Joseph Bilhimer and Catharine Fox

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Husband Joseph Bilhimer ¹

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            AKA: Joseph Billheimer,2 Joseph Billhymer 3
           Born: 6 Dec 1812 - ? Rockingham Co, VA 1
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           Died: Jan 1899 1
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         Father: John Billhymer (1786-1853) 3
         Mother: Rachel Robison (      -Abt 1814) 3

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       Marriage: 5 Feb 1835 1

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Wife Catharine Fox ⁴

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         Father: John Fox (1777-1866) 2 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Rosenberger (      -      ) 6 7

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Children

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1 M Daniel F. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 10 Nov 1835 1
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2 M Cyrus F. Bilhimer ³

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           Born: 22 Sep 1837 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Keefer (      -1903) 1
           Marr: 24 Jan 1861 1

         Spouse: Anna Lorence (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1 Mar 1904 8

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3 F Caroline Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 2 Dec 1839 1
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           Died: 29 Mar 1848 1
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4 M Jesse F. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 20 Oct 1841 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M David F. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 10 Apr 1844 1
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           Died: 22 Mar 1848 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Eli W. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 18 Oct 1846 1
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7 M John F. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 6 Apr 1849 1
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8 M Benjamin R. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 19 Sep 1851 1
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           Died: 6 Jun 1853 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M Aaron M. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 16 Dec 1853 1
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10 M Foster B. Bilhimer ¹

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           Born: 22 Mar 1858 1
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Bilhimer

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He was born in a log house on the south bank of the Shenandoah river, six miles from Brock's Gap. When his father moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he was left with his uncle, Henry Billhymer, in Rockingham County, Virginia. Later, in 1818, at the age of six years, he was brought to Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where he remained for over forty years. His education was obtained in the common schools of the county, known as "subscription schools," and confined to short terms at odd times, no continuous period extending over three months. For several years he was engaged in freight hauling over the pike from Pittsburgh to Baltimore and Philadelphia, taking twenty-four days to make the trip. In 1835 he was offered a position as overseer of thirty slaves on the plantation of an uncle in Virginia, but although the salary was largely in excess of the small amount he was then receiving as freight driver, he declined, being strongly averse to slavery in any form. He was a member of the United Brethren church. In politics he was formerly a Whig, later a Republican, and his first presidential vote was cast for Martin Van Buren.
It was he who changed the spelling of the name to Bilhimer, although other branches of the family write it Billhimer or Billheimer.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 23.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 377.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 22.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 23, 377.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 584.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 388.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 24.