David Fretz and Susie Beil

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Husband David Fretz ¹

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           Born: 24 Oct 1825 - Bucks Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Nov 1883 2
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         Father: Jacob Fretz (1793-1875) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Gehman (      -1828) 1

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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1852 2

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Wife Susie Beil ²

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         Father: John P. Beil (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - David Fretz

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"He was one of the best known citizens of the Western end of the county in which he lived and died. His father came from Bucks Co., when David was yet a small boy, and settled in Allen Twp., Northampton Co., where the family has since resided. David's first employment from home was on the farm of the deceased John P. Beil, whose daughter he afterwards married, and who with their five children survive to mourn the demise of the respected husband and father. When not yet of age he entered the Mercantile establishment of Joseph and Samuel Laubach, and with the exception of a very short time spent at Fullerton, as Superintendent of the Rolling Mill at that place, and the last five years of his life spent with no regular occupation, he passed his lifetime connected with the firm above mentioned; and no fact can be mentioned, or words said that will convey more forcibly the integrity of character and devotion to the interests of others that characterized him, than the fact that he spent almost forty years with the same people. Mr. Fretz served as School director two terms, and be it said to his honor, his ideas were far beyond the prevailing sentiment of his time, and it was always a regret with him that he could not advance educational matters with the rapidity that he wished. The schools of his township owe very much to his efforts. For sixteen years he was president of the Hokendauqua Bridge Company, serving in that capacity at the time of his death, and was a director of the company almost from its foundation. He was a member of the Reformed ch. at Howertown, of which he was also an Elder. His activity in religious, political, and business matters made him known to a large circle of friends, and his unostentatious ways, and many kind acts during his life caused pangs of regret to very many on the occasion of his death. Such men when they die are a public loss."

1 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 529.

2 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 532.