Jonas Rifenberg and Hannah Wells

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Husband Jonas Rifenberg ¹

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           Born: 1802 - New York state 1
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       Marriage: 1827 1

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Wife Hannah Wells ¹

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Children

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1 F Emily Jane Rifenberg ²

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            AKA: Emma [Unk]
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         Spouse: Robert B. Rodgers (1833-1897) 2 3
           Marr: 14 Feb 1855 2

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2 M George W. Rifenberg ¹

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           Died: 1864 - the Wilderness, VA 1
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3 M Henry A. Rifenberg ^{1 4}

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           Born: 24 Oct 1834 - Allegany Co, NY 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Baker (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Jonas Rifenberg

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He, with his wife and five children, came to Venango County, PA, in 1838, and settled in Canal township. Five more children were born to them after their settlement in Venango County, making a fam­ily of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Five of the children were deceased before 1879.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 559.

2 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 94.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 558.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1066.