Fourth Generation

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104. Sarah RUGH (Sybilla MECHLING , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 25 Jul 1798 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 20 May 1888.

She lived in Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA.

Sarah married Michael BASH. Michael was born on 11 Apr 1787. He died on 22 Aug 1863.

He is the son of Martin and Margaret (Ackerman) Bash.

They had the following children.

  511 M i John BASH was born on 19 Mar 1818. He died on 22 Dec 1818.
  512 M ii John Henry BASH was born on 11 Sep 1819. He died on 27 Apr 1895.
+ 513 M iii Jacob BASH was born on 2 Nov 1821. He died on 22 Feb 1889.
  514 M iv Michael R. BASH was born on 15 Feb 1824. He died on 9 Jul 1826.
+ 515 F v Susannah Sibella BASH was born on 8 Jun 1826. She died on 17 Sep 1896.
  516 M vi Benjamin BASH died as a child.
  517 M vii Daniel BASH died as a child.
  518 F viii Hannah BASH died as a child.
  519 F ix Sarah BASH died as a child.

105. John M. RUGH (Sybilla MECHLING , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 24 Jun 1800 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 21 Sep 1800 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 23 Aug 1858.

John married Elizabeth WIBLE on 21 May 1822. Elizabeth was born on 28 May 1802. She died on 10 Jun 1887.

She is the daughter of Thomas and Magdalena (Smith/Schmidt) Wible.

The last name was sometimes spelled as "Weible."

Her brother married Susanna Thomas (Anna Maria Mechling/Dewalt/Theobald).

They had the following children.

+ 520 M i John RUGH was born on 20 Feb 1823.
+ 521 M ii Henry RUGH was born on 13 Jan 1825. He died in 1868.
  522 M iii Thomas RUGH was born on 4 Aug 1826. He was baptized on 1 Oct 1826 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died about 1848.
  523 M iv Jacob RUGH was born on 6 Jun 1828. He was baptized on 3 Aug 1828 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died about 1861 from diptheria.

Jacob was Louisa's third cousin.
        Jacob married Louisa MECHLING, daughter of William MECHLING and Martha PALMER, on 25 Dec 1860 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. Louisa was born on 15 Jan 1837. She was baptized on 24 Apr 1837 in St. John's Church, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.There were other parents.

Louisa was Jacob's third cousin.  Some researchers call her Sophia.
  524 F v Susanna RUGH was born in 1829. She was baptized in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

She did not marry Jacob Seaner as was reported in the 1982 version of [Mercy I-98].
+ 525 F vi Sabilla RUGH was born on 20 Aug 1830. She died on 6 Jun 1912.
+ 526 F vii Maria Magdalena RUGH was born on 25 Jan 1833.
  527 F viii Elizabeth RUGH was born on 12 Jun 1837. She was baptized on 23 Jul 1837 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

After her marriage she moved to Neosho, MO.
        Elizabeth married Adolph or Augustus KING.
  528 F ix Hannah RUGH was born on 10 May 1841. She was baptized on 18 Jul 1841 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 20 Sep 1841.
  529 M x William RUGH was born in 1845. He was baptized in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
  530 F xi Sara RUGH was baptized in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
        Sara married Martin KING.

106. Esther MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 11 Aug 1787 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptized on 26 Oct 1788 in Zion Lutheran Church, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 8 Dec 1815 in Perry Co., Ohio.

Esther married William MECHLING, son of John Jacob MECHLING and Catharine, on 8 Oct 1807 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. William was born on 23 Oct 1784 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was christened on 21 Nov 1784 in First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 18 Apr 1855 in Allen Co., Ohio. He was buried in Perry Co., Ohio.

In 1812 he moved to Perry Co., OH, from Westmoreland Co.,PA.

They had the following children.

+ 531 M i Joshua MECHLING is printed as #244.
  532 M ii William MECHLING is printed as #245.
+ 533 F iii Louise MECHLING is printed as #246.
  534 M iv Jacob MECHLING is printed as #247.
+ 535 M v Samuel W. MECHLING is printed as #248.

107. Anna Maria MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 5 Jan 1789 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptized on 22 Feb 1789 in Zion Lutheran Church, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 11 Oct 1859. She was buried in Perry Co., Ohio.

