Rev. John Casper Wirsing and Catherinea Elizabetha Biltherr

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Husband Rev. John Casper Wirsing ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Dec 1766 - Titzingen, Germany 2 3
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           Died: 1835 - near Petersburg, Somerset Co, PA 2 3
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       Marriage: 1 Jan 1793 - Philadelphia, PA 2 3

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Wife Catherinea Elizabetha Biltherr ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Catharine Elizabeth Althart 1
           Born: 12 Apr 1768 - Germany 2 3
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Children

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1 F Catherine Wirsing ^{2 3}

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2 M John Wirsing ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 7 Jan 1798 1 2 3
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           Died: 2 Feb 1852 1 2
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         Spouse: Mary Shafer (1801-      ) 1 2 3
           Marr: 18 Dec 1821 1 2 3

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3 M Henry Wirsing ^{1 2 3}

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           Died: 1888 2 3
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         Spouse: Mary King (      -      ) 2 3

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4 F Mary Ann Shadrach Wirsing ^{2 3}

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5 M Thomas B. Wirsing ^{2 3}

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6 M Samuel H. Wirsing ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Catherine Zipley (      -      ) 2 3

         Spouse: Helena Frantz (      -      ) 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Casper Wirsing

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A native of Germany, he migrated in manhood to America about 1790. Some time thereafter he was married at Philadelphia to a woman whose acquaintance he made on board the ship which bore them to the United States. After living a while in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, they settled in Somerset County, on a farm near Petersburg, upon which he had a vineyard, of the fruits of which he made wine. He was, however, by trade a cooper, and was also an itinerant Methodist preacher, who worked at his trade during secular days, and preached here and there on Sundays.

He was born in Titzingen by "Waertzburg on the Main," Germany, and served as a commissioned officer in the army of his "Fatherland," He immigrated to America, October 3, 1789. On board the ship which bore him to the new world he made the acquaintance of a woman who had sold her time for a certain period to pay her passage to the United States. He purchased her time and they were married January 1, 1793. He soon removed to Baltimore and from thence came to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. "He was an educated gentleman of fine address and great power of language," and became a local preacher in the Methodist church. "He spoke seven languages fluently, was the ablest and most eloquent exhorter of his day and people came in vast numbers to hear him speak at camp-meetings, quarterly meetings, revivals, etc. He was in the zenith of his fame in 1820, and five years later removed to near Petersburg, Somerset County, where he died in 1835."

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General Notes: Wife - Catherinea Elizabetha Biltherr

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She was born in Germany and had sold her time for a certain period to pay her passage to the United States.

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Notes: Marriage

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They had eight children.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 525.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 178.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 22.