John Fager and Sarah Cleckner

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Husband John Fager ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Jun 1768 - Oley Twp, Berks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 10 May 1848 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Jacob Fager (1738-1815) 1
         Mother: Rosanna Lutz (1739-1802) 1

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Wife Sarah Cleckner ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1772 1
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           Died: 1844 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Frederick Cleckner, Sr. (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Sarah Fager ¹

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         Spouse: George Adams (      -      ) 1

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2 F Catharine Fager ^{2 3}

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           Born: 24 Oct 1798 2
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           Died: 15 Aug 1846 2
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         Spouse: Frederick Kelker (1780-1857) 2 4

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3 M Samuel Fager ¹

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4 M George C. Fager ¹

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5 M Dr. John Henry Fager ^{1 5 6}

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           Born: 31 Mar 1806 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 5
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           Died: 18 Aug 1872 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 5 6
         Buried:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Eliza Jones (1810-1834) 1 5 6

         Spouse: Mary Hayes Buffington (1816-1893) 5 7 8
           Marr: 29 Mar 1836 5 6

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General Notes: Husband - John Fager

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He learned the trade of a hatter in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and came to Harrisburg about 1790, where for a number of years he carried on the business. He was one of the founders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Harrisburg in 1795; served as commissioner of the county of Dauphin, and for a number of years was a member of the Town Council. After retiring from active business, late in life, he was the collector of tolls at the east end of the Harrisburg bridge.
He and his wife had ten children.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 487.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 244.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 487, 511.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 487, 510.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 356.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 266.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 488.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 265.