Conrad Schmeltzer and Margaret Ginder

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Husband Conrad Schmeltzer ¹

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           Born: 27 Feb 1768 - Germany 2
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           Died: 11 Apr 1853 - Brush Valley, near Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret Ginder ²

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            AKA: Hannah Ginter 3
           Born: 17 Dec 1767 - Germany 2
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           Died: 8 Oct 1850 - Brush Valley, near Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 M John Schmeltzer ²

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           Died: while young
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2 M George Schmeltzer ¹

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           Born: 3 Aug 1794 - Bucks Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Apr 1878 - Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Margaret Beckle (1792-1845) 2
           Marr: 1815 - Bucks Co, PA 2

         Spouse: Regina Wagner (1806-1879) 4
           Marr: 14 Oct 1850 4

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3 F Margaret Schmeltzer ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Tatusman (      -      ) 2

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4 F Mary Schmeltzer ²

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Kelly Twp, Union Co, PA
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         Spouse: John Heckle (      -      ) 2

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5 M Jacob Schmeltzer ²

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6 F Katy Schmeltzer ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Conrad Schmeltzer

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He and his wife were natives of Germany, paid their pas­sage across the water by work after their arrival in the United States, it being customary at that time to hire out to the vessel owners, who would sell their services to the farmers or to any others that would buy them. He passed the later years of his life in Brush Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania, near Madisonburg. He became quite wealthy, his money being in gold and silver, which he kept in the cellar in a barrel supposed to have contained vinegar. Calling his children together, five in number, he divided his capital among them.

He was born in Germany, where he was married in early man­hood. They were poor, and in order to make their way to the wider opportunities of America they mortgaged their labor by indenture. The young couple arrived in the United States in the spring of 1791, and in February, 1795, they were free to seek a home for themselves. For some time he worked as a forgeman, having previously become familiar with that business, and in this manner he secured money to buy his first land, a new farm in what is now Kelly township, Union County. Their first home was a humble cabin, but their industry and economy brought prosperity, and it was re­placed by a large stone house. He had a good store of gold and silver also, and as his sons grew to manhood he deter­mined to secure land for them. A trip through Ohio and Indiana failed to show a suitable loca­tion, and returning to Pennsylvania he bought a tract in Brush Valley a short distance west of Madisonburg and extending from mountain to mountain. To this place he and his wife, with those of their children who were at home, removed in the fall of 1830, and there the last days of the brave old couple were spent. At the time of their settlement on the place a tenant was conducting a distill­ery, but Mr. Schmeltzer put a stop to that business at once.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 319, 473.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 319.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 473.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 320.