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See here for the pdf version (scanned images) of this issue.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nafzger Heritage News Vol VI No 1 Raw OCR - 7/2/04 Please see pdf version for original image http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nafzger/NHN/NHNvVIn1.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Ije J JUrItage J1eto Vol. VI, No. 1 THE NAFZGER HERITAGE NEWS December 1, 1976 JOHN AND ANNA LAND IN U. S. John Nafziger was born in 1802 in Bushing Lottering. Germany, and for some time resided at Kurtza Road, Germany. Anna(Garber)Nafziger, his wife was born in 1807 and resided near Bushing Lottering. They were united in marriage in Germany in about 1832. In the fall of 1837 they emigrated to America. With them were some relatives and friends including Christian Esch. grandfather of Rev. Ben Esch and Solomon Esch who settled in the same locality in America. This was quite a a trip for them to make considering the difficulties of travel of that day. The route was by the way of New Orleans, up the Mississippi River, then on the illinois River to Peoria. The ocean was crossed by Sailboard requiring 43 days to get to New Orleans.. John and Anna Nafziger made their home during the first winter with Chris Nafziger, brother of John, who lived four and one half miles north of Metamora, illinois. The following year, 1838, they purchased from Mr. Brownfield a tract of land about three and one-half miles northwest of Washington Here they lived the remaining years of their lives. After they had settled in America, they looked forward to the time when Mr. Garber and his wife, the parents of Anna Nafziger would come. This proved to be a sad disappointment to them. They started their trip to America also taking the New Orleans route, but while coming through Memphis, Tennesse, they were detained due to yellow fever and never recovered. They were both buried at Memphis. Our appreciation to Loweil Nofziger of Wadsworth, Ohio for information on his family line. Lowell is a descendant of Christian Nafziger who children emigrated to Fulton County in the 1850’s... . Our thanks to Alfred J. Nafziger of Pettisville, Ohio for sending us material on the Christian family line that settled in Fulton Codnty, Ohio. The material will be used in a publication that we are preparing on the Fulton County Nafzgers.... Wehave received a nice letter from Frank Nofsinger of Sturgis, Michigan. He is provided information on Valentine Nafziger (landed in the U.S. in 1831) descendants who are scattered throughout the U.S. Two of the sbhs settled in Fulton County, Ohio and we have decided to include the family line in a publication of the Fulton County Nafzgers. Incidently, Frank is a descendant of a third son of Valentine who settled in Branch County, Michigan.... The breaking plows were of the walking type and the prairies in many places had never been broken or cultivated before. Small grain was bound by hand as there were no binders. Grain was threshed by machine but quite inferior to the present thresher and combine. Corn was shelled by being scattered on the floor after which it was trod over by horses. Shelled corn was sacked and marketed in Peoria as Washington then had no grain market being without railroad facilities, thus, farming in this day was difficult. Perhaps, if we were to work under such conditions. we might say it cannot be done or complain.. Besides following the occupation of farming with its many disadvantages, John Nafziger took an active interest in spiritual matters. When in Germany, he was an active member of the Mennonite church and ordained minister. After comming to America, he retained his religious convictions as an active minister of the Gospel. At the time there was no public Continued on Page Two Commendation Much of the material for this issue of the NEWS has been reprinted from a publication prepared by Emil Kinssinger and sent to us by Grace Nafziger of Washington. Illinois. Emil Kinsinger of Washington, illinois first began gathering information and had it printed in booklet form in 1939. A later booklet was printed in 1955. Katherine Goyns of Peoria, illinois undertook the task in 1972 and until her death in 1974, had worked long and hard on the project. Cathryn Camp was secretary of the Nafziger reunion in 1974. She volunteered to continue the work. She has been assisted by Mabel Esch. The cover page was designed by ‘Mrs. Harold Esch. Our thanks to all who help ENABLE US AT THE NEWS to share the heritage of John and Anna(Garber( Nafziger EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS CLAIR NAFTZGER KATHLEEN NAFTZGER BETTY NAFTZGER SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $5.00 yearly Published quarterly MARION NAFZIGER WRITES: am writing in reference to your question in Vol. 4. page 2, col. 3 concerning the parents of Christian B. Nafziger. Enclosed please find a sketch on him. His