John Gelwicks and Clara Swartz

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Husband John Gelwicks ¹

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           Born: 1797 1
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           Died: 5 Dec 1876 1
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         Father: Frederick Gelwicks (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Clara Swartz ¹

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           Born: Abt 1810
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           Died: Aft 1887
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Children

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1 M John F. Gelwicks ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Feb 1853 - St. Thomas Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Emma Virginia Keefer (      -Aft 1887) 1 2
           Marr: 23 Dec 1875 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Gelwicks

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He came with his parents to St. Thomas township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1819, he bought a tract of about 400 acres from Col. Armstrong, and settled on it. From this place four tracts were sold, leaving 233 acres still in the homestead farm. His father lived here until his death. This farm originally belonged to Col. Armstrong, and was probably one of the oldest farms in that section of the country.

He and his wife had ten children.

1 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 906.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 473.