John William Lescher and Hannah Jane Foltz

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Husband John William Lescher ¹

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           Born: 23 May 1817 - Northampton Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 12 May 1845 1

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Wife Hannah Jane Foltz ¹

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           Born: 19 Oct 1824 1
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         Father: Christian Foltz (1790-1862) 2
         Mother: Hannah Keefer (1796-1851) 3

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1 F Eleanor Lescher ¹

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2 M Theodore Lescher ¹

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3 M George C. Lescher ¹

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4 M Zacharias Lescher ¹

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5 F Lizzie Lescher ¹

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6 M William Lescher ¹

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7 F Clara Lescher ¹

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8 M Edmund Lescher ¹

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9 M Nevin Lescher ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John William Lescher

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He began his classical studies in 1838, under the Rev. Dr. Vandervier, and entered the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1841. He was licensed to preach by the Eastern Pennsylvania Classis of the Reformed Church in 1844. His first field of labor was at Wilkesbarre as a missionary, and he was chosen superintendent of the public schools of Luzerne County in 1854. He afterward taught a private school at Easton for a number of years, and subsequently served congregations at Bloomsburg, Selinsgrove and Lyken's Valley, his ministry covering a period of thirty years.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 209.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 208, 467.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 209, 467.