Christian H. Buhl and Caroline DeLong

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Husband Christian H. Buhl ^{1 2}

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         Father: Christian Buhl (1776-1864) 2 3 4
         Mother: Dorothy Goehring (Abt 1778-1868) 3 4

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Wife Caroline DeLong ²

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Children

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1 M Frank Henry Buhl ^{2 5 6}

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           Born: 3 Aug 1848 - Detroit, Wayne Co, MI 2
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           Died: 7 Jun 1918 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Julia A. Forker (1854-1936) 6 7
           Marr: 8 Feb 1888 5

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General Notes: Husband - Christian H. Buhl

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He was an early resident of Detroit, Michigan, having settled there in 1833, after following the fur trade West from his birthplace in Zelienople, Pennsylvania. He founded the successful wholesale hardware firm in Detroit, which continued in exist­ence under the name of Buhl Sons & Company; and in Sharon, Pennsylvania, the name of the Christian H. Buhl Hospital testi­fies to his benevolence.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1085.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 93.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 239.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1084.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 712.

6 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 2.

7 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 95.