Notes for Samuel KISTLER
Family Histories: (1) An outline of the Abraham Kistler family appears in: Rev. John Kistler, "Hanjeorg Kistler and His Descendants"; THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN, Vol. IX, No. 4, April, 1908. (Note: Modern genealogists discount the then prevailing belief that Abraham's father Johannes was the son of John George (Hanjoerg) Kistler). (2) THE HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PA; Vol. II, 1914, pp. 669-671. (3) Descendants chart by Harry Lenig, Copy in Perry Historians collection, New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA. (4) Laura Willhide Johnston, DESCENDANTS OF MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS (Peter Sheibly), 1924, p. 76 & 77; Copy in Perry Historians collection, New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA. (5) COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE JUNITA VALLEY, 1897, p. 1150,1151
"Samuel Kistler, was a farmer at Blain, in Jackson township, Perry county, having come there from Loysville. He and his wife Catharine, nee Kline, were members of the Lutheran Church. Their children were Abraham; David; John A.; William; Caroline, married (first) a Loy, and (second) a Jefferson; Margaret, married Jonathan Bistline, and they moved to Dakota; and one who died unnamed..." HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, p. 671
Lived in Spring Twp. and later Jackson Twp. Source: Johnston.
Birth dates: Notarized list dated April 19, 1907 being "a true and correct copy of the old family Record as it appears on the old leaves left of the old Bible" contains the birth dates of Samuel, his wife Catherine and all children except Samuel J.; Source: Military pension records of John A. Kistler.
1860 Census, Blain, Jackson Twp., Perry Co., PA lists Samuel Kistler, 58, laborer; Catherine, 54; Abraham, 31, laborer; John, 28, tanner; Margaret, 18; Samuel J., 3.
Burial: Zion Union Cemetery, Blain, PA. Age 70 years, 4 days. Source: Tombstone transcriptions.
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