tombstone calls him Christian B.. but this sketch refer to him as G. B. Christian P. Nafziger. There is no doubt that it is the same man, as the dates are the same and his grandchildren showed me where he is buried. His father, Jacob Nafziger is buried north of Minier. Illinois and his mother, Catherine(Nafziger)Nafzi ger is buried at Stouts Grove Cemetery by Danvers, Illinois. Catherine died several several years before jacob I finally found Christian’s wife’s obituary. She also was a Catherine(Nafzi ger)Nafziger. She was a sister to Henry Nafziger(1832-1897), son of a Jacob Nafziger( 1800.1881) and Elizabeth Rockey. She had two surviving brothers listed in the obituary, C hristian P. of Tonica, Illinois and Jacob of Gottenberg, Nebraska... I would like to know if there are any descendants from them so I could complete the list of their father’s descendants.. I recently met Robert Nafziger from Believille, Kansas. His grandfather was Augustus Nafziger. a brother to C. B. Christian P. He is listed in the sketch also. Augustus moved to Kansas. I would have written sooner, but I didn’t have this figured out yet. This family line intermarrying with Jacob Nafziger line is very, very confusing because of using the same names on both sides of the family.. MARION NAFZIGER Stanford, Illinois I have been going to write sooner but we have had a busy time of looking for a house for my daugher and her husband. I have some very old pictures of great aunts and uncles of grandfather Jacob Noftsger and my father Henry which I will forward to you... MRS’ FAYE(NOFTSGER)FLAUGHER Westchester, Ohio Editor’s Note: We will be happy to reprint the old pictures. Please do not send them in the mail as they may become lost. Look for a photographer who will reprint them and let us know of the cost involved.. We have been somewhat confused by your ancestors because of some recent information. There is some connection to the Jacob that landed in America in 1750 because of dates found in an old family Bible in Wilmington, Ohio. But there is strong indication that the father of Jacob who married Amanda or perhaps Jacob and Amanda entered the United States in a port not yet determined and settled in northern Kentucky. We are searching for data which confirms that he moved into southwestern Ohio(Brown County) from Kentucky and entered the U.S. in about 1810.... Thanks to Ralph Naffziger of Visalia, California for information on his Naffziger ancestors. Ralph is a descendant of two Naffziger lines. if I have it figured correctly, he is a descendant of Peter of Groversheim and Peter of Uberau. Ralph sent us data on his line to Valentine Naffziger, born in 1805 who married Katherine Naffziger. They emigrated to America in 1840.. JOHN AND ANNA ENTER U .S. CONTINUED F PAGE ONE place of workshop for this denomination. Alittle later a brick building was erected in Partridge Township in Woodford County. Here he served as pastor. This bric k church was perhaps one of the first Mennonite churches in the statesd. Nine children were born to John and Anna. Peter and Katherine were born in Germany and they made the long voyage to America with their parents in the fall of 1837. The other sev en children were John, Anna, Lena, Barbara, Joseph. Elizabeth and Phoebe. Family Reunion I am sorry that it has been so long since writing to you to report on the Nosker Family Reunion that was held in July. Thirty six persons were in attendance. The 1977 Nosker rcunion promises to be the largest one we have had thus far. It is to be held in the Legion Park at Watseka, Illinois. Dean Nosker of St. Louis will be the 1977 chairman. We are interested in contacting other Noskers throughout the United States to invite them. We plan to place articles in newspaper where a number of Noskers are known to live such as Kankakee and Watseka, illinois and Coshocton, Ohio. Anyu help will be great I appreciated... MRS. N. A. COOPER East Gary, Indiana Editor’s Note I will forward you some Nosker names and addresses we have on file at the NEWS, It would be nice to invite them to the reunion. Please write to us to confirm the date and time of the 1977 reunion so we cam make the official announcement in the NEWS.... Thanks to Dorothy Miller of Whittier. California for information on her family line. Dorothy is a descendant of Rudolph Noffsinger who landed in America in 1749.... Letters We are in receipt of a long letter from Paul V. Hostetler of Hamden. Connecticut. We appreciate his letters because they usually look at the various Nafzger family lines as they relate to other Amish-Menno nite families that lived in the same area. Mr. Hostetler writes of many points of study and historical interest. One point which he mentions in his last letter which must be studied is as follows: “If I recall correctly, we were a bit puzzled that a Matthias Naftsiger was the Executor of Jacob’s Will. At the time, I had in mind only the two men of that name who were in Berks