Misc: Blue Book Of Schuylkill County By Mrs. Ella Zerbey Elliott: Allied Families 409-412 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Diane Olsen. USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ SCHUYLKILL COUNTY 409 Allied Families ______________________________________________________________________________ pounds to be paid in full with 1102 pounds of coffee. Other receipts from noted Philadelphians who had transactions with the commission house, followed. _________________________ THE REBERS, EARLY SETTLERS IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY WHEN INCLUDED IN BERKS There is merit in good blood in animals and the same is true of men. Johannes Bernhardt Reber and wife, Magdalena Hahn, emigrated to this country, 1742, from Langenselbold, Hesse Cassel, Germany. Two sons, Johannes, six years old, and Ludwig accompanied them, and three sons and several daughters were born them in the Tulpehocken district, with perhaps two more not fully proven. They settled near the big bend in Tulpehocken Creek, near Blue Marsh, where Thomas, Valentine, Peter, George and Catharine, were born. It is asserted that from Johannes Bernhardt Reber and his sons every person of that name in the United States is descended. Johannes2 Reber (John1 Bernhardt), b. 1736; wf. Catharine, m. 1767; c.: John Conrad, George and John. John3 Conrad (Johannes2, Johannes1 Bernhardt), b. 1758; m. 1778; son Conrad b. 1778, d. 1817. (Tombstone, Northkill cemetery.) Revolutionary War record -- Conrad Reber, private, Capt. George Miller's Co., September 5, 1776. (Penna. Archives, 5th Ser., Vol. 5, p. 152, Part 1.) Valentine2 Reber (John1 Bernhardt), b. 1742, d. 1818. (Tombstone record, Northkill cemetery.) Thomas and Peter went West and had a numerous progeny. Ludwig settled in Berks. John3 Conrad had other children beside Conrad, among them a George. In Upper Tulpehocken, east of Strausstown, there was a Jacob2, who had five sons and five daughters, one of the latter of whom, Catharine, was married to John Schwalm1. __________ (Note 1--Schwalm's History.) ______________________________________________________________________________ 410 BLUE BOOK OF Allied Families ______________________________________________________________________________ John3 Reber (John2, Bernhardt1), b. September 20, 1768, in Heidelberg Township. He had fifteen children, sons: John, Joseph, Benjamin, Jonas, Daniel, Samuel and others. George3 Reber, b. 1770, or thereabouts, was probably a son of Johannes2. It will be noted hereinafter how the family names of his brother John were repeated in his family. There were, however, several other Georges of the third generation, but all were of the grandsire, John Bernhardt, stock. George Reber came over the Blue Mountain about 1791. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew and Anna Elizabeth Miller, by whom he had twelve children, eight sons and four daughters. He is buried with his wife at Summer Hill church, but traces of their tombstones have not been found, nor are the early records of this church complete, and their children were probably baptized by an early schoolmaster or by itinerant Reformed pastors. Among the sons were: Daniel, Jonas, George, William, Benjamin, John (Jonathan), Andrew and Samuel (Jonathan and Jonas were probably the same man.) A daughter, Hannah, married _____ Schwenck; other daughters were: Elizabeth, Catharine, _____. Of these, eight sons, are said to have been descended all the Rebers in Schuylkill County and many others who have settled elsewhere. April 24, 1795, George Reber of Brunswig Township, bought a lot in Orwigsburg1. He settled in the valley between what is now Auburn and Jefferson and farmed upon the tract of land, forty-one acres and one hundred perches, deeded him by his father-in-law, Andrew Miller. May 23, 1808, in consideration of one hundred and sixty-six pounds, which he paid, the deed being cited as in Manheim2. George Reber kept a roadhouse on this tract, which after his death was run by several of his sons. Part of this original tract has been in possession of the Reber family ever since the __________ (Note 1--Pass book in possession of Attorney Christopher Loeser.) (Note 2--Miller History.) ______________________________________________________________________________ SCHUYLKILL COUNTY 411 Allied Families ______________________________________________________________________________ above date and adjacent lands have been added thereto by