Fourth Generation

(Continued)


184. George B. STEININGER (John Jacob STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born on 13 Dec 1799 in Union Co., Pennsylvania (probably). He died on 21 Jul 1857. He was buried in Salem Church Cemetery, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania.

In 1850 they were living in Centre Twp., Union Co., PA.

George married Catherine. Catherine was born on 27 Oct 1805. She died on 27 Nov 1877. She was buried in Salem Church Cemetery, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania.

They had the following children.

+ 866 M i George STEININGER was born about 1824.
  867 F ii Mary Ann STEININGER.
        Mary married Daniel HARE.
+ 868 M iii Christian W. STEININGER was born in 1828/1829. He died in 1905.
  869 M iv Reuben STEININGER was born about 1832.
        Reuben married Sophia WALTER in 1863.

She is the daughter of John D. & Barbara (Bowersox) Walter.
  870 M v Jacob H. STEININGER was born in 1833. He died in 1899.
        Jacob married Jemima.
  871 F vi Catherine Juda STEININGER was born in 1835. She died in 1915.
        Catherine married David KERR.
  872 M vii Levinus STEININGER was born on 26 Dec 1837. He died in Mar 1915.
        Levinus married Lydia FRYE.
  873 F viii Elizabeth Jane STEININGER was born about 1840.
        Elizabeth married George HARMON.
  874 F ix Louisa STEININGER was born about 1844.
        Louisa married Levinus WALTER.
  875 M x Charles STEININGER was born about 1853.

185. John STEININGER (John Jacob STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born on 26 Mar 1801 in Union Co., Pennsylvania (probably). He died on 25 Dec 1887 in Franklin Twp., Snyder Co., Pennsylvania. He was buried in Hassinger's Old White Cemetery, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania.

In 1842, they were living in Centre Twp., Union Co., PA.  By the time that he retired from farming, they were living in Franklin Twp., Synder Co., PA.

John married Sarah. Sarah was born on 18 Aug 1806. She died on 22 Jun 1890. She was buried in Hassinger's Old White Cemetery, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania.

They had the following children.

+ 876 M i Henry B. STEININGER was born on 26 Mar 1840. He died on 10 Sep 1891.

186. Catherine STEININGER (John Jacob STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born about 1805 in Union Co., Pennsylvania.

Catherine married Henry HASSINGER. Henry was born about 1797 in Pennsylvania.

They had the following children.

+ 877 M i William HASSINGER was born about 1829.
  878 F ii Amelia HASSINGER was born about 1826.
+ 879 M iii Jacob C. HASSINGER was born about 1834.
  880 M iv Samuel M. HASSINGER was born about 1836.
        Samuel married Jane MOYER on 10 Apr 1870.
  881 F v Elizabeth HASSINGER was born about 1838.
  882 F vi Harriet HASSINGER was born about 1841.
  883 M vii Martin J. HASSINGER was born about 1843.
  884 F viii Louisa J. HASSINGER was born about 1847. She died before 1860.

187. STEININGER (John Jacob STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald).

STEININGER married HILBISH.

They had the following children.

+ 885 F i Lydia HILBISH was born about 1830.

188. Jacob STEININGER (John Jacob STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born on 27 Jan 1814 in Union Co., Pennsylvania (probably). He died on 8 Apr 1889 in Middleburg Borough, Snyder Co., Pennsylvania.

Jacob married Maria. Maria was born on 10 Oct 1817. She died on 30 Jun 1891.

Her name may have been Marietta.

They had the following children.

+ 886 M i Elias A. STEININGER was born on 22 Apr 1835. He died on 18 Apr 1891.
  887 M ii James STEININGER was born about Jan 1841. He died on 20 Sep 1860.
  888 M iii Jacob STEININGER was born about 1847.
  889 F iv Elizabeth STEININGER was born on 16 Oct 1848. She died on 9 Mar 1865.
  890 M v Martin Z. STEININGER was born in Jul 1851.

On the 1900 Census, they were living in Synder Co., PA and a niece, Magie Bruner, age 13, was living with them.
        Martin married Salinda. Salinda was born in Jul 1895.
  891 M vi Charles H. STEININGER.
        Charles married Mary.

189. Elizabeth STEININGER (John Jacob STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born about 1816 in Union Co., Pennsylvania (probably). She died before 1875.

They may have moved to Ohio.

Elizabeth married John Martin FINK on 18 Aug 1835. John was born about 1818 in Pennsylvania.

On 28 Jan 1875, he remarried to Amelia H. Lapley.

They had the following children.

  892 M i Henry FINK was born about 1835.
  893 M ii Charles FINK was born about 1838.
  894 F iii Matilda FINK was born on 28 Feb 1840.
  895 F iv Elizabeth FINK was born about 1842.
  896 M v John FINK was born about 1847.
  897 M vi Philip FINK was born in Mar 1851.

192. Salome STEININGER (John Philip STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born about 1803 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. She died before 1870.

Salome married Charles MERTZ. Charles was born in 1803 in Cedarville, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. He died in Jun 1885.

He is the son of General Henry & Hannah (Dorney) Mertz.

They had the following children.

+ 898 F i Leah MERTZ was born in 1828.
+ 899 M ii Tilghman MERTZ was born in 1830. He died before 1900.
  900 M iii Solomon MERTZ was born in 1834. He died before 1914.
        Solomon married Matilda STEININGER.
+ 901 M iv Edward W. MERTZ was born on 19 Sep 1835.
  902 F v Rebecca MERTZ was born in 1838.
        Rebecca married Daniel GEORGE. Daniel was born in 1824.
  903 F vi Caroline MERTZ was born in 1843.
        Caroline married David SCHMOYER.

