Notes for Samuel KISTLER
Samuel was an extensive land owner. In 1803 he built a very substantial stone mansion in Kistler Valley, which remained his home to the time of his death, and which has until recently (this being 1916) been the property of his descendants. He built the Kistler mill near Tripoli. For many years he was an Elder of the Jerusalem church, and it was while he held that office that the present house of worship was erected, 1812-1814. All these buildings erected about a century ago, stand as firmly to day as though they had been built in recent years. Samuel was twice married. His first wife Elizabeth Ladich, bore him three children, and his second wife, Catharine Brobst, twelve.
(From the History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania)
He was in the Rev. War and served in the Northhampton Co. Militia for the west portion of Lynn twp.
He and his wife Jerusalem (Red Church), Stony Run, Berks Co.
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