County -. but it didn’t make sense that Jacob would select a man as executor who lived so far away. But in view of what we now know about Ulrich’s family, it may well hay e been the bachelor son of Ulrich who had the same name”. Also, the quote from PAUL SUGGESTS THAT Ulrich who landed in 1742 and Jacob who landed in 1750 may have been closely related. Could it be that Jacob is a son of Ulrich?. THE NAFZGER HERITAGE NEWS i zo EDGEW000 DFIVE GI OHio 44044 . . . PAGE TWO ‘Our car was trapped; the rain was getting heavier Fate stepped in to save Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Noffsinger, 824 Lakeside Drive, who were caught coming down the canyon and saw cars ahead and in back of theirs swept away by the wall of water which claimed many lives Saturday. Noffsinger has a cabin above Estes Park and was hosting a reunion with several relatives this weekend, but the couple decided to return to Greeley Saturday night to give more room in the cabin to the guests. According to Flora Noff singer, who is paralyzed with multiple sclerosis, they were driving their four-wheel drive vehicle down the canyon when the light began falling. “We started out before seven and there were only a few drops falling,” she said. “But by the time we got about five miles below the village it was raining heavily and we began to be a little concerned.” She said about that time a state patrol car passed theirs and they thought they would follow him down the canyon. “But a huge spruce tree fell across the road just after he passed us. Our car and two behind us were trapped and the rain began getting even heavier. The two other cars backed up and went across the road, which we thought was foolish becuase it was lower ground.” Mrs. Noffsinger said they then saw the wall of water come and sweep those two cars down the canyon and go down after the state patrol car. “They were by the Stockdale Motel,” she said, “and the cars looked like little tm cans bob bing in the river.” They were saved as Noff singer found a “little hole” on Lhe side of the canyon wall, opposite a curve in the road. “Immediately, the river was over the banks and washing the road away,” Mrs. Noffsinger said. “The torrent was a sheet from one wall of the canyon to the other. We could see people crawling out of the Stockdale and making their way up the muddy cliffs, slipping and sliding.” The Noffsingers stayed in the safety of their car, although they did consider trying to crawl to higher ground if the water climbed any higher. “Later, some people came down the hill to us and helped improvise litter to carry me up the mountain to an unoc cupied cabin, which was apparently the only one there that survived.” When rescue workers began arriving Sunday, Mrs. Noff singer and a man from the Stut..dale who suffered diabetes shock were the first victims evacuated from the canyon and taken to the Loveland hospital. “We were so Fortunate, I just can’t believe it,” she said. “One woman who was with us in the cabin was the owner of the Stockdale Motel and she said she didn’t even consider rebuilding it. The damage was just awesome and we were so lucky to be safe.” She added that her husband, who had previously suffered two strokes, was wonderfully calm and poised through the crisis. POLITICAL ADVISOR Mrs. Leona Connor send us an interesting story from the Los Angeles Times. Headlines to the article reads “DOLE HAMPERED BY YOUNG STAFF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES GETS HELP FROM NOFZIGER’ The Nofziger that helped Senator Robert Dole with his vice presidential campaign is Lyn Nofziger who is a descendant of Valentine Nafziger that landed in the U.S. in 1831, Valentine and his family settled in Wayne county. Two of his children’ later moved to Fulton County and one settled in Branch County, Michigan. Lyn is a descendant of the son that settled in Michigan. He has been a member of Ronald Regar’a inner circle and has been a substantial member of the California Republican Party for years.. LETTERS LETTERS LETTERS Thanks to Lillian Miller of Newport News, Virginia for sending us data on her family line. She is a descendant of Peter of Illbach and the information we received helps us to move this line nearer to completion. F lfl El C. ‘J •..................U......... C. J.Kurtz of Elverson. Pennsylvania write’s to making the following correction. Jacobina who is buried in the Mast Burying Ground as reported in the last issue of the News was the widow of Peter lllbach who died at sea. The News was in error to srepflort to JaCOBINA IS THE DAUGHTER OF Peter of lilbach. Thanbks for the correction, Mr. Kurtz. We are sorry to learn of the death of Ann Wilhelnuna Britsch on March 2h. 1976. Anna was born in 1886 at Fultoncounty. Ohio. She was married in 1906 Edwin Nofziger who is a fourth generation descendant of Valentine Nafziger. He landed in the United States in 1831. sChiuldren of Edwin and Anna are Mrs. Dorothy Short, Mrs. Erma Short