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        22. John Werkheiser, Jr. (5/1/1786-9/29/1869) married Susanna Schwartz (6/6/1790-2/19/1829) on January 10, 1808 at the German Lutheran Church in Easton, Pennsylvania. John and Susanna are buried in the Forks Cemetery. John and Susanna had fourteen children:
        221. George Werkheiser (b. 1809) married Rebecca ? (b. 12/18/1813).
        222. John Werkheiser III (4/22/1810-4/13/1872) is buried in the Forks Cemetery.
        223. Elizabeth Werkheiser (8/9/1811-11/4/1872) married ? Darrohn and then married John G. Beck.
        224. Michael L. Werkheiser (11/17/1812-9/3/1891) is buried in Easton, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Van Scoten. They have two children:
        2241. Louisa Werkheiser married ? Bachman.
        2242. Charles Robin Stewart Werkheiser (1847-5/31/1909) married Isabella Youells. Charles was a well known Eastonian, who during the Civil War was bugler for General Judson Kilpatrick. He enlisted into a New Jersey regiment when he was just a young boy. He died suddenly at his farm at 48 North Front Street, Easton, Pennsylvania. He bought a small farm in Edge Hill, near Riegelsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He expected to pass his last years at the farm. He went down to look after affairs on his farm, that was occupied by a tenant. He was overcome by the heat in the morning while helping the tenant in one of the fields and lived but a short time after being joined by his wife and one of his daughters. He had planned to take part in the Memorial Day celebration.
        Charles was a foundryman, and was employed at different shops, the last at the iron works at High Bridge. They have three children:
        22421. Edward Werkheiser.
        22422. Mary Louise Werkheiser Boyd.
        22423. Annie Werkheiser.
        225. Rebecca Werkheiser (1814-1874) married Charles Schweitzer.
        226. Samuel Werkheiser (7/14/1815-1872) is buried in the Forks Cemetery.
        227. Daniel Werkheiser (2/1817-3/27/1876) married Christiana Metzger. Daniel is buried in the Forks Cemetery.
        228. Jeremiah Werkheiser, Sr. (7/13/1818-3/1901) married Rebecca Andrie Shoemaker (1/29/1829-3/1898). Rebecca was born in Tiffan, Ohio. They are buried in the Forks Cemetery in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Jeremiah and Rebecca had eight children:
        2271. Julia S. Wiler Werkheiser (4/12/1848-5/23/1909) married Dr. William Dunnell. They are buried in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
        2272. Melinda Werkheiser (3/21/1852-1/8/1925) married Lewis Clause (d. 1/11/1932). Melinda and Lewis had thirteen children:
        22721. Vanselan Clause.
        22722. Ulysses Clause married Laura Kemmerer
        22723. Adam Clause married Meda Brisch.
        22724. May Hulda Clause married Mark Frankenfield.
        22725. Jennie Clause married Asher Stauffer.
        22726. Nettie Clause married John Jaxheimer.
        22727. Beaulah Clause married Stewart Marsh.
        22728. Lewis Clause, Jr. married Laura Schweitzer.
        22729. Anna Clause married John Pfeiffer.
        22729a. Ella Clause married Walter Strouse.
        22729b. Laura Clause married Russell Kemmerer.
        22729c. Sanvas Clause married Anna Wagner.
        22729d. Infant died in infancy.
        2273. Monroe Werkheiser (5/14/1854-3/3/1932) married Carrie Place. They are buried in the Forks Cemetery.
        2274. Vanduston Werkheiser (4/11/1860-12/25/1911) married Bell Sherer and then Clara Donner. Vanduston and Clara had two children:
        22741. Marion Elizabeth Werkheiser (b. 4/15/1900) married Christian Joseph Notter (8/19/1903-10/21/1928).
        22742. Arthur Joseph Werkheiser, buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennyslvania.
        2275. Jeremiah Werkheiser, Jr. (10/12/1868-11/6/1926) married Ellen Vesta Werner (2/9/1862-3/6/1926). You may read more about Jeremiah and his family on his own page. Just follow the links at the bottom of this page.
        2276. Grace Amanda Werkheiser (11/15/1862-12/23/1948) married William T. Sandt (d. 1889). They are buried in Easton, Pennsylvania. Grace and William had two children:
        22761. Alice Sandt married Herbert J. Locke.
        22762. Estelle Sandt married Charles Herst.
        2277. Alice Werkheiser (10/20/1865-9/20/1943) married Harry Moore. They are buried in the Schoeneck Moravian Cemetery in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
        2278. Sherman Werkheiser (8/31/1870-10/19/1892) is buried in the Nisky Hill Cemetery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
        229. Susanna Werkheiser (3/20/1820-2/21/1877) married Christian Sandt, son of Jonas and Elizabeth Sandt. Both are buried in the Forks Cemetery.
        229a. Hettie Werkheiser (7/14/1822-10/17/1875) is buried in the Forks Cemetery
        229b. Mary Ann Werkheiser (3/15/1823-12/24/1891) married Abraham Frace.
        229c. Anna Maria Werkheiser (b. 5/15/1824).
        229d. Isaac Werkheiser (b. 6/3/1835).
        229e. Richard Werkheiser.