descendants. John Reber, underwear manufacturer, of Pottsville; William Reber and Horace Reber, former clerk to the county commissioners of Schuylkill, of Pinegrove, Benjamin Reber, Auburn R. F. D. No. 2, and many others in Schuylkill County are descendants of George Reber and wife Anna Elizabeth Miller.1 _________________________ THE WILDERMUTHS Three brothers, Heinrich, Wilhelm and John Adam Wildermuth, came from Germany to Berks County, settling on this side of the Blue Mountain about 1760. John Adam, wf. Eve; Heinrich, wf. Christina; the latter baptized children, 1775, 1779.2 They took up land near Fort Lebanon. The children of Adam and Eve were: Adam, Lucian and George. Lucian, first wife of a Strauss, with whom he had five children and seven with the second. Wm.3 Wildermuth (Lucian2, John1 Adam), b. March 14, 1785; d. May 29, 1869; wf., Catharine, da. of Andrew Miller (Heinrich), b. January 6, 1792, d. October 29, 1859. Their children were: John, Hetty, m. --- Pottberg, three children; Ella, wf of John Heim; Charles, a prominent physician of Phila., m.; William, m., four children, Binhampton, N. Y. Kitty Wildermuth m. John Alspach, had several children. Louisa Wildermuth, m., Raudenbush, Cleveland, O.; eight children. Alice, m. Thomas Heim; Susanna m. Rev. Riegle, of the Evangelical church, Kankake, Ill; Hannah m. --- Williams; second wf., Isabella Mengle. William Wildermuth was a prominent boat builder at Landingville in the early days and lived at Orwigsburg on a lot adjoining that of his brother-in- law, Andrew Schwalm, where he and his wife spent their declining years. John4 Wildermuth (William3, Lucian2, John1 Adam), b. November 8, 1811, d. November 9, 1899; wf., Susanna, da. of Peter and Susanna Alspach (born Gilbertin), b. March 6, __________ (Note 1 -- Miller History.) (Note 2 -- Red church records.) ______________________________________________________________________________ 412 BLUE BOOK OF Allied Families ______________________________________________________________________________ 1819, d. September 6, 1862. Peter Alspach d. December 6, 1829. Susanna, his wife, d. February 25, 1864. The children of John and Susanna Wildermuth were: Charles W. Wildermuth, newsdealer and stationer, of Pottsville, Pa.; first wf., Delia Debo, one son, Fred., d. m. Mollie Snyder, four children, living in Philadelphia; second wf., Mary Foy, d.; c., Mame, wf. of Ed. Moyer, d., da., Dorothy; Delia, wf. of Hugh Davis, d., 1 da.; and Teenie, wf. of Charles Focht. C. W. Wildermuth d. October 4, 1915. Mary Wildermuth, d., wf. of David Allen, d., 1 da., d. Hannah Wildermuth, wf. of John Bankus, soldier in the Civil War; no children. Josiah Wildermuth, first wf., Susan, da. of Rev. Adams, of the Evangelical church; one son, m., two c.; second wf., Helen Sinton. Three daughters of John and Susanna Wildermuth's died September, 1851, in one week of scarlet fever and one of diptheria, 1862, in Orwigsburg. In 1867, May 27, a son, George W., was drowned in Norwegian Creek, Pottsville, his body was found at Mt. Carbon, June 3. Edwin Wildermuth, painter, d.; first wf., Emma Daubert; four c.; second wf., Kate Bankus; two c.: Susie Wildermuth, d., m. John Heim, no c.; Ella, 2d wife of John Heim. Albert L. Wildermuth, wf. Mary Schlaseman; c.: Arthur and Ada. Employed in the Pottsville postoffice. John Wildermuth was a cabinet maker and carpenter and lived in Orwigsburg; he removed to Pottsville, where he died. Sarah Catharine, da. of William and Catharine Miller Wildermuth; m. David Paul; lived at Port Carbon. Parents of Levi Paul, music dealer, Pottsville; Levi Paul, wf. Rosa Mary, d., c.: Howard May, music dealer, m.; Kathryn, single. Samuel3 Leffler (John2, Conrad1); wf., Elizabeth, da. of William and Catharine Wildermuth; c.: William, d., unmarried; B. Franklin, d., widow resides at Fountain Springs, Schuylkill Co.; Uriah, m., has children, lives at Mechanicsville, carpenter. Lizzie (Samuel) single, Landingville; Mary, m. Daniel Paul, Port Carbon, one da. B. Franklin Leffler (Samuel), his sons are: George, m., editor and publisher of the "Trades Journal," New York; William, single, physician, McKeesport; Aurelian, single, teacher of the High School, McKeesport, Pa. Conrad1 Leffler, of Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, where his son John was born, removed to Amity Township, Berks County; he is buried in the Amityville cemetery. He was one of the Associators for the Province of Pennsylvania and a Colonel in the Revolutionary War.