First Generation

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1. Alexander Mack, 20390, M. Born on 3 Aug 1679 in near Schwarzenau, Germany. Alexander died in Germantown, PA, on 31 Jan 1734/35; he was 54. Buried in Upper burying ground, Germantown, PA.

 

1.  Bernard Solomon - bersan344@tds.net

 

2.  Mack name is pronounced MOCK according to Gene Andert of the Mock Family Historian

 

3.  Mock Origins in Germany and Switzerland, by Steve Lapp

Steve has studied the migration of early German families from the Palatinate, which includes areas drained by the Rhine and Nekar Rivers. He outlined the religious and political reasons for upheaval in this area. The primary reasons these people came to America in the early and mid-1700's, included 1. Desire for religious freedom. 2. Desire to get away from conditions of serfdom, where they would have freedom and the ability to own land. 3. Desire to avoid mandatory military conscription.

 

Steve has located 19 distinct lines of various surnames such as Mack, Maag, Mauck, Mock, etc. that were known to have migrated to America and where their germanic origin was established, and he has pinpointed them on a map to a relatively small area in the Palatinate of Germany and in Switzerland.

 

He observed that the name more frequently occurred in Switzerland as Maag, whereas in Germany it more commonly was noted to be Mack, although there are multiple variations of the name occurring in both regions. .

 

4.   Alexander MACK  -founder of the Church of the Brethren, or Dunkars.

   Schrieschiem (Mannheim-Heidelberg)

   1729 Sep 15 Ship Allen

 

5.  http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Forest/5664/MockOrigins.html

This family has been traced as far back as 1540, to Ebert MACK, a miller  who became mayor of Schreisheim in 1597.  The family became well established   in Schreisheim - successfull and relatively wealthy.  They developed skills such as mill building and operating, wine-making, farming, and cloth and stocking-weaving Alexander MACK was a fifth-generation descendant of Ebert.  He and his immediate family, it is thought, are the only ones who adopted Anabaptist teachings and went  against local church authority to promulgate their religion.  As a result, Alexander and his family suffered persecution and loss of wealth and prestige in the  community They fled to Holland, and ultimately sought religious freedom in Pennsylvania when they crossed the ocean with a shipload of fellow Brethren.  Others of their persuasion had preceded them to America.  Many MACK families remained in Schreisheim, and the church records are filled with their descendants.  It is not known if any of them also immigrated to the Colonies.

 

6.  http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Forest/5664/MockOrigins.html

Kraichgau  (Annette Burgert)

 The feudal system existed in the Kraichgau and Palatinate under Frankish rule. At the top was the Holy Roman Emperor, with serfs at the bottom. Actual power lay with the owners of the many territories within the Empire, one of which was the Catholic Church.  Another major landowner in the Kraichgau was the "Elector of the Palatinate" - one of the seven persons who selected the Emperor.  But many of the villages were owned by the noble families - "Knights of the Ritterkanton", they were called.

 

 The Reformation came by way of religious preferences of these various village owners.  As early as 1555 a significant principle of Church and Government was established.  Whoever had political sovereignty over an area determined its religious faith. However, there were only two, at first, and then three legally recognized confessions: Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and lastly Reformed.  In general, those villages owned by the Bishopric of Speyer remained Catholic.  The villages belonging to the petty nobility became Lutheran, as were those belonging to Weurttemberg.  The Palatinate - that is, those territories owned by the Elector - adopted various affiliations - Lutheran in 1556 and Reformed in 1563.  During the 30 Years War (1618 to 1648) much territory was forced to return to Catholicism - and this was only partly reversed by the settlement at the end of the War.  Lutherans retained their rights to the knightly towns, and even when Lutherans were a minority in some villages, they were permitted to conduct worship if they so requested.  But many Reformed worshippers were no longer allowed to practice their faith.  When the Palatinate Royal family of Pfalz-Simmern died out in 1685, their Catholic successors, the Pfalz-