and Herbert Nofziger. Herbert is a frequent visitor to the Naftzger home in Grafton, Ohio. PUBLISHED EVERY MARCH JULY, SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER SUBSCRIPTION PRICE - FIVE DOLLARS YEARLY PAGE THREE HOPEDALE MENNONITE CHURCH HERITAGE CELEBRATION The Hopedale Mennonite Church had a Heritage Celebration on September 3, 4 and 5th. The celebration started with a pork bar becue supper in the fellowship hail of the church. Anyone in the area was welcomed to attend. After the pork supper, there was a community hymn sing with area churches having special numbers. The service leader were Art and Verna Nafziger. Carrol Springer was the song leader. On Saturday, there was a display of his torical items in the church basement. They also had some girl scouts from Chicago that demonstrated the spinning wheel and the fix brake. There was a display on the wall of the different family trees of those families that hc been in the church for many years. The had different sections set up depicting a cer tain rooms in an old fashioned house. There were many beautiful displays of old dishes, quilts, old tools, books, etc. there were a number of old Bibles, newspapers, books and letters. There was a very old trunk which had been brought over from Germany by David Springer who is an ancestor of the Springers in the church.Some of the other items on dis play was a 1915 typewriter, an old crockery chicken drinker, a very old corn planter Grafton Visitors Recently, Herbert Nofziger of Arch- bold, Ohio and Clair Naftzger of the NEWS visited the old Mennonite Churchyard Cemetery on Plesant Home Road in Wayne County, Ohio. We were surprise to find hat the gravestone of Valentine Nafziger who landed in America in 1831 had been replaced with a new stone. It is obvious that considerable work had been done in the cemetery and some of the old stones that difficult to read had been replaced. The NEWS is interested in learning who the unknown helper is so that we can express our appreciation. It was a welcome surprise to find someone who contribution to the continuation of our heritage in such a nice way. •U Our appreciation to Mrs. Harold Wyse of Archbold, Ohio for information on their family line. Mrs. Wyse is a desc endant of Valentine Nafziger who landed in America in 1831... box, an old forge, a rope maker, a spinning wheel, a yoke for caning maple syrup, a drill used in making peg barns and many other things. On Saturday night, “The Hopedale Story’ was presented. This was a pageant presente by members of the Hopedale Church. it was written and directed by Carolyn(Swartzen truber)Nafziger. On Sunday, Ivan Kauffmann spoke on the ‘Call to Service at Hopedale” Special music was presented. After the noon meal which was provided for everyone, Simon Birkey gave the introductions and reading. Wilbur Nachtigali had devotions and comments. Nelson Springer gave a talk on “Hopedale Mennonits Then”. In the evening a special service was held for the children. Rev J.C. Wenger spoke on new Frontiers in Anabaptist Faith and Life”. The committee for the Heritage celebration were co-ordinators Art and Verna Nafziger, Music, Carrol Springer, Pageant, Carolyn Nafziger, Friday evening meal, Ralph and Clarabette Springer, Sunday noon meal, Agnes Zehr and Sunday School class. Antique Display, Orvel and Dorothy Springer Publicity, Shirley Springer and Sharon Swartzentruber, Program, Elmo Springer, Loren Birky, Simon Birky and Pastor Aden Yoder. Letters Enclosed are checks for my subscript. ion to the NEWS and to students at Palmyra Area High School in appreciation for the restoration work at the old Nafzger Cenetery. In a recent copy of the newsletter, I read a letter from Mrs. P.M Noftsger of Alerton, Iowa. I believe she is a descendant from the same line as my husband and I would like to contact her. However, my letter was returned and no delivered. Will you please put the correct address on the letter and forward it to her. Thanks.... MRS. BOYD NOFTSGER Leesburg, Ohio IU•UUUUU We have received the information sent to us by Galen E. Kline of Carlisle Pennsylvania on the Frank Kline-Minnie Nofziger family line. This family line connects to Valentine whb landed in America in1831. . . Recent visitors to the Naftzger home in Grafton were Mrs. William Mottice of Navarre, Ohio, Mrs. Leona Baughman of Massillon. Ohio and John Nofsinger of Kalkaska, Michigan. Mrs. Motiice and Mrs. Baughman are daughters of John who is a very active 73 year old with a good memory for detail of his family line. Thus, we were able to fill in many dates to his family line that were missing. It would appear that John is a sixth generation descendant of Matthew-Matthais who arrived in America in 1749.. We have received a nice letter fron Nadine M. Walker of Litchfield, Illinois with data on Polly Noftainger Gish. Nadine is a descendant of Peter Noffsinger who landed in America in 1749 through the Moomaws which crossed this family line a number