hospital fees are moderate in all cases, and many worthy patients are cared for without compensation. Since starting this work, Dr. Gary has never turned away a single ambulance patient, and there is not a police patrol [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 97 nor station in the city but knows that if they cannot take their patients elsewhere they are sure to find an 'open door' at the People's Hospital. "It seemed a misfortune when in the spring of 1906 it was known that the remodeled flat building on Twenty-second Street and Archer Avenue had been sold and must make way for the onward march of commercial enterprises, but time proved it was a blessing in disguise, for it necessitated the formation of a movement which started the erection of the new building for the People's Hospital on those grounds. On June 16, 1907, with a cash fund of only $1,300, ground was broken, and the building begun and the raising of money and construction of the building progressed gradually, and all was completed in November, 1911, at a cost of $60,000. The building is four stories high, 40 x 100 feet, pressed brick front, fireproof and modern in all its furnishings and equipments. The hospital is an open one, patients may receive the attention of their own family physician or the attendance of the physician at the hospital, or physicians may bring their patients to the hospital and treat them in either a private room or ward. Patients of all kinds are admitted with the exception of the insane and those suffering with contagious diseases. "The people in the vicinity early recognized the good work that was done at the hospital and in 1904 they organized the People's Hospital Benevolent Association, with the aim and object to enlist the unity and sentiment of all members, to promote moral and hospital aid to the deserving poor, and to promote social intercourse among its members by holding a charity ball the latter part of January of each year. The proceeds of these charity balls are used to maintain free beds for emergency patients who are unable to pay or worthy sick poor who shall be recommended by the chairman of the Committee of Council. "The People's Hospital and Training School for Nurses is one of the most noteworthy institutions of its kind in the city of Chicago, and too much praise cannot be accorded Dr. Gary for the philanthropic and humane work he has accomplished along [................................................................] 98 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. these lines. The institution does not receive any state, county or municipal aid and it is to be hoped that many will become annual benefactors to this noble cause. Dr. Gary is a man of marked intellectual activity, whose labors have given impetus to the work of science. He has displayed a capability along educational lines and in the practice of his profession has shown that his training was thorough and comprehensive. "He is a member of the American Medical Association; the Illinois State Medical and the Chicago Medical Societies, having served as president of the Stock Yards branch of the organization. He is also a member of the King Oscar Lodge of A. F. and A. M.; Royal League; Royal Arcanum; Miriam Chapter, No.1, Eastern Star; Bethlehem Shrine, No.1, W. S. J.; Chicago Historical Society; Loyal Order of Moose; Independent Order of Foresters; Association of Commerce; Illinois Hospital Association; American Hospital Association; life member of Art Institute; Poetry Lovers of America; Olympia Fields Country Club; Social Worker's Country Club, and is an elder in Central Church. "In his political affiliations he manifests his allegiance to the Republican party, but takes no active part in politics aside from casting the weight of his influence in support of men and measures working for the public good. His professional service has ever been discharged with a keen sense of conscientious obligation, and his skill is evidenced through results which have followed his labors. He is interested in all that pertains to modern progress and advancement along material, intellectual, and moral lines, and his charities extend to all worthy enterprises." * * * The above is the story of a very remarkable man and it is complete in so far as his work as a doctor and a high grade citizen are concerned. But Dr. Gary has quite another side to his life and it is this side which chiefly concerns Music News readers although, of a [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 99 truth, it is a very remarkable circumstance that a man of such prominence in another profession should also have found time to perfect himself in the study of Dramatic art. But, having developed a taste in that direction and having received unlimited encouragement from his friends he took up the study with characteristic enthusiasm several years ago and such has been his application to his work and such his very rapid development that he graduates in dramatic art, June 12, at the Chicago Musical College where he has long been a student under the tutelage of Mrs. Fannie B. Linderman. Mary Korns, daughter of Daniel Korns and Elizabeth Reiver Korns, married Levi Shaffer, also Mr. Dom, and Mr. Morgan. Children: To 1st husband: 1. John Edward Shaffer, b. May 30, 1847. 2. Mary Ellen Shaffer, b. July 30, 1849. 3. Catharine Elizabeth Shaffer, b. Oct. 9, 1851. 4. Levi Shaffer, b. Oct., 1854. To 2nd husband: 1. Amy CaDelia Dom, b. April 21, 1858. 2. George William Dom, b. Feb. 6, 1861. To 3rd husband: 1. Laura Jane Morgan, b. Aug. 20, 1869, married Edward L. Law. [................................................................] [Page 100] CHAPTER IV CATHERINE KORNS BRANCH Catherine Korns, b. 1783, married Jacob Knieriem, also spelled Kemerer. Their children: 1. Betsy, married Jacob Uhl. 2. John, b. 1805, married Amy Martin. 3. Rebecca, married S. Davinport. 4. Rachel, married J. Kiefer. 5. Susanna, b. 1808, married D. Foltz. 6. Michael, married Nancy Davenport. 7. Jacob, married Stanza McCullough. 8. Charles, married Christine Biddle. 9. Eliza, married .......... Collins. 10. Maria, married David Gorsuch. 11. Julia, married W. Keller. 12. Joseph, b. 1824, married J. Silcott. 13. Katherine, married E. Jones. [................................................................] [Page 101] CHAPTER V MARY MAGDALENE KORNS BRANCH Michael Korns was b. 1760, d. 1824, married Susannah Baker b. 1762, d. 1811; their daughter Mary Magdelene Korns was b. 1785, Nov. 8th and d. March 22, 1860. She was married to John Beal b. Nov: 11, 1781, and d. Sept. 22, 1825. Their children were: 1. Jacob, b. Jan. 16, 1809, married Elizabeth Kemmer. Jacob d. May 14, 1898. 2. Jesse. 3. Charles. 4. John. 5. Rebecca, married John Sturts. 6. Elizabeth, married Daniel Lepley. 7. Lydia, married Valentine Lepley. 8. Christine, married Levi Uhl. 9. Delilah, married Joseph Lepley. 10. Susanne, married Daniel Bachman. 11. Michael, married Ellen Underwood. 12. George. 13. Henery. 14. Lucinda. Lydia Beal intermarried Valentine Lepley, she was b. May 20, 1810, d. March 27,1841. He was b. April 3, 1803, d. Aug. 8, 1894. Their children were: 1. Dennis, b. Jan. 16, 1830, d. Aug. 3, 1831. 2. Josiah, b. Aug. 1, 1831, married Missouri Ohley. 3. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1832, married Dennis Cook. 4. Hannah, b. Nov. 30, 1834. 5. Susan, b. Aug. 1, 1836, married Adam Troutman. 6. John, b. Nov. 5, 1837, married Susannah Reiber, d. Dec. 16, 1919. [................................................................] 102 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 7. Jacob, b. May 5, 1839, d. 1864. 8. Senion, b. July 29, 1842, d. Feb. 20, 1846. The above Valentine Lepley after the death of his first wife married Maria Baker, who d. March 4, 1884. Their children were: 1. Lydia, b. Nov. 29, 1844, married Nathaniel Bittner, d. Sept. 14, 1914. 2. Daniel, b. Feb. 10, 1846. 3. Amos, b. June 14, 1847, d. April 16, 1853. 4. Lavina, b. May, 1848, married Joe Shoemaker. 5. Augustus, b. Aug. 8, 1851, married Minerva Bittner, d. Sept. 11, 1888. 6. Elenora, b. June 16, 1853, married Jesse Kennel, d. March, 1908. 7. Millard, b. Oct. 16, 1856, married Emma Burkett. 8. Alice, b. March 29, 1858, married William Blume, d. Dec. 1932. The above John Lepley, b. Nov. 5, 1837, married Susanna Reiber, June 4, 1842, she d. Dec. 11, 1925. Their children were: 1. Agnes, b. Dec. 5, 1862, d. Jan. 27, 1916. 2. Ida C., b. March 20, 1865, married Wm. Knepp, June 6, 1889 (he died Dec. 1889) and then she married Charles H. Weimer, Nov. 7,1907. 3. Louis V., b. May 21,1867, married Roberta Brallier on Oct. 10, 1900. Their children: a. Maude Eleanor, married Carl Chick, Dec. 22, 1928. b. Howard. c. Louis V., Jr. d. Harry. e. Charles. f. James. 4. Charles P., b. April 11, 1870, d. Jan. 31, 1895, married Jennie Guthrie. Their child was: [................................................................] MARY MAGDALENE KORNS BRANCH 103 a. Robert Earl married Margaret Lowry, d. Nov. 1919. Their child was John Robert. Robert Earle then married a Myra 1924, and had a child, Lois Anne in 1931. 5. Amy E., b. Aug. 20,1872, married June 15, 1892, to Edward F. DeWitt. One child: Clyde Colvin, on June 28, 1919, married Blanche Randall. This couple in turn had a child, Judith. Amy also had a child, John Dyrk, b. June, 1931. Ellen Irene DeWitt married Albert Wyke, July, 1917. Their children: Albert, Jr., Lois Irene, Edward. 6. John W., b. Oct. 20, 1874, d. Dec. 30, J899. 7. Bertha A., b. June 14, 1899, married Howard Stanton, who died Dec. 26, 1903. Their children were: a. Ralph L., b. Dec. 8, 1901, d. May 13, 1931, married Elizabeth Prosser. b. John H., b. Aug. 15, 1903, d. Aug. 15, 1931, married Margaret Piel. 8. Susan M., b. Nov. 11, 1911, married Howard Philip. 9. Herbert EarJe, d. Sept. 1883. 10. Eleanor. Rebecca Beal married John Sturtz. She was b. Aug. 11, 1805, and d. Nov. 15, 1883. Christina Sturtz, married James Close. Clara M. Close, married Calvin B. Cook. Children: Berta Lee Cook, married Charles Marten. Carrol Blaine Cook. Albert Jay Cook. Lunetta Mae Cook. Royal Ellsworth Cook. Byron Vincent Cook. Children of Bertha Lee Cook and Charles Marten: Royal Marten, graduate Phi Beta K, Occidental A.M. [................................................................] 104 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Stanford is Veterans' Counselor and Teacher at Santa Ana Junior College. Charles Calvin Marten, Univ. L. A., Ohio State, A.M., is Psychologist at Hospital, Columbia, Ohio. Theodore Marten, U. C. L. A., at Douglas Plant. Lucile, Kindergarten teacher, Music Major. Michael Korns, Sr., a common ancestor to the following line of Mary Magdalene Korn (Bertha Lee Cook Marten). Father's Line Mary Magdalene Korn Married John Beal Lydia Beal Married Valentine Lepley Elizabeth Lepley Married Dennis Cook Calvin Benson Cook Married Clara M. Close Bertha Lee Cook Married Charles Marten Mother's Line Mary Magdalene Korn Married John Beal Rebecca Beal Married John Sturtz Christina Sturtz Married James Close Clara M. Close Married Calvin B. Cook Bertha Lee Cook Married Charles Marten PROF. CALVIN BENSON COOK Calvin Benson Cook, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cook of Ellerslie, Maryland, married Clara M. Close, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Close of Wellersburg, Pa. They were the parents of six children: Carrol Blaine Cook. Albert Jay Cook. Lunetta Mae Cook. Royal Ellsworth Cook Berta Lee Cook. Byron Vincent Cook. [................................................................] MARY MAGDALENE KORNS BRANCH 105 [Photo} Calvin Benson Cook, Ph.D. [................................................................] 106 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Calvin Cook and family moved to Great Bend, Pa., near Binghamton, N. Y., later they moved to Pittsburgh, Pa. Prof. Calvin B. Cook was an Educator in the schools of Pittsburgh and vicinity for fifty years. Much of the progress of the schools in that vicinity was due to his untiring efforts as well as the application of his early pioneer ideas in the educational field. Calvin Benson Cook and Clara Close Cook lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., from 1896 until their death in 1928 and 1929. Hannah Lepley married Oliver P. Dom, Feb. 3, 1852. Their children: 1. Clarissa, b. July 21, 1853, married Geo. W. C. Day, 1876. Clarissa d. Dec., 1925. Their children: a. Evelyn, b. Oct. 1877, married Dr. H. C. Hoffman, Sept. 1906. Children: Edith, b. Nov., 1907. Sara Elizabeth, b. Dec., 1909. Evelyn, b. Nov. 3, 1920. b. Edith, b. Aug., 1879, married Park R. Brennerman, d. Aug., 1914. c. Jessie, b. 1883, married John C. Delo, June, 1907. Children: George, b. June, 1908. Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1911. John, b. Sept., 1914. 2. Lillian M., b. Dec. 31, 1855, married John D. Meese (teacher) May 5, 1879. Children: a. Hugh P., b. March 1, 1885, married Verna Claypoole, Sept., 1914. Children: Dorothy, b. Jan., 1917. Richard, b. March 10, 1923, and Louise, b. March 10, 1923, twins. b. Helen, b. Oct. 11, 1889, married Charles G. Swartz (druggist) Sept. 30, 1914. Children: John M., b. Nov. 23, 1915. Charles G., Jr., b. April 21,1918. [................................................................] MARY MAGDALENE KORNS BRANCH 107 Eleanor, b. Nov. 4, 1919. Lorraine, b. May 15, 1922. Ruth, b. Sept. 26, 1925. 3. Henry, b. Nov. 1, 1857, married Mary Lowry. Children: a. Bertha. b. Mary Lou. Mary Lowry died, he then married Betty Henry. Children: a. John. e. ......... b. George. f. ......... c. Ruth. g. ......... d. Jessie. 4. Park, b. Jan. 6, 1860, d. about May 1929. Single. 5. Jessie, b. Sept. 16, 1863, married W. H. Klingaman, 1884. Children: a. Edgar, b. 1885, married Sadie Pick, 1913. Child: John, b. May 18, 1921. 6. Thomas J., b. Jan. 26, 1863, d. Nov., 1929, married Marion Daily. Children: a. Edith Hannah, b. about 1887, married John Huseman. Children: John, b. 1918. Marian, b. 1920. b. Paul, married ........, Children: Ruth, b. 1918. c. Margaret, married Clarence Porter. Child: Wayne, born 1922. d. James, born about 1905. Airplane pilot killed about 1928. 7. Effie Bell (Tina), b. July 3, 1868, d. Sept., 1906, married Park R. Brenneman, 1898. Children: a. Stewart, b. 1899, d. 1899 (six months old). b. Josephine, b. 1901, d. about 1923. c. Charlotte, b. Jan. 1902. d. Park R., Jr., b. 1904, d. 1909. Charlotte, married Carl Meiter. Children: Joan and Marilyn, twins, b. Sept., 1929. [................................................................] 108 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 8. Ellen Amelia (Nell), b. 1871, d. March, 1915. Single. 9. Oliver, b. June 29, 1874, married May Bouden. Children: a. Bessie, married ....... Church. b. George. c. Evelyn, married ....... Triggins. d. Catherine, married ........ e. Josephine. f. Helen. Evelyn's first husband was Blakely. One child: Harold. 10. Herbert, b. May 16, 1876, d. Dec. 6, 1889. Clarissa M. Dom married George W. C. Day at Keystone, Pa., on Dec. 22, 1876. Spent most of their married life in Braddock, Pa., and Wilkinsburg, Pa. George W. C. Day has held very responsible positions with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. At the age of 76 has completed his 62nd year with the company. Instead of retiring him at age of 70 as usually is done he was given a life position on account of faithful service. Evelyn Gerhardt Day, oldest daughter graduated at Braddock High School in 1895 and at the State Teachers College at California, Pa., in 1897. She taught in both Braddock and Wilkinsburg. In 1906 she was married to Dr. Harry C. Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman, a native of Somerset County, was the son of Jacob and Sarah Hoffman of near Jenners, Pa. He graduated at Gettysburg College in 1901 and at the University of Pennsylvania in 1905. Spent one year as Interne at West Penn Hospital. Practiced in Connellsville until the summer of 1932 when the family moved to Lancaster, Pa., and Dr. Hoffman took a post graduate course at University of Pennsylvania. To Dr. and Mrs. Hoffman were born three daughters. Edith Clarissa Hoffman, b. 1907, graduated at Connellsville High School in 1925 and at Wilson College at Chambersburg in 1929. She spent fifteen months with Mother's Pension Fund at Lancaster, leaving in the fall of 1930 to start Social Service work at Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washington, [................................................................] MARY MAGDALENE KORNS BRANCH 109 D. C. She returned to Mother's Pension Fund at Lancaster, Dec. 1, 1932. Sara Elizabeth Hoffman was b. Dec., 1909, graduated at Connellsville High School in 1927 and at Wilson College at Chambersburg in 1931. She went to Washington, D. C., immediately after graduation to take a course in Hospital Library Work at Garfield Memorial Hospital. After completing the course she spent a year in office of an Internist. She returned home to Lancaster, Dec. 1, 1932. Evelyn Day Hoffman, b. at Connellsville, Pa., Nov., 1920. At present is student at East Junior High School in Lancaster, Pa. Second daughter of Clarissa and George W. C. Day was Edith Hollis Day. Graduated at Braddock High School in 1897 and at State Teachers College at California, Pa., in 1899. She taught in North Braddock and Munhall, Pa. She married Park R. Brenneman. She d. Sept., 1913. Mr. Brenneman d. March, 1930. Jessie Lepley Day, third daughter of Clarissa and George W. C. Day, married John C. Delo of Duquesne, Pa., June, 1907. Three children were born to them. Live in Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Pa. George Day Delo, b. June, 1908, attended Gettysburg College. Selling Life Insurance in Baltimore, Md. Betty Day Delo, born 1911, graduated at Edgewood High School in 1929. Graduated Oberlin Kindergarten, 1931. Also attended Miss Illman's School, Philadelphia, Pa., and Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, each one year. John C. Delo, Jr., b. May 1914. Attending Western Reserve Academy, Cleveland, Ohio. [................................................................] [Page 110] CHAPTER VI JOHN KORNS,BRANCH Born 1787, married (1) Rebecca Baucher, (2) Susan Kendall. Children of first wife, Rebecca Baucher: 1. David Korns. 2. Michael Korns. 3. Samuel Korns. 4. Elizabeth Korns. 5. Mary Korns. All located in West. Children of second wife, Susan Candle or Kendall: 6. John Korns, Jr. 7. Daniel Korns. 8. Ann Korns. 9. Harriet Korns. (A) John Korns, Jr., b. Sept. 5, 1826, married Martha Steel. Their children: 1. Louise Korns, b. Oct. 1,1850, married William Miller. 2. Oscar Korns, b. Jan. 6, 1852, married Mary Flanigan. 3. Irvin Korns, b. Nov. 2, 1853, married Lillie Cellars. 4. Ida Korns, b. Feb. 1, 1856, married Lambert Jorda~: 5. Allen Korns, b. Nov. 2, 1858, not married. 6. Dora Korns, b. Sept. 21, 1860, not married. 1. Louise Korns, married William Miller. Their children: a. Emma A. Miller, b. Aug. 1, 1879, married Frederic Butcher. b. Lucy Miller, b. Sept. 13, 1876, married Charles Bixler. c. Dora B. Miller, b. Oct. 16, 1880, married Frank Phelps. d. Jay W. Miller, b. Oct. 21, 1882. [................................................................] JOHN KORNS BRANCH 111 [Photo of house] Relocated and Rebuilt Home of John Korns and (1) Rebecca (Boucher), (2) Susan (Kendall) Korns, in Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio. [................................................................] 112 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. e. Guy W. Miller, b. March 31, 1884. f. James A. Miller, b. April 12, 1886. g. John C. Miller, b. May 27, 1888. h. Frank S. Miller, b. Aug. 6, 1891. 2. Oscar Korns, married Mary Flanigan. Their children: . a. Lizzie Korns, b. Aug. 29, 1881, married Jerry Uhl. [See page 139 for Jerry Uhl.] They have one son, Jerry Uhl, Jr. b. Mable Korns, b. Aug. 4, 1884, married Ollie Mast. They have one son, Harold Korns Mast. 3. Irvin Korns, married Lillie Cellars. They have one child, Olive Korns, b. March 26, 1881. 4. Allen Korns, never married. 5. Dora Korns, never married. 6. Ida Korns, married Lambert Jordan. Their children were: a. Arthur B. Jordan, b. May 31, 1882, married Evelyn Mowiser. They have one child, Florence Evelyn Jordan, b. March 21, 1900. b. Nye Jordan, b. May 1, 1884, married Nettie Stanley. Their children were: Stanley Lambert Jordan, b. March 21, 1915. Nyla Jane Jordan, b. May 12, 1928. c. Roy K. Jordan, b. Aug. 31, 1886, married Lois Crocco. Their children are: Dorothy Jordan, b. Jan. 12, 1909. Elizabeth Jordan, b. April 7, 1912. Marjorie Jordan, b. April 29, 1923. d. Ralph E. Jordan, b. July 12, 1890, married Doris Price. Their children are: Doloros Jordan, b. Sept. 20, 1921. Doris Jordan, b. Dec. 2, 1923. e. Carl C. Jordan, b. June 9, 1892, married Oriette Roberts. Their child: Aldagatha Ida Jordan, b. Dec. 22, 1917. (B) Harriet Korns, b. June 13, 1837, married James Clancey. Their children are: [................................................................] JOHN KORNS BRANCH 113 1. Ella M. Clancey, b. July 3, 1859. 2. Frances E. Clancey, b. Sept. 23, 1860. 3. Orpha L. Clancey, b. Feb. 11, 1862. 4. Daniel Clancey, b. March 18, 1864. 5. John R. Clancey: b. Sept. 4, 1866. 6. Henry Y. Clancey, b. Aug. 5, 1869. (C) Ann Korns, married William Flanagan. They had one child: 1. Cora Flanagan, never married. (D) Daniel Korns, family all dead. David Korns, married Margaret Steele. Their children: 1. Susanne Korns, married ....... Bilderback. 2. Becky Ellen Korns. 3. Martha Korns, married Joseph Beagle. 4. Sis Korns, married ...... Huffman. 5. Louise Korns. 6. Lusette Korns. 7. Jane Korns, married Marion Matticks. 8. Lorenzo Korns. 9. John Korns. 10. Cora Korns. 11. Cless Korns, married ...... Jamison. [................................................................] [Page 114] CHAPTER VII SUSANNA KORNS BRANCH Susanna Korns was born 1789, and married John Shaver. They located in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., where they bought the following tracts of land: This Indenture made this thirty-first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three between John Shaver of Southampton Township, Somerset County and State of Pennsylvania Yoeman and Susana his wife of the one part and John Hains of the County and State aforesaid Yoeman of the other part. Whereas by a patent from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bearing date of the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and three was granted to said John Shaver a certain tract of land calle "Ardee" situate on the waters of Wills Creek in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Beginning at a post, thence by surveyed land S. 46 1/4 deg. W. 196 perches to a white oak; S. 14 1/4 deg. Weast (could be an error, might be East--C. M. S.) 55 perches to chestnut; South 54 3/4 deg. E. 155 perches to post; thence by land of Jacob Burkhard N. 49 1/4 deg. E. 38 perches to a hickory; S. 66 3/4 deg. E. 68 perches to a white oak; S. 80 1/4 deg. E. 39 perches to a chestnut; thence by surveyed lands S. 69 3/4 deg. E. 176 perches to a post; N. 46 1/4 E. 22 perches to a post; then by other lands of said Shaver N. 53 1/4 deg. W. 195 perches to a post; N. 3/4 deg. W. 132 perches to a post; N. 40 3/4 deg. W. 151 perches to the beginning, containing three hundred twenty eight acres a quarter & allowance. Above is the description of the entire acreage patented to him by the Commonwealth. Of the tract described above, John Shaver conveyed by this present deed only 155 acres, leaving a balance owned by said Shaver of about 173 acres. Deed recorded in Volume 4 page 135. [................................................................] SUSANNA KORNS BRANCH 115 By deed dated 4/3/1815 John Shaver and Susanna his wife conveyed 102 acres 154 perches in Allegheny Township to George Shaver. The recital in this deed shows it to be a part of the tract called "Ardee." Deed recorded in Volume 9 page 314. JOHN SHAVER AND SUSANNA SHAVER ET UX TO JACOB COOK This Indenture made the fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Witnesseth that John Shaver and Susanna his wife late Susanna Korns of the State of Ohio, Hamilton County, Anderson Township of the one part and Jacob Cook of Southampton Township, Somerset County State of Pennsylvania of the other part, Witnesseth that the said John Shaver and Susanna for and in consideration of one hundred and fifty-five dollars to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath bargained sold released conveyed and forever confirmed unto the said Jacob Cook his heirs and assigns and legal representatives all their interest claim and demand to the estate of Michael Korns deceased late of Southampton Township, Somerset County, State of Pennsylvania to the heirs at law both personal and real estate the real estate as follows to witt one tract of land adjoining Jacob Witt Henry Hoyman Richard Gomer and others and an other tract adjoining the first and Daniel Korns Jacob Cook Richard Gomer and others and one other tract lying in Allegheny County, State of Maryland. Together with all and singular hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining thereunto and the reversions remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all their claim upon and to the personal estate of the said Michael Korns deceased, etc. Recorded in Volume 11 page 639. [................................................................] [Page 116] CHAPTER IX CHARLES KORNS BRANCH Charles Korns, b. May 29, 1793, married Catherine Uhl, b. March 8,1797, married at Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pa. Located in Holmes County, Ohio, where he lived three miles west of Millersburg, and reared a family of eleven children. Both Charles Korns and Catherine (Uhl) Korns, died in Holmes County. Their children were: 1. Susan Korns, b. Feb. 2, 1815, Holmes County, Ohio. 2. Lydia Korns, Holmes County, Ohio. 3. Lavina Korns, b. ... 20, 1826, Holmes County, Ohio. 4. Julia Korns, b. April 18, 1829, Holmes County, Ohio. 5. Catherine Korns, Holmes County, Ohio. 6. Mary (Polly) Korns, b. March, 1832, Holmes County, Ohio. 7. Lucinda Korns, b. Jan. 12, 1822, Holmes County, Ohio. 8. Elizabeth Korns, Holmes County, Ohio. 9. Charles Korns, Jr., b. Nov. 3, 1837, Holmes County, Ohio. 10. Silas Korns, b. May 1, 1843, Holmes County, Ohio. 11. Michael Korns, Holmes County, Ohio. (A) Susan Korns, married Simon Hay. Their children were: 1. Jacob Hay, b. July 7, 1839. Served through Civil War. 2. Charles Hay, b. Aug. 23, 1840. Served through Civil War. 3. Simon P. Hay, b. July 7,1842. Served through Civil War. 4. John Hay, b. April 18, 1844. Served through Civil War. 5. Mary C. Hay, b. June 26, 1847, married to David Cornell. 6. Benjamine Hay, b. Jan. 28, 1849. 7. Ira Hay, b. Feb. 23, 1853. [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 117 [Photo] Katherine Uhl Korns [................................................................] [Page 118] [Photo of House] Original Farm Home of Charles and Catherine (Uhl) Korns in Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio. 1815. [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 119 8. Lydia C. Hay, b. Sept. 21, 1853, married to Sam Tuttle. 