Generation No. 1

1. JOHN³ LESHER (JOHANN² LEISHER, JOHANNES¹LISCHER) was born 29 August 1795 in PENNSYLVANIA [1-1], and died 29 April 1882 [1-1] in PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. He married (1) SUSANNA HELICK 07 August 1814 [1-2] in NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of PHILIP HELICK and EVA MULLER. He married (2) FRANCIS W. HILL 27 October 1846 [1-3] in EASTON, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Children of JOHN LESHER and SUSANNA HELICK are:

    i. JAMES⁴ LESHER, b. 28 January 1816 [1-1]; d. 07 February 1832.
    ii. DAVID C. LESHER, b. 03 February 1818 [1-1], PENNSYLVANIA; m. HARRIET AUGUSTA WHITE.
    iii. ANDREW J. LESHER, b. 08 February 1820 [1-1]; d. 16 August 1848, EASTON, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
    iv. SALINA EVA LESHER, b. 18 April 1822 [1-1]; m. JOHN B. ODENWALDER, 04 April 1847, EASTON, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
    v. SUSAN LESHER, b. 18 May 1824 [1-1].
2. vi. JOHN PETER LESHER, b. 18 December 1826 [1-1], PENNSYLVANIA; d. 01 August 1912, PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
    vii. LOUISA LESHER, b. 22 February 1829 [1-1]; d. 29 December 1831.
    viii. MARY ANN F. LESHER, b. 24 October 1831 [1-1].
3. ix. WILLIAM H. LESHER, b. 26 January 1834 [1-1], NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; d. 19 August 1921, PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

Child of JOHN LESHER and FRANCIS HILL is:

    x. GEORGE SOLON⁴ LESHER, b. 11 September 1848[1-1], PENNSYLVANIA; d. 05 September 1860 [1-1].

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN PETER⁴ LESHER (JOHN³, JOHANN² LEISHER, JOHANNES¹LISCHER) was born 18 December 1826 [1-1] in PENNSYLVANIA, and died 01 August 1912 [2-1] in PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. He married (1) MARY ANN SHAFFER 25 October 1849 [2-2] in EASTON, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. He married (2) ELIZABETH SEVERS Bef. 1880, daughter of HANNAH V..

Notes for JOHN PETER LESHER:
1860 US Census; pg 235, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ; #147/154
1870 US Census; Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ; pg 379, #919/919
1880 US Census; Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ; ED#202, pg 11, #91/91
1885 NJ State Census; pg. 9, Lopatcong Twp., Warren Co., NJ
1895 NJ State Census; pg. 46, Lopatcong Twp., Warren Co., NJ

    i. WILLIAM⁵ LESHER, b. 1851, PENNSYLVANIA.
    ii. MILLARD F. LESHER, b. 1857, NEW JERSEY; m. ELIZABETH HAWK, 27 October 1884, BLOOMSBURY, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
    iii. CATHERINE ADAMS LESHER, b. 04 April 1858, NEW JERSEY; d. 04 August 1861 [2-3], PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
    iv. MARTHA M. LESHER, b. 1864, NEW JERSEY.

3. WILLIAM H.⁴ LESHER (JOHN³, JOHANN² LEISHER, JOHANNES¹ LISCHER) was born 26 January 1834 [1-1] in NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, and died 19 August 1921 [2-4] in PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY . He married ELIZABETH MACK 08 September 1859 [2-4] in RICHMOND, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of JOHN MACK and CATHERINE.

Notes for WILLIAM H. LESHER:
Private, Co. K; 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry; Enlisted: 22 Sept 1862; Discharged: 24 July 1863; Service: 10 months

153rd Reg't PA Volunteers
Organized at Easton September 1862. Moved to Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, October 6; thence to Washington, D.C., October 12, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1863.

SERVICE - Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C, till December 1862. Reconnoissance from Chantilly to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville, Va., November 28-30; March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 9-16. Duty at Stafford Court House till January 19, 1863. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, Mud March, January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford Court House till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-12. Mustered out July 24, 1863.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 28 Enlisted men by disease. Total 77.
SOURCE: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion; Frederick H. Dyer

1860 US Census; pg 251, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ; #276/284
1870 US Census
1880 US Census; Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ; ED#202, pg 12, #94/94
1885 NJ State Census; pg. 9, Lopatcong Twp., Warren Co., NJ
1890 US Census Veteran's Schedule; pg 1, SD #1; ED#52
1895 NJ State Census; pg. 46, Lopatcong Twp., Warren Co., NJ

Notes for ELIZABETH MACK:
Death Certificate vs Family Bible:  died 5 Dec 1908 vs 5 Nov 1908

Children of WILLIAM LESHER and ELIZABETH MACK are:

     i. ANDREW MACK⁵ LESHER, b. 26 November 1859 [1-1], NEW JERSEY; d. 15 May 1899, PHILLIPSBURG, WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY; m. SUSAN E. BERCAW, 12 January 1884.
    ii. CATHERINE BELL LESHER, b. 06 March 1861 [1-1].
    iii. SUSAN LESHER, b. 29 August 1862 [1-1].
    iv. ANNA M. LESHER, b. 28 August 1865 [1-1], PENNSYLVANIA; m. ROBERT MAUCHLINE.

Notes for ROBERT MAUCHLINE:
1905 NJ State Census; page 18, #373/385

Notes for GEORGE LESHER:
Fairmont Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ
D/884; Date of internment: 31 December 1981

Notes for MINNIE CROTZLEY:
Fairmont Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ
D/884; Date of internment: Pre-30 June 1953

Notes for RUTHERFORD B. HAYES LESHER:
Died in Phillipsburg at Warren Hospital. He is buried in St. James Lutheran Cemetery, in Phillipsburg.

Notes for SADIE ANDREW WINTER:
OBIT lists her birth as 26 August 1885. She is buried in St. James (Straw Church) Lutheran Cemetery, Phillpsburg.

    x. HARRY C. LESHER, b. 05 July 1878 [1-1], NEW JERSEY; d. December 1979, NEW JERSEY; m. AMANDA MAE WINTER, Abt. 1904.

Notes for HARRY C. LESHER:
Fairmont Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ
E/153; Date of internment: 5 January 1980

Notes for AMANDA MAE WINTER:
Fairmont Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ
E/153; Date of internment: 1 February 1969

Endnotes:
[1-1] Lesher Family Bible
[1-2] Lesher Family Bible; Church Record
[1-3] Marriage Notice:  The Whig & Journal, Easton, PA
[2-1] Obituary:  Easton Sunday Call, Easton, PA
[2-2] Marriage Notice:  The Whig & Journal, Easton, PA
[2-3] Obituary:  Easton Newspaper Abstracts
[2-4] Pension Records, William H. Lesher; 3 April 1915.
[2-5] Marriage Certificate, Morris County, New Jersey.

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