Christian Henlen and Margaret [Unk]

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Husband Christian Henlen ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Sep 1787 - northern France 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1852 3 4
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         Father: Christian Henlen (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret [Unk] ^{3 4}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 22 Apr 1854 4
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Children

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1 M Christian Henlen ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1887
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         Spouse: Nancy Lowe (      -      ) 3

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2 M Joseph Henlen ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1887
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         Spouse: Tenia Stover (      -      ) 3

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3 M John W. Henlen ^{3 6 7}

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           Born: 14 Jan 1818 - Lancaster Co, PA 6
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           Died: 8 Jul 1884 6
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         Spouse: Elizabeth M. "Betsy" Kapp (      -      ) 3 7 8

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4 F Margaret Henlen ^{3 9}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1887
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         Spouse: Amos Williams Owens (1812-      ) 3 9
           Marr: 1842 9

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5 M Henry Henlen ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1887
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         Spouse: Nancy Jack (      -      ) 3

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6 F Nancy Henlen ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1887
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         Spouse: Abe Kirch (      -      ) 3

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7 F Catherine "Katy, Katie" Henlen ^{10 11 12}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1812 - Lancaster Co, PA 11 12
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           Died: 18 Oct 1881 11 12
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: David Dale (1810-1862) 10 12 14
           Marr: 23 Oct 1832 11 12

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General Notes: Husband - Christian Henlen

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He was born in the northern part of France, and when about eighteen years of age emigrated to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He came to Washington township, Clarion County, about 1819.

The first settlers of Washington township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, were Christian Henlen, George Kapp, and John Siegwarth, in 1815, in the part that was then Pine Grove township. These three parties, with their wives and families, started from Lancaster County for the wilds of the western part of the state. They came by Harrisburg, Indiana, and the State road from Brookville, stopping the last night at Alex. McNaughton's (Highland Alex.), later Helen Furnace. Mr. Henlen bought a yoke of oxen and two cows, and Mr. Kapp two cows from Mr. McNaughton, and the two oldest children in each of the two families were selected to drive the stock to their destination. Each of the families had a covered wagon. They were four weeks on the way. One year before the War of 1812, the three first settlers had been on the spot and selected their land, so that on coming with their families they immediately went to work. They would have come sooner but they were drafted into the service from Lancaster County and served through the War of 1812. They lived in their wagons while they built log houses. All the tools they brought with them were axes, hand-saws, and a few augers. They made wooden plows and wooden tooth harrows. Their first years were the same as were common to most pioneers, but as their land became cleared they prospered. Most of their land was well timbered, as were the lowlands generally; the hills and ridges, however, were covered with low brush, being burnt over annually by the Indians to make open woods for hunting. This colony of settlers brought with them from Lancaster County three good dogs, guns, and ammunition, and being good marksmen, they supplied their tables with plenty of meat, as deer, wild turkeys, and game of all kinds were plenty. The streams also abounded with fish, which made up for other provisions that were difficult to obtain.

1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 622.

2 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 10.

3 H. W. Sigworth, M.D., Genealogy of Sigworth-Neely Families (Anamosa, IA: Metropolitan Supply Co., 1921), Pg 11.

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 624.

5 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Bios xlviii.

6 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xxii.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 941.

8 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP xxvi.

9 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 44.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 833, 1094.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 656, 837.

12 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 115.

13 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 86.

14 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 656, 811, 837.