Dewald Kieffer and Hannah Fox

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Husband Dewald Kieffer ¹

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            AKA: Dewalt Keiffer,2 Dewalt Kieffer 3
           Born:  - Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
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           Died:  - Upper Strasburg, Franklin Co, PA
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         Father: Abraham Kieffer, Jr. (      -      ) 1
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Wife Hannah Fox ^{1 3}

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Children

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1 M Abraham Kieffer ⁴

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           Born: 18 Nov 1758 - near Kutztown, Berks Co, PA 4
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           Died: 18 Aug 1855 4
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         Spouse: Catharine Beaver (1763-1833) 4

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2 M Peter Kieffer ¹

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            AKA: "Big Peter" Kieffer 4
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         Spouse: Margaret Sells (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: Elizabeth Schamm (      -      ) 4

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3 M Dewald Kieffer ¹

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         Spouse: Mary Bossart (      -      ) 4

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4 M Gideon Kieffer ¹

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5 M Ludwig Kieffer ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Christian Keefer ^{4 5}

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            AKA: Christian Kieffer 1
           Born: 1768 - near Kutztown, Berks Co, PA 4
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           Died: 18 Jun 1822 4
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Sells (1769-1800) 4

         Spouse: Mary Poorman (      -      ) 6

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7 F Hannah Kieffer ⁴

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         Spouse: Peter Keefer (      -      ) 4

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8 F Catharine Kieffer ^{3 4}

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            AKA: Barbara Keefer,7 Catharine Keefer,7 Katherine Keiffer 2
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         Spouse: George Beaver (1755-      ) 3 4 7

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9 F Rebecca Kieffer ⁴

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         Spouse: David Shearer (      -      ) 4

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10 M Jacob Kieffer ¹

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           Born: 21 Sep 1780 1
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           Died: 1 May 1818 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Houser (1783-1835) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Dewald Kieffer

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He emigrated to Pennsylvania from Zwei-Brucken, on the Rhine, with his father and two brothers, landing at Philadelphia Sept. 15, 1748. He was raised near Kutztown, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. After the Revolution he removed to Franklin County, and in 1789 purchased from James Clark the tract of land called "Clark's Fancy," where the village of Upper Strasburg later stood. He laid out the town the same year, calling it Strasburg after the famous German city. The village was very prosperous for many years, and until the advent of turnpikes was the most important town in the county. Mr. Kieffer kept a tavern that was a noted resort in its day.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 465.

2 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 206.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 112.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 466.

5 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 813.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 467.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 1283.