NOTE
These are the descendents of Michael Furry:
- Peter Michael, whose family consists of two sons and three daughters--Michael, Peter, Mary, Kate, Elizabeth.
Michael has two sons, Peter and Jonas. Peter lives at Mt. Aetna, Berks County, Pa., and had four children: Loranna, dead; Alfred, in Canton, Ohio; Lizzie, at home and Tilden, dead.
Jonas, now deceased, was married to Mary Hartman. They had a large family , but all died in infancy except one son, Clayton, and two daughters, Agnes, wife of DanielMoyer, and Kate, wife of Jefferson Smith, dead.
Clayton is married and has two daughters and one son, Caroline and Dorothy. The son's name the writer does not know.
Peter has one son, John, living at Mt. Aetna, Berks County, Pa. who has one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Fieman, of Mt. Aetna, and one son, Johnathan, of Schafferstown, Berks County, Pa.
- George had a family and a large estate, but no immediate heirs. His estate was, however, nearly all consumed by the courts and attorneys in settling up affairs after his death.
- Daniel had a family of one son and three daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Anspach; Mary, wife of John Wertman; Salome, wife of Mr. Himmelberger, and Adam.
Adam had two sons and six daughters: George, Willoughby, Matilda, wife of Mr. Hollenbach; Anna, dead; Amelia, wife of Mr. Adam Grow; Sarah, dead; Ella, wife of Mr. Leas; Emma, wife of Mr. Hostetter.
- We have no further record of Mrs. Weaver's family.
- John left Berks County and settled in Northumberland County, Pa., where, on March 15th, 1790, he took up a tract of 10 acres of land. He soon afterwards married and raised a family of three sons and one daughter: Jacob, Isaac, John and Maria.
As near as the writer could ascertain, (1) Jacob had one son, Augustus, who had a son, Abner, living near Rehrersburg, Berks county, and one daughter, Sarah, wife of Mr. Kline, of Rehrersburg, who has three sons living in the West.
There is no record to show whether (2) Isaac had a family or not.
( 3) Maria, wife of John Stubb, raised a large family in Elkhart, Indiana. One of the sons is married to Miss Ibach. She is now a widow and resides at Lebanon, Pa.
(4) John was born March 25, 1805, in Berks County, Pa. On October 28th, 1832, he was married to Esther Zerby, of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pa., by Rev. Thomas Leinbach. In about 1840, he moved to Northumberland County, Pa., now a part of Snyder County. He was a fuller by trade and conducted a woolen mill in Union county, now snyder County, for several years, after which he moved to the island, near Kantz, where he continued the business for several years.As the march of progress introduced improved devices the business became unprofitable to him and he avandoned it and went to farming, near Duck's Mills, then toBoyer's Farm and finally to Col. H. C. Eyer'sfarm, half-a-mile below Selinsgrove, Snyder County, where he died January 2d, 1865, at the age of 58 years, 8 months, and 24 days, and is buried in the cemetery at Selinsgrove.
Esther Zerby, his wife, was born November 20, 1814, in Berks County, Pa., and died August 27th, 1874, at the age of 59 years, 9 months and 7 days. she is buried beside her husband.
He had sixteen children, as follows: Edward, John, Levi, Amanda, Johnathan, Rebecca, William, Elmira, Lydia, MaryAnn, Elizabeth, Samuel, Calvin, Catharine and a son born January 12th, 1854, who died in infancy.
- Edward was born August 23d, 1833, in Berks county, Pa. He was a carpet weaver by trade and was married to Sarah Ann Jordan. Their family consisted of three sons and one daughter: Benjamin Franklin, Simon Peter, John Thomas, and Mary Effie.
- I. Benjamin Franklin was born April 14th, 1860, and married September 5th, 1880, to Amanda E. Moyer. They reside at Selinsgrove and have five children, as follows:
Edward N., born January 20th, 1881.
Mabel M., born January 28th, 1885, and died September2d, 1891.
Charles A., born February 11th, 1891.
Howard, born March 13th, 1893.
Roy, born November 26th, 1894.
- II. Simon Peter was born August 2d, 1862.
- III.John Thomas was born June 2d, 1866.
- IV. Mary Effie was born October 13th, 1871. She is married to Joseph Roush.
