Christian Barner and Catharine Frazier

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Husband Christian Barner ¹

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           Born: 19 Dec 1816 - Sugar Valley Mountain, Clinton Co, PA 1
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           Died: Mar 1884 - Salona, Clinton Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Salona, Clinton Co, PA

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         Father: Henry Barner (      -1820) 1
         Mother: Susanna Bunce (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 20 Oct 1839 - Penn's Valley, Centre Co, PA 1

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Wife Catharine Frazier ¹

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           Born: 24 Feb 1821 - near Rebersburg, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Frazier (      -Abt 1831) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Bierly (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M J. C. Barner ¹

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           Born: 13 Feb 1842 - Loganton, Clinton Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Maggie A. Harter (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Mar 1865 2

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2 M George H. Barner ¹

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3 F Rebecca Barner ¹

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         Spouse: H. J. Brungard (      -      ) 1

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4 F Sarah E. Barner ¹

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         Spouse: J. Edward Bressler (      -      ) 1

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5 M Nathaniel J. Barner ¹

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6 F Amanda C. Barner ¹

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         Spouse: John E. Furst (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Christian Barner

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As a farmer boy he was reared in the mountain home, and received a very limited education, as the nearest school was several miles distant and hard to reach. As soon as old enough he began learning the miller's trade, but his health did not permit his following that occupation, so he took up the mason's trade. All of his nine brothers who reached manhood had also learned some trade, and it was under the instruction of his brother Harmon that he mastered masonry. As a young man he was employed at various places, but always considered the farm where he was born, "home."
After marriage he located in Loganton, where he worked at his trade during the busy season, and in the winter chopped wood or engaged in threshing, receiving only one dollar per day as a mason and fifty cents per day as a laborer. From his small wages, however, he saved enough to purchase two lots, and upon one of these he built a residence, making Loganton his home for eight years. He then returned to the old homestead on Sugar Valley Mountain, as his mother was then in feeble health, and while living there she died. Later the place was divided into two parts and sold, Mr. Barner purchasing the portion on which the buildings stood. At the end of eight years, however, he sold and came to Nittany Valley, where he operated rented land for several years, and then bought a farm in Lamar township, which he subsequently sold at a profit. He traveled through Illinois and Iowa on a prospecting tour, but concluded to remain in Nittany Valley, and bought the farm where his son J. C. later resided. In the summer of 1876 he built a very comfortable home at the east end of Salona, where he continued to reside while engaged in light farming until his death. He left a very comfortable property. For several years he was officially connected with the Lutheran Church, and in politics was always identified with the Democratic party. [CBRCP-CCUS, 711]

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General Notes: Wife - Catharine Frazier

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She was only ten years of age when her father died, but being the eldest she was forced to earn her own livelihood and help take care of the younger children. She accordingly worked as a domestic from the age of fourteen until her marriage. As a girl she often worked in the hay field at twenty-five cents per day, and after her marriage aided in the work of the farm while her husband was employed at his trade. She was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 711.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 712.