Forry History - Chapter III
John Furry, with his family, settled on the west side of the river. His family consisted of four sons and two daughters:
| First; |
John |
| Second; |
Jonas |
| Third; |
Lawrence |
| Fourth; |
Henry |
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The names of the daughters are not known.
John, Jonas, and Lawrence, then young men, went to Sunbury to a grist mill one day, and as they returned home, found to their horror, that a band of Oneida Indians had killed both their parents and sisters, and scalped them.
They had also burned down the house and took with them the horse and youngest brother, Henry, and had gone to Canada, where he was afterward found.
The three brothers buried their parents and sisters under an apple-tree and also buried their farming implements and returned to Reading, Berks County.
The settlers were very much annoyed by the Indians,in fact so much that they were all compelled to flee for their lives with the exception of Thomas Wilkinson.
Sometime after that, Jonas Furry left Reading and went to Washington County, Pennsylvania; John Furry left Reading and went to Lebanon County and married Polly Spangler. He raised a family of ten children as follows:
| First, |
George (b. Oct.27,180?)handwritten in book |
| Second, |
John |
| Third, |
Frederick (1807) handwritten in book |
| Fourth, |
Jacob (1811) handwritten in book |
| Fifth, |
Isaac |
| Sixth, |
William |
| Seventh, |
Harriet |
| Eighth, |
Lucetta |
| Ninth, |
Henry |
| Tenth, |
Peter (1826) handwritten in book |
1. George was a broommaker by trade and was married to Elizabeth Sievert, September 22nd, 1833. He had a family of eight children, two of which died in infancy.
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I. Cyrus, born May 21st, 1834
- II. Rebecca, born March 5th, 1838
- III. Kate, born March 24th, 1844
- IV. Franklin, born November 20th, 1840
- V. George, dead
- VI. Sarah, dead
2. John, was unmarried and a cooper by trade.
3. Frederick was married to Elizabeth Smith. They had nine children, as follows:
- I. Samuel
- II. William
- III. Sarah
- IV. John
- V. Kate
- VI. Mary Ann
- VII. Abraham
- VIII. Susan
- IX. Rebecca
4. Jacob was born May 11th, 1811, and was married to Margaret Heffelfinger, december 28th, 1833. He was a blacksmith by trade and had a family of ten children, as follows:
- I. John H., born March 26, 1835, unmarried.
- II. Sarah A., born April 4th, 1837, married to John Kurtz. Five children, viz;Morris, Thomas, Harriet, Mary and Maggie.
- III. Henrietta, born July 10th, 1839, died September 27th, 1865.
- IV. Susan H., born October 2d, 1841, died November 26th, 1872.
- V. Jacob H., born April 20th, 1844, was married to Elizabeth Rossler, had a family of six sons and two daughters; Joseph, Samuel, Jacob, William, Zacharias, Charles, Susan; wife of Frank Kapp , of Myerstown, Lebanon County, one daughter; Carrie; wife of Paul Ream, of Newmanstown, who has one child.
- VI. Mary a., born October the 7th, 1846, married to Cyrus Croll, has two daughters; Agnes, wife of Wallace Aldenderfer; Jennie, wife of Charles Faust, and a son, Ralph.
- VII. Zacharias H., born December 7th, 1848, married to Fannie Ellser, has one son, Samuel E., and a daughter, Sarah, wife of Mr. Zartman, of Brubaker, Lancaster County. She has four children.
- VIII. Henry H., born February 19th, 1851, died February 10th, 1875.
- IX. Agnes H., born June 11th, 1853, was married twice. Her first husband being Jeremiah
Wilke, with whom she had three children; William, Maggie, wife of Harry Mann, who had two children-George and Merl-one child dead. Her second husband was George Armer, also dead.
- X. Charles H., born August 25, 1856, married to Leah Bickel, one child, Maggie, dead. He is a cooper by trade, and resides at Lebanon, Pa.
5. Isaac was a carpenter by trade and was married to Elizabeth Dornbach.They had five children: Henry D., Addison, Sarah, Maria, and Adeline.
- I. Henry D. was born April 30th, 1840. He was in the Civil War, in company C, 149th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and died single in 1904, aged 64 years.
- II. Addison was killed in an accident at the age of 21 years.
- III. Sarah was married to Jacob Brossman, who is dead. She had two daughters, Lizzie, wife of David Moyer, two sons, Freddie and Harry; Sallie, wife of Martin Harttranft. they had no children.
- IV. Maria, married to Jacob Harnley, had one son married to Gertrude Hickernel, and had five children, Florence and Ella, who are twins, Earl, Addison, and Elsie.
- V. Adeline, wife of Harrison Crouse, who is dead, had three sons: Henry, George and Paul.
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Henry was married to Kate Soudermilch, and has one child named Reuben.
- George, married to Kate Johnson, has one child.
- Paul, married to Carrie Bowman. No children.
6. William was a carpenter by trade and was married to Katherine Kalbach. He had two sons and two daughters, Monroe, Aaron, Emma and Miranda.
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Harriet was unmarried when she died.
8. Lucetta, wife of Emanuel Werner,had five children:John, Alfred, Sarah, David and Henry.
9. Harry was unmarried when he died.
10. Peter was born June 16th, 1826, and was a carpenter by trade. In 1852 he was married to Caroline Dewalt, who was born December 14th, 1831. They had eight children: Andrew S., John H., Thomas, Adelia, Hiram, Mary Ann, Ella and Hattie.
- Andrew S. was born March 9th, 1853. On the 4th of July, 1875, he was married to Emma Hossler
they had nine children:- Effie, wife of William Lilley, who had two children, Olive and William.
- Lizzie, wife of James Liddle, had two daughters, Beatrice and Emma.
- William, married to Sarah Brightbill, had no children.
- Harry
- Martha
- Raymond
- Caroline. All single.
2. John H. was born December 3rd, 1854, and was married to Kate Kutz on January 25th, 1878. they had two sons: Harry, married to Jennie Boyer ; two daughters, Katheryn and Ethel. Wallace, married to Anna Sanders. No Children.
3. Thomas was born October 13th, 1856. In 1879 he was married to Miss Lewella Payne. They have two daughters: Ethel, two children; Martha, no children.
4. Adelia was born July 23rd, 1858.
On January 1st, 1879, she was married to Abraham Berger. they had six children: Carrie, George, Minnie, Daniel, Nora and Pearl.
5. Hiram J. was born April 9th, 1860. Dead.
6. Mary Ann was born December 7th, 1862, and was married to Reuben Schmeltz, January 27, 1883. She had four children, two dead. George and Emma living.
7. Ella, wife of Levi Lehman, was born May 16th, 1871. No children.
8. Hattie was born August 19th, 1873, dead.
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