2. John was born September 28th, 1834, in Berks County. He resides at Elkhart, Indiana. His family consists of five sons: George, William, Charles, Ward and Elmer.
3. Levi was born May 29th, 1836 and died young.
4. Amanda was born September 29th, 1837, in Berks County. She was married to William H. Gemberling, and is living at Selinsgrove, Snyder County. Their family consisted of eight children, of which one daughter, and one son, Charles, are dead. The following are living:
- III. Esther, wife of Henry L. Noll, of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pa., was born April 20th, 1856, and married February 15th, 1873. They have one son, William, married, who has two children; and one daughter, E. Bertha, married to Mr. Schnader.
- IV. Calvin Angstadt, born August 3d, 1858 and was married to Mary C. Miller, June 5th, 1879. They reside at Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa. They had ten children: Blanche, Harry, amanda, Paul, Susie, and an infant son living. Irwin, a twin to Edwin, and two others, twins, are dead.
- V. Lydia Amelia was born June 11th, 1863 and was married to Perry L. Romig, a bridge builder, September 1st, 1885. They have one son, William Isaac, and live at Selinsgrove, Snyder County.
- VI. Martha Jane was born November 27th, 1870 and is married to Flem Seesholtz, of Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa. They have one daughter, dead, and one son, Eugene Shroyer, and reside at Sunbury, Pa.
- VII. Jeanette Bell was born January 10th, 1872, and was married to Newton Absalom Bows, July 17th, 1890. They reside at Middleburg, Snyder County, and have six children: Amanda, born September 4th, 1891; Minerva May and Esther Lagotta, twins, were born November 26th, 1893, and died the same day; Joseph Robert, born July 9th 1895; Paul Snyder, born January 8th, 1897, and an infant son born June 6th, 1898.
- VIII. Agnes May was born October 2d, 1877 and was married to James F. Moyer, November 12th, 1896. They have one son, Perry Fisher, who was born in 1897 and reside in Selinsgrove, Snyder County.
5. Johnathan was born November 22d, 1838, in Berks County, and was married to Deborah Grissinger, in 1861. They reside at Milton, Northumberland County, PA. They had ten children as follows:
- I. Charles Albert was born in Synder County, PA and was married twice. He had several children with his first wife, who died. His second wife's maiden name was AliceClace. They reside at Milton, PA and carry on the butchering business.
- II. Clara Elizabeth was born in Snyder County, January 30th, 1864, and married to George Shoemaker, Febraury 8th, 1884. They have two children, Jennie Bartley, born January 8th, 1885, and Frank, born April 3d, 1891. They reside at Berwick, Columbia County, PA.
- III. Anna was born August 2d, 1865, in Snyder County, PA and married to James Mumma of Milton, October 11th, 1888. They have three children: Harriet Deborah, born May 3d, 1889, Sarah, born August 10th, 1890, and Joel Benton, born September 8th, 1892--died December 8th, 1895.
- IV. John Harvey was born May 9th, 1867, is single and at home.
- V. William Oliver was born November 15th, 1868, in Snyder County, and was married ot Amanda Flemy, February 10th, 1895. They have one daughter, Ruth, born October 3d, 1895.
- VI. Sarah alberta was born August 31st, 1870, in Snyder County, PA and married Frank Munson, January 3d, 1890. They have five children: George Lee, born August 1st, 1891; William Ray, born October 24th, 1892; Ella Jeanette, born April 10th, 1894; Charles, born July 12th, 1895; Jennie May, born January 8th, 1897.
- VII. Martha Jeanette, wife of Calvin Campbell, was born April 30th, 1872, in Snyder County and resides at Milton, Northumberland County, PA. She has two sons.
- VIII. Forest M. was born April 10th, 1874, in Snyder County and is married to Catherine Metzler. He has one son, William, and one daughter, Ellen.
- IX. Jeremiah F. was born January 28th, 1876, in Snyder County and is married to Louisa Van Kirk. He has one son, Paul Roy.
- X. Lillian May, born October 5th, 1879, in Snyder County and died November 10th, 1889.
6. Rebecca was born November 20th, 1840, near Ritchfied, Snyder County, and was married to William Jeremiah Wagenseller, November 5th, 1861. She has ten children as follows:
Kate Alice, Mary Louisa, John Franklin, George Washington, a son born April 28th, and died May 6th, 1870: Ida May, Ammon Sylvester, Anna Celesta, born June 10th, 1876 and died February 17th, 1882; Charles Henry, born December 9th, 1877 and died July 24, 1878. A son born and died September 30th, 1881.