        One eighth generation that I can't find a home for is Sarah Ann Slaugh, who was born in the Betts Hospital in Easton, Pennsylvania. She married Robert Kelshaw on November 2, 1968, by Paul Trump. Robert is the son of Earl C. and Mary Jane Myers Kelshaw. Sarah and Robert had one child, Jennifer Lynn Kelshaw who was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Sarah then married Terry Bergman on July 10, 1981, by Rev. Theodore Schneider. Terry is the son of Chester and Rosa Jane Steinmetz Bergman.

        John Jr. had his son, Michael L. Werkheiser, as the administrator of his will. A bond for $50,000 to $100,000 was signed on October 15, 1869 and witnessed by Henry J. Messinger, George Werkheiser, and John C. Fleming. His heirs were George Werkheiser, Jeremiah Werkheiser, John Werkheiser III, Daniel Werkheiser, John S. Beck married to his daughter Elizabeth, Abraham Frace married to his daughter Mary Ann, Charles Sweitzer married to his daughter Rebecca, Hettie Werkheiser, Samuel Werkheiser, and Christian Sandt married to his daughter Susanna.

        Michael Werkheiser (his signature was Werkhiser) filed an Internal Revenue Tax from stating that the estate would not exceed $75,000.00. There were pages and pages of items and an inventory total of $32,347.55 was filed on April 27, 1869. The following is a list of the first 17 items:

        cash in gold-$605.50
        cash in silver $992.11
        cash in copper pennies-$2.20
        cash in bank notes-$4,800.00
        credit in the Easton National Bank-$11,705.00
        credit in the National Bank of Easton-$8,782.03
        244 bushel of wheat at $1.35-$330.59
        27 bushel of rye at $1.15-$31.64
        574 bushel of corn at $1.10-$602.72
        28 bushel of oats at $.75-$21.06
        750 bushel of corn at $1.10-$825.00
        30 bushel of wheat at $1.30-$39.00
        8 bushel buckwheat at $.75-$6.00
        450 bushel of wheat in straw at $1.30-$585.00
        four horses-$350.00
        20 head of cattle, 3 calves-$624.00

        A public sale was held on December 11, 1869 and the proceeds were $791.00. A second public sale was held on May 4, 1780 and the receipts were $1,665.31. Just to give an idea of who the neighbors and friends were, the following is a list of the buyers at the second sale. Samuel Sandt, Cornelius Seiple, Geroge Werkheiser, Jr., Samuel Schug, Abraham Frace, Richard Werkheiser, Andrew Bond, Chalre Schweitzer, Christian Sandt, Reuben Brader, Daniel Werkheiser, Hettie Werkheiser, Conrad Walter, Daniel Kichline, William Kichline, Quintus Schug, Josiah Ackerman, William Richard, Samuel Moyer, George Werkheiser, Sr., John A. Conklin, Henry Eichlin, Franklin Keller, Jonathan Fly, Charles Graber, Adam Werkheiser, Richard Everhart, Charles Brown, Abraham Merrell, Abraham Bowden, Adam Schug, Edward Barnet, Sidney Sandt, Alfred Moyer, Jeremiah Uhler, Christian Khismyer, Richard Uhler, Joseph Barnet, Melchior Lerch, Samuel Heller, Philip Able, Peter Messinger, Jonas Kindt, Henry Frankenfield, Alexander Schug, Reuben Shimer, Michael L. Werkheiser, Ephraim Moyer, Joseph Ehret, Christ Franklin, Charles M. Sandt, Edwin Kahler, Samuel W. Frey, Edward Smith, John H. May, David Smith, John Smith, Carles Lerch, Aaron Werkheiser, Jacob Seiple, Daniel Richard, George Breidinger, Lewis Clause, David P. Sandt, David Achenbach, Jeremiah Werkheiser, Aaron Schug, Joseph S. Messinger, George Blane, John Fleming, Reuben Kahler, Edwin Sandt, Sidney Sandt, Mary Stecher, Aaron Messinger, Jacob Bauer, Melchior Werkheiser, Hugh Werkheiser, Jesse Darrohn, George P. Sandt, R.N. Merrell, Reuben Werkheiser, Daniel Werkheiser, Samuel Lerch, Isaac Martin, and William Cauley who paid $100.00 for a large clock.

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