She may have been nicknamed Mary or Polly.

Anna married Frederick SLIFFE about 1810. Frederick was born on 8 Jan 1785 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was christened on 15 Apr 1785 in German Reformed Church. He died on 27 Sep 1833 in Donegal Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

He is the son of Frederick & Anna Maria (Kline) Schlieff.

Note the different spellings of the last name in the three generations.

They had the following children.

  536 M i Jacob SLIFE was born on 3 Jun 1812 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 12 Jul 1812 in German Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
        Jacob married Alice CONNER. Alice was born about 1822 in Virginia.
+ 537 F ii Anna Elizabeth SLIFE was born on 1 Dec 1813. She died in 1884.
+ 538 M iii Henry SLIFE was born on 4 Jul 1816. He died on 8 Aug 1893.
+ 539 M iv Frederick "Fred" SLIFE was born on 1 Sep 1818. He died on 7 Mar 1874.
+ 540 M v Samuel SLIFE was born in 1821. He died in Dec 1888.
+ 541 M vi Phillip M. SLIFE was born in 1824. He died in Sep 1904.
+ 542 M vii Daniel K. SLIFE was born on 1 Feb 1825. He died on 15 Apr 1903.
  543 F viii Esther SLIFE was born on 14 May 1827 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptized on 8 Nov 1827 in St. John's Church, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
+ 544 F ix Mary SLIFE was born on 20 Apr 1830. She died on 24 Feb 1913.
+ 545 F x Harriett SLIFE was born after 1823.

108. Hannah MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 29 Nov 1790 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptized on 23 Jan 1791 in First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 8 Apr 1854. She was buried in Good Hope Cemetery, Perry Co., Ohio.

She and her family lived on a 160 acre farm in Bowling Green Twp., Licking Co., OH.

Hannah married Peter COOPERIDER on 15 Mar 1817 in Lancaster, Ohio. Peter was born on 27 Jan 1795 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 22 Sep 1869. He was buried in Good Hope Cemetery, Perry Co., Ohio.

They had the following children.

  546 F i Rebecca COOPERIDER.
  547 F ii Mary COOPERIDER was born on 26 Apr 1818. She died on 12 Apr 1886.
+ 548 F iii Margaret "Peggy" COOPERIDER was born on 17 Aug 1819. She died on 24 Oct 1896.
+ 549 F iv Sarah E. COOPERIDER was born about 1821. She died before 1856.
+ 550 F v Hannah J. COOPERIDER was born on 3 Mar 1822. She died on 19 Feb 1853.
+ 551 M vi Jacob COOPERIDER was born on 14 Nov 1823. He died on 12 Mar 1886.
  552 F vii Elizabeth COOPERIDER was born on 15 Aug 1825. She died in Dec 1905.
+ 553 M viii Samuel COOPERIDER was born on 16 May 1827. He died on 29 Nov 1892.
+ 554 M ix David COOPERIDER was born on 24 Feb 1829. He died on 22 Apr 1903.
+ 555 M x Peter COOPERIDER was born on 25 Feb 1831. He died on 14 Apr 1914.

109. Jacob MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 30 Dec 1792 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 24 Feb 1793 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 15 Oct 1852. He was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

Jacob moved with his parents to Perry Co., OH in 1816.

After his marriage, he lived on the farm he inherited from his father.

Jacob married Elizabeth FOX. Elizabeth was born on 6 Mar 1799 in Ohio. She died on 26 Mar 1878. She was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

They had the following children.

+ 556 F i Mary "Polly" MECHLING was born in 1819.
+ 557 F ii Elizabeth MECHLING was born on 20 Feb 1820.
+ 558 M iii Samuel MECHLING was born in 1822. He died in 1878.
+ 559 F iv Sarah Frances MECHLING was born on 4 Aug 1823. She died on 6 Feb 1858.
+ 560 M v Jacob MECHLING was born on 6 Jul 1825/1826. He died on 6 Jul 1858.
+ 561 F vi Leah MECHLING was born on 1 Oct 1827. She died on 26 Mar 1885.
+ 562 F vii Hannah MECHLING was born about 1830.
+ 563 F viii Phebe MECHLING was born on 28 Mar 1829. She died on 25 Dec 1915.
  564 M ix Isaac MECHLING was born in 1835. He died on 11 Apr 1866.

