Stephen Kieffer and Catharine Bixler

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Husband Stephen Kieffer ¹

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           Born: 20 Nov 1816 1
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           Died: 27 Apr 1898 1
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         Father: Joseph Kieffer (1784-1849) 2
         Mother: Hannah Falk (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 24 Dec 1842 1

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   Other Spouse: Susan Forry (      -      ) 1 - 18 May 1858 1

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Wife Catharine Bixler ¹

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         Father: David Bixler (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Susan [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen Kieffer

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He learned the trade of a carpenter, at which he worked for twelve years in West Virginia. He then removed to Hanover, Pa., and engaged in the grocery business, in which he made an ample fortune. He was a director of the Hanover Junction, Hanover & Gettysburg Railroad, the Berlin Branch Railroad, the Baughman Valley Railroad, the Hanover & Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore, Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad. He was also a director of the First National Bank of Hanover and the Hanover Gas Co., and was president and superintendent of the Hanover Water Co. He was chosen a county commissioner of York County in 1880, and burgess of Hanover in 1885.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 467.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 466.