John Kelker and Sabina Shantz

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Husband John Kelker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Jun 1776 - Annville, Lebanon Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 29 Apr 1859 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Anthony Kelker (1733-1812/1812) 3 4 5
         Mother: Mary Magdalena Meister (1739-1818) 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 1798 1

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Wife Sabina Shantz ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Feb 1778 - Lebanon Twp, Lancaster (later Lebanon) Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 Dec 1853 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Henry Shantz (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sabina Meily (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 F Mary Magdalene Kelker ²

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           Born: 21 Sep 1799 2
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           Died: 12 Jan 1867 2
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         Spouse: James B. Morgan (      -      ) 2

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2 F Catharine Kelker ²

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           Born: 31 Aug 1801 2
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           Died: 11 Sep 1801 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Elizabeth Kelker ²

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           Born: 25 Nov 1803 2
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           Died: 20 Aug 1846 2
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         Spouse: George Lewis Mytinger (      -      ) 2

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4 M Joseph Henry Kelker ²

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           Born: 14 Jun 1806 2
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           Died: 28 Jan 1829 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Sabina Kelker ²

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           Born: 19 Feb 1809 2
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6 F Rosanna Kelker ²

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           Born: 28 Nov 1812 2
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         Spouse: Joseph E. Leib (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 4 Oct 1838 2

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7 F Louisa Rebecca Kelker ²

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           Born: 19 Oct 1818 2
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         Spouse: George Blyth (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Kelker

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He received a good education, or rather such as the country afforded during the Revolutionary era, and was brought up to mercantile pursuits, and learned the trade of a hatter. In 1812 he was elected sheriff of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and permanently removed to Harrisburg April 29, 1813. He was appointed deputy marshal for the county, and took the census thereof in 1830, and served as county treasurer from 1829 to 1832. Mr. Kelker was an officer of the Reformed Church, Harrisburg, and one of the building committee when a new church was erected.
"In social life," wrote a contemporary, "he was an example of urbane manners, of warm and genial friendship, of generous hospitality, and he was everywhere welcomed as a man of courteous and kind disposition."

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 512.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 244.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 510.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 243, 277.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 305.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 244, 277.