Neuberg line, declared the entire Palatinate would henceforth have only one church building in a village, to be used by both Catholic and Reformed congregations.  In 240 places Catholic worship was inaugarated and 100 Reformed pastors were removed from theie parishes.  This policy lasted until 1707, when the "Palatine Church Division" was put into effect. Under its terms, 5/7 of the parishes became Reformed, 2/7 Catholic, and none Lutheran. Gradually in the 1700s, Lutherans were able to establish modest congregations again in some towns.  Even then the Reformed clergy could collect fees for pastoral acts that Lutheran pastors actually performed, and record them in their own records, although the 1707 agreement had allowed each group to keep its own record.  This fact accounts for the existence of 2 congregations in some towns, and for the appearance of Lutheran pastoral records in the Reformed Church books.  In the Nineteenth Century the Lutheran and Reformed churches in the state of Baden united as one - the Evangelical Church.

 

One event not quite a century before the great emigration played as important a role in the population history of the Kraichgau as the emigration itself did.  That was the series of battles between 1618 and 1648 which are known as the Thirty Years War.  This was the end of the Military attempt to settle the religious division the Reformation had caused. It was also a devastating demolition of may towns and caused the death of many people.  Only six church records from before 1650 survive among the villages studied in Burgert's first volume. Eschelbronn was totally depopulated by 1648 and only nine persons remained in Zuzenhausen.  In Ittlingen, only the stump of the church tower remained.

 

This gap in population was surprisingly filled in a rapid manor, by immigrants from other areas of Germany, but especially from over-populated Switzerland.  The coming of the refugees after the Thirty Years War, many of them Swiss, was the last major movement of new peoples into the Kraichgau until after World War II.

 

The Duchy of Zweibrucken also became part of the Palatinate in 1685, when it fell heir to the Electoral Palatinate.  THe Zweibrucken- Neuberg line of Dukes were Catholic, and adopted oppressive measures against their Protestant subjects.

 

7.  http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Forest/5664/MockOrigins.html

Origins of Mack Immigrants

Palatinate  (Faust)

 The geographical borders of the Palatinate in the 1700s exceeded the present limits of the Rhenish Palatinate, which is today a part of Bavaria.  It extended from the Neckar Valley, downstream on both sides of the Rhine River as far as Oppenheim and Bacharach, and from the Bergstrasse (the old Roman road running along the Odenwald from Darmstadt to Heidelberg) on the east, to the Hardt Mountains on the west.  Mannheim, Heidelberg,  Worms, and Alzei were within its borders.  Its area was about 340 German square miles, a little less than the area of the present state of Massachusetts.  The population of the Palatinate in the 1700s, at its height, was appromixmately 500,000.

 

8.  Alexander Mack The Tunker, pg. 2

Birth near Schwarzenau, Germany, in Schriesheim, in the electorate of Palatian, between Mannheim and Heidelberg.  He was a member of a very respectable and wealthy family and it is reported that he was educated at a Geman university.  He was a Presbyterian.

 

9.  He had a brother who was a general in the German army.

 

10.  Alexander learned the milling trade and assisted in the care of numerous vineyards belonging to the family.

 

11.  Emigrated to Holland to escape religious persecution in Germany.  After nine years in Holland the Brethren decided to join the group which had emigrated to America with Peter Becker some years earlier.  They departed from Rotterdam as a congregation and after considerable time spent in passage they landed in Philadelphia on 15 Sep 1729.

 

12.  Burying ground also known as Axe’s burying ground. Inscription on the stone is in German and reads:  “here rest the remains of A. M., box 1679, and died 1735, aged 56 years.”  The body remained at the Upper burying ground until 13 Nov 1894, when it was removed to the cemetery at the Church of the Brethren at Germantown, PA. Marked by a marble slab engraved as follows:  “Alexander Mack, Sr., the first minister and organizer of the Church of the Brethren in the year 1708.  Born at Schriesheim, Germany, 1679.  Came to Germantown, 1729.  Removed from Axe’s burying ground 1894.”