9. Delila Hay, b. July 28,1856, married to Thomas Hunter. (B) Lydia Korns, married Simon Moore. Their children were: 1. John Moore, never married. 2. Alice Moore, married to Pocock. Alice Moore Pocock had one child, Tallie, married to Hogue. (C) Lavina Korns, married to William Davis. Their children: 1. James Davis, Dec. 9, 1848, married Margaret Lemmon. 2. Florence Davis, June 22, 1854, married to Woods Davenport. 3. Frank Davis, 1857, married to Mary Livingston. 4. Samuel Davis, Feb. 3, 1860, married to Mackey (Ivis). 5. John Davis, never married. (D) Julia Korns, b. April 18, 1829, married to Zebb Harrison. Their children: 1. Samuel Harrison, b. Dec.. 9, 1860, married to Eva Clark. Their children were: a. Rev. Arthur Harrison. b. Daughter married to Manley Harper. 2. Laura Harrison, b. Aug. 4, 1862, married to Phin Dickey. Their children were: a. B. H. Dickey. b. Hanley Dickey. (E) Catherine Korns, married ....... Thompson (Pa). (F) Eliza Korns, married ....... McCulla (Pa). (G) Polly Korns, married (1) ..... Davenport, (2) Aaron Patterson. Their children were: 1. Louise, married William Duncan. 2. Charles, married ...... Camley Mackey. [................................................................] 120 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. (H) Silas Wright Korns, b. May 1, 1843, married Ann Amanda Witcraft, b. Feb. 4, 1846. They had three children: 1. Charles William Korns, b. Nov. 6, 1872, married, no children. 2. Joseph A. Korns, b. April 9, 1879, married Viola Williams. Their children: a. Laverne Emelene Korns, married to Milo Bently Richie. Their children: a. Joseph Curtis Richie, b. June 13, 1927. b. Jack Bently Richie, b. May 29, 1928. c. James Bashford Korns, b. Dec. 14, 1929. b. William Theodore Bashford Korns, b. Dec. 14, 1908. c. Martha Gae Korns, b. May 23, 1917. Joseph Alexander Korns, b. April 9, 1879, in Logan County, Ohio. He was a graduate of Mt. Victory High School in 1898, volunteered in the Spanish American War in 1898. Was a private in Co. G, Second O. V. I. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University in the fall of 1899 and graduated in June of 1902 at Delaware, Ohio. In the fall of 1902 he went to Long Beach, California, where he became connected with the First National Bank of Long Beach, California, returning to Ohio in June of 1894 to become connected with the Mt. Victory Bank, at Mt. Victory, Ohio, where he was actively connected with the bank there and also actively engaged in church and school affairs in that locality. Joseph A. Korns was married to Ethel Viola Williams on Oct. 4, ........ at Milan, Ohio. 3. John Hamilton Korns, b. Oct. 7, 1883, married Bessie Lee Pennywitt, Sept. 6, 1907. He was Superintendent of Rock Crest Sanitorium and Director of the Bureau of Tuberculosis, Cattaragus County Department of Health until 1940 when he became Director, Division of Tuberculosis, West Chester County Department of Health, White Plains, New York. Hospital appointments at present [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 121 [Photo] John H. Korns, M.D. [................................................................] 122 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. include: Consultant in chest diseases, Grassland Hospital, Valhella, New York, and Consultant in chest diseases, Sing Sing Hospital, Ossining, N. Y. Lecturer in Public Health Administration at the School of Public Health, Columbia University and listed in American Men of Science. Their children: a. Mary Lee Korns, b. June 15, 1908, she married on Aug. 17, 1933, to Walter M. Perkins. Both graduated from Rawling College in 1933 and Walter got his Ph.D. from Wisconsin. He is local Statistician in Washington, D. C. They have two children: a. David, b. May 8, 1934. b. Philip, b. Oct. 18, 1940. b. Robert Fulton Korns, b. Oct. 4, 1912. Graduated from Dartmouth in 1934. M.D. from John Hopkins in 1939. Ph.D. from John Hopkins in 1939. He married Esther Weinback in 1938. Their children are: a. Julian Lee, b. Oct. 16, 1939. b. Nancy, b. July 23, 1941. c. Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1943. d. Robert Fulton, Jr., b. Aug. 2, 1945. Robert Fulton Korns, Sr., is Assistant Director of the Division of Communicable Diseases in New York State Department of Health. c. William Alexander, b. Nov. 3, 1920. Graduated from Harvard in 1943. He is Editorial writer for the "Item," New Orleans, La., and lives in New Orleans. He served with the O. S. S. in China in World War II. He married Louise Schramm on Aug. 3, 1940. Their children: a. Alexander, b. Sept. 10, 1941. b. John, b. March 20, 1945. (I) Lucinda Korns, married Ben Beagle. Their children are: 1. Rollin Beagle, b. March 22, 1853, married Anna Ackamire. [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 123 2. Benjamin Beagle, Jr. 3. Fred Beagle. 4. John Beagle. 5. Lucy Beagle. 6. Julia Beagle. 7. Harry Beagle. 8. Thomas Beagle. 9. Edward Beagle. 10. Joseph Beagle. 11. Charles Beagle. 12. Henry Beagle. (J) Charles Korns, Jr., b. Nov. 3, 1837, married Anna Elizabeth Knight who was b. March 31,1837. Their children: 1. Maggie A. Korns, b. Aug. 26, 1858. 2. Edward F. Korns, b. Aug. 31, 1860. 3. George M. Korns, b. Jan. 8, 1863. 4. Silas A. Korns, b. Dec. 28, 1864. 5. Mary Netta Korns, b. Sept. 6, 1867. 6. Anabel Korns, b. Dec. 17, 1869. 7. Katie Korns, b. May 2, 1874. 8. Charles Harvey Korns, b. July 24, 1876. 9. William Harry Korns, b. July 24, 1876. 10. Rachael Korns, b. Dec. 24, 1879. 11. Arthur Korns, b. Feb. 10, 1872. CHARLES KORNS, JR. 1. Maggie Korns, married to Jerry Allen. Their children: a. Helen Allen, b. April 11, 1891, married to Lee R. Stowe. No children. b. Chester Allen, b. Feb. 6, 1893, married to Alice Maud McDonald. One daughter: Gloria Elileen, b. Aug. 26, 1823. c. Katherine Allen, b. Aug. 29, 1898. 2. Edward F. Korns, married to Fannie Beatty. Their children are: [................................................................] [Page 124] [Photo] Charles William Korns, Jr. b. 1837 [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 125 a. Horace Marshall Korns, b. Jan. 10, 1893. Two sons: John Korns, b. April, 1931. Michael Edward, b. Feb. 4, 1933. b. Frances B. Korns, b. Sept. 13, 1907, married to Harold Anderson. One daughter: Betty Anderson, b. June, 1930. 3. George M. Korns, married to Jessie Hartzell. One child: a. Donald A. Korns, b. June 27, 1898, married to AIverta Conrad. Their children are: Allene Hartzell, b. March 5, 1927. George McIntyre, b. Aug. 13, 1932. 4. Silas Alvin Korns, married to Roselda Torrence. Their children are: a. Rex Alvin Korns, b. Jan. 27,1893, married to Mildred Atkins. One daughter: Roselda May Korns, b. May 20, 1930. b. Regina Korns, b. May 20, 1897, married to Rollo P. Huston. Their children are: Elsie Margaret Huston, b. Oct. 7, 1915. Alvin Merideth Huston, b. May 27, 1917. Lee Evan Huston, b. May 28, 1923. c. Ruby Roselda Korns, b. Sept. 19, 1902, married to Emery R. Lee. 5. Mary Netta Korns, married to Charles Fleming, d. June 24, 1941. Their children are: a. William Harold Fleming, b. Feb. 1890, married to Margaret Cruickshank. Their children are: William Harold Fleming, Jr., b. Aug. 23, 1919. Margaret Netta Fleming, b. April 8, 1921. b. Ina Belle Fleming, b. Oct. 23, 1892, married to Herman C. Spindler. One child: Richard Fleming Spindler, b. Dec. 8, 1919, d. April 23, 1945. c. Rachael Elizabeth Fleming, b. Nov. 6, 1894, married to Raymond A. Mertz. Two children: [................................................................] 126 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. John Fleming Mertz, b. Dec. 4, 1923. Elizabeth Fleming Mertz, b. March 25, 1931. 6. Annabel Korns, married to Edward Geddes. Their children are: a. Gladys Geddes, b. July 17, 1891, married to Holly Shores. b. Floy Elizabeth Geddes, b. Nov. 4, 1892, married to Frank J. Lynch. c. Franklin N. Geddes, b. Aug. 2, 1894, married to Cecilia Rush. Their children are: Dorothy Fae Geddes, b. July 7, 1916. Donald Edward Geddes, b. Nov. 8, 1918. Margaret Korns Geddes, b. Feb. 21, 1920. Frances Amy Geddes, b. Oct. 17, 1925. John Darnel Geddes, b. March 21, 1928. d. Silas Reed Geddes, b. Aug. 5, 1896, married to Mamie Stewart. Their children are: Beverly Jane Geddes, b. Aug. 23, 1932. Eddie Stewart Geddes, b. Feb. 11, 1926. 7. Katie Korns, b. May 2, 1874 8. Charles Harvey Korns, b. July 24, 1876. On Sept. 7, 1898, Charles Harvey Korns married Miss Cora M. Lecky. Their children: a. Virgil Eben Korns, b. June 6, 1899, the first child and only son. b. Dorothy Marguerite Korns, b. April 20, 1908, the only daughter. 9. William Harry Korns, b: July 24, 1876, married Amorette Songmire. Two children: a. Bonnie Korns, b. Nov. 4, 1907. b. Gary Korns, b. Jan. 14, 1910. 10. Rachael Korns, b. Dec. 24, 1879, married George W. Mattoon. No children. 11. Arthur Korns, b. Feb. 10, 1872, died in infancy. [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 127 HORACE MARSHALL KORNS, M.D. Born Jan. 10, 1893, at Alliance, Ohio. Attended public schools of Alliance and Meadville, Pa., being graduated from Alliance High School in 1911. Entered Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, in 1911, left at the end of junior year, 1914, to become a senior in absentia at Western Reserve University. This, together with the summer sessions of 1914 and 1915, fulfilled the requirements, and he received his A.B. in 1916, magna cum laude. Western Reserve University School of Medicine, M.D., 1918, second in the class by a fraction of one per cent. Western Reserve University Graduate School, A.M. in Medicine, 1921. Interne, Medical Service, Lakeside Hospital, 1918-1919. Resident Physician, Lakeside Hospital, 1919-1921. Assistant Visiting Physician, Lakeside Hospital, 1921-1927. Demonstrator of Medicine, Western Reserve University, 1919-1921. Instructor of Medicine, Western Reserve University, 1921-1925. Senior Instructor in Medicine, Western Reserve University, 1925-1927. Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, W. R. U., 1927. Associate Professor of Medicine, State University of Iowa, 1927. Volunteer Assistant in Pathology, Pathologisch-Anatomisches Institut des Krankenhauses der Stadt Wien, Prof. Dr. J. Erdheim, academic year, 1929-1930. Army: Enlisted Feb. 1, 1918, assigned to Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps; honorably discharged, Jan. 4, 1919. Fraternities: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, undergraduate collegiate, Nu Sigma Nu, undergraduate medical, Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical, Sigma Xi, honorary scientific. Societies: American Society for Clinical Investigation, Central Society for Clinical Research, Society for Experimental [................................................................] 128 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Biology and Medicine, Central Clinical Research Club, Cleveland Medical Library Association, Medical Arts Club of Cleveland, County and State Medical Societies. Bibliography: Comprises about 18 scientific papers. Married Aug. 31, 1918, to Elisabeth C. Mangan of Pittsburgh; divorced July 16, 1926. No children. Married Aug. 31, 1929, to Mary Bustard of Salem, Ohio. Two children: John Marshall, b. April 6, 1931, and Michael Edward, b. Feb. 4, 1933. CHARLES H. KORNS On July 24, 1876, at Millersburg, Ohio, a pair of twin boys were born to Charles William Korns and Anna Elizabeth Korns, nee Anna Elizabeth Knight. They were the ninth and tenth children born to these parents. They were named William Harry and Charles Harvey, each getting one name from their proud father; The first nine years of their lives were spent on the farm of their birth, about four miles west of Millersburg, just off of what is still called the state road. In the fall of 1885 they lost their father, and the following spring moved with their mother and the most of the family to the state of Iowa. Here they lived on a farm a few miles from Traer, Toledo County, for two years. The next year was spent in the town of Toledo, the same county, the twins attending public school. A further trek westward was taken in the fall of 1888, the destination being to Ida County, Iowa. The mother died about a year later, when the home was broken up, and the twins were separated. William Harry remained in the west, whereas, Charles Harvey returned to Ohio. In his childhood and youth he went by the name Harvey, and even today is so known in Holmes County. But owing to the signature, Chas. H. Korns, which he always used, he is known among his friends at Pittsburgh, Pa., by Charley. Ten years following 1890 were spent by Charles H. Korns in and about the Hopewell Church district. He prepared himself to teach country schools by diligent study at Johnston's [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 129 [Photo] Charles Harvey Korns, M.A. [................................................................] 130 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. school, and, without going away to school as they say, secured a county certificate and taught for several years. On Sept. 7, 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Cora M. Lecky. The next three years were spent on a farm. The summer months were occupied in tilling the soil and the winter months in teaching. In 1901 he moved with his wife and son to Alliance, Ohio, and entered Mount Union College. The course was complete in June, 1905, when he was graduated with honors with the degree of Bachelor in Science, having chosen teaching as his profession, he majored in Chemistry and Physics with a minor in Mathematics. The first year out of college was spent in teaching science in his Alma Mater. The next eight were spent teaching science in the Bradford High School, Bradford, Pa., and as Principal of the school, occupying the latter position for three years. In February, 1915, he entered Columbia University for post graduate study. A teaching position was secured at Yonkers, New York, and the time was divided between teaching and evening and Saturday study at the University. In February, 1917, a call came to teach in Pittsburgh, Pa., and he taught to the time of his death in that locality. Columbia University graduated him in 1918 with the degree of Master of Arts. Charles H. Korns died Aug. 30, 1948. On June 6, 1899, Virgil Eben Korns was born, the first child and only son. In June, 1916, he entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and was graduated on his twentieth birthday, June 6, 1919, and commissioned an ensign. Since that time he has had two promotions. In World War I he had short service. In World War II he was active in Europe and in the Pacific. During this service he was Commodore and is now a Captain in charge of the Naval Reserves of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is based at the Naval Station in Philadelphia. On Aug. 10, 1922, he was united in marriage with Miss Wilhelmina Cathaway of San Diego, California. On July 25, [................................................................] CHARLES KORNS BRANCH 131 [Photo] Captain Virgil E. Korns United States Navy [................................................................] 132 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 1927, there was born to them Martha Jean Korns and Brenda Korns, born in 1935. On April 20, 1908, Dorothy Marguerite Korns Was born to Charles Harvey and Cora L. Korns, the only daughter. In June, 1929, she Was graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Dorothy Marguerite Korns married John F. Leslie and lives at Bridgeport, W. Va. Her husband is in the employ of the Hope Natural Gas Co., at Clarksburg, W. Va. Their children are: June Leslie, born in 1938; Marjorie Leslie, born in 1943. [................................................................] [Page 133] CHAPTER X CHRISTINA KORNS BRANCH Christina Korns was born in 1796. She married William Troutman, Jr., who was born in 1792, on the farm of his father, William Troutman, Sr., who was one of the early settlers of Southampton Township, Somerset County. William, Jr., was a soldier of 1812. He followed farming and died in 1881. Their children: 1. Michael. 7. Hiram. 2. William. 8. Susannah. 3. Enoch. 9. Catharine. 4. Mary. 10. Delilah. 5. Charles. 11. Elizabeth. 6. John. On the farm owned by William Troutman, Jr., four hundred or five hundred yards from the house, there are a number of Indian graves. The surrounding land, a space of ten acres, was an old clearing, as far back as the memory of the oldest resident extends, and is supposed to mark the site of an Indian village or camping-ground. Deed to William Troutman, Jr., dated 12/22/1818. Recorded 3/14/1820, Volume 8 page 478. Consideration $900.00. 163 A.--88 P. adjoining Simon Hay--Wm. Troutman, Sr.; John Blubaugh's heirs. William Troutman d. March 30, 1881. Children: 1. Charles Troutman. Children: a. George. b. Susan, married Jefferson Morrison. c. Margaret, married Henry Houck. d. Mary, married ...... Clark. [................................................................] [Page 134] [Photo] Original Farm Home of William, Jr., and Christina (Korns) Troutman, in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1818 [................................................................] CHRISTINA KORNS BRANCH 135 e. Lyida, married ...... Little. f. William P. 2. Michael. 3. William. 4. John. a. Lewis. 5. Enoch. 6. Hiram. a. Laura E, Vance. b. Mary S. Domer. c. William D. 7. Susan, married Jacob Cook. 8. Catherine, married ..... Hoyman. Mary L. Beal, "great grand child" 9. Mary, married John Reiber. 10. Delilah, married Samuel Reiber. a. Susan Butter. b. Catharine Butter. c. Ada Fetting, grandchild. 11. Elizabeth, unmarried. William Troutman d. April 18,I906. Widow, Louisa. Children: 1. Samuel. 2. Diana Wagner. 3. Amos. 4. Missouri. Children: a. Malora E. Baker. b. Edna L. Baker. c. Benjamin H. Baker. d. William A. Baker. Excerpt from the will of the above William Troutman. "I nominate, constitute and appoint my three grandchildren, Ada L. Wagner, daughter of Diana Wagner, Harry I. Troutman, son of my son Samuel Troutman, Charles W. Troutman, [................................................................] 136 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. son of my son Amos Troutman, to be the Executors of this my will." Amos Troutman, Isabella Troutman, his wife. Amos d. March 3, 1922. Isabella d. March 6, 1922. Russell O. and Allen E. Troutman, Administrators of both Estates. Children of Amos and Isabella Troutman: 1. Charles W. 2. Edith D. Lepley. 3. Irvin L. 4. Russell O. 5. Allen E. 6. Alonzo. 7. John. 8. Amos C. 9. James. Children of Amos C. Troutman: 1. Merle O. 2. Hazel I. 3. William H. 4. Stewart C. 5. Russell L. 6. Grace M. Allen Edward Troutman, son of Amos and Isabella Troutman, b. July 28, 1894, on July 8, 1920, married Mayme Blanch Smith, b. Feb. 3, 1900. Children: 1. Gladys Grace Troutman, b. Feb. 8, 1921, married Lester Harvey Korns on May 2, 1940. Children: a. Kenneth Lester Korns, b. April 10, 1941. b. David Roger Korns, b. March 12, 1942. 2. Elva Louise Troutman, b. May 1, 1922, married Cecil Leon Long, July 10, 1943. Child: a. Robert Leon Long, b. Nov. 27, 1944. [................................................................] CHRISTINA KORNS BRANCH 137 3. Phyllis Hazel Troutman, b. Aug. 19, 1923, d. Feb. 27, 1938. 4. Robert Allen Troutman, b. Feb. 18, 1925, d. Aug. 7, 1941. 5. Harold Edward Troutman, b. Dec. 5, 1927. 6. Doris Jean Troutman, b. May 1, 1930. 7. Mary Lee Troutman, b. Feb. 17, 1932. 8. John Jay Troutman, b. May 18, 1935. 9. Carol Edith Troutman, b. July 1, 1936. [................................................................] [Page 138] CHAPTER XI BARBARA KORNS BRANCH Barbara Korns, b. 1797, married Charles Uhl. Their children: 1. Joseph Uhl. 2. John Uhl. 3. Archabald Uhl. 4. James Uhl, married Elizabeth Vogel. 5. Franklin Uhl. 6. Alfred Uhl. 7. Amanda Uhl, married Jonathan Snyder. 8. Eliza Uhl. 9. Hannah Uhl. 10. Mary Jane Uhl. 11. Jesse Uhl. 1. Joseph Uhl, married Julian Shaffer. Their child was: a. James Uhl, married Ida Simpson. 2. John Uhl, married ...... Their children were: a. Charles Uhl, married ..... Porter. b. Valentine Uhl, married. c. Franklin Uhl, married. d. Albert Uhl, married Susan Close. e. Helen Uhl, married John Yeader. f. Leander Uhl, married. 3. Archabald Uhl, married Susan Close, Sarah Walgamot. Children to 1st wife: a. Rollen Uhl, married Hannah Henderson. b. Gerusha Uhl. c. Mary Jane Uhl. Children to 2nd wife: a. Charles F. Uhl. b. Susan E. Uhl. c. Eliza Uhl. [................................................................] BARBARA KORNS BRANCH 139 d. Ida Uhl. e. Bigham Uhl. f. Joseph Uhl. 4. James Uhl, married Elizabeth Vogel. Their children were: a. Alfred Uhl, married Mary Carpenter. b. Jacob Uhl, married Emma Voris. c. John Uhl. Henry Stimel. d. Cassa Uhl. e. Leana Uhl. Alfred Uhl, married Mary Carpenter. Children: a. Edna Uhl, married ........ Patterson. b. Elizabeth Uhl, married ..... Rudy. c. Jennie Uhl, married ..... Crawford. d. Sadie Uhl, married. e. Jerry Uhl, married Sarah Miller, Lizzie Korns. [See page 112 for Lizzie Korns.] f. Lloyd Uhl. Jacob Uhl, married Emma Voris. Their children: a. Samuel Uhl, married ..... Boyd. b. Nettie Uhl, married ..... Stucker. c. Waldo Uhl, married Daisy McMillen. d. Jessie Uhl. 5. Franklin Uhl, married. Their children: a. Gordan Uhl. b. Charles Uhl. c. Albert Uhl. d. Lula Uhl. e. Florence Uhl. 6. Alfred Uhl, married. Their children: a. Clara Uhl. b. Grace Uhl. 7. Amanda Uhl, married Jonathan Snyder. Their children: a. Uhl Snyder. b. Charles Snyder. c. Amanda Snyder. [................................................................] 140 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 8. Eliza Uhl, married Charles Broadbeck. 9. Hannah Uhl, married Fred Marchard. Their children: a. Charles Marchard, married ..... Trussel. b. Sanford Marchard, married Rosie Hammond. c. Jesse Marchard. d. Lula Marchard, married John Kregar. e. Lucy Marchard, married Commodore Duett. f. Leander Marchard. g. Anna Marchard, married Amile Snyder. 10. Mary Jane Uhl, married John Leach. Their children: a. Laura Leach, b. Jan. 6, 1861, married Henry Spohn. b. Harriet Leach, b. Nov. 7, 1863, married John Batdorff. c. Lemon Leach, b. April 28, 1865, married Etta Gray. d. Lucy Leach, b. Dec. 14, 1867,.married Roy Ackerman, Walter Lewis. e. Anna Leach, b. Jan. 16, 1869, married Lenord Uhl. f. Edward Leach, b. Sept. 4, 1872, married Ella Peckham. Edward Leach was adopted by Samuel Pyres and always goes by that name. 11. Jessie Uhl. James Uhl and Ida Simpson. Their children were: 1. Gertrude Uhl, b. Jan. 28, 1877, married Blaine Miller. 2. Irvin Uhl, b. Jan. 10, 1878, married Irene Dietz. 3. Grace Uhl, b. Jan. 16, 1880, married George Brown. 4. Mabel Uhl, b. May 20, 1882, married Elbert Brothers. 5. One daughter Madaline, married Leland Smith. 6. Myrtle Uhl, b: Feb. 15, 1886, married William Miller. 7. Ralph Uhl, b. April 13, 1890, married Addie Korns. 8. Corinne Uhl, b. Aug. 5, 1894, married Virgil Sterling. 9. Garnet Uhl, b. May 14, 1902, married Arthur Damon. Rollen Uhl and Hannah Hendersons. Their children were: 1. Horace Edwin Uhl, b. March 21, 1877, never married, deceased. [................................................................] BARBARA KORNS BRANCH 141 2. Harvey Taylor Uhl, b. Feb. 22, 1881, married Jessie Nichols. 3. Brantley Pomerine Uhl, b. March 24, 1884, married Lenore Gindlesberger. No children. 4. Lucy Uhl, married John Hanna. One son, deceased. Jarusha Uhl, married John McKee. 1. Welker Uhl. 2. Anna Uhl, married George Jannett. 3. Edna Uhl. Mary Jane Uhl, married Alfred Everhart. Their children were: 1. Charles Everhart, married Mayme Harmon. 2. Mayme Everhart, married Clayce Leckey. 3. Bertha Everhart, married Homer Koser. Charles F. Uhl, son of Archabald and Sara (Wogamot) Uhl, married Emma McKee. Their children were: 1. Oliver J. Uhl, married Selma Young. 2. Clement Uhl, died in infancy. Susan Uhl, married Albert Gonser (Reformed Minister). Their children: 1. Noble Gonser. 2. Florence Gonser, married William Rettinger. 3. Ethel Gonser. Eliza Uhl, died, never married. Ida Uhl, married George Freeman. Their children were: 1. Mildred Freeman, married William Lewis. 2. Rosco Freeman. 3. Rebecca Freeman, married Harry Bennett. Bingham Uhl, married Elizabeth Finney. Their children were: 1. Floyd Uhl. 2. George Uhl. [................................................................] 142 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 3. Harold Uhl. 4. Jennie Uhl. 5. Janette Uhl. 6. Louis Uhl. Joseph Uhl, married Zora Yaney. Their children were: 1. Noble Uhl, married Ruth Jackson. 2. Blanche Uhl, married Clifford Fluehart. 3. Raymond Uhl, died. THE UHL HOMESTEAD The old Uhl Homestead two and one-half miles Southwest of Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio, the home of Charles Uhl and Barbara Korns Uhl. The Uhl brothers came from Wittenburg, Germany, with their parents when they were just a few years of age in the year 1763. The names of these brothers were: Charles, Jacob and Peter Uhl. These sturdy people of Germany were prompted, as were many thousands of others, by a desire to better their conditions. They carne when this country was under the control of King George, and when the Revolutionary War came on all three of these brothers took up arms, under the banner of the continentals against the red-coats of King George and in this war for liberty Peter lost his life. Charles and Jacob continued to fight until the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and victory perched on the banners of the noble patriots. The two surviving brothers, Charles and Jacob, after the war settled in Maryland, married and raised large families. Of these two brothers, Charles Uhl and Catherine Close Uhl were the ancestors of the Uhls in this county. They were married in 1784, and were the parents of sixteen children, raising thirteen. At the close of the war he was given the privilege of going west and taking up government land, corning as far as Holmes County, Ohio, traveling by wagon, he chose the few hundred acres which is still in the hands of the Uhl descendants, [................................................................] BARBARA KORNS BRANCH 143 [Photo] The Farm Home of Charles Uhl and Barbara (Korns) Uhl, in Hardy Township, Homes County, Ohio, 1815, as it appears in 1949. [................................................................] 