Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Ephraim Kieffer and Margaret Linn




Husband Rev. Ephraim Kieffer 1 2

           Born: 17 Jan 1812 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 May 1871 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Kieffer (1784-1849) 3
         Mother: Hannah Falk (      -      ) 4


       Marriage: 10 Aug 1848 1 2

   Other Spouse: Eleanor Spangler (      -      ) 2



Wife Margaret Linn 1 2

           Born: 19 Nov 1825 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: David Linn (1776-1848) 2 5
         Mother: Margery Coulter (1780-1865) 5




Children
1 M William T. Linn Kieffer 2

           Born: 8 Sep 1850 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Miles (1853-      ) 6
           Marr: 24 Jun 1879 1


2 F Mary C. Kieffer 2 7

           Born: 26 Jun 1854 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Phineas T. Ball (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 9 Nov 1882 2


3 F Emma B. Kieffer 2 7

           Born: 26 Mar 1859 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William B. Donehower (      -      ) 2 7
           Marr: 6 Nov 1884 2


4 F Catharine L. Kieffer 2

           Born: 17 Jun 1861 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 F Anna M. Kieffer 2

           Born: 3 Apr 1864 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 F Margery Kieffer 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 M Stephen E. Kieffer 2 7

           Born: 16 Aug 1868 2 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Rev. Ephraim Kieffer


He was reared in Berkeley and Jefferson counties, West Virginia. At the age of eigliteen he came to Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and while clerking in a store he received catachetical instructions from Rev. Frederick Rahauser, which led him to adopt the ministry in the Reformed Church as his life work. He obtained his literary and theological training at the German Reformed High School and Theological Seminary at York, 1831-35, and was ordained pastor of a new charge, comprising Bellefonte and Schneider's and Best's churches, in Centre County, in 1836. He was afterward pastor of Mifflinburg charge, in Union County, 1840-57; of the Lykens Valley charge, 1857-64; and of the Sulphur Spring Charge, near Carlisle, 1866-70.

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 375.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 473.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 466.

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

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 368.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 482.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 376.


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