He was from Allentown, PA.
  904 F vii Sallie MERTZ was born in 1845/1846.
        Sallie married Milton BLEILER.
+ 905 M viii Llewellyn H. MERTZ was born on 26 Dec 1848.
  906 M ix John MERTZ was born in 1851.

193. Solomon STEININGER (John Philip STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born on 29 Jan 1814. He died on 16 Mar 1843.

Solomon married Maria HOCH.

They had the following children.

+ 907 M i Henry STEININGER.

196. Henry STEININGER (Christian STEININGER , Anna Elizabeth MECHLING , Theobald) was born on 2 Mar 1811 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 31 Mar 1811 in Jordan Reformed Church, S. Whitehall Twp., Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 1 Nov 1889 in Lenawee Co., Michigan. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morenci, Michigan.

[Mercy V-99] variously lists the month of his birth as March and May.

His obituary notes that he and his sister and brother were all born on March 2, two years apart.

In 1854, they moved to Michigan, settling in Lenawee Co.  It was probably after his marriage that he changed the spelling of his name to Staninger.

Henry married Rebecca GREENWALD on 3 Jan 1840 in Mercer Co., Pennsylvania. Rebecca was born on 29 Oct 1822. She died on 2 Jan 1902 in Michigan. She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morenci, Michigan.

She is the daughter of Abraham & Rebecca Greenwald.

They had the following children.

+ 908 M i William H. STANINGER was born in Oct 1841/1842. He died on 29 Jan 1904.
  909 M ii Joseph E. STANINGER was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania.
+ 910 M iii Daniel STANINGER was born in Oct 1846. He died on 10 Jan 1917.
+ 911 M iv David STANINGER was born in 1849.
  912 M v Elias STANINGER was born in 1846. He died on 3 Oct 1930.

He contracted scarlet fever and went blind.  He never married.
+ 913 M vi Erastus "Ross" STANINGER was born in 1850. He died in 1915.
+ 914 F vii Mary Jane STANINGER was born on 5 Mar 1852. She died on 22 Apr 1948.
+ 915 F viii Sarah E. STANINGER was born in Jul 1853. She died on 2 Jun 1935.
+ 916 F ix Subeata A. "Beda" STANINGER was born on 28 Mar 1855. She died on 24 Jul 1946.
+ 917 M x Alvin B. STANINGER was born in 1856.
+ 918 F xi Eliza Harriet STANINGER was born on 6 Dec 1860. She died on 18 Jan 1937.
+ 919 M xii Elmer STANINGER was born in 1863. He died on 22 Sep 1944.
  920 M xiii Edwin STANINGER was born on 13 Dec 1868. He died on 13 Apr 1956.
        Edwin married Sarah E. SHARR. Sarah was born in 1875 in England. She died in 1931.

200. Catherine MECHLING (John , John Jacob , Theobald) was born on 6 Feb 1796. She was christened on 27 Mar 1796. She died before 1853.

Catherine married David WILSON.

They had the following children.

  921 F i Margaret WILSON.

201. William MECHLING (John , John Jacob , Theobald) was born on 5 Mar 1798 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania. He was christened on 12 May 1798 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 29 Jul 1870 in Pike Co., Ohio.

William married Catherine KUHN on 30 Oct 1824. Catherine was born on 25 Aug 1798. She died in 1850.

They had the following children.

+ 922 M i John MECHLING was born on 22 Apr 1825. He died in 1899.
+ 923 M ii George Washington MECHLIN was born on 25 Jul 1826. He died on 26 Oct 1896.
+ 924 M iii Henry Kuhn MECHLIN was born on 18 May 1829. He died on 6 Jan 1900.
+ 925 F iv Sophia MECHLING was born on 1 Aug 1832.
+ 926 M v Joseph MECHLING was born on 2 Aug 1832. He died in 1917.
+ 927 M vi Isaac Newton MECHLING was born on 8 Sep 1833. He died on 11 Jul 1898.
+ 928 M vii William Sylvester MECHLING was born on 21 Nov 1837. He died on 8 Feb 1893.
+ 929 M viii Lycurgus MECHLING was born on 28 Sep 1842. He died on 18 Jan 1919.

William also married Catherine WALLIS on 24 Jul 1855. Catherine was born in 1799.

202. Elizabeth MECHLING (John , John Jacob , Theobald) was born on 30 May 1800. She was christened on 6 Oct 1800 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. She died in 1859. She was buried in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

[Mercy VI-00] notes that "Old & New Westmoreland" gives her name as Mary and notes that she is a cousin.  The dates on her tombstone would match with Elizabeth Mechling, daughter of John & Margaretta (Saumes) Mechling.  However, Margaretta's will in 1835 refers to Elizabeth simply by her first name, while noting the married names of her sisters.

Elizabeth married George MECHLING, son of Philip Jonas MECHLING and Catherine CODER, on 18 Dec 1820 in First Lutheran Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. George was born on 23 Oct 1796 in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptized on 15 Dec 1796 in First Reformed Church, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died on 31 Mar 1892. He was buried in Union Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

He was quite a wealthy man, a surveyor and a civil engineer.

They had the following children.

+ 930 M i Josiah J. MECHLING was born on 11 May 1821. He died on 4 Feb 1899.
+ 931 M ii George Jonas MECHLING was born on 3 Mar 1862. He died on 9 Jan 1943.

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