144 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. paying the government $1.25 per acre. He returned to his home in Maryland and sent his seven sons and one daughter to clear and cultivate the new land. Charles Uhl, the fourth son, with wife and baby came to Holmes County by wagon in the year 1815, and took charge of the part of this land which is now owned by James A. Uhl. Charles Uhl and Barbara Korns Uhl spent the remainder of their lives on this farm and were the parents of a large family of children. A small house was built in an adjoining yard and as each of the children married they would go to house-keeping there. This was called the "weaning pen" and is still standing. The Uhl's are a hard working, thrifty, home loving people and as they grow to maturity usually take a notion to see a little corner of the world. The late Joseph Uhl, Sr., at one time walked to the Mississippi River and back. And the late James Uhl, Sr., found his way to New York City and taking a boat went to the Panama Canal and back. Another of the boys, although he was married and in his own home, ventured a trip to the centennial at Philadelphia, Pa., but became so homesick before he reached Philadelphia that he told his companion "If I get home alive this time I'll never leave home again," and as far as anyone knows, he never did although he was prosperous and lived to be ninety-two years of age. The last of this family Frank Uhl of Leavenworth, Kansas, died Jan. 11, 1923. During the early period of clearing and cultivating this farm the people everywhere came and were in a condition of complete social equality. No aristocratic distinctions were thought of in this society and the first line of demarkation drawn was to separate the very bad from the general mass. Their parties were for barn raising, log rollings and the labor being furnished, their sports usually were shooting and gymnastic exercises with the men and convivial amusements among the women. No punctilious formality nor ignoble aping the fashions of licentious Paris, marred their assemblies. All were happy and enjoyed themselves seeing others so. The rich and poor dressed alike, the men generally wearing hunting shirts [................................................................] BARBARA KORNS BRANCH 145 and buck-skin pants, and the women generally attired in coarse fabrics produced by their own hands. Such was their common and holiday dress, and if a fair damsel wished a superb dress for her bridal day her highest aspiration was to obtain a common American cotton check which sold for a shilling a yard then, now costs a dollar, and five yards was deemed an ample pattern. Silks, satins and fancy goods that now inflate our vanity and deplete our purse were not then even dreamed of. The cabins were furnished in the same style of simplicity. The bed stead was home-made and often consisted of forked sticks driven into the ground with cross poles to support the clapboards or the cord and at first the green sward or smoothly leveled earth, served the double purpose of floor and carpet. One pot kettle and frying pan were the only articles considered indispensible, though some included the teakettle and the cooking was done in the open fire-place and a rare occasion it was, if the fire ever went out. When it did happen someone would have to ride to a neighbors and borrow a little fire. A few plates and dishes upon a shelf in a corner was as satisfactory as is now a cupboard full of china and their food relished from a luncheon table. The woods furnished abundance of venison and corn-pone supplied the place of every variety of pastry. Flour for some time could not be obtained nearer than Chillicothe or Zanesville, and the most common kinds of goods were brought here by wagon from Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Many people suffered hardships and endured privations that now would seem unsupportable. Many times these pioneers from their cabins would see bears strolling leisurely over the hills. Before the establishment of the Uhl family on the old homestead, many Indians lived there as can be seen by the Indian hatchets and darts that are found. This was an ideal place for Indians because of the Killbuck stream and the hills and woods for hunting and good supply of spring water. This farm is well adapted to the raising of grain and livestock. It has natural drainage with no freshet or drainage from any other farm. [................................................................] 146 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. At the present time this farm is occupied and cultivated by Ralph Uhl, son of James Uhl, the owner. The bodies of many of the ancestors are resting in the little cemetery on top of the hill. The three little boys, James, Robert and Richard, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Uhl, are the great, great, great, great grand sons of the first Uhl parents who came from Wittenburg, Germany, to U. S. A. [................................................................] [Page 147] CHAPTER XII DELILAH KORNS BRANCH Delila Korns, b. Aug. 5, 1801, and d. Sept. 1, 1888, married John Miller, b. March 29, 1799, and d. April 16, 1879. Their children were: 1. Mary Ann Miller, b. Dec. 23, 1831, d. July 20, 1876, married George P. Hay, b. April 12, 1826, d. Feb. 8, 1875. 2. Susan Miller, b. June 14, 1822, d. Jan. 25, 1847, married Jacob Coleman, b. Feb. 3, 1817, d. Oct. 4, 1890. 3. Katherine Miller, b. Dec. 23, 1824, d. Dec. 16, 1845, married Benjamin Walker, b. May 19, 1819. 4. Matilda Miller, b. Jan. 16, 1833, d. Dec. 15, 1848. 1. Mary Ann Miller and George P. Hay. Children: 1. Missouri Hay, b. Jan. 3, 1849, d. Jan. 20, 1849. 2. Susan Hay, b. Dec. 6, 1849, married David L. Meyers, b. March 1, 1842, d. June 14, 1904. Children: a. Franklin H. Meyers, b. Feb. 8, 1872, married Sarah Elizabeth Menges, b. July 23, 1871. Children: a. Susan Emma Meyers, b. April 25, 1896, married John Glessner, b. Nov. 21, 1892. Children: Sara Jane Glessner, b. Aug. 31, 1928, deceased. Joseph Meyers Glessner, b. Feb. 5, 1930. b. Harry D. Meyers, b. July 1, .... married Elsie Lehman. Children: Betty Meyers. Barbara Meyers. c. Ethel Mae Meyers, b. Feb. 20, 1900. d. Mary Jane Meyers, b. Nov. 18, 1904, married Norval Gnagey. [................................................................] 148 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. e. David L. Meyers, b. Dec. 2, 1911, married Sara Wood. Children: Jack Meyers. James Meyers. Judy Meyers. b. Anna Meyers, b. Feb. 26, 1880, married Edward Kimmel, b. March 7,1874. Children: a. Margaret Kimmel, b. June 30, 1900, married Daniel C. McNaughton. One daughter, by adoption: Ann McNaughton, b. Sept. 17, 1946. b. Marian Kimmel, b. Aug. 10, 1904, married James Hazen Darsee. c. Robert S. Meyers, b. Oct. 21, 1878, married Nellie Sipe, b. Mar. 22, 1881. Children: a. Bernice Sipe Meyers, b. May 10, 1903. b. Sarabelle Matilda Meyers, b. March 19, 1916, d. March 28, 1916. 3. Ellen Hay, b. Dec. 15, 1851, d. July 30, 1861. 4. Calvin Hay, b. Oct. 14, 1853, d. Aug. 9, 1918, married Ida Ringler [see page 200], b. Oct. 23, 1864. Children: a. Annie Susan Hay, b. July 28, 1887. b. John M. Hay, b. Aug. 9, 1886, married Annie Pyle, b. March 20, 1890. Child: a. Mary Hay, b. June 8, 1910, married Jay Walker. Children: Ronald Hay Walker, b. Dec. 9, 1928, married to Shirley Deeter. Lynn Calvin Walker, d. in infancy. Janice Faye Walker, b. June 25, 1932. c. Marian Stella Hay, b. Oct. 31, 1889, married Russel Pifer, b. Aug. 21, 1892. Children: a. Lester Pifer, b. Sept. 12, 1920, married to Ruth Stone, and have two children: Dian and Jane. [................................................................] DELILA KORNS BRANCH 149 b. Rowena Pifer, b. Dec. 22, 1921, married to Glen Pyle. c. Loretta Pifer, b. Oct. 7, 1925, married to Donald Ross, and have one child, Sandra Lee. d. George Pifer, b. Sept. 16, 1930. d. Leora Charlotte Hay, b. April 15, 1891, married Burton B. Brant, b. Aug. 17, 1884. Children: a. Chester Lincoln Brant, b. April 25, 1917. b. Dorine Elizabeth Brant, b. Oct. 28, 1925. e. Albert Luther Hay, b. April 18, 1893. f. Ruth Elmira Hay, b. July 14, 1896, married George Dewey Weimer, b. Nov. 14, 1898. Child: a. Una June Weimer, b. June 13, 1928. g. Prudence Hay, b. Dec. 23, 1898, married Fred B. Speicher, b. June 29, 1897. Children: a. Lois Ruth Speicher, b. Oct. 25, 1918. b. Fred B. Speicher, Jr., b. July 5, 1928. h. Lorene Clarissa Hay, b. July 17, 1904, married Harry L. Sorber, b. Feb. 26, 1905. 5. Melissa Hay, b. Nov. 3, 1855, married Charles F. Megary, b. June 26, 1854. Children: a. Wilbur Megary, b. Oct. 15, 1878, married Gertrude ..... Children: a. Milroy Megary. b. Arline Megary. c. Edythe Megary. b. C. Emry Megary, b. May 23, 1880. c. Edythe Megary, b. April 14, 1882, married Adolph Bosshard. Child: a. Everett Bosshard. d. Harry Megary, b. July 19, 1884, married Edna Pellham. Children: a. Evelyn Megary, b. May 29, 1907. b. George Megary, b. Oct. 19, 1909. [................................................................] 150 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. e. Lola Megary, b. Jan. 1, 1887, married Alpha Sipe. Children: a. Edythe Sipe. b. Harry Sipe. c. Robert Sipe. 6. Henry Hay, b. March 16, 1857, married Ida Schrock, b. March 25, 1861, d. Aug. 10, 1927. Children: a. Mary Hay, b. July 20, 1886, married Virgil Maurer, b. Feb. 28, 1884. Child: a. Henry W. Maurer, b. Dec. 30, 1910. b. George Hay, b. Nov. 19, 1888, married Julia Rhoades, b. Oct. 7, 1888. Children: a. Emaline Marie Hay, b. Feb. 6, 1916. b. Paul Vernon Hay, b. Jan. 19, 1918. c. Bessie Leora Hay, b. Sept. 15, 1921, d. March 8, 1923. d. Glenn Elwood Hay, b. Aug. 16, 1924. e. Betty Jane Hay, b. Dec. 22, 1925. f. Eugene Rhoades Hay, b. Feb. 15, 1927. c. Maud Hay, b. Nov. 24, 1893, d. in infancy. d. Franklin Hay, b. June 27, 1896, died. e. Edna Hay, b. Dec. 12, 1897, married John E. Kimmel, b. March 31, 1893. Children: a. Jay Kimmel, b. Sept. 14, 1915, d. Jan. 17, 1924. b. Ray Kimmel, b. Sept. 14, 1915, d. Jan. 17, 1924. Jay and Ray, twins, killed in coasting accident, Jan. 17, 1924. c. Telford Kimmel, b. Sept. 25, 1917. d. Clair Kimmel, b. Aug. 11, 1922, d. Nov. 19, 1923. f. Jay Hay, b. Feb. 14, 1902, married Salome Gingrich, b. Dec. 20, 1896. [................................................................] DELILA KORNS BRANCH 151 2. Susan Miller and Jacob Coleman. Children: 1. Ellen Coleman, b. Oct. 15, 1841, d. Dec. 14, 1883, married Jacob Swartzendruber, b. Jan. 16, 1840, d. April 22, 1923. Children: a. Irvin Swartzendruber, b. Nov. 13, 1865, d. March 20, 1897. b. Albert Swartzendruber, b. July 24, 1868, married Margaret Forney, b. Feb. 3, 1871. Child: a. Marie Swartzendruber, b. Jan. 26, 1896. c. Cora Swartzendruber, b. Feb. 23, 1876. 2. Henrietta Coleman, b. May 30, 1844, d. April 12, 1872, married Samuel Bittner, b. Feb. 28, 1835, d. Oct. 5, 1920. Children. a. Jennie Bittner, b. Jan. 20, 1868, d. Sept. 14, 1878. b. Alice Bittner, b. July 11, 1869, d. July 13, 1878. c. Etta Bittner, b. March 25, 1872, d. Sept. 22, 1928. 3. Mary Matilda Coleman, b. Dec. 15, 1847, married Theodore Gabriel Woy, b. May 20, 1844, d. Aug. 5, 1882. Children: a. Laura Jane Woy, b. Oct. 21, 1868, died in infancy. b. Martha Elizabeth Woy, b. July 16, 1870, married Henry B. Senneff, b. Jan. 1, 1868. Children: a. Ruth Velma Senneff, b. Feb. 9, 1894, married William J. Quest. Child: James Barlow Quest, b. Aug. 10, 1931. b. Avis Marie Senneff, b. July 19, 1900, d. Jan. 30, 1901. c. Kenneth Woy Senneff, b. March 19, 1906, married Evelyn Spealman, b. June 29, 1908. c. Mary Grace Woy, b. March 30, 1872, d. June 1, 1879. d. William Joseph Woy, b. June 17, 1874, married Edna Isabel Shrader, b. Dec. 9, 1876. Child: a. Arthur William Woy, b. April 23, 1908, [................................................................] 152 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. married Dorothy Kessler, b. June 29, 1910. Child: Theodore Charles Woy, b. April 6, 1932. e. Charles Reuben Woy, b. Nov. 30, 1876, married Grace Sturat, b. May 15, 1876. f. Arthur Coleman Woy, b. Dec. 16, 1881, d. May 15. 3. Katherine Miller and Benjamin Walker. Child: 1. Olive Walker, b. Feb. 25,1845, d. Dec. 7, 1850. [................................................................] [Page 153] CHAPTER XIII MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH Michael Korns, Jr., eleventh child of Michael Korns, Sr., was b. on April 27, 1803, in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa. He married Johanna Lepley, daughter of Adam Lepley of Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., who was b. Feb. 2, 1805. Michael Korns, Jr., d. Nov. 7, 1874. Johanna Lepley Korns d. Jan. 8, 1894. Children: 1. Alexander Korns, b. Dec. 16, 1826, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa. 2. Julianna Korns, b. Sept. 9, 1828, in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pa., and d. Aug. 8, 1831. 3. Matilda Korns, b. April 15, 1831. 4. Nancy Korns, Nov. 30, 1833. 5. Elizabeth Korns, b. June 5, 1835. 6. Simon Lepley Korns, b. June 23, 1839. 7. Mary Korns, b. Dec. 18, 1841. 8. Edmund L. Korns, b. May 26, 1844. Michael Korns, Jr., lived for several years after he was married in Southampton Township. On July 21, 1832, he purchased from John Swift of Philadelphia, Pa., a tract of land in Quemahoning Township, now Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pa., known as the stock farm, located on the western branch of the Quemahoning Creek including the lower end of Pine Swamp and the mouth of the Beaver Dam Run, containing 300 acres. On this land Michael Korns, Jr., built an eight room brick house in 1832. The bricks were made on the farm. He also built a large bank barn. Both buildings are still in a good state of preservation and a land mark in the locality. On this farm Michael Korns, Jr., reared a family of three sons and four daughters. [................................................................] GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 154 [Photo] Original Farm Home of Michael Korns, Jr., and Johanna (Lepley) Korns in Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvnaia, in 1832, and as it appeared in 1949. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 155 Through the center of this farm flows the Western branch of the Quemahoning Creek, the Somerset and Johnstown Pike, now No. 219, also the Western Maryland Railroad. The farm was later divided into three parts occupied by his three sons: Alexander Korns, Simon Korns, and Edmund L. Korns. The Korns' all lived on these farms their entire lives. The town of Gray is now built on the western part of the farm. These farms were underlaid with a five foot seam of "E" coal, a high grade marketable coal. The coal and the greater part of the land now is owned by the Pittsburgh Coal Company. ANCESTORS OF JOHANNAH LEPLEY KORNS The first representative of the Lepley family in America came from Germany, accompanied by three sons: Michael, Jacob, and Adam, and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania. Michael was killed by the Indians at Bloody Run, now Everett, in Bedford County, Pa. He had three sons. Jacob, who had seven sons and four daughters, moved to Ohio. Adam, who was born in Germany in 1753, settled in Somerset County, Pa. He married Barbara Bugher, who was b. May 6, 1755, in Pennsylvania. They became the parents of six sons and two daughters, one of their sons also named Adam was b. Aug. 5, 1776, near Willards Gap in Larimer Township, Somerset, where the turnpike crosses the Allegheny mountains. He became quite a prominent man in the community, and was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor and served in this capacity for twenty-five years. Adam Lepley was married April 8, 1798 to Elizabeth Horn, who was b. July 26, 1780. They were the parents of the following children: Daniel Lepley, b. Aug. 12, 1799. Jacob Lepley, b. June 7, 1801. Valentine Lepley, b. April 23, 1803. Johannah Lepley, b. Feb. 2, 1805. Catherine Lepley, b. Sept. 18, 1807. Susannah Lepley, b. June 3, 1810. [................................................................] 156 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [Photo] Michael Korns, Jr., b. 1803 Johanna Lepley Korns, b. 1805 [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 157 Joseph Lepley, b. Nov. 26, 1812. Barbara Lepley, b. Dec. 28, 1824. Adam, Jr., Lepley, b. March 5, 1821. HISTORY OF MICHAEL KORNS, JR., TRACTS OF LAND IN JENNER TWP., SOMERSET CO., P A. Situate in Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the valley of the North Fork of the Quemahoning Creek, near and a part of the village of Gray. The original tract consisted of about 300 acres granted to Andrew McNair by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated Dec. 23, 1773, and recorded in Survey Volume 1, page 12. This title passed through Edward Shippen, Margaret Swift and then to Samuel Swift by deed of April 30, 1831, recorded in Deed Book 13, page 87. The tract was then referred to as "Stock Farm." Samuel Swift sold the entire tract to Michael Korns, Jr., by deed dated July 25, 1832; this is the last sale of the entire 300 acre tract, it being later conveyed in smaller parcels. This sale recorded in Book 13, page 289. Southern Half of the Original Grant. Michael Korns, Jr.,. and his wife, Johannah Korns, sold the southern 160 acres and 104 perches to Simon L. Korns by deed dated Feb. 14, 1871, recorded in Deed Book 44, page 414. Northern Part of the Original Grant. Michael Korns, Jr., and his wife, Johannah, sold the northern 160 acres and 104 perches to Alexander Korns by, deed dated Sept. 27, 1874, and recorded in Deed Book 50, page 322. Alexander Korns and Belinda, his wife, sold 30 acres and 3 perches of the above to Agnes Korns by deed dated April 19, 1878, and recorded in Deed Book 56, page 68. This parcel was joined with another to make up the tract later known as the "Agnes Korns tract." [................................................................] 158 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. The original grant, after the sale above mentioned was sold off in parcels referred to now by the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, owner of the coal, as :t:he following tracts: Henry Bruner Tract. Simon L. Korns and Agnes, his wife, sold 33 acres and 12 perches to William Swank by deed dated April 3, 1874, and recorded in Deed Book 53, page 306, and he and Catherine, his wife, sold the same to Jonathan Friedline by deed dated March 25, 1881, and recorded in Deed Book 62, page 467, and Jonathan Friedline sold the same to Henry Bruner by deed dated April 5, 1888, and recorded in Deed Book 71, page 612. Henry Bruner and his wife, Catherine, sold all the coal, except the surface seam, to Oliver Hoblitzell by deed dated Nov. 12, 1900, and recorded in peed Book 110, page 37. The surface title passed through Frank Tospon, John Janeski, Consolidation Coal Co., and is now in William Palazzi. This parcel straddles the Johnstown Pike along the southern line of the original grant. Agnes Korns and Edmund L. Korns Tract. In addition to the 30 acres and 3 perches acquired by Agnes Korns from Alexander Korns in the bottom land along the eastern boundary of the original grant as above mentioned, 3 acres and 116 perches south of the above and extending to the public road was conveyed by Simon L. Korns and Agnes, his wife, to Agnes Korns by deed of Jan. 15, 1881, and recorded in Deed Book ...... page ..... Agnes Korns conveyed the coal of the above two parcels to Oliver Hoblitzell by deed dated Feb. 4, 1901, and recorded in Deed Book 112, page 10. The surface of this tract is now owned by Dan Lambert. Milton Weighley Tract. Located at the southeast corner of the original grant. Simon L. Korns and Agnes, his wife, sold the 17 acres and 45 perches to Milton Weighley by deed dated Feb. 10, 1897, and recorded in Deed Book 92, page 59. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 159 [Map] DRAFT OF THE MICHAEL KORNS, JR., FARM, 1832. FARM LATER DIVIDED AMONG HIS THREE SONS: ALEXANDER, SIMON L., AND EDMOND L. KORNS. [................................................................] 160 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Milton Weighley and Jeannetta his wife, sold the coal of the above to Oliver Hoblitzell by deed dated April 23, 1901, and recorded in Deed Book 112, page 300. Simon L. Korns Tract. The residue of the southern half of, the original grant which was sold to Simon L. Korns by Michael Korns in 1871, was reduced to 105 acres and 80 perches after the Bruner, Milton Weighley and part of the Agnes Korns tracts had been sold off; the coal of this residue was sold to Oliver Hoblitzell by Simon L. Korns and Agnes, his wife, by deed dated Sept. 28, 1900, and recorded in Deed Book 107, page 473. Until recent years the surface was owned by Maury Griffith, but is now owned by...... Nelson R. Miller Tract. The 130 acres and 101 perches remaining in the northern half of the original grant after the sale of 30 acres and 3 perches thereof to Agnes Korns, was sold by Belinda Korns to Harry P. Shultz by deed dated March 29, 1898, and recorded in Deed Book 130, page 101 and Harry Shultz and Mary B. Shultz, his wife, sold the same to Nelson R. Miller by deed dated March 29, 1898, and recorded in Deed Book 92, page 631. Nelson R. Miller and Anna M. Miller, his wife, conveyed the coal of the same, as 131 acres and 96 perches, to Oliver Hoblitzell by deed dated Nov. 8, 1900, and recorded in Deed Book 107, page 527. The surface of this tract, until recently, was owned by the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co., who purchased the same from Annie M. Kimmel and Jesse Kimmel, her husband; at the present time a small portion near the west line has been sold as part of the lots in the village of Gray, a strip of right of way 66 feet wide is owned by the Somerset Coal Railway Co., through practically the entire tract from the north line to the south line, the Western Maryland Railroad operates over this railway to serve the mine at Gray. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR. BRANCH 161 [Photo] Beams Reformed Church and Cemetery, Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where Michael Korns, Jr., family were memebers and where many of his descendants are buried. [................................................................] 162 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. General Comments. About in 1913 the Consolidation Coal Co., successor of Oliver Hoblitzell in the title of the coal in this vicinity, sunk a shaft and built a town on the John Biesecker tract which adjoins the original grant above referred to. Only the "E" seam coal was developed from this shaft due to the "C" Prime coal being in fault at this location. The "E" coal is 300 feet under the surface at this shaft and . the "C" Prime coal lies 90 feet below the "E." The mining of the "E" coal under the tracts mentioned as part of the original grant, has been completed; headings for the development of other coal are still open but further mining is not contemplated. This "E" coal seam is about 5 feet thick; however, only 34 inches near the top of the seam is merchantable and was mined; the quality of this "E" coal is the best in the vicinity. The "C" Prime coal under the above tracts is mostly in fault, some coal was recovered from the eastern portion of the original grant, being about 50% of the eastern half. Alexander J. Korns, oldest child of Michael, Jr., and Johanna Lepley Korns, was born in Southampton Township, Somerset County, Dec. 16, 1826, and came to Jenner Township, Somerset County, with his parents at the age of six years. For some time in the 40's he drove Conestoga Wagons from Pittsburgh to Cumberland delivering merchandise. Was married to Catherine Simpson March 8,1849. A son, Henry F., was born to this union on Jan. 8, 1850, d. Jan. 18, 1850, aged ten days. His wife d. Feb. 19, 1850. He went to California during the gold excitement and there married Agnes McCarey May 31, 1864. She died suddenly in March 26, 1871, aged 45 years. He returned to Pennsylvania in May, 1871. He then married his third wife, July 10, 1873, Miss Belinda Walters, daughter of Gillian and Catherine Kurtz Walters of Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pa. He purchased the old homestead on which he resided the remainder of [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 163 [Photo] Alexander Korns [................................................................] 164 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. his life. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and Beam Reformed Church. Died April 29, 1897, aged 70 years, 4 months and 13 days. Buried in 'me Beam Cemetery. Belinda Walters Korns d. June 19, 1919, aged 81 years, 3 months and 28 days. They were foster parents to Beckie Baer who made her home with them from the age of 10 to 21 years. Simon Lepley Korns, sixth child of Michael Korns, Jr., and Johanna Lepley Korns, was born in Jenner Township, June 23, 1839. He attended the common school and local Normal Schools and taught several terms in Jenner Township. He was married to Agnes Maurer Nov. 15, 1866, by Rev. Hentz of Somerset. He purchased part of the old homestead and erected a comfortable 8 room house in 1871, farm and other outbuildings in 1873. He spent his entire life on the farm on which he was born. He was an ideal husband and father. His integrity was doubted by none. He was a faithful member of the Hoffman Lutheran Church and Sunday School, serving as Deacon and Elder from time to time. He was Superintendent of the Sunday School at different times. He was the father of two daughters: 1. Jeannette Victoria Korns Weighley. 2. Rebecca Helen Korns Hertzler. S.L. d. Oct. 31, 1914 after an illness of several months at the age of 75 years, 4 months, and 10 days. He was buried in the U. B. Cemetery at Jenner Crossroads. Rev. J. S. English conducting the services. Agnes Korns was b. May 25, 1842, and d. Aug. 8, 1922. Simon L. and Agnes Korns were the foster parents of William Sumy taking him at the age of 3 1/2 years and keeping him until he became 21 years of age. Jeannette Victoria Korns, the elder daughter of Simon L. and Agnes Maurer Korns was b. Aug. 12, 1867. She attended the common and local schools of Jenner Twp. She was married [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 165 [Photo] Simon L. Korns [................................................................] 