John Matthias and Elizabeth Kensler

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Husband John Matthias ¹

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           Born: Abt 1798
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           Died: 1844 - ? Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 1823 1

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Wife Elizabeth Kensler ¹

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           Born:  - Philadelphia, PA
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         Father: Moses Kensler (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Sheller (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Martha E. Matthias ¹

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         Spouse: George Stouffer (      -      ) 1

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2 M Franklin Matthias ¹

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3 M Alfred Matthias ¹

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         Spouse: Mary Murphy (      -      ) 1

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4 F Lavinia C. Matthias ²

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         Spouse: Dennis B. Coleman (1824-      ) 3

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5 M Jefferson Matthias ¹

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6 F Mary Matthias ¹

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7 F Elizabeth Matthias ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Matthias

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He was an umbrella maker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in the same year he was married removed to Centre County, where he taught school and worked in the Phillipsburg screw factory. In December, 1832, they removed to the toll gate at the Conemaugh bridge, and for eleven years Mr. Matthias was the toll gatherer. In 1842 he removed to the Blairsville side, having meanwhile become one of the editors and proprietors of the Blairsville Record.
He and his family were Swedenborgians, or New Church, in religious faith.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Kensler

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She was born on the "Neck," later a part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 368.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 368, 486.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1213.