Michael Rhone and Catherine Elizabeth Wagner

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Husband Michael Rhone ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Jun 1759 - Berks Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 16 Sep 1844 - Potter Twp, Centre Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Emanuel's Church Cemetery, Tusseyville, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: John Rhone (1698-1823) 3 4
         Mother: 

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Wife Catherine Elizabeth Wagner ^{2 3}

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           Born: 24 Oct 1769 - Berks Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1 Aug 1836 - Centre Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Emanuel's Church Cemetery, Tusseyville, Centre Co, PA

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Children

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1 M John Rhone ²

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           Born: 1800 5
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         Spouse: [Unk] Bottorf (      -      ) 5

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2 M Jacob Rhone ^{6 7}

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           Born: Sep 1807 5
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           Died: 19 Mar 1853 5
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         Spouse: Sarah Kersteter (1811-Aft 1898) 8

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3 F Anna Maria Rhone ²

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           Born: 
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           Died:  - Ohio
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         Spouse: John Sholder (      -      ) 2

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4 F Jane Rhone ²

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         Spouse: Joseph Crotzer (      -      ) 2

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5 F Katherine Rhone ⁵

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         Spouse: Jacob Grossman (      -      ) 5

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6 F Nancy Rhone ⁹

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           Born: 1810 - Penn's Valley, Potter Twp, Centre Co, PA 9
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           Died: 1878 9
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         Spouse: David Harshberger (1804-1881) 9

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7 F Elizabeth Rhone ⁵

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            AKA: Elizabeth Phone 10
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         Spouse: John Rishel (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Michael Rhone

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He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and received a liberal education for the time in the parochial school of the German Evangelical Church near his home. The Revolution was in progress during his early manhood, and his father being engaged in furnishing supplies to the army, he assisted in this business, often undergoing great danger and suffering in conveying provisions to camp, especially during the memorable winter at Valley Forge. He was of temperate habits, and possessed unusual strength and endurance, with a well proportioned frame and powerful sinews. When peace was restored, he traveled for several years in what was then the "wild west," most of the time being spent in Pennsylvania and New York.
In 1792 he removed from Berks County to Haines township, Centre County, then a part of Northumberland County, where he purchased a tract of land and began to clear it for a farm. For some reason he sold the place two years later, and went to another homestead, which he purchased from Jacob Straub, September 15, 1794. This place was a part of the first survey in that Valley, the Manor of Nottingham survey, made September 23 and 24, 1766, and the land had previously been deeded to Straub on June 24, 1794, by John Penn, the younger, and John Penn, the elder, by their attorney, Anthony Butler, of Philadelphia, as shown by documents in the recorder's office in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. The deed to Michael Rhone was recorded at Bellefonte. This homestead remained in the family for over one hundred years.

When the pioneers settled at their new home it was in its primitive state, except for a small log cabin covered with clapboards, an insignificant stable and a few acres ready for tilling. The location was beautiful, however, and an excellent spring added to the attraction of the place. It was known as the Indian spring, and bands of Red men frequently camped there, a "trail" running past it from Logan's Gap to Tussey mountain. This ancient path was visible for many years after the aborigines left the region, and arrow-heads and other relics were often found near by.
The land proved fertile, and Michael Rhone and his wife found themselves, in later years, the owners of one of the best farms in that section. In 1805 a better house was erected, 30x40 feet in size, with a stone foundation, and its logs notched at the corners. It was two stories high, with an immense fireplace on each floor, and a high stone chimney stood outside at either end. A barn was built in 1810, and about 1820 another substantial and commodious barn was erected.
They long were members of Emanuel's Church (Lutheran).

He and his wife had two sons and seven daughters, two of whom did not live to maturity.

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General Notes: Wife - Catherine Elizabeth Wagner

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She seems to have been amply endowed with physical strength and a spirit capable of overcoming all hardships, while her foresight is revealed by the fact that, on the journey to their new home, she carried in her pocket a package of seeds of various kinds, from which came, a few years later, extensive orchards of apple, pear, peach, plum and cherry trees, covering about twenty acres. Many of these trees were still standing over one hundred years later.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 223, 414.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 114.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 223.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 113.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 115.

6 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 414.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 114, 451.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 451.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 163.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 303.