166 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. by Rev. E. S. Johnston, Nov. 8, 1893, to Milton L. Weighley. Two sons were born to this union, both died in infancy. She is a member of the Hoffman Lutheran Church, Sunday School, and Missionary Society. She resides at Jenner Cross Roads. Milton Lewis Weighley, son of John and Sarah Miller Weighley was b. March 2, 1867, in Brothersvalley Township, moved with his parents to Jenner Township at the age of 9 years. Attended the common and local Normal Schools. Taught ten terms in Jenner Township. Was married Nov. 8, 1893, to Jeannette V. Korns. Bought the George Friedline farm and resided there for 23 years. In 1927 sold the farm and purchased the Oliver Shaulis home in Jenner Cross Roads where he resides. He is a member of the Hoffman Lutheran Church and Sabbath School. Served on the Church Council and was Superintendent of the Sunday School. He is President of the 11th District S. S. Association at present. His grandfather, Lewis Weighley, was the pioneer weaver of the much prized coverlet of today. Milton Lewis Weighley, d. Jan. 21, 1949. Rebecca Helen Korns, youngest daughter of Simon L. and Agnes Maurer Korns, was b. June 30, 1871. She attended the common and local Normal Schools of Jenner Township, also California State Normal School. She taught three terms in Jenner Township. She also taught music during the summer months. She was married by Rev. J. S. English of Stoystown, Pa., on April 19, 1906, to Dr. Henry Hertzler of Jenners, at the Korns home. Sixty invited guests being present. One son, Hilliard Korns, was born to this union, June 16, 1907, died in infancy. She was a member of the Hoffman Lutheran Church, Sabbath School and Missionary Society. She was also a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Somerset County Medical Society. She resided at Jenner Cross Roads. Rebecca H. Hertzler d. March 2, 1.937. Henry Hertzler, M.D., son of Peter Hertzler, Sr., and Martha Doing-Singer Hertzler, was born in Allegheny Co., [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 167 Pittsburgh, Pa., March 30, 1867. He attended the common schools also Curry University of Pittsburgh for two years. Was bookkeeper for the United Biscuit Co. for five years. He entered the medical department of the University of Pittsburgh in 1897, graduated with honors in 1901, in a class of 91. Served his internship at St. John's Hospital and Free Dispensary of Pittsburgh. Located in Jenner Cross Roads, Somerset County, Pa., in 1903 for the practice of his profession. Was married April 19, 1906, to Rebecca H. Korns. Built a comfortable home in 1905 and enjoyed a successful practice. He was a member of the Somerset County Medical Society and the Pennsylvania Medical Association. Dr. Henry Hertzler died Dec., 1943. Edmund L. Korns, youngest son of Michael Korns, Jr., b. May 26, 1844. A Civil War Veteran, member of Company C, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery. On Oct. 23, 1870, he married Agnes Sipe, daughter of Henry Sipe and Rebecca Biesecker Sipe, b. March 18, 1852, in Sipesville, Pa. Children: 1. Frank Elmer Korns, b. Sept. 24, 1871. 2. Clarence Clinton Korns, b. June 26, 1873. 3. Simon Henry (Harry) Korns, b. Aug. 4, 1878. 4. Charles Byron Korns, b. July 11, 1882. 5. Erma Grace Korns, b. May 8, 1887. 6. Edmund Ernest Korns, b. September 19, 1891. Frank Elmer Korns married Felicia H. Friedline, daughter of John A. and Lavina Beam Friedline, Oct. 9, 1892, at Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., by the ,Reformed Minister, Rev. Hiram King. To this union were born six children, five boys and one girl: 1. Clark Edmund Korns, b. Sept. 5, 1894. 2. John Lester Korns, b. March 25, 1896. 3. Paul Eugene Korns, b. March 25, 1898. 4. Frank Elmer Korns, b. Dec. 7, 1900. 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson Korns, b. Feb. 23, 1903. 6. Ruth Lavina Korns, b. Feb. 28, 1905. [................................................................] 168 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [Photo] Edmund L. Korns Company C, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Heavy Artillery, Civil War. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 169 1. Clark Edmund Korns attended the public school in Johnstown, and graduated from Johnstown High School in 1913. He migrated to Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1915. He worked for Whitaker-Glessner Co., as Chief Inspector. He served in the World War from September 1917 to December 1918. Graduated from Officers' Training School, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, April 1, 1918. Commissioned 2nd Lt., June 1918, Camp Gordon, Georgia. Commissioned 1st Lt., Aug. 1918, Camp Hancock, Georgia. Served a Machine Gun Instructor. Discharged. Dec. 13, 1918. Returned to Portsmouth, Ohio, resumed employment at Wheeling Steel Corp.. 1925-1939, Gen. Supt., Wheeling Steel Corp., Portsmouth, Ohio; 1940-1946, Asst. to Gen. Manager Strip and Tin Division, Y. S. and T. Co., E. Chicago, Ill.; 1946, Supt. of Industrial Relations, 11 Chicago District. Married Oct. 15, 1920, to Bea Anderson, b. March 20, 1896, daughter of Andrew and Adelaide Anderson. Children: a. Clark Edmund Korns, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1927. Graduated from Hammond, Indiana High School in 1946. Enlisted in the United States Army, Sept. 5, 1946. Training, Camp Knox, Ky., shipped overseas to Korea, Nov., 1946. b. Nancy Anderson Korns, b. Feb. 14, 1931. Graduated from Hammond, Indiana High School, 1948. Entered Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, Sept., 1948. Majoring in Mathematics. 2. John Lester Korns attended the local grade school and entered the Johnstown High School in 1912. He played Quarterback on the Varsity and was Captain of the team in 1916. He was nicknamed "Pazetti" after the famous Pazetti who played football at Lehigh University. April 16, 1917, ten days after war was declared, John Lester Korns went to Indiana and reported to Capt. C. C. McLain. As a member of Co. F of the 110 Infantry, Twenty-Eighth Division, he received preliminary training at Camp Hancock, Ga., [................................................................] 170 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [Photo] Clark (Jerry) Korns, Jr. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 171 [Photo] Nancy Anderson Korns [................................................................] 172 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. and sailed for France, May 2, 1918. He was killed by a machine gun bullet in the battle of the Argonne Forest, Sept. 27, 1918. His body was brought to this country in Sept., 1921, and buried in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa. 3. Paul Eugene Korns, married Freda Janet Kerr, daughter of John Kerr and Margaret Beamer Kerr, of New Paris, Bedford County, on Jan. 22, 1926. Children: a. John Lester Korns, b. April 21, 1930. Graduated from Conemaugh Township High School, Somerset County, Pa. Awarded a scholarship in Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., Premedical Course. b. Patrecia Ann Korns, b. Aug. 25, 1935. 4. Frank Elmer Korns d. Nov. 15, 1919. 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson Korns attended Public Schools of Johnstown, Pa., and graduated from Johnstown High School. Married Nov. 30, 1922, to Mary Blanche Ambrose, daughter of John and Anna Ambrose, of Johnstown, Pa. They moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, on Jan. 1, 1928. They had no children. Blanche d. May 13, 1931, in Portsmouth, Ohio, and was buried in Johnstown, Pa. Married Grace Berdine Pendry, b. May 25, 1907, daughter of Bert A.and Mary Wilson Pendry, of Bowersville, Greene County, Ohio. They have one child, Marilyn Beth Korns, b. Feb. 6, 1944. 6. Ruth Lavina Korns, b. Feb. 28, 1905, married James Griffith, b. July 29, 1901, son of Gertrude Vaughen and James Cooper Griffith. She was educated in the Johnstown Public Schools and attended Beechwood School in Jenkintown, Pa., and graduated in 1924. Taught Home Economics at Cochran Junior High School in Johnstown. The Honorable Frank Elmer Korns, one of the two Representatives from the Johnstown District in the State Legislature was born at Garrett, Somerset County, Pa., on Sept. 24, 1871, a son of Edmund L. Korns, a veteran of the Civil War, whose death occurred in 1897, and Mrs. Agnes Sipe Korns. F. E. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 173 [Photo] John Lester Korns Lost his life in battle of Argonne Forest in World War I, Sept. 27, 1918 [................................................................] 174 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Korns was a brother of Clarence Korns, Johnstown, Pa., Harry Korns, Johnstown, Pa., Dr. C. B. Korns, Sipesville, Pa., Ernest E. Korns, Hamburg, Pa., and Mrs. E. L. Horner, Ferndale, Pa. In October, 1892, Frank E. Korns and Miss Felicia Friedline, daughter of John Freidline, were married at Somerset, Pa., by Rev. Hiram King of the Reformed Church. For a few years later Mr. and Mrs. Korns made their home in Somerset County and later in Westmoreland County before coming to Johnstown. For a while Mr. Korns was engaged in the livery business in Moxham and later worked for John C. Pender when the latter's barns were located on Vine St., Johnstown, Pa. Before his election to the General Assembly he was employed as an automobile salesman for the Swank Motor Company. In politics Mr. Korns was a Democrat and was once a candidate for City Council and later for County Controller. He was the Democrat nominee for Assembly and was successful, leading by over 300 votes the other successful candidate, Mr. Horne, Republican from the City District. Mr. Korns was appointed on the following House Committees: Congressional Apportionment, Judicial Apportionment, Labor and Industry, Library, Municipal Corporation, and Forestry. Mr. Korns supported all legislation that bore the endorsement of Governor Pinchot, including the Governor's dry bill passed by the Senate and the House. Clark and John Lester Korns, sons of Frank E. Korns, served in the World War. Lester enlisted in the Indiana Company of the National Guard of Pennsylvania in the spring of 1917. He was taken south soon after the United States entered the war and was assigned to Company F, 110th Regiment at Camp Hancock, Ga. He was taken to France early in 1918 and made the supreme sacrifice in the Argonne Forest in September, 1918. His body was brought to the United States for burial in Sept., 1921. He was buried in the family plot in Grandview Cemetery. Clark Korns was commissioned a lieutenant during the war and was about to sail for overseas when the armistice was signed in November, 1918. Edmund Korns, father of Frank E. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 175 [Photo] Honorable Frank E. Korns [................................................................] 176 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Korns, served in the Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and through his service his son was admitted to membership in Lt. J. Speer Orr Camp, No. 14, Sons of Veterans. Frank E. Korns was a devoted member of the Reformed Church. He united with the Beam congregation in Somerset County a long time ago and transferred his membership to St. John's congregation when he located here 25 years ago. Frank E. Korns helped to organize St. Paul's Reformed Church in Moxham and had since been an Elder in the Consistory. He frequently represented the local charge at sessions of the Pittsburgh Synod. He was identified with the Heidelberg Sunday School class of the Moxham Church, his teacher being the pastor of the church, the Rev. A. B. Bauman. Besides his widow, mother, sister, and brothers, Frank E. Korns was survived by three sons: Ralph and Paul Korns, at home, and Clark Korns of Portsmouth, Ohio, and a daughter, Miss Ruth Korns, a student at the Beechwood School, Jenkinstown, Pa. Clarence Clinton Korns, known in the business world as C. C. Korns, is owner and operator of the C. C. Korns Co., Johnstown, Pa., manufacturers of electric wiring specialties trade-named Conduit Supports, which are widely sold nationally as well as on an expanding international market, was b. June 26,1873, at Garrett, Somerset County, Pa., the second child of Edmund L. and Agnes Sipe Korns. Attended Biesecker, the local township school, until spring of 1890, when he began serving an apprenticeship as a machinist with John McKenna who operated a general machine shop in Johnstown, Pa. While employed here he married Emma A. Bricker of Johnstown on Oct. 30, 1893, to which marriage six children were born as follows: 1. James E. Korns, b. Aug. 30, 1894. 2. Richard Caven Korns, b. 1898, d. 1899. 3. Clarence Dean Korns, b. 1901, d. 1902. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 177 [Photo] Clarence Clinton Korns [................................................................] 178 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 4. Margaret E. Korns, b. 1903, d. 1906. 5. Donald W. Korns, b. May 30, 1908. 6. Sara K. Korns (Peterson), b. May 5, 1910. After a successful apprenticeship of four years in machine shop practice, he went to the Lorain Steel Co., Johnstown, Pa., as a machinist early in 1894. Here he was promoted successively from machine shop to engineering department, to assistant general manager of the plant in 1905, retiring in this capacity Dec. 31, 1908. While in the engineering department of the Lorain Plant he developed five mechanical devices for railway track and switches, on which the company secured patent rights, and manufactured for a number of years. After leaving the Lorain Plant he held a number of executive positions in manufacturing plants at various points including one year with the Covington Punch and Shear Co., Covington, Va., as chief engineer; about two years with the Baltimore Copper Rolling and Smelting Co., Baltimore, Md., designing rolling mill machinery; served as general superintendent of the American Frog and Switch Co., Hamilton, Ohio, 1913-1919. While with this latter concern he began development of, and later patented, a line of electric wiring devices for industrial manufacturing buildings and other types of construction, which he has been manufacturing under the name of the C. C. Korns Co., Johnstown, Pa., since 1919. This material, now well known to electrical equipment users, is widely sold throughout this country and Canada and is enjoying considerable export trade with many foreign points. His product, Conduit Supports, was in tremendous demand during the late war and served to hasten construction of industrial production facilities so vital to the war movement. He has been the grantee of eleven United States Patents covering street railway switches and associated equipment, as well as the electric wiring devices now manufactured by him. He is a member of the St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Johnstown, Pa. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 179 James Edmund Korns, b. Aug. 30, 1894. Attended Johnstown Public Schools. Employed in Transportation Department of Bethlehem Steel Company, Johnstown, Pa., for 21 years, the latter 12 of which were in the capacity of General Yard Master. Currently employed by the C. C. Korns Co., Johnstown, Pa., in supervisory production work. Married Jan. 23, 1917, to Hazel Klenton Andrew of Johnstown, Pa. One child: Sara Ann Korns, b. May 25, 1922, died in infancy. Donald W. Korns, b. May 30, 1908. Attended Johnstown Public Schools, College of the University of Pittsburgh from which he holds an A.B. degree, and matriculated two years at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Served 31 months with the U. S. Army in World War II, 14 of which were served in the European Theatre with the 227th General Hospital and 129th Evacuation Hospital. Employed by the C. C. Korns Co., Johnstown, Pa., engaged chiefly at product development, sales, and administration. Married July 18, 1943, to Marian Aileen Rager, Johnstown, Pa. Two children: 1. David Clinton Korns, b. May 22, 1944, living. 2. Donald James Korns, b. April 19, 1947, living. Sara Katherine Korns Peterson, educated in Johnstown Public Schools, graduated from Miss Illman's, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1932. Attended the University of Pittsburgh and studied voice at Carnegie Tech. At present associated with the C. C. Korns Co., doing secretarial work. Married Jan. 25, 1935, Andrew (Panagatocos) Peterson, Johnstown, Pa., who is descended from a prominent Greek royal family. Mr. Peterson secured an A.B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1932. Part owner of Bard's, Inc. One child: Clarese Adele Peterson, b. Jan. 28, 1936. Talented in art and dancing. Simon Henry (Harry) Korns, the third son of Edmund L. Korns, was b. Aug. 4, 1878, and married Agnes Griffith, b, Feb. 22, 1888, and d. Nov. 5, 1938. She was the daughter of Jordan and Caroline Griffith. Children: [................................................................] 180 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 1. Eugene E. Korns, b. Feb. 2, 1904, married Willa Harrison, located in Oakland, California, and employed as furniture buyer. 2. Florence Korns, b. Feb. 17, 1906, married Herman G. Riddel, b. Feb. 3, 1897. Florence graduated in 1924 from Indiana State Teachers College and taught school four years at Conemaugh, Pa., and two years at Westmont. Herman Riddel is buyer in Men and Boy's clothing Department, Penn Traffic Co., Johnstown, Pa. Dr. Charles Byron Korns, fourth son of Edmund L. and Agnes Sipe Korns, was b. July 11, 1882, in Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pa. After completing the course of study in the grade schools of Jenner Township, he prepared for teaching in the Teachers Normal Schools conducted in Somerset County, taught three terms of school in Jenner Township. Graduated from Franklin and Marshall Academy in the class of 1905. After taking special work in Franklin and Marshall College, he entered the Baltimore Medical College from which he graduated in 1909. He started the practice of medicine in Sipesville, Somerset Co., Pa., Nov. 1, 1909. On Sept. 14, 1910, he married Bessie E. Miller, daughter of Harvey J. and Ella Dignan Miller, a teacher in the public schools of Somerset County, also a graduate of the Hammond School of Music of Johnstown, Pa. To this union were born two sons: Dr. Charles Byron Korns, Jr., b. April 10, 1911, and who lost his life by accidental drowning, Jan. 26, 1944, in Nassau, Bahama Islands, while in the service of his country. Dr. Miller J. Korns, b. May 14, 1913, and after serving almost three years in the Navy, in three major campaigns in the Pacific area, was discharged in Feb., 1946. He is actively engaged in the practice of Medicine and Surgery in Somerset, Pa. Dr. C. B. Korns, Sr., aside from his general practice, is a [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 181 member of the Somerset Community Hospital Staff and Past President of the Somerset Medical Society. He was a Past Chairman of the Republican Party of Somerset and a delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago, 1932. He is a member of the Lincoln Township School Board. He united with the Beam Reformed Church in his youth, is a present member of the Consistory, President of the Beam Cemetery Association, which under his supervision has become one of the most beautiful cemeteries of Somerset County. He is always interested and active in the welfare of this congregation. He organized the Sipesville Water Company and supervised the construction of a water line to the Laurel Hill Mountain which brings the supply of water to Sipesville, Acosta and Quecreek, also many farms and homes in Lincoln and Jenner Twp. He organized and was President of the First National Bank of Sipesville in 1922 which merged with the First National Bank of Somerset in April 19, 1937, and where he is a Director. He was physician and surgeon for the Consolidation Coal Company which is now known as the Pittsburgh Coal Co., and for whom he attends all accidental cases occurring in their large coal operations of Somerset County. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Somerset Shriners, Jaffa Mosque, Altoona, Pa. Lt. Charles Byron Korns, Jr., M.D., was b. April 10, 1911, in Sipesville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, son of Dr. Charles Byron Korns, Sr., and Bessie Miller Korns. He was baptized in infancy by Rev. W. H. Milhouse, pastor of Beam Reformed Church. He was catechised and confirmed March 28, 1926, by the Rev. C. K. Spiggle, pastor of Casebeer Lutheran Church. After completing the course of study in the grade schools of Lincoln Township, he entered the Somerset High School and graduated in the class of 1929. He then entered Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, from which he graduated with the [................................................................] 182 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. degree of "Bachelor of Science" in the class of 1933. Received his "Doctor of Medicine" degree from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in June, 1937. Interned one year in Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, Pa., and was chief resident physician in that same hospital before locating in Derry, Pa., where he engaged in private practice. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the A. A. F., April 28, 1943. Graduated from the Officers Training School, Carlisle, Pa., June 3rd, of the same year. Was assigned to the Government Hospital in Sioux Falls, S. D. Transferred as Assistant Surgeon to the A. A. F. Hospital in Homestead, Fla. In December, 1943, he was sent to the Engineers Hospital, Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, where he lost his life by accidental drowning, Jan. 26, 1944. To honor his mother, in his last will and testament, he bequeathed a sum of money for the installation of a pipe organ in the Casebeer Lutheran Church. Of a charitable disposition, he also made bequests to the Lutheran Church of Derry, Pa., Latrobe Hospital, Pa., and many other personal bequests. He was buried with full military honors, Jan. 27, 1944, in an English Cemetery in Nassau, Bahama Islands. May 5, 1948, his body was returned to his home in Sipesville. Funeral services conducted in the Casebeer Lutheran Church, buried in the family plot in Beam's Reformed Church Cemetery. Military services were conducted at the grave by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 554 and American Legion of Somerset, Pa. He was a member of the Medical Corps, Station 12, Carribbean Wing Air Transport Command and drowned at Cable Beach, North Providence, Nassau, Bahama. Miller J. Korns, M.D., was b. May 14, 1913, in Sipesville, Somerset County, Pa., son of Dr. Charles Byron Korns, Sr., and Bessie Miller Korns. He was baptized in infancy by the Rev. J. W. Alberton, pastor of. the Beam Reformed Church. Was catechised and confirmed April 10,1927, by the Rev. C. K. Spiggle, pastor of [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 183 [Photo] Miller J. Korns, M.D., Lt. Commander United States Navy [................................................................] 184 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. the Casebeer Lutheran Church. After completing the course of study in the grade schools of Lincoln Township, he entered the Somerset High School and graduated in the class of 1930. He then entered Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., from which he graduated with the degree of "Bachelor of Science," in the class of 1934. Received his "Doctor of Medicine" degree from Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa., June, 1938. Interned one year in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. Served one year as chief resident physician in the Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, Pa., before taking a post graduate course in surgery in the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School, Philadelphia, Pa. He was a physician and surgeon for the Consolidation Coal Co., in Somerset County until he was commissioned a lieutenant (j. g.) in the U. S. Navy, Nov. 28, 1942. Being assigned to the Navy Construction Battalion, he was located in hospitals for the Government in Virginia, Rhode Island, and California, before embarking for overseas duty on August 1, 1943. After landing in New Caledonia, in the Pacific area, he accompanied his battalion in three major campaigns in the South-West Pacific, in our war against Japan. Before returning to the U. S. he was a surgeon in a rest camp in Australia. He was returned to the U. S., July 1, 1945, and stationed in Portsmouth, Va., in the Norfolk Navy Yards until February of 1946 when he was discharged with the rank of Lt. Commander. Dec. 28, 1940, he married Helen Marie Bittner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bittner, of Meyersdale. To this union were born two children: 1. Judith Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1946. 2. Charles Byron, Ill, b. Oct. 24, 1947. Dr. Miller J. Korns is actively engaged in the practice of medicine and is a member of the surgical staff of the Community Hospital of Somerset, Pa.. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 185 He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons No. 358 of Somerset, Pa., and also of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Somerset, Pa. Erma Grace Korns, the only daughter of Edmund L. Korns was b. May 8, 1887. Educated in Somerset Public Schools and attended Indiana State Teachers College. School teacher in Somerset County. Member of St. Paul's Reformed Church, Johnstown, Pa. Married Elmer Lewis Horner on Nov. 28, 1906. Elmer Lewis Horner was b. Oct. 27, 1884. Educated in Somerset Public Schools and attended Business College at Williamsport. School teacher in Somerset County; Clerk, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1906-1910; Manager of Traffic and Supply Buyer for Penn Traffic Co., Department Store, Johnstown, Pa., 1911-; served as Burgess, 1914-1918, on Council, 1918-1922; Secretary, 1922-1938, at Ferndale Borough, Pa.; member of the Masonic Order-Consistory; Shrine; Sons of American Revolution; St. Paul's Reformed church. Residence 426 Vickroy Ave., Johnstown, Pa. Children: 1. Edmund D. Horner, b. Oct. 3, 1907, Johnstown, Pa. Education, Ferndale High School; Ithaca Conservatory of Music, B.S. in Music Education. Supervisor of Music, Westmont-Upper Yoder School, Johnstown, Pa. Director of Youth Chorus for American Legion Post No. 294 and the Sons of American Legion Band, State Champions, 1937-1947, member Conemaugh Valley Lodge No. 692 Free and Accepted Mason, Portage Royal Arch Chapter No. 195, Oriental Commandery No. 61, Knights Templar, Bandmaster's Association of Pennsylvania, National and State Music Education Association, (N. E. A.), (P. S. E. A.), American Post No. 294. Member First Lutheran Church, Johnstown, Pa. Residence 1171 Agnes Ave., Rose Point, Johnstown, Pa. Married Elizabeth Hamilton, June 30, 1937. Dorothy Elizabeth (Hamilton) Korns, b. Feb. 2, 1907, [................................................................] 186 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Johnstown, Pa. Education, Johnstown High School, Temple University, B.S. in Education. Member of Chi Omega, National Social Fraternity; Pi Gamma Mu. National Honorary Social Science; Johnstown Chapter No. 183 O. E. S.; Decapolis Shrine No. 29, White Shrine of Jerusalem; Quemahoning Chapter Daughter of American Revolution; Pan-Hellenic Society; College Club; Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Association; National Education Association; Pennsylvania State Education Association. World History Teacher in Garfield Junior High School, Department Chairman for Social Studies, 1934-1943; City Chairman Social Studies, 1946-1947. First Lutheran Church, Johnstown, Pa. Direct descendant of Captain William McClelland, Capt. of a Company of Footmen and Ensign Samuel Russell in the American Revolution. Capt. McClelland was one of the original band of Scotch settlers who founded Marsh Creek, Pa., naming it after their home in Marsh Creek, Scotland. Marsh Creek, Pa., is now Gettysburg, Pa., and the Old Horse Tavern marks the beginning of the McClelland colonial land grant of 1739. 