of times down through the years... PAGE FOUR Letters . Enclosed is some material I have been saving all summer for you. Do you have any new data on my John Noftsinger. A lot f missing links to our family line are being found but it seems that cannot uncover anything to connect John who is buried in Navarre to one of the early Nafzger families in Pennsylvania. I have sent for a book that is a reprint of a rate book from Somerset County which I hope will help us with the problem MRS. LAURA CLAPPER Mansfield, Ohio Material included with Mrs. Calpper’s letter were many articles clipped from a number of newspapers and articles of interest to Nafzgers copied from historical documents and books. Many thanks for the material. The John Noftsinger referred to in Mrs. Clapper’s letter was born in 1782 and died in 1846. He resided in Stark County, Ohio and is buried in the old Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery at Na varre, Ohio. His wife Elizabeth was born in 1795 and died in 1869., Their children are John, Samuel, Jacob, Catherine and . two others whose names I do not have. We hsve been unable to document the parents of John. At first, we believed him to be the son of Henry Naftzinger whose father was Mathias who landed in 1749. John would be Mrs. aapper’s great, great, great, great grandfather. Anyu information on the puzzling problem of the parentage of John Noftsinger will be greatly appreciated ...uu.uuuu.•u•u..u•• We enjoyed going over the many nofsinger descendants while in Grafton I know my Dad enjoyed the visit. Enclosed are newspaper clipping of recent deaths in our r’amily line. The list of surviving descendants will help you with your records of this family line. Also enclosed is a check for the storation project of iPalmyra Area High School LEONA I. BAUGHMAN Massillon, Ohio Enclosed are checks for subsc ription and for students at Palmyra Area School for their good work. I am only related by marriage but my sons are interested. I am going to forward as much information on . our family line as I can collect for your records. Thanks for the newsletter... MRS. T. J. NAFZGER Columbus, Ohio VISITORS A recent visitor to the Naftzger home in Grafton was O.E. Noftsinger of Dearborn, Michigan. Mr. Noftsinger is another active 73 year old who has held a number of very interesting jobs as an consulting engineer. Presently, he operates the Noftsinger Industrial Service Company. He is a descendant of the same family line as Mrs. Clapper. Mrs. Mottice. Mrs. Baughman and John Nofsinger. all who recently visited the Naftzgers during the past month. We believe the line connects to Matthew(Mathias) although we have been unable to document this fact. Paul V. Hostetler. frequest writer to the NEWS writes to tell us of his recently published manuscript on the family of Bishop Jacob Hertzler. Much of the information found in the publicatiopn parrells that of Matthew(mathias( Naftzin er. Copies of the publication can be obtained from Paul V. Hostetler, 50 Todd Street, Hamden, Connecticut for 3.75 postpaid... DEATHS Miss Dorothy C. Noftsinger, 76 of Navarre passed away January 26, 1976. Surviving are four sister, Miss Hazel Noftsinger, Mrs. Edward Keller and Mrs. Florence Maloy and Mrs. Lester Summer. Another sister and two brothers preceded her in death. Interment at the Union Lawn Cemetery, Navarre, Ohio... Mr. Walter H. Noffsinger, husband of Estelene Kern Noffsinger. died April 3 at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He was born in 1905 in Fincastle, Virginia, a son of George H. and Vivian Noffsinger. Surviving besides his wife are one brother, Claiborne C Noffsinger and one sister, Mrs. Christina Smith, two nephews, Claiborne C. and Charles REL three nieces, Mrs. Nancy Jenkins, Mrs. Vivian Hurley and Mrs. Gertrude Kehne. Walter is a descendant of Peter Noffsinger who Janded in America in 1749. Lawrence A. Summer, 76, passed away August 18, 1976 at Massillon, Ohio. Surviving is the widow, Ethel Hoover Summers, a daughter, Mrs. Donald Pfahler, a son Harold Summers, and two sisters, Mrs. James Stansberger and Mrs. Frank Schaller, two brothers, Warner and Lester. Three sister preceded him in death. Interment at the Union Lawn Cemetery, Navarre, Ohio FULTON COUNTY PUBLICATION The publication we planned in the last issue of the NEWSis procededing on schedule. Thurlow Nofziger of Toledo visited the Naftiger home in Grafton recently and provided the information on the Christian Nofziger.Natiiger line. The list of descendants is quite lengthy. We are in the process of setting the type for this publication. Harley Nofziger of Archbold has been providing information for Johannes Nof,i ger’s line on a regular basis over the past two or three ears. It would appear that the list of descendants for this line ill never end as new material pour in. Frank Nofsinger of Sturgis. Michigan has been providing information on descendants of Valentine Nafziger. It would appear that the