110. John Peter MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 12 Nov 1794 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 24 Jan 1795 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died before 1831. He was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

He moved to Perry Co., OH in 1816.

John married Anna Maria DOWNHOUR on 5 Jun 1816. Anna was born on 24 Mar 1796. She died on 12 Sep 1870. She was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

She is the daughter of John and Margaret Downour.

Her name is variously spelled Daunhaver and Dauenhauer.

They had the following children.

+ 565 F i Sarah "Sally" MECHLING was born on 19 Apr 1818. She died on 3 Aug 1891.
+ 566 F ii Katherine MECHLING was born on 30 Jul 1820. She died on 19 Aug 1905.
+ 567 M iii Jacob D. MECHLING was born on 26 Apr 1821/1823. He died on 12 Jan 1871.
+ 568 M iv John MECHLING was born on 8 Apr 1826. He died on 14 Aug 1850.
+ 569 M v Peter MECHLING was born on 13 Mar 1827. He died on 23 Jul 1916.
  570 M vi Melancthon MECHLING died as a child.
+ 571 F vii Eliza Ann MECHLING was born in 1828. She died in 1891.
  572 F viii Margaret MECHLING was born on 7 Aug 1831. She died on 30 Jul 1907.

Her name may have been Magdalene.
        Margaret married George SHELLY on 10 Nov 1853. George was born on 18 Dec 1827. He died on 19 Jun 1883.

He is the son of George and Margaret (Cooperrider) Shelly.

111. Frederick MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 31 Aug 1795 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 28 Oct 1795 in First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 10 Feb 1861. He was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

He moved to Perry Co., OH in 1816.  He helped to organize St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Perry Co.

Frederick married Mary SNIDER on 13 Apr 1819. Mary was born on 13 May 1801. She died on 26 Mar 1826.

She is the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Harbarger) Snider.

They had the following children.

  573 M i Henry MECHLING was born on 28 May 1820. He died on 10 Aug 1822.
+ 574 M ii Jacob MECHLING was born in 1823.
+ 575 M iii Frederick MECHLING was born about 1824. He died before 1900.
  576 F iv Elizabeth MECHLING was born in 1826. She died in 1826.

[Mercy I-98] shows a birth date of 8 Apr. 1826 and a death date of 10 Aug. 1826 and notes: "The birth date of Elizabeth is obviously an error since her mother died 27 Mar. 1826, the dates probably should be reversed, but are given as found in existing records."

Frederick also married Salome or Sarah EMERICK on 27 Mar 1827. Salome was born in 1803. She died in 1834.

They had the following children.

+ 577 F v Martha MECHLING was born on 12 Nov 1832. She died on 13 Feb 1904.

Frederick also married Elizabeth COTTERMAN on 4 Oct 1835. Elizabeth was born on 23 Sep 1805.

She is the daughter of Michael and Catherine (Hetrick) Cotterman or Kaderman.

They had the following children.

+ 578 F vi Mary Magdalena MECHLING was born on 1 Sep 1837. She died on 21 Jan 1912.
+ 579 M vii Amos MECHLING was born on 11 Sep 1842. He died before 1910.
+ 580 F viii Eve MECHLING was born on 2 Apr 1841.

112. John MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 5 Jul 1798 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 25 Mar 1799 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 4 Feb 1849 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. He was buried in Four-Mile Cemetery, Washington Twp., Sandusky Co., Ohio.

He moved to Perry Co., OH in 1816.  In 1829, he and his family moved to Sandusky Co., OH where he built a tavern in Fremont.  It was called "The American House."

John married Nancy WAGGONER on 6 May 1824 in Perry Co., Ohio. Nancy was born on 7 Apr 1798 in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 22 Jun 1891 in Lindsey, Ohio. She was buried in Four-Mile Cemetery, Washington Twp., Sandusky Co., Ohio.

She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leach) Waggoner.

They had the following children.

  581 M i John MECHLING was born on 20 Feb 1825. He died on 20 Apr 1848. He was buried in Four-Mile Cemetery, Washington Twp., Sandusky Co., Ohio.