2. Rosalind Olivia Horner, b. July 10, 1916, Ferndale, Johnstown, Pa. Education: Public Schools, Ferndale; Carnegie Institute of Technology, A.B. in Music Education, 1938; Music Supervisor, public schools in Oakdale, Allegheny County, Pa., 1938-1941; private classes in music and expression, 1932; member of Sigma Alpha Iota, National Music Fraternity; Mortar Board; Women's Club of New Kensington, Chairman of Drama Dept., 1947-1949; President of Child Study Club of New Kensington; Various amateur and professional musical groups. Married Dec. 27, 1939, to Dr. E. E. Stickley. Elmer Eugene Stickley, b. Jan. 23, 1915, Brackenridge, Allegheny County, Pa. Education: Public Schools, Brackenridge; Carnegie Institute of Technologyy, B.S. in Physics, 1937; University of Pittsburgh, M.S., 1940, Ph.D., 1?42, in Physics. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 187 [Photo] William Robert Korns, Veterinarian [................................................................] 188 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Instructor in Physics and Astronomy, Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, 1938-1942; fellow, Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, 1942; Research Physicist, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Creighton, Pa., 1943-. Professional Societies: Member--Physical Society of Pittsburgh, President, 1948-1949; American Physical Society, American Germanic Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society for X-Ray and Electron Diffraction and the Crystallographic Society of America; the University Club, Pittsburgh; Various amateur-professional musical groups. Directly descended from Peter Stover, who settled in the Shenandoah Valley and in 1767 laid out he present town Strasburg (Shenandoah County) named for his birthplace in Alsace-Lorraine. Children: a. Spencer Eugene Stickley, b. Sept. 6, 1944. Ernest Edmund Korns, fifth son of Edmund L. Korns, was b. Sept. 19, 1891. After working in the open hearth of the Bethlehem Steel Co., Johnstown, Pa., for a period of six years, he turned to farming for an occupation. Having owned and operated farms in both Berks and Somerset County. At present he operates a 225 acre dairy farm in Jenner Township, Somerset County. He also operates the Lone Oak Coal Mine near Boswell. He is very active in church affairs; he has belonged to the Consistory of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church of Boswell for ten years. Ernest Edmund Korns married Stella Cleo Glessner who was b. Aug. 22, 1890. She was the daughter of William H. Glessner and Sarah (Stahl) Glessner. They were married Jan. 1, 1915. Children: 1. Dr. William Robert Korns, was b. July 9, 1915, in Somerset Borough. He attended the public schools of Somerset and graduated in 1931 from Somerset High School. He [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 189 attended the University of Pittsburgh for three years before entering the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania from which he graduated in 1939. He practices Veterinary Medicine in Somerset Borough, specializing in large animals. He established the Somerset Artificial Breeder's Corporation. He married Freda L. Wyand on Sept. 15, 1939. Children: a. Barbara Ann Korns, b. March 19, 1941. b. Richard Edwin Korns, b. June 10, 1942. c. William Preston Korns, b. Oct. 12, 1946. He is a member of Somerset School Board. Member of the Somerset Rotary Club. A member of the Free and Accepted Masons Lodge No. 358, Somerset. A member of the Reformed Church, Somerset, Pa. 2. Jeanne Elizabeth Korns, b. Nov. 29, 1930. Graduated from Boswell High School in the class of 1948. She was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania where she will pursue the professional nursing course. She received a senatorial scholarship from Senator Fred P. Hare of Somerset, Pa. HERMAN WILLIAM BRUBAKER AND MATILDA KORNS BRUBAKER Herman William Brubaker, b. Dec. 14, 1827, d. Jan. 6, 1908, married Matilda Korns Brubaker, b. April 15, 1831, d. Jan. 18, 1910, daughter of Michael and Johanna Korns. Their children: (A) Delilah Brubaker, b. Dec. 10, 1850, d. Dec. 14, 1923, married Edward L. Cook, b. Mar. 25, 1845, d. Nov. 30, 1927. Children: 1. Franklin B. Cook, b. Mar. 17, 1871, d. Sept. 23, 1928. 2. George R. Cook, b. Oct. 27, 1872, d. June 21, 1925. 3. Howard C. Cook, b. Sept. 1, 1874. 4. Marion Cook, b. May 4, 1876. 5. Emma Cook, b. Aug. 25, 1878. [................................................................] 190 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. (B) Emma Julia Brubaker, b. Sept. 17, 1852, d. Jan. 4, 1913, married Rev. John H. Knepper, b. Oct. 13, 1849, d. Aug. 13, 1915. Children: 1. Clara Knepper, b. 1870. 2. Harry B. Knepper, b. June 11,1873, d. July 27, 1928. 3. Matilda Knepper, d. at age of 2 years. 4. Edna Knepper. 5. Mary Knepper, d. at age of 11 years. (C) Alexander Brubaker, b. Jan. 20, 1854, d. Mar. 1, 1854. (D) Charles A. Brubaker, b. Dec. 26, 1856, d. Dec. 30, 1914, married Mary C. Pfahler, (first wife), b. 1862, d. 1883. One child: 1. Horace P. Brubaker, b. Mar. 14, 1883. Second wife, Henrietta Knepper, b. Mar. 21, 1858, d. Oct. 15, 1912. Children: 1. F. Lee Brubaker, b. Oct. 13, 1885. 2. Earl K. Brubaker, b. Nov. 27, 1886. 3. Addie Brubaker, b. July 26, 1890. 4. Harry Francis Brubaker, b. Feb. 6, 1892. 5. H. Lester Brubaker, b. Aug. 28, 1894. (E) Minnie May Brubaker, b. June 30, 1863, married to William Franklin Philson, b. Nov. 25, 1863. Children: 1. Myra Philson, b. June 8, 1885. 2. Thomas Walker Philson, b. Nov. 5, 1886, d. June 3, 1929. Band Sgt., 320 F. A., 82nd Div. A. E. F. [American Expeditionary Force] 3. Edgar Brubaker Philson, b. April 4, 1888. Hdq. Det., 311 San. Tn. 86th Div. A. E. F. 4. Bertha Philson, b. Feb. 15, 1892. 5. Charles Howard Philson, b. Jan. 2, 1894. Band Sgt., 146th Inf., 37th Div. A. E. F. 6. Albert William Philson, b. July 1, 1895. 37th Co., 10th Batt. A. E. F. 7. Stella Philson, b. April 25,1897, d. May 28, 1897. 8. Gertrude Philson, b. Nov. 7, 1899. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 191 [Photo] Matilda Korns Brubaker [................................................................] 192 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 9. Leora Philson, b. Feb. 26, 1902. 10. Florence Philson, b. July 3, 1907. (F) Margaret S. Brubaker, b. Nov. 15,1867, married Horace B. Philson, b, Feb. 11, 1859. 1. Infant son, b. and d. Oct. 25, 1901. (G) Grace Brubaker, b. Sept. 21, 1871, married Allen Walker Hillegass, b. Jan. 5, 1871. Children: 1. Margaret Hillegass, b. Jan. 20, 1899. 2. Robert Brubaker Hillegass, b. Feb. 26, 1901, d. 1906. 3. Stanley Eugene Hillegass, b. Sept. 24, 1907. (A) Children of Edward L. Cook and Delilah Brubaker Cook: 1. Franklin B. Cook, b. Mar. 17, 1871, d. Sept. 23, 1928. 2. George R. Cook, married Curtis Peelor, b. July 16, 1876. Children: a. Edward Peelor Cook, b. July 28, 1903, d. Aug. 21, 1919. b. George Ross Cook, b. May 18, 1905, d. Mar. 26, 1929. c. Caroline Cook, b. Mar. 10, 1911, d. June 12, 1912. d. Lydia Cook, b. July 10, 1908. e. James Peelor Cook, b. Mar. 7, 1915. 3. Howard C. Cook, married Mary Marsh, b. Mar. 7, 1873. Children: a. Edward Leroy Cook, b. Feb. 15, 1896. b. Margaret Cook, b. May 11, 1897. c. Marion Josephine Cook, b. July 14, 1899, d. Jan. 22, 1920. 4. Marion Cook, married Emil Young, b. April 2, 1876. Children: a. Edward Adolph Young, b. Jan. 23, 1903. b. Richard B. Young, b. Aug. 19, 1905. c. Marion E. Young, b. May 8, 1911. 5. Emma Cook, married Edward J. Goggin, b. Jan. 7,1877. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 193 (B) Children of Rev. John H. Knepper and Emma Julia Brubaker: 1. Clara Knepper, b. 1870, married W. A. Summersgill, d. 1928. Children: a. Emma Summersgill, married to (1) Zoel Parenteau, and (2) to Ray E. Barth. Children to first husband: Zoe Parenteau. W. A. Parenteau. Renee Parenteau. 2. Harry B. Knepper, married Maude Klingaman, b. Dec. 5, 1877. One child: a. Catherine Knepper, b. Aug. 16, 1906. 3. Matilda Knepper, d. at age of 2 years. 4. Edna G. Knepper. 5. Mary Knepper, d. at the age of 11 years. (D) Children of Charles A. Brubaker and Mary C. Pfahler, (first wife) : 1. Horace P. Brubaker, married Minnie Boose, b. Nov. 1, 1883. Children: a. Mary Helen Brubaker, b. Sept. 3, 1908. b. Walter Brubaker, b. June 16, 1910. Charles A. Brubaker and Henrietta Knepper, (second wife): 1. F. Lee Brubaker, married Helen McGee, b. April 17, 1891. Children: a. Catherine Marie Brubaker, b. April 1, 1915. b. Chas. Edwin Brubaker, b. Nov. 11, 1917. c. Edna May Brubaker, b. Nov. 2, 1920. 2. Earl K. Brubaker, married Mary E. Diveley, b. May 1, 1886. Child: a. Evelyn Elizabeth Brubaker, b. Nov. 11, 1912, married Earl E. Firl. 3. Addie Brubaker, b. July 26, 1890, d. Dec. 6, 1890. 4. Harry Francis Brubaker, married Emma Reynolds, b. Feb. 12, 1894. Children: a. Harry Albert Brubaker, b. Dec. 20, 1917. b. Robert Lee Brubaker, b. Feb. 2, 1925. [................................................................] 194 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 5. H. Lester Brubaker, married Louella Moser, b. Aug. 21, 1896. Child: a. Dorothy Eleanor Brubaker, b. Nov. 15, 1918. (E) Children of William Franklin Philson and Minnie May Brubaker: 1. Myra Philson, married Harry Wilson Floto, b. Dec. 29, 1884. Children: a. James Philson Floto, b. Sept. 20, 1916, d. Sept. 25, 1916. b. Charles Edward Floto, b. July 14, 1920. 2. Thomas Walker Philson, b. Nov. 5, 1886, d. June 3, 1929. 3. Edgar Brubaker Philson, b. April 4, 1886. 4. Bertha Philson, married Elwood Shober Landis, b. Dec. 3, 1892. Children: a. Elizabeth Jean Landis, b. Feb. 8, 1919, Charles Merrill. Children: Patricia Ann Merrill, b. Feb. 23, 1942. Richard Landis Merrill, b. Sept. 3, 1943. Sally Jeanne Merrill, b. April 9, 1947. b. Mary Louise Landis, b. March 27, 1925, married Ben Walker. c. Edwin Philson Landis, b. March 27, 1925. 5. Charles Howard Philson, married Nell Conrad, b. Nov. 24, 1893. 6. Albert William Philson, b. July 1, 1895, married Mary Schrock. 7. Stella Philson, b. April 25, 1897, d. May 28, 1897. 8. Gertrude Philson, married Chester Cyrus Musser, b. Sept. 30, 1898. 9. Leora Philson, married William Ralph Eccles, b. Sept. 3, 1897. Children: a. Richard Philson Eccles, b. June 8, 1924. b. William Ralph Eccles, b. Aug. 9, 1926. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 195 10. Florence Philson, married George Stull Dively, b. Nov. 28, 1904. Children: a. Phyllis Dively, b. Feb. 23, 1927, married Neil Smith. b. William Albert Dively, b. July 28, 1931. c. Thomas Philson Dively, b. April 17, 1938. d. Elizabeth June Dively, b. June 3,1940. e. Barbara Ann Dively, b. Jan. 26, 1946. Elizabeth Philson, b. June 19, 1890. Not noted in original line. (G) Children of Allen Walker Hillegass and Grace Brubaker: 1. Margaret Hillegass, b. Jan. 20, 1899, married Harry Albert Sides, b. May 25, 1900. Child: a. Harry Jack Sides, b. July 8, 1927. 2. Robert Brubaker Hillegass, b. Feb. 26, 1901, d. 1906.. 3. Stanley Eugene Hillegass, b. Sept. 24, 1907. Lydia Cook, daughter of George R. and Curtis Peelor Cook, married Robert Fritz, b. Aug. 1, 1907. Child: 1. Joan Fritz, b. Dec. 29, 1931. Edward Leroy Cook, married Mabel Stouppe Cook, b. Sept. 1, 1896. Children: 1. Howard Charles Cook, b. Aug. 7, 1919. 2. Edward Cook, b. July 29, 1923. 3. Richard Cook, b. Oct. 25, 1925. Margaret Cook, married B. Frank Slick, b. Mar. 7, 1898. Children: 1. Mary Josephine Slick, b. June 5, 1924. 2. Benjamin Frank Slick, b. Oct. 13, 1929. Nancy Korns married William Maurer. Nancy Korns was b. Nov. 20, 1833, and William Maurer was b. April 24, 1833. They were married in 1854. Their children were as follows: 1. John Alexander Maurer, b. 1856, d. July 30, 1914. 2. Elinora Maurer, b. March 21, 1858, married Charles Henry Schmucker, Dec. 26, 1880. [................................................................] 196 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. [Photo] Nancy Korns Maurer [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 197 [Photo] Captain William Maurer Company E, One Hundred Seventy First Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Civil War. [................................................................] 198 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 3. Ann Matilda Maurer, b. Jan. 15, 1860, and d. Jan. 5, 1940. 4. Charles Elsworth Maurer, b. April 9, 1862, and d. April 1930. 5. Harry Elwood Maurer, b. Jan. 1, 1870, and d. June 21, 1906. 6. Elizabeth Maurer, b. Dec. 24, 1866, married William S. Stevens, May 24, 1904. John Alexander Maurer, b. Nov. 14, 1856, d. July 29, 1914, married Nancy Bowman, daughter of David and Catherine Bowman on Oct. 10, 1880. Children: 1. Clara Belle Maurer, b. March 22, 1881, married Austin W. Esherick, son of Ernest and Elizabeth Esherick, May 14, 1902. Children: a. Betty Cecelia, b. Feb. 10, 1921. b. Fred Maurer, b. Nov. 16, 1922. c. Ernest Dale, b. March 18, 1924. d. Janet Marjorie, b. March 25, 1927. 2. Olive Catherine b. Dec. 25, 1884, married Eugene H. Stahl, son of Herman and Elizabeth Stahl, Oct. 27, 1910. No children. 3. Ada May, b. Dec. 21, 1889, married Milton Webreck, son of Faunen and Ann Webreck, July 7, 1910. Children: a. Zeruah Catherine, b. Oct. 2, 1910. b. Tom Maurer, b. Nov. 13, 1914. c. Nancy Ann, b. July 13, 1922. 4. Marian Cecelia Maurer, b. Sept. 2, 1892, married Walter Pascal Clayman, Dec. 24, 1926. He was the son of John W. and Susan Clayman. Children: a. John Maurer Clayman, b. April 15, 1928. b. Joan Cecelia Clayman, b. May 2, 1930. Elnora Maurer, b. March 21, 1858, married Charles Henry Schmucker b. Sept. 1, 1859. Charles Henry Schmucker d. Apr. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 199 13, 1942. They were married at Stoystown, Pa., Dec. 26, 1880. Their children are as follows: 1. Lucy Marian Schmucker, b. Dec. 24, 1881, married George M. Stahl, Jan. 20, 1909. They had two sons: a. Dwight Waldo Stahl, b. July 27,1909, married Walderine Skavara, April 13, 1942, and they had one daughter: Carolyn Louise Stahl, b. June 20, 1943. b. William Leland Stahl, b. June 3, 1919, married Blanche Elizabeth Stufft, Nov. 28, 1941. William Leland Stahl enlisted in the Navy on Jan. 14, 1942. He was a store-keeper on the Cruiser, "Juneau," which was sunk near the Solomon Islands in one of the first Jap-American battles. Over 800 boys were lost and only 10 known survivors of the Juneau. Lucy Schmucker Stahl then married Howard Clark Kifer, Nov. 9, 1943. 2. Harvey Milton Schmucker, b. Feb. 21, 1885, married Clara Hazel McJilton, Jan. 20, 1908. Their children: a. Dorothy Hazel Schmucker, b. June 1, 1910, married Lester A. Clark of Ashland, Wisconsin, now living in Chicago, Ill. No children. b. John Nelson Schmucker, b. Sept. 24, 1911, married Joan McLaughlin of N. Y. City. Two children: a. Sandy Schmucker, b. March 19, 1941. b. Susan Schmucker, b. Sept. 22, 1944. c. Donald Buckley Schmucker, b. Nov. 4, 1917, married Marion Gill of Chicago, Ill., and now living in Baltimore, Md. Two children: a. Patricia Schmucker, b. Oct. 6, 1944. b. Nancy Schmucker, b. March 12, 1947. 3. William Maurer Schmucker, b. Jan. 3, 1890, married Mary L. Rowe, Dec. 24, 1917. He was a Sergeant in World War I, with Co. A, 320th Infantry. He was killed by a German shell near Cuisy, France, on Oct. 8, 1918, buried in Meuse-Argonne Cemetery, France. [................................................................] 200 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 4. Nancy Alma Schmucker, b. April 14, 1894, married George M. Miller, Dec. 1, 1917. Their children: a. Mary Eleanor Miller, b. July 10, 1920, married William P. Robinson, July 27, 1940. Children: a. Mark William Robinson, b. July 15, 1944. b. Jane Robinson, b. March 7, 1947. b. Doris Louise Miller, b. Aug. 22, 1925. 5. Harold Schmucker, b. Dec., 1898, died in infancy. Ann Matilda Maurer, daughter of William Maurer and Nancy Korns Maurer, b. Jan. 15, 1860, married Lorenzo D. Sorber, son of Adam and Elizabeth Spangler Sorber. Their children: 1. William Kenneth Sorber, died in infancy. 2. Harry Lindley Sorber, intermarried to Laurene Clarissa Hay, daughter of Calvin and Ida Ringler Hay [see page 148]. Children: a. Rose Ann Sorber, b. June 5, 1933. b. Lindley Harry Sorber, b. Feb. 22; 1939. Elizabeth Maurer, b. Dec. 24, 1866, married William S. Stevens, May 24, 1904. William S. Stevens d. June 2, 1938. Children: 1. Myrtle Elizabeth Stevens, b. Nov. 28, 1905, d. April 29, 1923. 2. Grace Lucille Stevens, b. Nov. 11, 1907. One son: a. Edward Felton Stevens. 3. Nancy Harriett Stevens, b. Sept. 3, 1910, married Charles Henry Harmon, b. Dec. 30, 1911. Children: a. Jacquelin Rae Harmon, b. Nov. 1, 1936. b. Thomas Elwood Harmon, b. March 25, 1937. c. Herbert Charles Harmon, b. Sept. 19, 1941. Franklin Launtz, b. Sept. 1, 1834, and Elizabeth Korns, b. June 5, 1835, were married April 9, 1855. Their children were: 1. Simon Launtz, b. Dec. 20, 1856, d. Oct. 9, 1857. 2. Anna Cora Launtz, b. Sept. 8, 1855, married Joseph Miller, Sept. 17, 1874. She d. June 26, 1924. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 201 [Photo] Elizabeth Korns Launtz [................................................................] 202 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 3. Alexander Launtz, b. July 19, 1858, married Elizabeth Baker Launtz, Jan. 20, 1881. He d. Jan. 11, 1933. 4. Mary Jane Launtz, b. June 1, 1860, married Absolam Darr, Feb. 23, 1879. She d. Dec. 25, 1940. 5. Ida Belle Launtz, b. June 22, 1862, married William Brubaker, Oct. 29, 1882. She d. Dec. 22, 1899. 6. John Andrew Launtz, b. Oct. 25, 1863, d. Feb. 18, 1936, married Nettie Chapman in 1896. She d. in 1930. 7. Matilda Launtz, b. Sept. 29, 1866, married Russel Young, Nov. 3, 1885. She d. Nov. 11, 1925. 8. Rose Etta Launtz, b. Oct. 8, 1868, d. May 3, 1944. 9. Gertrude Launtz, b. Sept. 22, 1871, married Edward Schrock, June 11, 1891. She d. Aug. 14, 1944. 10. Grace Launtz, b. Dec. 29, 1873, married Warren Ferner, Sept. 22, 1903. 11. Ella Elizabeth Launtz, b. Sept. 22, 1876, married Frank Barclay, July 4, 1895. 12. Harvey F. Launtz, b. March 4, 1880, married Gertrude Walker, Jan. 9, 1912. He d. April 19, 1947. Anna Cora Launtz, the oldest child of Franklin and Elizabeth Korns Launtz, married Joseph B. Miller. They had four sons and a daughter. 1. Milton Miller, died after having graduated from Lock Haven Teachers College. He taught several terms of school. 2. Grace Miller, died in childhood. 3. Frank L. Miller, married Freda May Dawson, Nov. 22, 1918. He d. Oct. 21, 1947. They had two daughters. a. Alice Ann Miller, b. March 19, 1921, married Robert E. Golden, April 7, 1944. They had one son: Robert Christopher Golden, b. Dec. 11, 1946. b. Margaret Jane Miller, b. Nov. 22, 1922, married Clayton Thomas Hauseur, Nov. 28, 1941. They had one son: Thomas Frank Hauseur, b. May 16, 1943. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 203 They were divorced and then Margaret Jane Miller Hauseur married Howard Harold Wiefels, May 9, 1946. ~They had one child: Harold Bert Wiefels, b. Aug. 2, 1947. 4. Lloyd L. Miller. Also an Attorney in Los Angeles, Calif., married and had four children. 5. James L. Miller, married Mabel Catherine Mathis, Oct. 18, 1913. They had two children: a. Ward Thompson Miller, b. April 23, 1918, married Margaret Jeanette Jarrett, June 5, 1946. They had one son: Ward Thompson Miller, Jr., b. April 29, 1947. b. Dean Berkley Miller, b. May 2, 1922. This son, James L., is the youngest son and is also a lawyer and a contractor in Los Angeles, Calif. He is the only member of this family now living. Alexander Launtz, b. July 19, 1858, and Ellen Elizabeth Baker, b. June 2, 1859, married Jan. 20, 1880. Children: 1. Harold Wilson Launtz, b. Sept. 8, 1881, d. Oct. 12, 1903. 2. Aden Arthur Launtz, b.. Nov. 29, 1882. 3. Harry Franklin Launtz, b. Jan. 17, 1885, d. Nov. 10, 1943. 4. Elizabeth Etta Laurttz, b. Dec. 12, 1886. 5. Nelda Grace Launtz, b. July 16, 1893. Alexander Launtz d. Jan. 11, 1933. Elizabeth Ellen Launtz d. Oct. 14, 1946. Lucy E. Darr, daughter of Absolam and Mary Jane Darr, b. Dec. 14, 1881, married Harry F. Maust, b. Aug. 28, 1881. 1. Park E. Maust, b. May 18, 1904, married Emma P. Stayrook, Feb. 22, 1939. Emma P. Stayrook was b. Oct. 25, 1904. One child: a. Janet Ellen Maust, b. April 12, 1941. 2. Guy A. Maust, b. Sept. 9, 1905, married Nov. 24, 1932, to Olive Bowman, b. Jan. 19, 1908. Their children: [................................................................] 204 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. a. Jay Robert Maust, b. May 3, 1938. b. Donna Jean Maust, b. Aug. 31, 1943. 3. Neva I. Maust, b. June 26, 1908, married Nov. 23, 1930, to Harry A. Miller, b. March 12, 1906. Their children: a. Reid Maust Miller, b. June 10, 1931. b. Harry Joseph Miller, b. March 29, 1933, d. March 8, 1938. c. Dwight Edward Miller, b. Aug. 31, 1934. d. Dale Calvin Miller, b. Aug. 3, 1946. 4. Edna G. Maust, b. Aug. 31, 1910, d. Aug. 31, 1910. 5. Norman L. Maust, b. Sept. 5, 1911, married June 21, 1938, to Bernice I. Schrock, b. April 9, 1912. Their child: a. David Lynn Maust, b. Oct. 20, 1945, d. Oct. 20, 1945. Bernice, his wife, d. Oct. 20, 1945. 6. Margaret R. Maust, b. March 28, 1918, married Nov. 30, 1941, to Ross B. Nair, b. March 17, 1910. One I child: a. Donald Nair, b. Feb. 2, 1946. 7. Nina M. Maust, b. May 16, 1919, married Lloyd E. Schlosnagle, b. Nov. 16, 1915, they were married July 17, 1943. One child: a. Larry Schlosnagle, b. March 16, 1947. 8. Hazel J. Maust, b. July 24, 1922, married Aug. 21, 1943, to Roy E. Airesman, b. April 10, 1919. One child: a. Royden Eugene Airesman, b. Feb. 6, 1948. 9. Ethel L. Maust, b. Aug. 20, 1923, married Oct. 29, 1942, to Donald H. Johnson, b. June 30, 1922. One child: a. Joyce Dianne Johnson, b. June 28, 1947. Pearl Grace Darr, b. April 9, 1891, married Owen Clyde Boyts, April 12, 1910, married in Somerset, Pa., by Rev. I. Hess Wagner. Children: [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 205 1. Earl Theodore Boyts, b. Nov. 25, 1913, d. Feb. 22, 1927. 2. Donald Eugene Boyts, b. May 29, 1917. 3. Harold Henry Boyts, b. Sept. 5, 1919. 4. Mary Louise Boyts, b. May 18, 1924. 5. Paul Jay Boyts, b. July 19, 1934. 2. Donald Eugene Boyts, married Leora Grace Lavan, Oct. 26, 1945, in Winchester, Virginia. 3. Harold Henry Boyts, married Mary Anna Queer, Sept. 27, 1942, in Cumberland, Md. One child: a. Earl Clyde Boyts, b. Sept. 3, 1944. 4. Mary Louise Boyts, married Charles E. Cook, Dec. 10, 1947, in Superior, Arizona. Rose Etta Darr, b. April 29, 1886, married Oct. 4, 1905, to Paul R. Baker, d. July 9, 1938. One child: 1. Mary Ethel Baker, b. Sept. 25, 1907. Marian Belle Darr, daughter of Absolam and Mary Launtz Darr, b. in Somerset County, Pa., on April 9, 1891, she married Dec. 9, 1915, in Cumberland, Md., to Martin Gustav Miller. Children: 1. Frank Woodrow Miller, b. March 8, 1917, and d. Nov. 8, 1925. 2. Ethel Elizabeth Miller, b. Sept. 25, 1919, married Robert Evans Hoffman in the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Somerset, Pa., on May 25, 1946. 3. Mary Margaret Miller, b. June 16, 1923, married Dr. Neill Kendall Weaver of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Mary Margaret is a registered nurse. They were married Sept. 28, 1945, in the Baptist Church of Lexington, Virginia. One child: a. Neill Kendall Weaver, II, b. Aug. 16, 1947, in Jefferson- Hillman Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. 4. Rose Marie, b. April 24, 1926. 5. Edna Mae Miller, b. Oct. 4, 1929. [................................................................] 206 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. George Alvin Darr, b. Feb. 18, 1880, married April 19, 1905, to Mayme (Mary Belle) Kifer Darr, b. Oct. 24, 1880. Children: 1. Richard Kifer Darr, b. Sept. 5, 1909. 2. George Alvin Darr, Jr., b. June 27, 1916, d. May 16, 1946. 1. Richard Kifer Darr, married Oct. 12, 1935, to Elizabeth Ann Lohr, b. May 6, 1914. Children: a. Joan Elizabeth Darr, b. Jan. 31, 1939. b. Elizabeth Ann Darr, b. Oct. 1, 1943. 2. George Alvin Darr, Jr., married July 2, 1940, to Benita Reitz, b. Sept. 11, 1917. One child: a. George Alvin Darr, III, b. Sept. 7, 1942. Ida Belle Launtz, b. June 22, 1862, married Oct. 29, 1882 to William Brubaker, b. Oct. 12, 1859, d. Dec. 5, 1942. She d. Dec. 22, 1899. Children: 1. Bessie E. Brubaker, b. Sept. 18, 1884, d. Feb. 9, 1900. 2. Nannie E. Brubaker, b. Feb. 16, 1886, d. June 26, 1943. 3. Maurice L. Brubaker, b. Sept. 14, 1888. 4. John I. Brubaker, b. March 30, 1890. 5. Elizabeth L. Brubaker, b. Oct. 10, 1897. 3. Maurice Luther Brubaker, married June 12, 1913, to Emma Frances Eisler, b. June 7, 1890, d. July 3, 1932. Children: a. Luther William Brubaker, b. May 22, 1914. b. Grace Dorothy Brubaker, b. June 17, 1915. c. Blanche Frances Brubaker, b. March 3,1917. d. Ralph Maurice Brubaker, b. May 24, 1920. e. Anna Mae Brubaker, b. May 12, 1925. Second marriage of Maurice L. Brubaker, June 9, 1934, to Mrs. Bessie Odell, b. March 12, 1903. a. Luther W. Brubaker, married Sept. 20, 1935, to Ruthe Dumbauld, b. May 27, 1915. Children: a. Sally Ann Brubaker, b. July 7, 1938. b. Betty Jane Brubaker, b. Feb. 10, 1946. [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 207 b. Grace D. Brubaker, married Nov. 29, 1934, to William Wilson, b. Dec. 19, 1912. Children: a. Larry Gene Wilson, b. July 3, 1935. b. Dale Edward Wilson, b. Feb. 4, 1940. c. Mark Brubaker, b. April 12, 1941. b. Nancy Lee Brubaker, b. Jan. 12, 1944. c. Blanche Frances Brubaker, married April 12, 1936, to William Brougher, b. Mar. 16, 1916. Children: a. John Brougher, b. July 25, 1938. b. Luther Brougher, b. Nov. 11, 1939. c. Terry Ralph Brougher, b. June 24, 1943. d. Frances Louise Brougher, b. June 18, 1937. d. Ralph Maurice Brubaker, married May 2,1945, to Anaruth Bittner, b. Jan. 9, 1926. Children: a. Robert Maurice Brubaker, b. March 18, 1945. b. Barbara Lulu Brubaker, b. March 13, 1946. e. Anna Mae Brubaker, married Oct. 19, 1945, to Robert Percy Carver, b. May 5, 1926. Nannie Edith Brubaker, b. Feb. 16, 1886, married Jacob Cook, b. May 23, 1877. Children: 1. Charles William Cook, b. Aug. 4, 1905, married Ruth Montgomery. Children: a. Carole M. Cook, b. Nov. 2, 1938. b. Sandra J. Cook, b. March 22, 1942. 2. Beulah Francenia Cook, b. Jan. 4, 1908, married Frank B. Rich. 3. Avis Evon Cook, b. June 27, 1911, married Francis C. Nagle. Children: a. Todd F. Nagle, b. July 26, 1947. 4. Evon Avis Cook, b. Feb. 14, 1914, married James J. Friedline. Children: a. Pamela N. Friedline, b. Dec. 3, 1943. Elizabeth Brubaker, b. Oct. 10, 1898, married Harry Edmond Long, Oct. 15, 1914. Children: [................................................................] 208 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 1. Margaret Louise Long, b. April 10, 1916, married Robert Harold Lebo. 2. Edmond Francis Long, b. Dec. 5, 1918, married Rosalind P. Fluck. 3. Rebecca Elizabeth Long, b. March 25, 1920. John Irvin Brubaker, b. March 30, 1890, married Esther Mae Whitling, July 14, 1934. Clara Grace Launtz married Warren W. Ferner. Children: 1. Elsie Marie Ferner, married Nelson W. Smith, Oct. 9, 1919. 