Margaret Malinda Pershing

Ancestors

Person Page 556

Christian Pershing, Junior

M, #13896, b. 23 February 1787, d. 8 September 1867

Parents

Father*Christian Pershing, Senior (b. 1751, d. 1825)
Mother*Maria Barbara Brewer (b. 24 November 1750, d. 18 October 1826)

Family 1: Anna Maria Bosserd (b. 24 July 1793, d. 29 May 1829)

Daughter*Margaret Pershing+ (b. 24 March 1812, d. 28 January 1891)
Daughter*Catharine Pershing (b. 3 January 1814, d. 25 February 1903)
Son*John George Vetter Pershing+ (b. 14 December 1815, d. 1881)
Daughter*Barbara Pershing+ (b. 19 May 1818, d. 3 August 1889)
Daughter*Susan Pershing+ (b. 1820, d. 1878)
Son*Solomon Pershing+ (b. 9 March 1822, d. 9 April 1903)
Son*Christian B. Pershing+ (b. 22 February 1824, d. 28 March 1898)
Daughter*Mary Ann Pershing+ (b. 30 March 1827, d. 6 December 1913)
Daughter*Twin Two Pershing (b. 1829, d. 2 May 1829)
Daughter*Twin One Pershing (b. 2 May 1829, d. 2 May 1829)

Family 2: Mary Kuhns (b. 13 March 1806, d. 1868)

Son*Leonard Pershing (b. 15 August 1831, d. 1905)
Son*Peter Pershing (b. 1832, d. 22 September 1864)
Daughter*Elizabeth Pershing+ (b. 13 October 1835, d. 8 February 1869)
Son*David C. Pershing+ (b. 7 February 1838, d. 23 September 1891)
Son*Joseph Pershing (b. 6 February 1840, d. before 1921)
Son*Levi Pershing (b. 1842, d. in infancy)
Daughter*Adaline Pershing (b. 23 August 1843, d. 14 July 1870)
Son*Daniel Pershing (b. 15 July 1846)
Daughter*Lydia I. Pershing (b. 6 November 1848, d. 18 June 1871)
Son*Lewis Pershing (b. 10 February 1850, d. 1922)

Biography

Christian Pershing, Junior, was born in 1782 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.1 He was born in 1786 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.2,3 He was born on 8 February 1787.3 He was born on 23 February 1787 at Greensburg in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.4 He was born in 1789.1 He was born in 1790 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.1 He was born on 29 January 1794.5 He and Anna Maria Bosserd were married on 11 April 1809.3,6 He and Anna Maria Bosserd were married on 11 April 1809 in Winterset, Madison, Iowa.1 He and Anna Maria Bosserd were married in 1811 at Greensburg in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He and Mary Kuhns were married on 10 October 1830 in Tuscarawas County, OhioG.7,3,8 He died in 1866 at age ~79.1,1 He died on 8 September 1867 at age 80 at Shanesville First Reformed Cemetery in Tuscarawas County, OhioG.5,1 He died on 10 September 1867 at age 80.3
Christian Pershing, Junior, had person sources.1 He was baptized on 15 April 1787 at Baptized by Johann Wilhelm Weber in East Huntington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.4,9 He was a grantee of on 30 November 1809 of in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.10 As of 11 January 1811, Christian Pershing, Junior, was also known as Christian Pershin. He sold to Christian Pershing, Junior, on on 11 January 1811 of in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. for $8510 On 11 January 1811 Christian Pershing, Junior, was a weaver in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.10 He was moved to in 1812 in Tuscarawas County, OhioG.1,1 He was a grantee of about 1818 of in Ohio.1 He was moved to in 1818 in Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.11,3,1 He lived in Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County, OhioG, in 1820.11 He and Anna Maria Bosserd appeared in the census in 1820 in Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.12 He witnessed the will of Christian Pershing, Senior, on 28 August 1825 in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This will provides for girls --
Susanna: Susanna - youngest
Maria Elizabeth: Wife of John Brindle; she is deceased
Maria Barbara: Elizabeth (Cate, wife of Daniel Kuntz)13
Christian Pershing, Junior, was taxed between 1836 and 1838 in Tuscarawas County, OhioG.14 He was churchmemb between 1836 and 1847 in Tuscarawas County, OhioG. of the lutheran Congregation, which was organized in the spring of 1836. The congregation once numbered almost a hundred. However, aftr 1878, only occasional services were held until the congregation was reivived and the present new church built in the early nineties, by the Neff, Garver, Travis, pershing, Shank, Gerber, Schumaker, Good, Link Levengood and other families.11 He appeared in the census in 1840 in Sugarcreek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.15 He was Member of the First German Reformed Church of Ragersville. between 1847 and 1868 in Ragersville Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.11 He was churchmemb between 1847 and 1868 in Ragersville Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. First German Reformed Church of Ragersville11