project is going to be much larger than we had originally planned. It sould appear that we may have ten tousand descendants identified in the three Natigcr lines.. Plans call for three separate publication We hope the first publication ill finance the second and the second publication will finance the third part of the plan. If it works, we will continue with some more publications on other family lines is providing information on Valentine IUNUUU•U••UUUUSUUUU While checking through some death records of Randolph County. Indiana. I discovered the following: SAMUEL NOFT age 60. Married. Residence:Randolph County. died 1895. Farmer. F-rem Ohio. Father Christian Noftsker was born in Pennsylvania. Mother was— Parish. Interment. Carlos (‘li Indiana. I researched obituaries in the only news paper available in the count v h ut II did not find it. I do not believe he is directly related to the Noffsingers of Jackson township because of the different spelling of the name. MRS. MARDEE EDWARDS Saratoqa, Indiana Editor’s Note:tahnks for the information. I have come across the same family line in Ohio and Iowa. Apparently, his parents lived in Tuscaraway County. Ohio and I believe his children c an be found in Iowa. We think they are descendants of Ulrich(who landed in America in l but we need more information to make the connection to the ones who sued this spelling and resided in Pennsylvania. Perhaps, some of our readers can help us by providing some more detail of this Noftsker family that moved cstward.. PAGE FIVE Mrs. Gertrude Nafziger Wyncoop of Michigan call but unfortunately I was not at home to talk with her. However, Betty had a nice telephone visit with Mrs. Wyncoop. Thanks for the call. We had a pleasant telephone conservation with Sherman Naftzger who recently accepted the plant manager position with a Wooster, Ohio CompLJany. Sherman is a descendant of Jacob who landed in America i 1750. We expect to visit with him and his family in the near future and have plans to visit the small town of Burbank which was laid out by John Naftzger, a great grandson of Jacob and the great, grcat, great grandfather of Sherman Stuart Henri Yost of Philadelphia raises an interesting point which should be studied by all. We have heard many times that Peter, Rudolph and Matthew’)mATHI ALL Nafzger who landed in America must have been brothers. Stuart asks about the possibility of a father and his two sons landing in 1749. The possiblity is a very real one when you look at the vague dates of the birth of the three men and their children... Letters I have thoroughly enjoyed the Nafzger Heritage News despite the fact that I still haven’t place my Elizabeth Naftzinger in any of the established family lines. An added bonus to your newsletter is finding mention of some of my other lines. I was a Hostetler before my marriage and, incidentally, Paul Hostetler, whose contri bution appeared in the last issue is no father’s first cousin. It was nice of you to publish my query in the last two issues. I only hope someone might come up with the answer to the Elizabeth Nafzinger question. MRS. KENNETH H. GILMORE Gainesville, Florida Editor’s Note: Mrs. Gilmore sent a photo of the cemetery marker of Elizabeth which is located in Holmes County, Ohio. We will reprint it in some future issue if our photographer can pull a good black and white from the color slide.. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE - FIVE DOLLARS YEARLY Letters We have received considerable good information on the family line of Martha S. UhI of Williamstown. West Virginia. Until we received her letter, we thought Martha Mrs. UhI copied some information from a family Bible that indicated her John Noffsinger came from Germany when he was nine years old. Out records would indicate that John was born in 1780 and with Mrs. Uhl’s information, it would mean that John entered the U.S. in 1789. Until we received her letter and according to the records found in the Belmont County courthouse, John’s father is Mathias Noffsinger who isd a son of Rudolph. We do appreciate the information from Mrs. Uhl although it creates some problems with our records. Now we will have to try to diagnose the problem and find the mistake in our records. .............u...u We have received extensive information on the Lee Family from Mrs. Riley Brown of Fort Scott, Kansas. Mrs. Rileygreat. great, great grandparents was Grissom Lee who descended from Peter Noffsinger that settled in Nodaway County, Missouri just prior to the Civil War. It is believe that Peter was the great, great grandson of Rudolph who landed in America in 1749... DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND ANNA NAFZIGER CHILDREN PETER NAFZIGER KATHERINE(NAFZIGER)GINGERICH JOHN NAFZIGER LENA NAFZIGER ELIZABETH(NAFZIGER)ENGEL BARBARA(NAFZIGER)RISSER JOSEPH NAFZIGER PHOEBE (NAFZIGER)KINSINGER ANNA(NAFZIGER)SWEITZER GRANDCHILDREN PETER E. NAFZIGER ANNA(NAFZIGER)GARBER JOHN H. NAFZIGER