2. Lester William Ferner, married Murdy Vione Spangler, July 17, 1922. Nelson Smith and Elsie Ferner were married Oct. 9, 1919. Children: 1. Elizabeth Grace Smith, b. June 8, 1920. 2. Emily May Smith, b. May 12, 1922. 1. Elizabeth Grace Smith, married Neil Tannehill Morrison, June 5, 1937. Child: a. Neillynn Smith Morrison, b. Sept. 22, 1943. 2. Emily May Smith, married Robert Cooper, Nov. 3, 1938. Child: a. Nelson James Cooper, b. Sept. 20, 1939. Harvey Frank Launtz, born at Somerset, Pa., March 4, 1880. Educated in common schools of Somerset. Left Somerset in 1899 for Sacramento, Calif., where he went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad as Locomotive Fireman, later being promoted to Engineer in which capacity he remained until 1910. He then went to Portland, Oregon, and entered the service of the Union Pacific Railroad as Locomotive Engineer. He died April 19, 1947. He married Gertrude Lillian Walker at Somerset, Pa., March 9, 1912. Two children were born to this marriage: A daughter, [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 209 Elna, b. Nov. 14, 1914, at The Dalles, Oregon, and a son, Burdet, b. July 16, 1916, at The Dalles, Oregon. John A. Launtz, b. Oct. 25, 1863, and d. Feb. 18, 1936. He left Somerset, Pa., going to Sacramento, Calif., in 1888, where he entered the service of the Southern Pacific Railroad as Locomotive Fireman, later being promoted to Engineer where he served until being retired in Feb., 1932. He was married to Nettie Chapman in 1896. She died in 1930. He had been living in San Francisco, Calif. for 25 years. Matilda Launtz, b. Sept. 29, 1866, married Russell M. Young, Nov. 3, 1885. To this union were born seven children, five of whom died in infancy. 1. Elsie M. Young, b. Nov. 8, 1887, married Charles M. Kimmel on Feb. 24, 1909. Children: a. Mabel Evangeline Kimmel, b. Jan. 1, 1910, married Walter Kopka, March 14, 1931. Children: a. Walter Allen Kopka, b. Aug. 29, 1931. b. Alice Louise Kopka, b. May 9, 1935. c. Doris Jean Kopka, b. Nov. 2, 1939. d. Dorothy Jane Kopka, b. Feb. 8, 1945. b. Grace Elizabeth Kimmel, b. May 17, 1911, married James E. Lauer, Nov. 12, 1932. Children: a. Ruth Elizabeth Lauer, b. Dec. 30, 1933. b. Norma Louise Lauer, b. May 4, 1935. c. James Richard Lauer, b. Nov. 6, 1937. d. Carl Morton Lauer, b. May 14, 1941. c. Mary Belle Kimmel, b. Sept. 13, 1912, married Howard W. Myers, June 19, 1938. Children: a. Elsie Anne Myers, b. Feb. 25, 1942. b. Nancy Sue Myers, b. Sept. 30, 1943. c. Beatrice Faye Myers, b. Dec. 30, 1940. d. Charles Ernest Kimmel, b. Aug. 6, 1914, married Edith M. Bowman, May 22, 1937. Child: Lawrence Winfred Kimmel, b. April 20, 1940. e. Ralph Porter Kimmel, b. Oct. 14, 1916, married [................................................................] 210 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Isabell Riddinger, Sept. 14, 1940. Child: Carol Elaine Kimmel, b. May 2, 1943. f. John Clayton Kimmel, b. Dec. 30, 1926. g. James Russel Kimmel, b. Feb. 4, 1929. 2. Maude Grace Young, b. Jan. I5, 1889, in Somerset Twp., Somerset County, Pa., married June 22, 1910, to Clayton Earl Markel, b. Sept. 8, 1886. Children: a. Elizabeth Matilda Markel, b. May 16, 1911, at Somerset, Pa., married Ralph Zenas Davis, Feb, 10, 1946. Child: Ann Elizabeth Davis, b. May 22, 1947, at Canton, Ohio. b. Clayton Earl Markel, Jr., b. July 1, 1919, at Somerset, Pa., d. Aug. 3, 1920. Gertrude L. Launtz, b. Sept. 22, 1871, married Edward E. Schrock, June 11, 1891. Children: 1. Walter O. Schrock, b. Nov. 14, 1891, married Nellie G. Good, 1915. Walter O. Schrock d. Oct. 7, 1918. Nellie G. Good Schrock d. Oct. 8, 1918. 2. Richard E. Schrock, b. Aug. 17, 1893, married Evelyn Dumbauld, June 24, 1921. Child: a. Rodney K. Schrock, b. Jan. 20, 1932. Gertrude Launtz Schrock d. Aug. 14, 1944, and Edward E, Schrock d. March 8, 1945. George Frank Barclay, b. Oct. 19, 1875, married Ella Elizabeth Launtz, b. Sept. 22, 1876. Children: 1. Milton Russell Barclay, b. Jan. 26, 1896. 2. Nina Grace Barclay, b. May 20, 1899. 3. Frank Johnathan Barclay, b. March 23, 1908, d. Aug. 1, 1908. 4. Paul Launtz Barclay, b. July 4, 1912, d. Sept. 17, 1912. 1. Milton Russell Barclay: Educated in public school, graduated from Scottdale High School in 1915, attended Gettysburg [................................................................] MICHAEL KORNS, JR., BRANCH 211 College 1915-1917, took his examination for commission in regular army, April 29, 1917. Attended Reserve Officer's Training Camp at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia, Aug. 25 to Sept. 9, 1917. Commissioned 2nd Lt. in regular army, finished training at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Sent to 4th Infantry, U. S. Army, camping at Charlotte, N. Carolina, Nov. 15, 1917. Promoted to 1st Lt., Feb. 15, 1918. Sailed for France, April 6, 1918. Took part in three major engagements. Promoted to Captain, June 20, 1918. Assigned to 163 Inf. later to Camp Pontanezeu Brest under Gen. Smedley Butler. Returned to America, Sept. 15, 1919. Married Sept. 16, 1919, to Grace H. Shaw. Sent to Nogales, Arizona, 25th Inf., Stephen H. Littes, discharged Feb. 15, 1920. Two children: a. Grace E. Barclay, b. April 21, 1921. b. George Milton Barclay, b. Feb. 14, 1924. Mary Korns, b. Dec. 18, 1845, married (1) Picking, (2) Muller, (3) Adam Shaffer. Children: 1. Edward Picking. 2. Melissa Picking, b. May 18, 1861, married Noah D. Bowman, son of David and Catherine Bowman, was b. in 1854 and d. in 1926. One son: a. Orville Frank Bowman, b. Dec. 18, 1883, married Clarissa Mae Pheasant, b. Aug. 3, 1890, d. Feb. 25, 1948. Children: a. Kenneth Dean Bowman, b. Oct. 30, 1923. b. Betty Virginia Bowman (Lint), b. March 30, 1927. [................................................................] [Page 212] CHAPTER XIV WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH William, youngest son of Michael and Susannah (Baker) Korns, was born in Somerset County, Pa., Feb. 25, 1806, and married Elizabeth Hoyman, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Hoyman of Berks Co., Pa. Philip d. June 6, 184... or aged 70. (When this date was copied from the tomb stone they made it out 1843 but Jacob Korns says he remembered his grandfather Hoyman as he gave him a penny and as Jacob was born 1845 the grandfather must have lived for a few years after that date.) His wife d. March 20, 1848, aged 69. William probably settled on the farm near Millersburg, Holmes Co., Ohio, soon after his marriage as most of their children were born there. His wife died when Jacob the youngest child was two years old and the daughters of the family took care of the younger children, filling the place of the mother so well that they never felt the loss of the mother. Those older sisters were dearer to them on this account. William Korns in these days would be considered a horticulturist as in addition to running his farm he raised fruit and bees and was very successful, loving the care of them. The loss of his wife and later the death of his son, William, in the Civil War, probably shortened his days as he died when about 60 years old (1864). Their children: 1. Susan, b. Feb. 19, 1828, in Holmes County, married George Uhl. 2. Levi, b. Feb. 16, 1829, married and died in California. 3. Delilah, b. May 20, 1830, married Chas. Cornell, b. 1825, lived in Waseon, Ohio. 4. Joseph, b. May 22, 1831, lived in Dixon, Ill., married and had three sons and one daughter. Two sons living. 5. Caroline, b. Aug. 19, 1832, married Isaac Donaldson, and died 1928. [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 213 [Photo] Original Farm Home of William and Elizabeth (Hoyman) Korns in Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio, 1829. [................................................................] 214 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 6. Lydia, b. July 12, 1834, married John Holmes Ostrom, and died May 1924. 7. Moses, b. Sept. 3, 1835, married (1) Syrena Lane, (2) Jane Shreve. He died 1922 and she died 1921. 8. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 6, 1839, d. Dec. 17, 1847, of T. B. in Colorado. 9. William, b. April 2, 1840, served in the Civil War and d. Sept. 9, 1865, in the service of his country. 10. Philip, b. May 7, 1843, and died in Grinnell at the home of his brother, Jacob, Aug. 26, 1902. 11. Jacob, b. April 29, 1845, married Emma Jacobs, Dec. 14, 1871, and died in Grinnell, Iowa, March 25, 1930. Emma Jacobs Korns died 1934. JACOB KORNS, Son of William Jacob, youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Hoyman) Korns was born in Holmes County, April 29, 1845, and lived in Ohio until a young man when he came west and settled on a farm in Poweshiek County, Ia. This farm was one of several obtained from the government by the father, William Korns. Jacob served in the Civil War enlisting May 16, 1864, in the 46th volunteers at Brooklyn. Many of this company were college students from Iowa College at Grinnell. They were sent to Memphis and experienced some hard service. Jacob was discharged Sept. 23, 1864, with poor health, caused by exposure, while in the service. After his return home he engaged in teaching school till the spring of 1865 when he worked on a farm. In the fall of 1866 he returned to Ohio and attended school the following winter. Worked on a farm the next summer and attended school again the next winter then in the spring of 1868 returned to Iowa and again engaged in farming, realizing a good harvest for his labor, selling wheat to amount of over $700. In the fall of 1868 he returned to Fulton County, Ohio, where he engaged in the mercantile business and there made the acquaintance of Emma Jacobs who had come from Norwalk to visit her [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 215 [Photo] Jacob Korns, son of William [................................................................] 216 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. sisters, Mrs. Tip Palmer and Mrs. Albert Bloomer. He returned to Iowa and engaged in farming until the fall of 1871 theft went back to Ohio where, Dec. 14th, they were married at her mother's home near Norwalk, Huron County. He returned to Iowa with his young wife and settled on the farm. This young couple were a great help to the community in those pioneer days, both were musicians. Many winters he conducted singing schools and she taught music to the children and young people having brought with her from her old home, a melodeon, one of the finest of that day. In this home music was always essential, everyone of the six daughters could play, first the melodeon then the organ and later the piano. The oldest daughter played for Sunday School and church, beginning when 10 years of age. All had good voices and one, the youngest, was a member of the Glee Club in college and was in on the memorable trip given the Glee Club by the Santa Fe Railroad to California and back, they giving concerts on the way. She so often sang in the Congregational Church, this church up to a few years ago was the largest in the state, and to this day she is called on for a solo each summer when she makes her yearly visit home. Many people look forward to that event. The family has always been musically inclined and from Jacob down to his grandchildren have been members of the church choir sometimes there being the three generations represented. In that community Jacob and his young wife conducted Sunday School in school houses until they could build a church; the church was built on a corner of their farm and was the center of community life until the Railroad came through and the little town of Hartwick was founded, then the church was moved to town. This family always stood for the higher things of life and did their best to give all of their children a chance. Sent the oldest daughters to High School in a day when very few country children had such advantages. In 1894 they left the farm and moved to Brooklyn to be near high school. [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 217 In the fall of 1900 they bought acreage property at Grinnell to which they moved the following spring in order that the daughters might have advantage of a college education. In 1919 they left this home and came into town to 1018 Park St., and there the mother still resides, tenderly cared for by the fourth daughter, a teacher of Latin in the High School a block away. Children all born on the farm in Warren Twp., Poweshiek County. 1. Olive Alta, b. Sept. 10, 1872, married Frank Reed Porter, lives in Grinnell, Iowa. 2. Elizabeth Adell, b. Sept. 11, 1873, married James Lavender McIlrath, lives in Grinnell, Iowa. 3. Mabel Revina, b. Sept. 20, 1877, married Clark Larue Dayton, lives in Brooklyn, Iowa. 4. Harriet Eugenia, b. Nov. 10, 1883, lives at home with her mother. 5. Jean Eulalia, b. April 12, 1886, married Alvin Emery Stickle, lives in Des Moines, Iowa. 6. Bessie Florence (Floy), b. Oct. 5,1888, married Ralph Manny, lives near Ft. Madison, Iowa. OLIVE ALTA KORNS Olive Alta, oldest daughter of Jacob and Emma (Jacobs) Korns, was b. Sept. 10, 1872, and married Frank Reed Porter, son of John and Julia (Barnd) Porter, both natives of Ohio. He was b. April 19, 1861, in Jones County. Was a business man and Postmaster in Hartwick several years and after moving to Grinnell worked at carpenter work until in 1914 when he built a planning mill just east of town. This he conducted with success until the war came on and building ceased, then he took the position of caretaker at Grinnell College and to this has been added the work of Technician. Mrs. Porter attended country school and later high school in Brooklyn, was taught music by her mother and began at an [................................................................] 218 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. early age to play for Sunday School and Church. Has been a teacher of music specializing in first grade and beginners. She is a worker in the Congregational Church and Sunday School having superintended the Junior Department and at present is pianist for the Primary Department. She is also a member of the church choir and a member of the Thursday Club which she with the help of a friend organized almost 30 years ago. Mrs. Porter is a Genealogist of several years standing and a member of the Poweshiek D. A. R. having been the organization Regent, a rather difficult feat as this was a secondary chapter and required 25 who had never been members, but this was done almost wholly by her efforts and she filled the office of Regent the first two years. She has been much interested in Genealogical Research work that she has been called on by the state to act as Genealogical Records Chairman and is serving her second term. In the Hand Book of American Genealogy is listed as Genealogist of Poweshiek County. Frank Reed Porter d. 1945. They have two children: 1. Harlan Korns, b. Aug. 28, 1895. 2. Julia Emma, b. March 31, 1911. Harlan Korns Porter was born in Hartwick, la., Aug. 28, 1895. When he was five he came with his parents to Grinnell and there entered kindergarten, went through the schools graduating at the age of 17, entered college the next fall, attended two years and then taught a year, went back to college but stopped before he finished his Junior year and wired the switch board in the big new electric plant built here, under the supervision of a specialist in that work. He enlisted for service in the World War and served over two years. He was in the 2nd Engineers, 2nd Division and was in the last battle and in the Army of Occupation, crossing the Rhine with the rest. Stationed in Coblenz until late the next summer, hs spent most of the time doing office work and amused himself by reading German books. He came back in August, 1919, and entered [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 219 [Photo] Olive Korns Porter Genealogist, Washington, D.C. [................................................................] 220 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. College in September; managed to finish his Junior and Senior work in the one year and graduated in June, 1920, and next year took a years research work in Iowa City. He taught Physics in the Jefferson High School two years and there met one of the teachers, Ruth Moses of Manson, daughter of Frank Moses and they were married. Later he taught two years in Rochester, Pa., and then came to Freeport, Ill., and has taught there six years. In 1939, he located in Washington, D. C. where he is employed as an actury with the Civil Service Commission. Julia Emma Porter was born in Grinnell, la., Mar. 31, 1911. She began school at the age of five and music at the college at seven. She continued her music all through school playing in recitals with other children and at one time giving an entire recital with another girl of her age. In High School she played for both Glee Clubs and the orchestra and helped in dramatics taking the leading part in the Senior Class play entitled "Merely Mary Ann." In this she showed much dramatic ability. Next year she attended Grinnell College but the following year she attended Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and there made the Dramatic Club but at the end of the year found the man of her choice and as he was just graduating she decided not to go on to College so they were married May 9, 1929. Her husband, C. J. Dwight Williams, is Branch Manager for the Real Silk Hosiery Co. and at present are living in Sioux City, Ia. They have four children: 1. John Jefferson, b. Oct. 18, 1931. 2. Mariel Ann. 3. Michael Reed, b. Dec. 25, 1945. 4. Lynn, b. May 20, 1946. ELIZABETH ADELL KORNS Elizabeth Adell, 2nd daughter of Jacob and Emma (Jacobs) Korns, was born Sept. 11, 1873, and grew up on the farm, attended high school in Brooklyn, married June 3, 1892, James [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 221 [Photo] Harlan Korns Porter [................................................................] 222 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Lavender McIlrath, son of Nathaniel and Agnes (Wylie) McIlrath. J. L. is a farmer and auctioneer of farm sales and has other outside interests. He served a term as State Representative from Poweshiek Co. and served his town as Mayor a term and a half and is Secretary Treasurer of the Poweshiek Division of the Federal Farm Loan of Iowa. Mrs. McIlrath has raised the family. They have lived 24 years in Grinnell and the family has grown up there, attended school and college and have gone out into the world a credit to their parents. Three of their sons served in the World War, two going to France, the one sustaining injuries which resulted in his death several years later. Only one of the children still lives at home, the youngest who is a Sophomore in Grinnell College. He, as others in the family making records in long distance running. J. L. was born Sept. 22, 1871. Elizabeth died July, 1945. Their children: 1-2. Twin sons, b. Sept. 20, 1893, lived only a few days. 3. Leroy Emery, b. Sept. 9, 1894, married Marjorie Kerr, March 6, 1918. 4. Uarda Fay, b. Jan. 14, 1896, d. when a little over a year old. 5. Azel Hull, b. March 3, 1897, married Gay Huston Jan. 12, 1920. 6. Grace Estelle, b. Aug. 25, 1899, married Harold Ellis. 7. Walter Raymond, b. April 4, 1901, d. April 27, 1930. 8. Ellsworth Korns, b. Jan. 15, 1904. 9. Emma Agnes, b. May 7, 1907. 10. Wm. Howard, b. Oct. 25, 1908. 11. Arthur Jay, b. July 29, 1912. 12. Freeman Douglas, b. Jan. 16, 1916, died when a few days old. McIlrath, Leroy E., oldest son of Eliz. (Korns) and J. L. McIlrath was born in Hartwick, la., September 9, 1894. He graduated from the high school in Grinnell and attended Business College in Des Moines and is a business man in [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 223 Chicago. He is business manager for a bonding company. He served over a year in the World War, his wife whom he married a few weeks before leaving spent part of the time with his parents in Grinnell, their first child was born and died during the time he was in France. After the war was over he came back and took up his work for the same company. They still live in Chicago but have lately bought a home in Wilmette. They have two boys: James Alexander who is now 13 and Leroy, Jr., age 9. Azell Hull, second son of J. L. and Elizabeth (Korns) McIlrath was born March 3, 1897 and attended school in Grinnell graduating in 1913 and is a graduate of Iowa State College at Ames, taking a course in Agriculture. During the World War he was in an Officers Training Camp attaining the rank of 2nd Lieut. and still attends training camp a few weeks during the summer. He served a term as Legislator from Poweshiek following his father's term. He married January 12, 1920 Gay Huson, granddaughter of the old family physician of the Korns family. They now live in Ames where he is an appraiser for an insurance Company. They have three children: Mildred, aged 12; Paul, 10; and Margaret Ann, 6. Walter Raymond, son of J. L. and Elizabeth (Korns) McIlrath, was born April 4, 1901. He attended the schools of Grinnell; served in the World War, enlisting two weeks before his 17th birthday. He was sent first to Lawton, Oklahoma, being put into an old Company as a refill. This company had fought in Mexico and were sent over seas only 4 months after he joined them. He was at the front for a year with Battery D, 78th Field Artillery, Third Division which saw some of the heaviest fighting of the war. He was injured by the rebound of a cannon and this resulted in kidney trouble from which he never recovered. He arrived home July 4, 1918. Following his return from France he attended Washington University at St. Louis. On July 11, 1920, he was married to Lysle Ostrom and to them was born a son Warren. Soon after his birth her [................................................................] 224 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. health failed and she died April 7, 1922. When a little over three, the little son went to join his mother after only a few days illness, leaving a heart-broken father and grand parents who had loved and cared for him as their own. Walter never recovered from the wound he "received in action and at times suffered intensely but was cheerful and courageous to the very end. On July 3, 1928, he was married to Helena McGarry of Victor and she tenderly cared for him until the end. He died April 27, 1930, only a month after the passing of his grandfather, Jacob Korns. Ellsworth Korns, fourth son of J. L. and Elizabeth (Korns) McIlrath was born Jan 15, 1904. He graduated from high school and college in Grinnell and then took a law course at Drake, passed the bar in Missouri and in Jacksonville, Florida. He is now a practicing lawyer in the latter place. Emma Agnes, daughter of J. L. and Elizabeth (Korns) McIlrath, was b. May 7, 1907. After finishing school in Grinnell took a course in Domestic Science at Ames and is now clothing specialist in the Extension Department of Iowa State College at Ames. William Howard, son of J. L. and Elizabeth (Korns) McIlrath, was b. Oct. 25, 1908. Attended Parson College at Fairfield, Iowa, and Grinnell College, graduating in 1931. He has since been a teacher of Speech and Track in the High School at Muscatine, Iowa. He worked three summers in Estes Park, one year as helper at the Y. M. Camp and two summers as Transportation and Amusement Manager at the Stanley Hotel there. He is attending summer school in Iowa City and at the close will marry Helen Davis of Muscatine and they will establish their home there. Grace Estelle, oldest daughter of J. L. and Elizabeth (Korns) McIlrath, was b. Aug. 25, 1899, graduated from High School in Grinnell and from college at Ames taking a course in Domestic Science. She is a writer of some notes on household [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 225 subjects, specializing in antiques, old chests, etc. Using the name Grace McIlrath Ellis she has been judge in the Culinary Department at the State Fair four years and acts as judge in county exhibits. She married Harold Ellis, County Agent of Sac. County, now Business Manager of the Marengo Republican. They have one daughter, Elizabeth Whitney, aged 2. MABEL REVINA KORNS Mabel Revina Korns, third daughter of Jacob and Emma (Jacobs) Korns, was b. Sept. 20, 1877, and married Dec. 14, 1896, to Clark LaRue Dayton, son of Lyman J. and Calista (Bolton) Dayton, b. Jan. 15, 1873. They settled on the farm that had been his fathers, west of Brooklyn and lived there until the younger son was married, then they moved into town and still reside there. Their children: 1. Freeman Egbert, b. April 14, 1899, married Grace Ostrom, b. April 10, 1904, daughter of Grant and Ada (Doty) Ostrom. She is a descendant of Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, Stephens Hopkins, John Howland, and John Tilley, all Mayflower passengers. She is also eligible to the D. A. R. They live on a farm south of Malcom and have three children: a. Norma E., b. Feb. 10, 1923. b. Miriam L., b. Sept. 7,1925. c. Larry Grant, b. May 18, 1931. 2. Ray Korns, b. July 21, 1906, and married Etta Bernice Force who was b. Nov. 13, 1905. She is the daughter of Frank and Birdie (Roudebush) Force. They live on a farm west of Brooklyn. They have the following children: a. Marvin Paul, b. March 12, 1925. b. Wayne R., b. Aug. 8, 1927. c. Eugene K., b. Oct. 14, 1928. d. Lucille H., b. Nov. 28, 1929. e. Lawrence, b. Jan. 31, 1932. [................................................................] 226 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 3. Irene Emma, b. Dec. 15, 1910, and married Frank W. Audas, b. April 22, 1909, son of George and Ada (Winchell) Audas. They live in Brooklyn. They have two children: a. Eldon F., b. June 27, 1929. b. Eunice Irene, b. Nov. 11, 1931. 