- Kate Alice, born February 22d, 1862. She is a milliner and resides in Selinsgrove, Snyder County.
- Mary Louisa, born May 17th, 1864, died August 25th, 1865.
- John Franklin, born Audust the 1st, 1866, and he is married to Estelle Deoble. They have three children--Gene Franklin, born January 20th, 1903. Mildred Aramanta, born February 27th, 1905 and Mary Kathryn, born January 27th, 1905.
- George Washington, born April 27th, 1868. He is editor and proprietor of the Middleburg (Snyder Co., PA) Post. He is a prominent and successful business man. On October 22d, 1896, he was married to Esther Orwig. They have two daughters--Esther, born January 22d, 1901 and Doris, born January 28th, 1905.
- Ida May, born May 15th, 1871 is a dressmaker and resides at Selinsgrove.
- Ammon Sylvester, born November 11th, 1873, was married August 8th, 1897, to Jeanette Smith. They have three children--Bruce Sylvester, born February 23d, 1898. Russell Henry, born July 2d, 1902 and Laura Kathryn, born November 18th, 1908.
7. William, born March 11th, 1842, now deceased.
8. Alfred, born July 20th, 1843, a cripple and died August 19th, 1879, aged 36 years and 29 days.
9. Elmira was born October 29th, 1844, In Union County, PA. She was first married to Mathias U.App, a widower, July 6th, 1873, who died. Mr. App was first married to Matilda Bealer. Gertrude Irene, a daughter of Elmira, was born May 9th, 1862, and was married to Samuel L. App, a son of Mathias and Matilda(Bealer).
Samuel and Gertrude App have three children-Ann Mirinda, born November 3d, 1879, died September 18th, 1880- Harry, born January 15th, 1881 and -Susan Elmira, born October 2d, 1883. She is now at home in Washington, DC.
10. Lydia was born September 9th, 1846, in Washington Township and was married to Norman Fisher. They had twelve children:
- Minnie, wife of William Hughes, a prominent attorney at Missoula, Montana. They have six children.
- Hattie, wife of Christ Boger --one child.
- Arthur, married to BerthaMarsh, --five children.
- Bruce, married to Carrie Lebo.
- Chester, married to Myrtle Thomas--two children.
- Verna, wife of Claude Smith.
- Florence, at home.
- Robert, at home.
- Ray, married to Vesta Radel.
- Esther, at home.
- Charles Norman, at home.
- Thomas Roy, dead.
She resides on the old Fisher Homestead, on the Isle of Que, two miles south of Selinsgrove, Pa.
11. Mary Ann was born October 21st, 1848, in Washington Township and is married to Jacob Martin. They have five children:
- Hattie, born September 25th, 1875.
- Barbara Ellen, born December 8th, 1876--dead
- William Newton, born May 17, 1878--dead
- Nettie Dora, born November 18th, 1879.
- Anna Mabel, born September 8th, 1886.
They reside at Goshen, Indiana.
12. Elizabeth, born September 20th, 1850, in Washington Township and was married November 3d, 1867, to William Newton Fisher. They are living on the Isle of Que, two-and-a-half miles south of Selinsgrove and have six children:
- Lydia Dora, born January 13th, 1869.
- John Christian, born September 9th, 1870, and died January 23d, 1871.
- Franklin Foster, born August 12th, 1873.
- Dennis Roseo, born August 17th, 1875.
- Edna May, born May 14th, 1878
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13. Samuel Boyer, born August 25th, 1852, in Union County, PA. He is single and resides with Mrs. Sarah Fisher on the Isle of Que.
14. A son was born January 12th, 1854, who died in infancy.
15. Calvin, born February 28th, 1855 and married Alice Daubert, October 29th, 1874. They reside near Kantz, Snyder County, and have two children--Sarah S. born July 10th, 1875 and married to Robert E. Holtzapple July 22nd, 1894-----George Robert, born August 24th, 1878.
16. Catherine, born November 25th, 1857 and is married to Frank Duck. They have one son, Foster, and live near Kantz, Snyder County. PA.
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