113. George W. MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 25 Oct 1800 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 3 May 1801 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 3 Mar 1891. He was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

George contributed towards the construction of St. Paul's Church in Glenford, OH.

George married Sarah ZARTMAN on 18 Aug 1825 in Perry Co., Ohio. Sarah was born on 15 Jul 1808 in Pennsylvania. She died on 28 Jan 1885.

She is the daughter of Alexander and Salome (Kobel) Zartman.

They had the following children.

+ 582 F i Phebe MECHLING was born on 12 Jun 1826. She died on 16 Oct 1895.
+ 583 F ii Salome MECHLING was born on 14 Oct 1827. She died on 28 Apr 1888.
  584 M iii George Zartman MECHLING was born on 19 Feb 1829. He died on 12 Mar 1912. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.

George was ordained a minister in the Reformed Congregational Church in 1856.
        George married Mary Ann JACOBY on 30 Oct 1866. Mary was born on 15 Mar 1840. She died on 31 Dec 1891.
        George also married Susan Emeline TIMBERMAN on 10 Apr 1894. Susan was born on 16 Jun 1846. She died on 13 Jun 1915.
+ 585 F iv Margaret MECHLING was born on 5 Dec 1830. She died on 11 Jan 1929.
+ 586 F v Caroline MECHLING was born on 7 Dec 1832. She died on 19 Aug 1918.
+ 587 F vi Leah MECHLING was born on 25 Mar 1834. She died on 15 Oct 1913.
+ 588 M vii Isaac MECHLING was born on 4 Aug 1836. He died on 9 Aug 1918.
+ 589 F viii Harriet MECHLING was born on 28 Mar 1840. She died on 5 Oct 1928.
  590 M ix Alfred MECHLING was born on 5 Jul 1844. He died on 20 Nov 1845.

114. Elizabeth MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 6 Dec 1802 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She was baptized on 29 Jun 1803 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died on 3 Dec 1873 in Little Sandusky, Ohio.

Sometime between 1840 and 1850 she sold the farm she inherited from her father and moved to Fitt Twp., Wyandott Co.

Elizabeth married Jacob SMITH on 20 Mar 1820 in Perry Co., Ohio. Jacob was born on 14 Mar 1797 in Pennsylvania. He died on 11 Apr 1871.

He is the son of John Jacob and Susannah (Rauschkolb) Smith.

They had the following children.

+ 591 M i Jacob SMITH was born on 8 Nov 1820. He died on 13 Aug 1912.
+ 592 F ii Phoebe SMITH was born on 10 Oct 1826. She died on 1 Sep 1873.
  593 M iii Eli SMITH.
+ 594 M iv Noah SMITH was born in Aug 1835.
+ 595 M v John SMITH was born in Jul 1837.
+ 596 M vi Aaron B. SMITH was born in Sep 1841. He died in 1918.

115. Samuel MECHLING (Jacob , John Theobald , Theobald ) was born on 3 Dec 1804 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 15 Apr 1805 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 12 Mar 1849 in Perry Co., Ohio. He was buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Glenford, Perry Co., Ohio.

He contributed to the building of St. Paul's Church in Glenford, OH.

Samuel married Magdalena POORMAN on 24 Apr 1834 in Perry Co., Ohio. Magdalena was born on 9 Apr 1812. She died on 24 Feb 1892.

She is the daughter of Bernard and Elizabeth Poorman.

They had the following children.

  597 M i Simon P. MECHLING was born on 1 Dec 1835. He died on 3 Feb 1860.
+ 598 M ii Bernard MECHLING was born on 21 Apr 1837. He died on 17 Apr 1896 from pneumonia.
  599 F iii Hannah MECHLING was born on 26 Nov 1839. She died on 11 Nov 1842.
  600 M iv Daniel Frederick MECHLING was born on 4 Apr 1842. He died on 11 Nov 1842.
  601 F v Mahala MECHLING was born on 15 Jul 1843. She died as a child.
+ 602 F vi Eliza MECHLING was born on 3 Jul 1844. She died on 31 May 1909.
+ 603 M vii Peter Poorman MECHLING was born on 16 May 1847. He died on 23 Apr 1922.

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