4. Ruth Calista, b. Jan. 25, 1912, and married John Roudebush, son of Gordon and Gertie (Doty ) Roudebush, of Brooklyn. They live on his father's farm north of Brooklyn. They had an infant son. Clark LaRue Dayton, dead. JEAN EULALIA KORNS Jean Eulalia Korns, fifth daughter of Jacob and Emma (Jacobs) Korns was b. April 12, 1886, and married Dec. 25, 1906, to Alvin Emery Stickle, son of Alvin H. and Mary (Thachery) Stickle of Grinnell. He was b. Nov. 4, 1882, and d. July 4, 1925, killed in an auto accident near Ames. The first ten years of their married life was spent in Grinnell. For a time Mr. Stickle conducted a Self Serve Store, the first in Grinnell, and at a time when the Self Serve Store was a new idea. Later they moved to Des Moines where he was advertising Sales Manager. He was a community leader, and was widely known not only in Highland Park but throughout the entire city. He had been closely identified in assisting and directing community projects in both Highland and Oak Parks and had been active in a political way. He was defeated for State Representative by a very narrow margin. He was conductor of the Highland Park band and they attended his funeral in a body. His funeral was the largest ever held in Highland Park. His wife and two sons have continued to reside in Des Moines. Otto Korns, b. July 13, 1909, graduated from High School and attended Des Moines University of Commerce two years, married Jan., 1932, to Inez Evans of Des Moines. Harry Floyd, b. July 30, 1912, graduated from High School [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 227 and is a student at Drake. Has run a paper route since a small boy and has been very successful. BESSIE FLORENCE KORNS Bessie Florence Korns, (called Flay Korns) youngest of the six daughters of Jacob and Emma (Jacobs) Korns, was b. Oct. 5, 1888. She began her education in the country school while living on the farm, continued in it, the Brooklyn school, and finished in the High School in Grinnell, then attended Grinnell College five years, graduating in 1911, and from the School of Music in 1912. She made the Glee Club in College and at a time when they made trips to other towns and states. The outstanding trip being that given by the Santa Fe Railroad when they were given a trip to California, giving concerts at many places and as graduates from the college are scattered all over our country they were greeted by Grinnell people wherever they went. She married Ralph Manny, son of G. K. Manny, and lives on a farm near Ft. Madison. They have three children: 1. Albert, a student in the high school in Ft. Madison. 2. Marylin, age 10. 3. Everett, age 4. JOSEPH KORNS Joseph Korns, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1831. He married Martha Moore in 1856. He settled on a farm at Dixon, Ill. He lived to be 94 years old. He raised a family of four children, three sons and a daughter. Francis R. Korns, graduated in Law at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1899, and practiced there nine years when he was elected treasurer of the Modern Woodmen for a term of three years, handling thirty million dollars without a loss of a dollar. He was then elected a Director and has that office since. He is also a regent of Drake University. He was born 1873. E. B. Korns, born in 1858, graduated in Law at Ann Arbor, [................................................................] 228 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. in 1881, and located in the Dakota Territory to practice Law for seventeen years, once elected as County Prosecutor. He took an active part in. shaping the destinies of the new State, then he moved to Tracy, Minnesota, where he practiced twenty-one years and then moved to Long Beach, California, there he devoted his practice to probate Law and to the civic affairs of that city, being known as the silver tongued orator:, he died in 1929. . Lewis F. Korns, b. in 1856, attended college. Was married to Jessie Ellis of Minneapolis, Minn., in 1896. They had one child, Bernice, who died when she was twenty-one years old. Lewis F. Korns was an inventor. He invented a fountain pen in 1880, being one of the first pens invented. He also had many other inventions. He is also the author of several books. Emma V. Korns, b. in 1867, and died in 1892. MOSES KORNS From the land records in Montezuma, county seat of Poweshiek County, we find that in 1854 William Korns and his son Joseph bought land. William bought three farms of 160 acres each and Joseph bought one. For these they paid $1.25 an acre. On Dec. 10, 1863, Moses Korns was married to Syrena Lane. They settled on one of these farms. In Jan. 16, 1865, the wife died, aged 22 years, 3 months, and 23 days. On May 22, 1866, Moses went back to his old home in Ohio and married there Nancy Jane Shreve, b. Dec. 30, 1838. They came to Iowa and settled on the farm where they lived the rest of their lives. All of their children were born there and all settled on farms near the father who gave each of his children a farm of 160 acres except the youngest son who preferred a business career and for him the father invested in a hardware store in the little town of Hartwick. After the marriage in 1899 of Elmer the fifth child, Moses built a new home on a part of his land which adjoined the town of Hartwick and Elmer lived in the old home. Moses Korns [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 229 d. Feb. 2, 1922, in Calif., while on a visit in that state. Jane, his wife, d. May 22, 1921. Their children: 1. William Ora, b. March 24, 1867, married Icy May Lee, in 1890, lives in Brooklyn, Iowa. 2. Lizzie, b. Dec. 29, 1868, d. Nov. 11, 1888, of typhoid fever. It was the first death in either of the two Korns families. This was especially sad as each family had six children and up to that time there had been no break in either family. 3. Lena, b. Dec. 22, 1870, married John Victor Rowland, Jan. 1, 1891. They lived on the farm not far from Hartwick. 4. Marvin, b. Oct. 20, 1872, married Verna Rowland, Jan. 29, 1896, d. Oct. 3, 1926. 5. Elmer J., b. Feb. 25, 1875, married Nov. 29, 1899, to Lucy V. Rowland. Living in the old home farm which adjoins the town of Hartwick. 6. Clarence Glen, b. Sept. 20, 1877, d. Aug. 25, 1929. 1. William Ora Korns has been a very successful farmer and stock raiser. He lived on the farm until his health was not so good and he bought a home in the town of Brooklyn. He spends his time in driving out to the farm where he works about as hard as ever. His wife is busy in church work and in neighborhood activities. They have one son, Truman Tell, b. Jan. 5, 1894, and married Dec. 19, 1916, to Bessie Jones of Brooklyn. They have one daughter, Helen Jane, b. Nov. 10, 1917. Truman Tell Korns has inherited the music talents of both his mother's and his father's families and is a very fine singer. Attended college two years in Ames. Sings in the church and also broadcasts. His voice is the real Korns voice. He lives on his father's farm between Brooklyn and Hartwick. 3. Lena Korns, second daughter and third child of Moses and Jane (Shreve) Korns, married John V. Rowland, son of Jacob and Christiana Rowland. They have no children but raised a daughter, Nettie Cameron, who married Geo. Warnick and lives in Long Beach, Calif. She is quite a singer, has a [................................................................] 230 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. lovely voice and sings solos in one of the churches there. Had records made and sent to her foster parents and they get a great deal of pleasure hearing her sing and have their friends listen to her. For years they have taken the place of the father and mother to the sisters and brothers families and are the main standbys in the Cong. Church in Hartwick. 4. Marvin Delno Korns, fourth child of Moses and Jane (Shreve) Korns was b. Oct. 20, 1872. He grew up on the farm attending the country school. Was a happy but quiet boy and loved by all who knew him. Married Jan. 29, 1896, to Verna E. Rowland, daughter of Jacob and Christiana (McKee) Rowland, who lived on a farm not far away. She was b. Mar. 3, 1874. In 1925 the health of the father began to fail, all was done that could be done but he passed away just when life was so full with his family and friends. This left the care of the family to the mother and the older sons. They had six children: a. L. June, b. June 9,1897, graduated from the college at Ames in 1919, taught in West Bend four years and in Waterloo where she is still a teacher of Domestic Science. She has taught there ten years. b. Esther May, b. July 17, 1899, married Sept. 29, 1918, to Delbert H. Benton of Hartwick. They have two children: Gayle Marie, b. May 12, 1921, and Bobbie Wayne, b. Sept. 7, 1926. c. Cleo Clarence, b. Oct. 4, 1901, married Dec. 22, 1928, to Barbara Marugg of Montecello, Iowa, a teacher in the grade school in Hartwick. They live on a farm west of Brooklyn. d. J. Calvin, b. Dec. 14, 1903, lives at home with his mother and runs the home farm. e. Nelson Rowland, b. Dec. 24, 1906, married May 23, 1928, to Celia Grietch of Brooklyn. They have two children: Beverly Ann, b. Jan. 22, 1930, and Charles Howard, b. Aug. 27, 1931. [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 231 [Photo] Elmer J. Korns Son of Moses Korns, Hartwick, Iowa [................................................................] 232 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. f. Earl Rosco, b. Oct. 23, 1910, works in a store in Hartwick for his brother-in-law, Delbert Benton. 5. Elmer Jonah Korns, fifth child of Moses and Jane (Shreve) Korns, was b. Nov. 29, 1899. He married Lucy V. Rowland, b. June 11, 1879. She was the youngest daughter of Jacob Rowland, sister of Verna and J. V. Rowland. Has been one of the workers in the Cong. Church in the little town of Hartwick and for many years was pianist there. Their children: a. Everett Rowland, b. June 20, 1903, married Aug. 27, 1930, to Louise Northrup, daughter of Rev. Byron W. and Leah Northrup. They live in a nice little house around the corner and farm the home place. b. Lois Irene, b. Oct. 15, 1906, d. May 7, 1910. A lovely little daughter, aged four. At her passing the whole neighborhood mourned with the parents and friends. c. Walter Jasper, b. Dec. 27, 1919, and d. Dec. 29, 1919. SUSAN KORNS, b. Feb. 19, 1828, in Holmes County, married George Uhl. They had two sons and three daughters: 1. Clarence, married. 2. Edward, married, has a family. Lives in Worchester, O. 3. Serena. 4. ...... 5. ...... LEVI KORNS, b. Feb. 16, 1829, married and died in Calif. Had no children but married a widow with one daughter. DELILAH KORNS, b. May 20, 1830, married Chas. Cornell, lived in Waseon, Ohio. They had three daughters and two sons. 1. Will Cornell. 2. ...... Only one of the daughters is living, Mrs. Emily Hendricks. LYDIA KORNS, b. July 12, 1834, married John Ostrom, son of Andrew and Joan (Holmes) Ostrom. They had two [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 233 daughters and two sons. Lydia Korns and John Ostrom were married in 1866. John Holmes Ostrom was a grandson of John Ostrom of Dutchess County, N. Y., the latter was of Dutch descent, married and moved to Canada where Andrew Ostrom was born and married Joan, daughter of John Holmes of English descent. They located in Castile, N. Y., and there John Holmes was born in 1838. Later they came to Galesburg, Ill. Andrew Ostrom was a shoemaker and plasterer. John H. attended school there and in Lombard University in Galesburg and enlisted in Co. I, 102nd Illinois Vol. Inf. in 1862, and served in the army in Tennessee. After the war, he came to Iowa and remained four years on a farm near Victor then sold out and went to Brooklyn and read Law a year and was admitted to the Bar, April 1870, and practiced there four years then went to Colorado and spent six years in mine prospecting and kindred pursuits. Since 1880 he engaged in Law and real estate business in Danbury, Iowa. Served two terms as Mayor of the town. They have four children, the elder son is Editor of the Danbury Criterion. 1. Stella, married L. E. Sheldon and lives in Electra, Texas, and they had six children: ! 1. Glen, deceased. 2. Merle, married, and has one son: a. Porter, married, and has two children: a. Leslie, lives at home. j b. Lydia Emma, lives in Hollywood, Calif., and works in a designing department. 2. Ernest, married Cora Wiltsey, both deceased. Had six children: 1. Sumner, married, and has two children, lives in Portland, Oregon. 2. Daphne, married, no children, lives in Portland, Oregon. 3. Joy, married, and lives in Realinda, Calif., no children. 4. Beth, married, lives in Salt Lake City. 5. Johnnie, married, lives in Alaska, and has one son. [................................................................] 234 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 3. Carrie, married, Dec. 1888, to C. F. Seibold of Danbury, Iowa, who received his education at Xgatsworth, and Chicago, Ill. He is the son of W. F. and Elis (Krise) Seibold. He was engaged in general merchandise in Danbury but now lives in Sioux City. They have three children: 1. Hope, married C. R. Anderson of Minburn, la., a Lawyer in Des Moines. They have twin daughters and one son: a. Carrie Jane. b. Katherine Jean. c. Chas. Ralph Seibold. 2. Faith, married Luther Larimer, live in Bricelyn, Minn. They have four boys: a. Ray. b. William. c. Fred. d. George Seibold. 3. Fred, married Mildred Butts of El Reno, Okla. They live in Amarillo, Texas. 4. Elmer, the youngest child of John and Lydia Ostrom is married and lives in Electra, Texas. ELIZABETH KORNS, b. March 6, 1839, d. Dec. 17, 1847, in Colorado, where she went hoping to regain her health. WILLIAM KORNS, b. April 2, 1840, d. Sept. 9, 1865. Served in the Civil War and died away from home. PHILIP KORNS, b. May 7, 1843, died in Grinnell, Aug. 26, 1902. Never married.. DELILAH KORNs, b. May 20, 1830, d. Dec. 11, 1910, married Charles Wesley Cornell, d. Sept. 19, 1925. Children: 1. Emma Cornell, b. Feb. 22, 1858, d. Sept. 14, 1859. 2. Emily Cornell, b. March 31, 1860, married F. V. Hendrix of Toledo, Ohio. 3. William E. Cornell, b. Jan. 8, 1865. 4. Luella Cornell, b. Jan. 8, 1867. [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 235 5. Columbus Delano, b. Dec. 17, 1870, d. May 12, 1873. 6. Frederick Vincent, b. Oct. 18, 1869, d. Sept., 1906. 7. Libbie Elsie, b. Dec. 10, 1876, d. March 4, 1929, married to Frank P. Leu, no children. DAVID CORNELL, married Mary Kathrine Hay. Their children: 1. Charles H. Cornell, married Fannie Fisher. Their children: 1. Ethel May Cornell, b. July 4, 1893, married Alexander W. Fendrick. Their children: a. Leora Fendrick, b. Aug. 6, 1913. b. Inez Edith Fendrick, b. Oct. 31, 1915, married Arthur Duke. One child: a. Arthur Alexander Duke, b. 1932. c. Evelyn Ethel Fendrick, b. June 5, 1917. d. Jessie Lucile Fendrick, b. May 11, 1922. e. Fern Fay Fendrick, b. June 2, 1925. f. Iona Fendrick, b. Aug. 26, 1927. g. Arthur Wesley Fendrick, b. Sept. 15, 1929. h. Dora Marie Fendrick, b. Oct. 24, 1932. 2. Jennie May Cornell, b. July 26, 1870, married William Smith, b. Jan. 4, 1868. Their children: 1. Paul C. Smith, b. June 29, 1896, married Pearl Patterson. Children: a. Dorothy Lucile, b. May 28, 1920. b. William, Jr., b. March 6, 1925. c. Harold Eugene, b. June 22, 1929. 2. Olive Anna Smith, b. April 12, 1905, married Herman K. Chaffee. One child: a. Arthur William Chaffee, b. Nov. 2, 1929. 3. Emmet Cornell, b. Aug. 17, 1872, married Della Louise Miller. Children: 1. Glen Etta, b. Nov. 3, 1893, married Helen Gertrude Witherow. Children: a. Floyd Donald Cornell, Dec. 17, 1921. b. Isable Geneva Cornell, Feb. 3, 1927. c. Don E. Cornell, Feb. 14, 1929. [................................................................] 236 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 4. Minnie Dell Cornell, b. March 9, 1876, married George W. Stoner. Children: 1. Roy Stoner, b. Oct. 3, 1899. 2. Mary Eliza Stoner, b. Jan. 19, 1902, married H. H. Hackiel. Children: a. Ida Marie, b. April 3, 1920. b. Floyd Horner Hacktel, June 21, 1930. 3. Alice Stoner, b. Feb. I3, 1905, married H. C. Bingham. 4. Ray D. Stoner, b. April 11, 1908. 5. Ruth M. Stoner, b. Sept. 5, 1911. 6. Evelyn Arabella Stoner, b. Aug. 15, 1918. 5. Alpha Cornell, b. Oct. 6, 1882, married Millie Bell. One child: 1. Derna Florence, b. Sept. 17, 1913. CAROLINE KORNS Caroline Korns, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hoyman) Korns, was b. Aug. 9, 1832, in Somerset County, Pa. The mother died when the youngest child, Jacob, was only 2 and Caroline, a young girl of 15, mothered the family. She married Isaac Newton Donaldson, son of Bales and Louisa (Spinagle) Donaldson, who was b. Feb. 9, 1832, at Paint Creek, Holmes County, Ohio. In 1848 Isaac had made his first trip to California, going by sea around Cape Horn, he returned to Holmes County, and they were married about 1855. Taking his wife and baby he went again to California; settled at Vackersville and bought a wheat ranch. There four children were born: 1. Diana Estella, b. Jan. 7, 1859. 2. William Bailey, b. March 21, 1860. 3. Edward Bailey, b. Dec. 20, 1861. 4. Fort, b. July 26, 1863. In 1865, after the death of William Korns the family asked that they return and buy the family estate of 210 acres. By this time Isaac was wealthy so returned to Ohio, bringing his family [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 237 across the Isthmus of Panama and arrived in New York just after the close of the Civil War. While in New York they watched many parades of the Union soldiers. On the farm near Millersburg two more children were born: 1. Sonora Elizabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1865. 2. Mary Lottia, b. July 13, 1875. In that year they moved back to Iowa. They lived in the vicinity of Victor, in the same neighborhood where the other Korns families lived. In May 1880, they moved to the northwest part of the State where they farmed. Isaac suffered from sciatic rheumatism for 7 years and d. Aug. 11, 1895; buried at Matlock, Ia. After his death Caroline lived with her children or they lived with her as before that time the oldest daughter had died, also her husband, leaving the mother with the care of four children, these she raised, educated and sent out into the world. Later she went with her son to Glenham, S. Dakota, and died there March 1O, 1920, at the age of 87. She is remembered by many of the family for her kindness and helpfulness in times of sickness. Diana Estella, daughter of Isaac and Caroline (Korns) Donaldson, was b. Jan. 7, 1859, and married Dec. 30, 1880, at Victor, Ia., to Andrew E. Cone, son of Edwin who was born in Cester, Vt., 1832, and died 1913. Married 1852, Eliza A. Elmire Ostrom, 1831-1904. (See Cone Gen.) Andrew was b. Nov. 6, 1859, at Galesburg, Ill., and came with the family to Victor, Ia., in 1863. They farmed at Danbury, Victor, Laurens and George, Ia., until 1917 when they moved to Rock Rapids to be near their children and in 1926 to Spirit Lake where he d. April 15, 1929. He was a kind neighbor and friend. Diana, as was true in most of the Korns families, had musical ability. This talent was developed and she taught music for 35 years and raised her family well, is still living, at the home of her daughter, Jessie. Their children: 1. Jessie Bell, b. March 13, 1882, on the farm near Victor, Ia., married June 19, 1900, to Frank Nelson Roth. [................................................................] 238 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 2. Mattie Pearl, b. April 21, 1884, at Victor, Ia., married Oct. 10, 1904, to Samuel Adkins at Boyden, Ia. Live in California. Has a family. 3. Harry Ernest, b. Nov. 24, 1885, at Victor, Ia., married Feb. 17, 1915, to Agnes De Haan at George, Ia. Now a farmer and lives at Rock Rapids. No children. Jessie Bell Cone, daughter of Andrew and Diana (Donaldson) Cone, was b. March 13, 1882, married at George, Ia., to Frank Roth, and they farmed the Roth homestead for 13 years. Their two children were born there, this same farm being the birthplace of their father, Aug. 29, 1878. In 1913 they moved to George, Ia., where Mr. Roth ran a garage until 1919, then moved to Rock Rapids where he was in the same business. In 1923 they moved to Spirit Lake. They live in a cottage by the lake and have several cottages there where people come to spend the summer. Mr. Roth is City Commissioner and Mrs. Roth is busy with church and lodge affairs. Their two children: 1. Violet Estelle, b. July 19, 1905, at George, Ia., graduated from High School in Rock Rapids in 1923, attended the Womens College in Rockford in 1923, and Cedar Falls 1924-1926, taking a course in library work. Is librarian in the public library at Spirit Lake. Married Martin Julian Hornseth, Oct. 7, 1928. Member of the D. A. R., also on the State Committee of Genealogical Records of which Mrs. F. R. Porter of Grinell is chairman. 2. Florence Ann, b. Nov. 3, 1907, graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1926, and 1926-1929 the Iowa State University at Iowa City, where she graduated with honors in 1929. Is assistant to Dr. Fenton in the S. U. I. in the Dental College and Honorary member of the National Nurses Fraternity. FLORA LANE DONALDSON, daughter of Caroline (Korns) and Isaac Donaldson, was b. Nov. 1, 1854, in Millersburg, 0., d. Aug. 31, 1894, at Matlock, Ia., married Feb. 19, 1878, to [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 239 Luther Plumb, b. in La Port, Ind., Mar. 6, 1856, and d. April 24, 1884. They had four children: 1. Leroy Burdette, b. May 10, 1879, in Vinton, Ia., d. May 28, 1912, in Portland, Oregon, married Marie Nelson, April 6, 1909, who died at childbirth and her infant son also died in 1911. 2. Alma Lottie Plumb, b. Sept. 29, 1881, in Vancleve, Ia., married April 10, 1901, to Dr. E. W. Bouslough, b. June 23, 1874, in Center Twp., Monona Co., Ia. They have four children: a. Irma Arta Bouslough, b. July 23, 1903, in George, Ia., married in the "Little Brown Church" at Nashua, Nov. 25, 1926, to George Wm. Paschen. They have one daughter: a. Mary Jean Boslough, b. Jan. 12, 1930, live[s] in Cedar Falls, Iowa. b. Vera Lane Bouslough, b. Jan. 8, 1906, in Quimby, Ia., married June 6, 1931, to Francis Edward Northrup at Galena, Ill. They have one daughter: a. Virginia Lane Northrup, b. Feb. 22, 1932. c. Eunice Lucille Bouslough, b. April 2, 1908, at George, Iowa. d. Vinton Ray Bouslough, b. June 20, 1910, at George, Iowa. All of the children attended Iowa State Teachers College taking either a two or four year course and are using their education in various ways, some teaching and others doing work but all making good use of the advantages of education given them. 3. Roscoe Burdette Plumb, b. Dec. 23, 1883, in Matlock, a., married, and has four children: a. Thomas Lane Plumb, now married. b. Harlan Luther Plumb. c. Arla Belle Plumb. d. Dale Le Roy Plumb. [................................................................] 240 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 4. Justus Avery Plumb, b. Sept. 12, 1884, at Matlock, Ia., married Florence Herring. They live in Chinook, Wash. Have two children: a. Frank Plumb, age 19. b. Francella Plumb, age 10. MEET IN REUNION After Forty Years the Wm. Korns Family Gather Once More Around the Same Fireside. A pleasant and long to be remembered reunion of Wm. Korns' family occurred at the home of Moses Korns near Hartwick, Oct. 13, 1897. After forty years of separation they came together from the east and west, and from the north and south, consisting of four brothers and three sisters. The oldest sister, Delila Cornell, resides at Wauseon, Ohio; Joseph Korns, Dixon, Ill..; Caroline Donaldson, Matlock, Iowa; Lydia Ostrum, Beaumont, Texas; Moses Korns, Hartwick, Iowa; Philip Korns, Ainsworth, Neb.; Jacob Korns, Brooklyn, Iowa. These with an additional number of thirty children and grandchildren, were all seated around one of the most bountifully supplied tables, such as is seldom witnessed at any wedding feast. After dinner a program was rendered in which the brothers and sisters sang two very appropriate hymns, namely "Rock of Ages" and "Happy Day," with the same spirit and harmony they used to sing in their father's home in Ohio, which was a place much noted for music, both vocal and instrumental. The second and third generations followed them with several solos and vocal quartettes that showed musical talent superior to their parents. Several recitations were then given by the younger children. Then followed the recital of experiences and happenings of the brothers and sisters that occurred forty years ago which shortened the distance of time that has elapsed since we left our father's home, so much so that it seemed but yesterday since we had separated. On Friday following, Oct. 15th, a second meeting of the [................................................................] WILLIAM KORNS BRANCH 241 brothers and sisters, with a goodly number of the relatives, met together at the home of Jacob Korns in Brooklyn, where a similar program was rendered consisting of music upon the piano by some of the daughters of Jacob Korns, a selection of songs by different ones, and a speech was then made by Joseph Korns, which embodied in it the result of the progress and labor and industry on the part of the parents which was shown had been instilled into the minds of their offspring to a remarkable degree, being so visible by their present prosperity. For example: Wm. Ora Korns, oldest son of Moses Korns, has a farm of about 400 acres with sufficient amount of stock to make a sale of about $10,000 during the present year. A short description was given of the career of the three brothers who served in the war of the rebellion. William, who was considered the brightest intellectual of the family, after participating in some of the most bloody battles of the war, the first repulse and the entire Siege of Vicksburg, contracted a disease from the effects of being in the swamps and ditches so long. A furlough of thirty days was granted for bravery and valiant service when he returned home, and with the chronic diarrhea and typhoid fever together resulted in his death. Philip and Jacob being younger, served in the war later, Philip being taken prisoner by the surrender of Col. Miles to Stonewall Jackson at Harper's Ferry but exchanged the next day. Jacob Korns enlisted under the 300,000 call of Abraham Lincoln in Co. B, 46th Iowa Infantry, commanded by Col. D. B. Henderson, now [a] member of congress. The meeting was then concluded by all joining in singing the hymn, "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," immediately after which the brothers and sisters resorted to the photograph gallery and had a group of pictures taken. All of the friends met at Wm. Ora Korns' on Saturday and had a splendid and magnificent dinner, after which they were all mounted on vehicles and carried to the woods where they had a good old-fashioned hickory nut hunt and succeeded in gathering about three bushels of hickory nuts. [................................................................] 