Uhl Gristmill, Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

As shown below, Volume III of the 1906 book "History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania" states, " (II) Jacob Uhl, son of Conrad Uhl, was born in Berks county in 1760, married Maria Cochenbach, and with her started for the western settlements, locating near what is now known as Wellersburg, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, although then a part of Bedford county. There he made a clearing for a farm , built one of the early wayside inns or taverns and operated a gristmill."

The book also states, "Charles Uhl, son of Jacob (2) and Maria (Cochenbach) Uhl, was born on the homestead near Wellersburg in 1804, and lived there until his death in 1871, having succeeded his father in title to the farm and mill."

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