PETER B. NAFZIGER MELISSA (NA F ZIG ER) REED SOLOMON NAFZIGER CELIA(GINGER ICH)CAMP TI LLIE(GINGER ICH)CAMP SUSAN(NAFZIGER)NOFSINGER LENA(NAFZIGER)SWEITZER ANNA NAFZIGER PHOEBE(NAFZIGER)CAMP EM MA (N AFZ IGER ) ESCH WILL NAFZIGER SAM NAFZIGER BEN NAFZIGER SOL NAFZIGER JESSE NAFZIGER PETER SWEITZER ELIZABETH(SWEITZER)NAFFZIGER BARBARA SWEITZER JOSEPH SWEITZER MATTIE SWEITZER JOHN W. RISSER CHRIS RISSER FRANK RISSER SOLOMON RISSER IDA (E NGE L) HART MAN JOHN ENGEL MATHI LDA(ENGEL)SUMMER GEORGE ENGEL ALVINA(ENGEL)BRENNAMAN LOU ISA(ENGEL)SHOEMAKER WILLIE ENGEL SAMUEL KINSINGER HARVEY KINSINCER DANIEL KINSINGER ANNA(KINSI NGER)RASTETTER EM I LE (K INS I NG ER) EL LSA ESSE R DAVID KINSINGER . PAGE SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN #kLVIINPt b S AVID GARBER ANIEL GARBER CHRISTIAN GARBER SOLOMON GARBER ELLA(GARBER)K INSINGER R UTH(GARBERKOHLER ELMER NAFZIGER ELSIE(NAFZIG ARTHUR NAFZIGER ETHEL(NAFZIGER)WIGG INS VERA NAFZIGER ROY HARLEY REED LULA(REED)BROWN ROY NAFZIGER MABEL(NAFZIGER ALMA(CAMP)WEAVER MELINDA K. CAMP ALVIN PETER CAMP DELLA MAE NOFSINGER LU LA ( NOFSINGER )SU TT ER MILO NOFSINGER WALTER NOFSINGER HULDAH(SWEITZER)BRACKBI LL DIANA(CAMP)SEA RS . FFORD CAMP rHRYN CAMP EVELYN CAMP NAOMI(CAMP)SMUCKER ALICE(ESCH)GINGRICH ALICE (R ISSER) IN GOLD ELSIE (HART MAN) ME C K RUSSEL HARTMAN LYLE JOE HARTMAN ELSIE(HARTMAN)MECK RUSSEL HARTMAN LYLE JOE HARTMAN DORMAN ENGEL CLAYTON ENGEL EVELYN(ENGEL)SMITH IRA SUMMER EARL SUMMER HARVEY SUMMER VERNA SUMMER MELVINA SUMMER CLAYTON SUMMER LESTER SUMMER GWENDOLYN ENGEL CLARENCE BRENNEMAN G LA DYS( BR ENN EMAN ) A LOISIA C RACE BRENN E MAN )STOR MER EUGENE SHOEMAKER ORVAL SHOEMAKER MILDRED(SHOEMAKER)DRUDGE DONALD SHOEMAKER KENNETH SHOEMAKER ESTHER(K INSINGER)SLONNEGER EDITH KINSINGER GRACE(KI NSINGER)GITTINGER LAWRENCE KINSINGER MABEL VERNA ESCH GLADDEN H. ESCH HAROLD R. ESCH CLAUDE M. ESCH CLINTON ESCH LESTER S. NAFZIGER EARL J. NAFZIGER LEE H. NAFZIGER LI LLIAN(NAFZIGER)ASCHENBRENNER HERBERT R. NAFZIGER GLEN A. NAFZIGER INA MAE NAFZIGER HARVEY C. NAFZIGER GRACE M. NAFZIGER ELSIE (NA F ZIG ER) DIN A MAONA C(NAFZIGER)SCHROCK MELVIN R. NAFZIGER OTIS 5’ NAFZIGER HOMER RAY NAFZIGER MARVIN S. NAFZIGER ORLANDO NAFZIGER FAYE(NAFZIGER)SCOTT HU LDA H (S WE IT ZER ) BR ACKBILL CEL IA(NAFFZIGER)EBERT IV A (NA F F ZIG ER) V OE L K ER CLARENCE RISSER LLOYD RISSER ROY RISSER LESTER A RISSER MABEL (RI SSE R ) G R A V W NOR KATHER INE(NOFSINGER)STEWARTSQN GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN FRANK KINSINGER KENNETH E. KINSINGER KATHRYN (KIN SINGER) BA YSTO N JOHN R. KINSINGER MARGARET E. KINSINGER JOSEPHINE(KINSINGER)VERCLER GEORGE NAFZIGER MERVIN LJMMEL F ER N (U MME L) K ENNEL DOROTHY(UMMEL)NORQUIST LOLA UMMEL)DIEMER KATHERINE L. UMMEL JOHN MAX BROWN FREDERICKW BROWN JOHN NAFZIGER MA RJOR IE( WEA V ER ) MORTON PHYLLIS(WEAVER)JANTZ JOAN WEAVER DILTZ DONALD E. WEAVER MYRIL L. CAMP MCGREW LEON G. CAMP M Y LA (CA MP) LAM BE RT DAVID G. CAMP V IRGINIA (SliTTER ) CO LE EMERY SUTTER DUANE SEARS WILMER SEARS ROBERT SEARS MERLE SEARS CAROLYN SMUCKER EARL SEARS DONALD SMUCKER PHYLLIS(SMUCKER)MI LLER DORIS(ESCH)BORTHWICK NA NC Y ( ESCH ) TO LMOFF MARY (ESC H) WI L K ER SON DON NA (A SCHEN BR EN NER ) WIND RUSSEL ASCHENBRENNER GERALD ASCHENBRENNER LEE NAFZIGER A LICE (NA F Z I GE R ) CO R R I GA N LISA DINA CHRISTINE DINA ROBERT SCHROCK BETTY (SCH R OCK ) BAC H MAN PHY LL IS( SC H ROC K ) BACH MAN DONNA(SCHROCK)DENN ING GLEN DA ( SCH ROCK ) BACH MAN HE LEN (SC HR OCK ) PET ERS S HI R L E Y (NA F ZIG ER ) SA DL ER JOANNE (NA F ZIG ER ) PERK I N S PAGE SEVEN GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ARLO BRACKBILL ESTHER (BRA C KB ILL) STE IDE R EMERSON EBERT JOHN VOELKER CARROLL VOELKER DONALD RISSER ROBERT RISSER JAMES RISSER Joy RISSER WILLIAM RISSER CA ROL IN E ( R ISSER ) ACKER MAN VIRGIN IA(RISSER)STICKELMAIER RALPH RISSER PHYLLIS GRAVENOR ROGER GRAVENOR DOUGLAS INGOLD STAN LEY INGOLD ROBERT HARTMAN JUD IT H ( HA RTMAN )ZY LE SHA RON ( HA RT MAN ) LORE NTZ NANCY(SUMMER)FER ISCHON SHA RON (SUMMER )MAJOR JOAN (SU MM ER )SM ITH JUDITH (ENGEL)CHAPMAN REBECCA(ENGEL) RONALD BRENNEMAN KATHY BRENNEMAN MERRY BRENNEMAN SAN DRA(STORMER )CALHOUN CHRISTINE STORMER ALICE SHOEMAKER LOREN SHOEMAKER IVAN SHOEMAKER MARILYN SHOEMAKER MERLE SHOEMAKER RONALD SHOEMAKER JARALD SHOEMAKER LEOLA SHOEMAKER GENEVA SHOEMAKER RUBY SHOEMAKER CAROLYN DRUDGE MYRNA DRUDGE JUDY DRUDGE LARRY SHOEMAKER JOYCE SHOEMAKER SANDRA SHOEMAKER NELDA SHOEMAKER LYNETTE SHOEMAKER ANNE SHOEMAKER JANET SHOEMAKER JOYCE SHOEMAKER YODER RONALD SLONNEGER KENNETH SLONNEGER JOYCE(GITTI NGER)CARR JACK GITTINGER DANIEL KINSINGER MICHAEL KINSINGER MALCOLM KINSINGER PAUL KINSINGER LEE KINSINGER GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN RONALD GORDEN JONI(GORDON)COOKSEY RANY GORDON TAMMY GORDON STANELY BACHMAN RONALD BPCHMAN BETTY BACHMAN MARJORIE BACHMAN JOHN BACHMAN TONYA BACHMAN DANIEL BACHMAN KAREN BACHMAN PHILLIP BACHMAN GARY DENNING ALAN DENNING MYRON BACHMAN RANDY