242 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. The Korns family are of German descent. Wm. Korns, Sr,. and Elizabeth Hoyman Korns, Sr., came from Pennsylvania to Ohio during the year 1829, and located on a farm west of Millersburg, Holmes County. William was a blacksmith by trade and worked at his trade the greater part of his life while the boys cleared up the farm and carried on the farm work. William Korns was noted for being one of the most charitable to the poor and needy in all that surrounding country so far as he was known. His life showed such marked observance of the golden rule in all his business transactions that he was loved and respected by everyone. [................................................................] [Page 243] CHAPTER XV JACOB KORNS BRANCH (Brother of Michael Korns, Sr.) Jacob Korns and wife Elizabeth, came to Holmes County, Ohio, in 1817, from the State of Maryland. They were the parents of several children: Charles Korns, born at Cumberland, Md., on April 8, 1794, came to New Philadelphia, Ohio, in 1818. He married Catherine Minnich who was b. Aug. 20, 1802, Bedford County, Pa. She was the eldest daughter of Phillip and Salome Sarah Minnich. The latter was the eldest daughter of John Kinsley, founder of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Charles Korns died Jan. 1872, age 77 years. His wife d. July 31, 1890, age 87 years. Charles Korns and Catherine Minnich Korns were the parents of the following children: 1 Cecelia, 2 Daniel, 3 Drusilla, 4 Henry, 5 Robert, 6 James, 7 Charles F., 8 William, and 9 John. Five of the sons served in the Union Army during the war of the Rebellion. Daniel was Captain of Companies K and C. He served in the 18th Regiment, O. V. I. Robert Korns was a 1st Lt. in the 51st Regiment, O. V. I. Henry Korns served in the 26th Indiana Regiment. James Korns served in the 16th Ohio Regiment, also a member of the 51st Regiment, O. V. I. Charles Korns was a member of the 161st Regiment, O. V. I. Captain Daniel Korns was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1827. While a young man he was engaged in the coal mining business with his father. He married Margaret McElroy, who was b. Sept. 6, 1827. They were married May 7, 1850. Margaret McElroy was born at Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio. They had a family of six children: Charles Korns, 9; Harry Korns, 7; Anna, 4, died within two weeks with [................................................................] 244 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. diphtheria. Daniel Korns died at the age of 26. Isaac Korns died at the age of 64. Wilson A. Korns, living, 73 years. Captain Daniel Korns spent his entire life in New Philadelphia, Ohio, with exception with [the] three and one-half years he spent in the Army. He was a very popular officer. Always kind and considerate to his men under his command. He also served as Internal Revenue Collector, and was Postmaster of New Philadelphia under President Harrison. He also served as Mayor of New Philadelphia, Ohio, for fourteen years. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He died Dec. 11, 1901. Isaac Korns married Esther Finefrock. They had three children: Mary Jane Korns, a student at Wooster College. Joseph Wilson Korns, a student of New Philadelphia High School. Margaret R. Korns, a student in New Philadelphia High School. Isaac Korns was employed for many years as a postal employee in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Wilson A. Korns was b. April 6, 1859, in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Following a common school education, he learned the printing trade in the Tuscarawas Advocate Office, the paper was established in 1819. He became City Editor of the paper, at the same time working as a compositor. He also served as a Deputy Postmaster under his father. On April 5, 1893, he established the New Philadelphia Tribune, a Republican Newspaper. On Jan. 6, 1902, he was appointed by Governor George K. Nash, a member of the Board of Managers of the Ohio State Reformatory located at Mansfield, Ohio, on which board he served for five years. In May, 1904, he was appointed as Postmaster at New Philadelphia, Ohio, which office he served for nine and one-half years. He is also Manager, Editor and Vice President of the Tuscarawas Publishing Company as well as Editor of the Advocate Tribune, a weekly publication. He is author of the book, "Sermonets." [................................................................] JACOB KORNS BRANCH 245 [Photo] Captain Daniel Korns, New Philadelphia, Ohio Captain of Co. K and C in Civil War [................................................................] 246 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Wilson A. Korns married Fannie Sargent, daughter of Abraham and Katherine Sargent of New Philadelphia, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1889. They had two sons: 1. Thomas Eugene Korns, died in infancy. 2. Daniel I. Korns, a deputy Internal Revenue Collector, Youngstown, Ohio. Wilson A. Korns and wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church of New Philadelphia. He is a Director and a stockholder of the Tuscarawas Saving and Loan Company as well as a member of the Masonic Bodies of that city. EDWIN F. KORNS A wide awake man, full of vim and push, Edwin F. Korns of Newkirk, has filled various public offices of trust and responsibility and is now serving most acceptably as Postmaster of this City. He is likewise proprietor of the Republican News Journal, the Republican organ of the city and a weekly publication widely known throughout northern Oklahoma. He is a product of Ohio, his birth having occurred June 10, 1852, at. New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, which was the birthplace of his father, Henry Korns. His paternal grandfather, Charles Korns, was an early settler of that part of Ohio, migrating there from Pennsylvania. The grandfather raised a large family of children in which there were seven sons, namely: Daniel, Robert, James, Henry, Frank, William, and John. The family consisted also of three daughters: Cecelia, Drucilla and Harriet. Cecelia was the only one that married and bore children. Henry Korns grew to manhood and married Harriet Watkins, who was of English descent. He enlisted in response to Lincoln's first call for troops during the Civil War. They had one child, the subject of this sketch. After the death of his father, Edwin F. Korns lived with his paternal grandmother at New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he gleaned his first knowledge of books, attending the city schools. While a mere lad he began to know what it meant to support [................................................................] JACOB KORNS BRANCH 247 [Photo] Wilson Allen Korns [................................................................] 248 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. one's self. He secured work in a printing office where he stayed for four years. Leaving home, Edwin F. Korns went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he secured a position in a book and job office. He later went to Champaign, Illinois, and worked as a journeyman on the Champaign Union. Migrating from there to Glenwood, Iowa, he secured a position on the Glenwood Opinion, a weekly paper, where he remained until he purchased a weekly paper at Malvern, in the same county. His next move was to Phillipsburg, Kansas, where he bought the Phillipsburg Herald where he remained for 14 years. During that period the appointment of Newspaper men to Postmasterships became somewhat general and President Harrison made Edwin F. Korns Postmaster of Phillipsburg. In November 1893, two months after the opening of the Cherokee Strip, Edwin F. Korns located in Kay County and for a year lived a rural life, being in the, to him, novel occupation of farming. Having been so long schooled and steeped in journalism, the farm seemed too prosy a proposition and in 1894 he founded the Kay County News. Two years later the News, the Republican and the Kildare Journal consolidated as a stock company, Mr. Korns holding one-third interest, and the privilege of controlling the policy of the paper. He was appointed Postmaster of Newkirk. On Oct 19, 1882, in Osceola, Iowa, Edwin F. Korns married Ida M. Millard who was born in that city, May 3, 1860, a daughter of Rev. A. H. Millard and Achsah (Barstow) Millard, formerly residents of Ohio. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Korns namely: Harry M. Korns and Nellie M. Korns. Harry M. Korns, who has grown up in the Republican News Journal, was educated in the Newkirk High School, the Old Presbyterian Academy, and at Park College in Parkville, Mo. [................................................................] [Page 249] CHAPTER XVI DANIEL KORNS BRANCH (Brother of Michael Korns, Sr.) Daniel Korn, Macungie, Lehigh County, Pa. Tax Collector in 1812. Son, Benjamine Korn, born about 1809. Married Sarah Shumacher. They had seven children: 1. Angelina Korn, never married. 2. Phaon Daniel Korn. 3. Sarah Korn. 4. James Korn, never married. 5. ..... 6. ..... 7. ..... Phaon Daniel Korn Family. 1. William AIbert Korn, b. Jan. 20, 1864. 2. Cyrus Eugene Korn, b. Nov. 20, 1866, d. Feb. 12, 1869. 3. Ida Ellen Korn, b. Nov. 14, 1868, married James Smith. 4. Minnie Maggie Korn, b. Oct. 19, 1871, married Jacob Zigler. 5. Edwin Elmer Korn, b. Dec. 10, 1873, d. Jan. 20, 1879. 6. Annie Almada Korn, b. Feb. 26, 1875, married Robert McNabb. 7. Charles Benjamine Korn, b. March 23, 1879. 8. Claud Harrison Korn, b. Nov. 15, 1888. William AIbert Korn, married Alice Gertrude Carpenter, daughter of William T. and Mary J. Carpenter, of Rockland Mills, Virginia. They have two children: 1. Helen Korn, b. May 20, 1895. 2. Dorthy Jane Korn, b. Oct. 7, 1904. [................................................................] 250 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. WILLIAM ALBERT KORN, Ph.D. William Albert Korn, son of Phaon Daniel and Amanda, nee Fegley, was b. Jan. 20, 1864, in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Among his earliest recollections is that of starting to go to school in Fogelsville where his father was teacher in the upper room. The family later moved to Farmington, Berks County, where he was first pupil and for three terms was teacher of the local one-room school. Meanwhile he prepared for college at Keystone Normal School. In the fall of 1884 he entered the sophomore class at Ursinus College, graduating with the A.B. degree in June, 1887. The winter following he taught an independent district school near his home. He prepared for the Christian ministry by entering Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, in Sept., 1888. Upon completion of the second year, he took up missionary work at Clear Lake, Wisconsin, under the American Board. In the fall of 1891 he re-entered Yale and was graduated in the spring of 1892 with the Bachelor of Divinity degree. His first offer for work was a newly organized self-supporting church in Dayton, Ohio. This was an unusual opportunity. Passing this by, he accepted a four-church charge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, known as the Rockingham Charge, which might be defined as bounded by Bridgewater on the west and McGaheysville on the east. He was ordained a minister of the Reformed Church in the United States in 1892 in Friedens Church of that Charge. He served from August 1, 1892 to October 1, 1894. On July 11, 1894, he was married to Alice Gertrude Carpenter of Rockland Mills, Virginia, daughter of William T. and Mary J. Carpenter. She was a member of St. Paul's, one of the congregations of the Charge. He now returned to his native state, and for a brief time served as co-pastor of the St. Matthew's Charge in Chester County, at the same time taking up post-graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. For better traveling facilities, he moved to the Lancaster Pike at Exton. Here he was occupied by study with some church supply [................................................................] DANIEL KORNS BRANCH 251 [Photo] William Albert Korns, Ph.D. [................................................................] 252 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. work. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania in June, 1897. Having received a call from the Kreutz Creek Charge, the family, now with the addition of a daughter, Helen, born May 20, 1895, moved on New Year's Day, 1902, to Hellam, York County, Pennsylvania. During this pastorate, a second daughter, Dorothy Jane, was born Oct. 7, 1904. The next move was in early 1907 to New Oxford, Pennsylvania, to take up the work of the Charge of that name. Here a new church was built in 1912. This pastorate ended in February, 1915. The was another break in pastoral work for three years, when the family lived in Lancaster to February, 1918. The next three years marked a pastorate of the Orwigsburg Charge in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Sometime before leaving this pastorate, Dr. Korn began to take work at the Theological Seminary at Lancaster as assistant to the President. In June 1921 the family moved into an apartment of the Seminary. At the end of June 1944 came complete retirement, and the family moved into their own home half a block from the institution, 625 College Avenue. Dr. Korn published the Alumni Register of the Theological Seminary. This is a record of all students who attended the institution from its founding at Carlisle in 1825 to 1932. [................................................................] [Page 253] CHAPTER XVII HENRY KORNS BRANCH (Brother of Michael Korns, Sr.) Lowdermilk's History of Cumberland, Maryland, lists the Korns family among the first 100 families living in Cumberland, 1790-1800. Henry Korns was born July 31, 1767, according to notes given by his granddaughter, Columbia Korns Price. He died in 1860. He married Catherine Baker. He was called "Captain Henry Korns, 2nd" by his granddaughter. His commission made him a captain in the State Militia of Allegheny County, Maryland, February 22, 1826. The deed index in Allegheny County, Maryland, Liber H. folio 486 deed dated April 16, 1816, names Henry Korn and wife Catherine. Same index Liber M folio 563, February 12, 1825, mentions Henry Korns and wife Catherine in affidavit. Henry Korns lived on Polk Street in Cumberland. He had a comb factory and dealt in real estate. He read German and played the piano and violin. Catherine Baker Korns died July 8, 1835, aged 54 years old. Note from Columbia Korns Price in possession of Jessie Korns, Blackburn, in 1945. Catherine Baker was a sister or daughter of Jacob Baker (see copy of lein on land dated 1817) which came from the Korns home. Children of Henry Korns and Catherine Baker: 1. Jesse, born 1809, died 1888, married Ruth Plank, March 17, 1831, recorded in Court House in Cumberland, Md. 2. Henry, born 1815, married (1) Delilah Speelman, (2) Christina Shuck, died 1878. 3. Maria. 4. Joseph. [................................................................] 254 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Jesse Korns born 1809, died 1888, buried in vault in Rose Hill Cemetery in Cumberland, married Ruth Plank, whose family died young, had one brother, James Plank. Jesse Korns was prominent in life of Cumberland. Scharf's History of Western Maryland mentions him as a member of a fire company in 1831. He was active in early Methodism in Cumberland; a trustee, and sent to first Baltimore Conference in 1852 according to Centre St., M. E. Church record. He was in brick building business and his grandchildren say he gave the bricks for the present church, and that the viaduct across the river was built with his bricks. He built canal boats and shipped coal. During the Civil War 20 of his boats were confiscated by the Confederate Army to build a pontoon bridge over the Potomac as their armies retreated, then set [the] boats afire. A great loss to him. Children of Jesse Korns and Ruth Plank: 1. Columbia, born ....., died 1931, married William Maurice Price. One child, died unmarried. 2. Hester, died unmarried. 3. Charles Hershey, born ....., married Henrietta Gephart, descendents: a. Ruth; married ..... Schultz, no children. b. Columbia, died 1942, married ...... Melvin, no children. c. Jessie, married Carrol Blackburn, children: Henrietta, married Alexander Grey Wilson, in 1940. Richard, married Flora Bessie in 1935, one child, Mary Lee, born 1939. 4. Maria Catherine, died 1890, married Samuel Trawain Little. Maria Catherine Korns, born 1835, d. Jan. 21, 1890, married Samuel Trawain Little in 1853. He was the son of Dr. John Little and his wife Ann Weber. Both Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Little were known for their kindness [................................................................] HENRY KORNS BRANCH 255 and philanthropy in Cumberland. J. W. Thomas' History of Allegheny County mentions Mrs. Little as an early worker for the Western Maryland Hospital. The records of the Centre Street Methodist Church show their activity there. S. T. Little served as a Lieutenant during the Civil War, leaving a number of small children to the care of their mother. The S. T. Little Jewelry Company which he founded in 1851, is now managed by his granddaughter and great grandson, and is the oldest mercantile establishment in Cumberland. S. T. Little died in 1882 from tuberculosis contracted during the Civil War. Baltimore Street stores closed out of respect for him, during his funeral. Children of Maria Catherine Korns and Samuel Trawain Little: Two children died in infancy. 1. Mary Euphelia, b. May 1, 1854, d. Nov. 21, 1911. 2. Jesse Trawain, 1856-1927, married Gertrude Babb and had one child: Ira, who had one daughter, Louise, born 1906. Second, he married Mary Carskadon and had Jesse C., who has Dexter Frobes, b July 23, 1943, and Charles Trawain, b. April 16, 1945. 3. Robert Webber, 1858-1933, married Cara Wetmore and had Cara who married J. Gale Ebert, children and grandchildren. Second marriage, Eugenia Smith and had Janet who died unmarried in 1942. 4. Samuel Sears, married Sarah Smouse and had two sons, Norval, died unmarried in 1923. Samuel Guy had two sons, one killed in World War II, Samuel Wright, Charles. 5. Charles, 1868-1909, married Clara Bell Neff, no children. 6. Frank, died 1911, married Blanche ....., no children. 7. Walter, married Grace Johnson, two sons, Trawain Hume and Charles Holmes. Second marriage, no children. Both sons have daughters. 8. Ruth Ella, b. Feb. 17, 1870, d. July 14, 1934, married Thomas Robert Palmer, Centre St., M. E. Church, Sept. 30, 1902. He was the son of Nelson Palmer and Linda Moore [................................................................] 256 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Hamilton. Children: Ralph Vinton, married Helen Druar and had Ralph Vinton, Robert Bell, and Margaret Trawain, sons have children. Ruth Ella Little was born 1870 and died 1934, married Thomas Robert Palmer, a dentist, lived in Cumberland, Md., until 1921. Dr. Palmer, a Major in the Infantry during World War I, became head of the Dental Clinic at New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park, N. J., died there Dec. 15, 1941. Ruth Little was a kindergarten teacher and pianist, Sunday School teacher and church worker. Catherine Little, b. Oct. 27, 1903, in Cumberland, Maryland, married Dr. Paul Cahanowitz Craig in Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N. J., Aug. 7, 1930. Children: 1. Paul Palmer Craig, b. July 29, 1933. 2. Maria Hamilton Craig, b. July 5, 1939. Robert Nelson Palmer, b. Dec. 15, 1906, married Margaret Alpaugh, no children. Second marriage to Gladys Williams of London, England, at Wyomissing, Pa., June 4, 1940, and had one child: Robert Nelson Palmer, Jr., b. June 1, 1942. Catherine Palmer Craig, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Robert Palmer was educated at St. Mary's Seminary, Maryland, and was graduated from West Virginia University in 1924. A student training period at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and she became an assistant dietitian there, then to Reading Hospital, Reading, Pa., for four years after which she married. Member of Delta Gamma Fraternity, American Dietetic Association, Maryland Historical Society, Council of Historical Society of Berks Co., Pa., Hugenot Society of Pa., American Association of University Women, President Elect, Woman's Auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, (1947-1948). [................................................................] HENRY KORNS BRANCH 257 [Photo] Catherine Palmer Craig President of Auxiliary to Pennsylvania State Medical Society, 1949. [................................................................] [Page 258] CHAPTER XVIII CATHERINE KORNS HEIMAN (Hoyman) (Sister of Michael Korns, Sr.) Catherine Korn Heiman, sister of Michael Korns, Sr., was born in Berks County, Pa., Aug. 24, 1759, died in Southampton Twp., Somerset County, Pa., Nov. 29, 1825. She was the wife of Christian Heiman (Hoyman) who was born 1759 and died June 6, 1821. They are buried in Cook Cemetery, Southampton Twp., Somerset County. The children of Christian and Catherine Hoyman were: 1. Daniel Hoyman, who died young. 2. Catherine Hoyman, who married John Uhl of Alleghany County, Md. 3. Elizabeth Hoyman, who married Peter Wingert of Brothersvalley Twp., Somerset County. 4. Henry Hoyman, Sr., born in 1785, who first married Elizabeth Uhl, born in 1789, and from this union sprang the present population of Hoymans, who are scattered from Pennsylvania to California. Children of Henry and Elizabeth Uhl Hoyman: 1. Samuel Hoyman, b. April 1808, who married Susan Lepley to whom nine children were born, the living are Samuel who resides at Hyndman, Pa., and Mrs. Emma F. Shaffer who resides at Wellersburg, Pa. 2. Rebecca Hoyman, b. Dec. 12, 1809, who married Solomon Kennell. One son, Simon M. Kennel, resides at Somerset, Pa. 3. John Hoyman, b. Nov. 28, 1811, who married a daughter of Adam Sturtz to whom 12 children were born, eight of whom were living in the West in 1914. This John Hoyman was a preacher of the Reformed Church from early manhood, having [................................................................] CATHERINE KORNS BRANCH 259 preached in Somerset County at Stoystown, Shanksville, Buckstown, and other points until about the year 1856 when he with his family moved to Illinois and many years later he died in Ohio. 4. Charles Hoyman, was b. Oct. 13, 1813, and first married Catherine Troutman and secondly, Louise Devore. Mrs. A. C. Deming, Dixon, Ill., is living, being a granddaughter from the first wife. 5. Catharine Hoyman, b. April 30, 1815, married Jonathan Kennell and died without any children. 6. Lydia Hoyman, b. Dec. 10, 1816, married Jesse Beal to whom 14 children were born. This family went West where a number of them are still living. Wilson K. Beal returned lately and married the second time and is living at Berlin, Pa. 7. Elizabeth Hoyman, b. July 28, 1818, married Jesse Cook. There were 10 children, among whom Jonas M. Cook, Edward L. Cook, Mrs. Charles A. Smouse and Mrs. Alice E. Deal. 8. Harriet Hoyman, b. Oct. 29, 1820, who became the second wife of Jonathan Kennell, above named. There were four children born to this union. 9. Polly Hoyman, b. Jan. 20, 1823, died at the age of 12 years. 10. Henry Hoyman, Jr., b. May 30, 1824. He first married a Miss Devore to whom four children were born. Perry Hoyman was one of the four. Secondly, he married Catharine Hays, living at Donegal, Pa., from which union 10 children were born. This Henry Hoyman, Jr., taught subscription school during his young manhood, at Wellersburg, Pa., and surrounding territory in Somerset County, a number of years prior to the establishment of the Common School System. After moving to Westmoreland County he dealt quite extensively in cattle, meat of which was bought in Somerset County. The second wife of Henry Hoyman, Sr., was a Miss Shultz of Greenville Township, Somerset County, and to this union two children were born: [................................................................] 260 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. 1. Magdalena Hoyman, b. Oct. 3, 1826. She died at the home of her brother, Michael, unmarried. 2. Michael Hoyman, b. Dec. 12, 1828, married Caroline Boyer of Northampton Township, Somerset County. They did not have any children. [................................................................] [Page 261] CONCLUSION The author of this volume solicits your courteous and gracious consideration for the length of time taken to collect and assemble the facts as presented in this history. It is to be regretted that this work was not completed fifty years prior to 1949 when data could have been obtained more readily and more accurately. The author has spent 17 years collecting data for this history. The names and dates as well as other information as presented have been furnished by members or descendants of the Korns family who now live in many States from Coast to Coast. The competent and experienced Genealogists assigned to the search of the early records of the Korns Genealogy considered it the most tedious and difficult they have ever encountered in their Genealogical experience. This was due to the similarity of names as Korn, Corn, Korns, Kern, Kerns, and Karn. The names "Korn" and "Kern" are clearly interchangeable for "Korn" and "Corn" in the Pennsylvania Deitsch Dialect, in Eastern Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania German it is difficult to distinguish the pronunciation between "Korn" and "Kern." This similarity of names and pronunciations necessitated a complete search of all of the above names which were traced to a final conclusion. This search has established the fact that the name "Korn" and "Kern" are two separate and distinct families. "The old tradition that Michael Korns, Sr., Was the son of Henry Korn, and was born in Germantown, Pa., is not correct as the name was Henry Kern." Michael, Jacob, Daniel and Henry Korn, (sons of Carl Korn) were born in Berks County, Pa., in the 1760 decade according to the Orphans Court record in Berks County, Pa. They lived in Maxatawney Township, Berks County, Pa. The following is a brief record of the Kern family, according to "History of Lehigh County, Pa.; Roberts, Stoudt, Krick and [................................................................] 262 GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL KORNS, SR. Dietrich, 1914, Vol. II, page 646" and "The Boone Family: H. A. Spraker, 1922, page 503." Early in the eighteenth century, Henry Kern and his three brothers emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania. One of them located in Chester County, Pa.; one located in Germantown, Pa.; a third settled in Lehigh County, Pa.; the fourth located in the South. Michael Kern, son of Henry Kern, was born May 4, 1757, in Germantown, Pa. Michael Kern married Mary Boone, only daughter of Isaac Boone of Exeter, Berks County, Pa. Michael Kern settled in Exeter Township, Berks County, where he married, lived and died. He served in the Revolutionary War and his record was a very fine one. His four enlistments dated from 1776 to 1781 during which time he took part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. Michael Kern died Feb. 11, 1850, in Exeter, Berks County, Pa., and was buried at Amityville Churchyard. Michael Kern and Mary Boone Kern were the parents of six children, as follows: Joseph Kern, Samuel Kern, William Kern, Jacob Kern, Josiah Kern, and Jeremiah Kern. The above line of the Kern family is given in this history for the purpose of correcting the old tradition. The very nature of this material and the purpose and form of presentation reveals the fact that no attempt was made at literary form as the dates, names and other information have been assembled and tabulated in chronological order in order that persons interested may trace their line. This first edition of "The Korns Genealogy" establishes a nucleus, from which a more accurate and complete History of the various descendants of the Korn or Korns line may be written. Respectfully, THE AUTHOR