Citations

  1. [S13511] Pershing Family in America - Genealogical recorded as Extract #13173 Pershing, Edgar Jamison, The Pershing family in America : a collection of historical and genealogical data, family portraits, traditions, legends and military records, 929.273 P43, (: 1924). Hereinafter cited as The Pershing Family in America - Genealogical.
  2. [S6826] Hoffman, Ada recorded as Extract #9274
    "Ada Hoffman Correspondence", listserve message to http://www.rootsweb.com/~pasomers/query/query016.htm#1262, March 11, 1998. Printout dated 9 Dec 2001. Hereinafter cited as Hoffman, Ada.
  3. [S10522] Pershing Folder from Tuscarawas county, OH recorded as Extract #11489 Pershing Folder from Tuscarawas county, Ohio Historical Society, Scanned, 02/27/2010.
  4. [S13540] WestmorelandcoPA German Church Records of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania recorded as Extract #13203
    Ruff, Paul Miller, compiler, German Church Records of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Aliquippa, Pennsylvania: P.M. Ruff, c1979-1989)974.881 K2r v.1-4. Hereinafter cited as German Church Records of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
  5. [S10515] TuscarawasCoOH Cemeteries recorded as Extract #11482
    Ohio Genealogical Society. Tuscarawas County Chapter, compiler, Tuscarawas County, Ohio cemeteries (New Philadelphia, Ohio: Ohio Genealogical Society. Tuscarawas County Chapter, c1981)977.166 V39t. Hereinafter cited as Tuscarawas County Cemeteries.
  6. [S13446] RagersvilleTUSOH Ragersville Historical Society Ma recorded as Extract #13114 Ragersville Historical Society Manuscripts, Vertical files and binders, 7 Sep 2014.
  7. [S3336] TuscarawasCoOH Marriages recorded as Extract #4686 Tuscarawas County, Ohio Marriage records, 1808-1917; index, 1808-1899, Volumes 1-18, FHL#890,363-892546. Hereinafter cited as Tuscarawas Marriages.
  8. [S13410] TuscarawasCoOH Marriages 1808-1910 recorded as Extract #13078
    Ohio Genealogical Society. Tuscarawas County Chapter, compiler, Tuscarawas County, Ohio marriages - v. 1. Books 1-3, 1808-1844 -- v. 2. Books 4-5, 1845-1863 -- v. 3. Books 6-7, 1864-1880 -- v. 4. Books 8 and 9, 1880-1894 -- v. 5. Books 10 and 11, 1894-1901 -- v. 6. Books 12 and 13, 1901-1905 & marriage contracts, 1901-1914 -- v. 7. Books 14 & 15, 1906-1910. (New Philadelphia, Ohio: 1979)977.166 V2t v. 1-4. Hereinafter cited as TuscarawasCoOH Marriages 1808-1910.
  9. [S7064] GreensburgWESTPA Bap Rec of First Ref Church recorded as Extract #9508 Baptismal Records of First Reformed Church of Greensburg Pennsylvania [1779-1815], Typescript, We 4R.
  10. [S262] WestmorelandCoPA Deeds recorded as Extract #324 Westmoreland county, PennsylvaniaDeeds 1773-1897, FHL#0929096-0929110. Hereinafter cited as WestmorelandCoPA Deeds.
  11. [S8026] RagersvilleAuburnTwpTUSOHIO History recorded as Extract #9699
    , editor, Ragersville, Auburn township, Ohio 1830-1980 (: Berlin Printing, Berlin, OH). Hereinafter cited as Ragersville.
  12. [S422] OH Census 1820 recorded as Extract #0536, 1820 Ohio Census and Index ().
  13. [S13519] WestmorelandCoPA Will Extracts 1819-1839 recorded as Extract #13181
    Della Reagan Fisher, compiler, 656 Extracts of Wills 1819-1839 Copied from Will Book 2 (McKeesport, Pa: Typescript, 1976)974.881 P2f. Hereinafter cited as 656 Extracts of Wills.
  14. [S13545] TuscarawasCoOhio Tax Records recorded as Extract #13208
    Tuscarawas county, Ohio Tax Records, FHL#004849168, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Hereinafter cited as Tuscarawas county, Ohio Tax Records.
  15. [S6456] OH Census 1840 recorded as Extract #8845, 1840 Ohio Census and Index (). Hereinafter cited as OH 1840 Census.