BACHMAN ERIC BACHMAN RODNEY BACHMAN BENJAMIN BRACKBILL TIMOTHY BRACKBILL DIANA(STEI DER)POLLOCK SAMUEL STE IDER REBECCA(STEI DER)HATHWAY CALLEEN(STEI DER)WHITNACK RUTH STEIDER MARK STE IDER JOHN VOELKER MAR ILYN(VOELKER)LAMB IRIS(VOELKER)KRECHGESSNER DENNIS VOELKER JERRY VOELKER DAVID RISSER JOHN RISSER PAT R IC IA (RI SSE R ) WEEKS JAMES RISSER JEFFREY RISSER MARTHA(RISSER)KAHNE GWEN PETERS VALERIE SADLER VICTORIA SADLER TROY PERKINS RUARK PERKINS BLAIR PERKINS AMY NAFZIGER ALAN NAFZIGER PAUL NAFZIGER NANCY BRACK BILL ADAMS SALLY BRACKBILL L IN E( BR ACKBILL) R UTL EDGE LAUREL(BRACKBILL)GIBBS JAN ET (BR ACKB IL L) STRO UP JOEL BRACKBILL JOAN BRACKBILL PATRICIA(BRACKBILL)SCHLOSSER BEVERLEY BRACKBILL JOSEPH BRACKBILL DONNIE NAFZIGER KATHLEEN(HARTMAN)RIEMAN DAVID NAFZIGER ORVIS MECK ROBERT NAFZIGER WAYNE MECK BURDETTE NAFZIGER)OTDOERFER SHARTON HARTMAN SHARON SCOTT KATHLEEN HARTMEN CHRISTINA SCOTT ROBERT HARTMAN LEROY BRACKBILL JUDITH HARTMAN ZYLA GLEN BRACKBILL KARAN(SUMMER)GARBER EILEEN BRACKBILL JOHN SUMMER DONALD SUMMER DEAN SUMMER RONALD SUMMER DALE SUMMER FRANCIS( FOLEY GERALD FOLEY PATR ICIA(FOLEY)COLDWELL GARY SUMMER LEROY SUMMER . PAGE EIGHT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN . CRAIG RISSER DANIEL RISSER CAROL(ACKERMAN)ALBIAN I ROY ACKERMAN MARK ACKERMAN NEIL ACKERMAN JOHN CHASE DAVID CHASE DANIEL CHASE STEPHEN CHASE KARAN CHASE DIANNE RISSER RONALD RISSER SCOTT RISSER LAWRENCE WAGNER RANDALL WAGNER SCOTT WAGNER RODNEY GRAVENOR VICKI GRAVENOR KEVIN MECK TIMOTHY MECK ROBERT HARTMAN DENNIS HARTMAN JEFFERY HARTMAN THERESA HARTMAN CYN’.HIA ZYLA LISA ZYLA CHERYL RIEMAN MICHELE LORENTZ KEVIN MECK TIMOTHY MECK ROBERT HARTMA DENNIS HARTMAN JEFFERY HARTMAN TERRY SUMMER DEBRA SUMMER STEPHEN GARBER SANDRA GARBER STEPHAN SUMMER JODI SUMMER STEPHEN SUMMER BRYAN FOLEY JAN INE FOLEY MAUREEN FOLEY COLEEN FOLEY CHARLENE FOLEY EDWARD INSINGER JUDITH(K INSINGER)OLDSON KENNETH KINSINGER SANDRA KINSINGER ELIZABETH(BAYSTON)JOYCE O CAROL(BAYSTON)PEARCE ROSE(BAYSTON)ER ICKSON FREDERICK BAYSTON JULIE GITTINGER SUZANNE(STICKELMAIER)SCHIERER REBECCA STICKELMAIER JEAN STICKELMAIER JOHN VERCLER ROGER VERCLER TIMOTHY VERCLER BETTY VERCLER PHILIP NAFZIGER MARY NAFZIGER KENNETH UMMEL JAMES UMMEL CLINTON KENNEL JOAN KENNEL JERALD NORQUIST STANLEY NORQUIST THOMAS NORQUIST ANDREW BORTHWICK PHILIP BORTHWICK THERESA TOLMOFF RONALD TOLMOFF GREGORY TOLMOFF JON WILKERSON OEBORAH WIND SHARON WIND CONNIE ASCHENBRENNER KAREN ASCHENBRENNER MICHELLE ASCHENBRENNER ANGELA ASCHENBRENNER JENNIFER ASCHENBRENNER JAMIE NAFZIGER MELANIE NAFZIGER DANIEL SCHROCK BARBARA(SCHROCK)SKINNER DAVID SCHROCK EDWARD SCHROCK SARA SCHROCK THOMAS SCHROCK DONNA(DEIMER)WI LLIAMSON LORON DEIMER NORMA DEIMER WILLIAM MORTON GREGORY MORTON STACY MORTON MELINDA JANTZ MARl LYN(JANTZ)KOVICH DAVID JANTZ WAYNE JANTZ JAMES DILTZ CHRISTINE DILTZ DANIEL DILTZ DONALD WEAVER’ JR’ PATRICK MC GREW DENNIS MC GREW PHILIP MC GREW ERIC GITTINGER ROGER MC GREW KATHY CAMP KAREN CAMP STEVEN CAMP KIM LAMBERT SCOTT LAMBERT MICHAEL LAMBERT GINA CAMP DANNY MC GREW JOHN MC GREW JAMES COLE DENNIS COLE JOHN COLE ROBERT COLE WILLIAM SEARS RONALD SEARS SHARON SEARS JEAN SEARS DAVID SEARS MICHAEL SEARS MARK SEARS LONNIE SEARS CRAIG SEARS JEFFREY SEARS TODD SEARS CHAD SEARS MATTHEW SEARS KIM SEARS CARMEN SEARS JEANETTE SEARS JENNIFER SEARS MARCUS SMUCKER MARIE SMUCKER GARY FOLEY CHRISTOPHER FOLEY COLETTE FOLEY JAMES COLDWELL DOUGLAS BEEBE GREGORY BEEBE CHAD FAR ISO KARA FAR ISCHON LORA MAJOR BRADLEY MAJOR DONALD BRENNEMAN GARY BRENNEMAN LINA BRENNEMAN DAVID CALHOUN STEVEN CALHOUN PAMELA CALHOUN SUZANNE CALHOUN CHRISTINE SLONNEGER NANCY SLONNEGER ANDREW SLONNEGER JAMES CARR PAGE NINE EDWARD KINSINGER JACQUELINE KINSINGER StOTT OLDSON ERIC KINSINGER JAMES JOYCE MICHAEL JOYCE SANDRA JOYCE MARTIN JOYCE DEBORAH JOYCE BARBARA JOYCE MiCHELLE ERICKSON DIANE PEARCE KIMBERLY VERCLER TODD UMMEL KIRK UMMEL TROY UMMEL JOHN KENNEL CHRISTOPHER KENNEL JOHN NORQUIST BRENT NORQUIST MARK NORQUIAT HEIDI WILLIAMSON DAWN MORTON TIMOTHY JANTZ NEAL JANTZ KRISTINA ADAMS KATRINA ADAMS KIMBRALY ADAMS CHRISTOPHER RUTLEDGE BRAD RUTLEDGE AMY GIBBS MICHAEL GIBBS JENNIFER STROUP ANGELA POLLOCK JULIA POLLOCK LORA STEIDER JIMMIE HATHAWAY CHRISTOPHER KAHNE ROY ALBIANI MARK ALBIANI CORY ALBIANI ERIC ACKERMAN ANGELA ACKERMAN AMY ACKERMAN TODD SCHIERER JENNIFER SCHIERER MATTHEW RISSER / GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN . * . Fa John Nafzigero(Anchor, Illinois wasi It w held at the Miller Park Pavillion in’ Seventy in attendance. It was decided to to the first president. Joh Engel was elected vice president anu 1vIa secretary treasurer. smile Kinsinger was chosen to write up the family history. The reunions have been Leld since that time. The one held in 1976 marked the 40th year. 2 dSaicsI3c — - -*— Daniel I Noffsinger 3/76 9050 S. 150 West -. Sandy, Utah 84070 .See here for the pdf version (scanned images) of this issue.
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