Samuel Getgen and Lydia Schoch

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Husband Samuel Getgen ¹

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           Born: 3 Jul 1820 - Mifflinburg, Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: Ludwig Getgen (      -Abt 1829) 2
         Mother: Maria Dietrich (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1846 2

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Wife Lydia Schoch ³

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           Born: 31 May 1811 3
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           Died: 26 Feb 1882 3
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         Father: Michael Schoch (1769-1853) 4
         Mother: Ann Books (Abt 1769-1823) 3

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Children

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1 F Anna M. Getgen ²

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           Born: 10 Mar 1847 2
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2 M Thomas M. Getgen ²

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           Born: 27 Dec 1849 2
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Getgen

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He was a leading citizen, and for six consecutive terms, of five years each, justice of the peace of Mifflinburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.

The public schools of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, afforded him fair educational privileges, but at an early age he sought and found employment in a brewery, in order to enlarge the family income. Later he learned the potter's trade, which he followed for twenty-five years, disposing of his ware in his section of the state. He then ventured into horticulture, cultivating a good-sized vineyard and raising various kinds of small fruits, and was also interested to some extent in gardening. After a few years in this work he sold out and engaged in the merchantile business in Mifflinburg, under the title of S. Getgen & Son, in which he and his son gained an extensive and profitable trade.
In religious faith Mr. Getgen was a Reformed. Socially he was popular, and beginning in 1846 was identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; he was an active worker, and passed all the chairs in his local lodge.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 832, 1015.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1015.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 832.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 832, 1057.