John Fritz and Catharine Roth

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Husband John Fritz ¹

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           Born: 20 Jan 1792 - Exeter Twp, Berks Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1852 - Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Buried:  - St. Petersburg, Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: Johannes Fritz (1765-1801)
         Mother: Barbara Horner (1766-1810)

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       Marriage: Abt 1815

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Wife Catharine Roth

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            AKA: Catharine Rhoads 1
           Born: 20 Jan 1790 - Baumstown, Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1877 - Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Buried:  - St. Petersburg, Richland Twp, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: Johann Roth (      -      )
         Mother: Catharine Greiner (      -      )

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Children

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1 F Harriet Henrietta Fritz ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Sep 1816 - Berks Co, PA 2
     Christened: 30 Nov 1816 - New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery Co, PA
           Died: 12 Jan 1911 - Van, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Maple Shade (Mt. Zion) Cemetery, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Abraham D. Koch (1807-1867) 1 2
           Marr: 3 May 1835 - Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks Co, PA

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2 F Amelia Fritz ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 27 Apr 1819 - Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1910 - Clarion Co, PA
         Buried:  - Stone Cemetery, Wentlings Corner, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Abraham Gilbert (1817-1860) 1 3 4 5
           Marr: Clarion Co, PA

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3 M Hezekiah R. Fritz ^{1 6 7}

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           Born: 19 Aug 1821 - Berks Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1883 - ? Clarion Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Caroline Klingler (1828-1905) 6 7
           Marr: 1840 - Richland, Clarion Co, PA 6

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4 F Elmira Fritz ¹

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           Born: 27 Feb 1824 - Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919 - Akron, Summit Co, OH
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andrew Huntzeker (      -Bef 1919) 1

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5 M Franklin R. Fritz ^{1 8 9}

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           Born: 15 Nov 1827 - Oley Twp, Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Dec 1917 - Salem, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Perryville, Clarion Co, PA
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Nancy Grant Troutman (1829-Aft 1917) 8 9
           Marr: 18 Sep 1851 - Clarion Co, PA

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6 M "Uncle" John Fritz ¹

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           Born: 15 Nov 1827 - Oley Twp, Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 May 1927 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Lavina Knight (1829-1904) 10
           Marr: 14 Feb 1860

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7 M Aaron R. Fritz ¹

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           Born: 19 Mar 1830 - Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1917
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Fannie Neely (      -      ) 1

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8 F Caroline Fritz ¹

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           Born: 30 Oct 1833 - Berks Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1890 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Daniel Hale (Abt 1826-1883) 11
           Marr: 1850 11

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General Notes: Husband - John Fritz

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He lived in Berks County, Pennsylvania, until his removal to Venango County. He learned the trade of blacksmith and had a shop in Oley Township, Berks County, later locating in Heidelberg Township, where he had a gristmill and farm as well as a blacksmith shop. On April 9, 1838, he left Berks County, taking his family and household goods in two wagons, by which means they made the trip to Venango County in two weeks. They located in what is now Richland Township, where they were among the pioneer settlers. Mr. Fritz bought two hundred acres of land, and theirs was the first improved settlement in the district. He followed farming, and being a skilled mechanic as well as agriculturist became one of the prosperous residents of the neighborhood, where he remained until his death. Mr. Fritz was an intelligent man and took an active and helpful part in all local affairs of general interest, serving as a member of the township school board and an official in the Lutheran Church, in whose congregation he was an effective worker for many years. He helped to cut the brush from the site of the first building erected by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations at St. Petersburg. Politically he was a Democrat. [CAB, 857]

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General Notes: Wife - Catharine Roth

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She died at the age of eighty-seven years.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 857.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1123.

3 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Bios xix.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 772.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1435.

6 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xvii.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 886.

8 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 206.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 739.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 858.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 942.