 

On 4 Nov 1700 when Alexander was 21, he married Anna Margaretha Klingen, 20391, F, in Germany. Born on 20 Apr 1680 in near Schwarzenau, Germany. Anna Margaretha died in Germany in ~1720; she was 39.

 

1.  Children

   1. John Valentine MACK b: in Germany

   2. Johannes MACK b: in Germany

   3. Christina MACK b: in Germany d. age 6 probably about 1720

   4. Anna Maria MACK b: in Germany

   5. Alexander MACK b: 25 JAN 1711/12 in Schwarzenau, Germany

 

The two girls died in Gemany and the three boys accompanied their father to America.

 

They had one child:

          2            i.          Alexander, 20392, M (1711-1803)

 

 

Second Generation

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2. Alexander Mack (Alexander1), 20392, M. Born on 25 Jan 1711 in Schwarzenau, Germany. Alexander died in Germantown, PA, on 20 Mar 1803; he was 92.

 

On 1 Jan 1748/49 when Alexander was 36, he married Elizabeth Nice, 20393, F. Born on 5 Sep 1726. Elizabeth died in Germantown, PA, on 6 May 1811; she was 84.

 

1.  Bernard Solomon

Children

 

   1. William MACK b: 31 AUG 1749 in Germantown, PA

   2. Anna Maria MACK b: 29 OCT 1752 in Germantown, PA

   3. Sarah Margareta MACK b: 23 DEC 1753 in Germantown, PA

   4. Hannah MACK b: 10 SEP 1755

   5. Alexander MACK b: 18 JAN 1758

   6. Lydia MACK b: 4 JAN 1761

   7. Elizabeth MACK b: 2 MAY 1765

   8. Anna Margaretha MACK b: 31 JUL 1765

 

They had one child:

          3            i.          William, 20216, M (1749-1813)

 

 

Third Generation

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3. William Mack (Alexander2, Alexander1), 20216, M. Born on 31 Oct 1749 in Germantown, PA. William died in Bakers Summit, Bedford Co., PA, on 13 Feb 1813; he was 63.

 

On 13 Oct 1772 when William was 22, he married Agnes Ganss, 20217, F. Born in 1754 in Cumberand Valley, Franklin Co., PA.

 

1.  Also seen as Gantz

 

They had one child:

          4            i.          Jacob, 20179, M (1773-1855)

 

 

Fourth Generation

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4. Jacob Mack (William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20179, M. Born on 29 Aug 1773 in Waynesboro, PA. Jacob died in Brownsville, Licking Co., OH, on 24 Mar 1855; he was 81.

 

Jacob married Nancy Moser, 20180, F, daughter of Jonathan Moser, 20218, M (-24 Apr 1836) & Ann Maria Leatherman, 20219, F (-6 Oct 1841). Born in ~1771 in Germany. Nancy died in Brownsville, Licking Co., OH, on 5 Sep 1856; she was 85.

 

They had the following children:

          5            i.          Agnes, 20181, F (1797-1889)

          6           ii.          Sarah, 20112, F (1798-1892)

          7          iii.          John, 20182, M (1800-)

          8          iv.          Jacob, 20119, M (1803-1871)

          9           v.          Alexander, 20183, M (1807-)

        10          vi.          Mary, 20184, F (1812-)

        11         vii.          Anna, 20185, F (1815-)

 

 

Fifth Generation

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5. Agnes Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20181, F. Born on 10 Jan 1797. Agnes died in Ankenytown, Knox Co., OH, on 21 Jul 1889; she was 92. Buried in Owl Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Ankeytown, Knox Co., OH.

 

1.  Paul Basso

Children

 

   1. Anna LECKRONE

   2. Lyola LECKRONE

   3. David LECKRONE b: 1818

   4.  Benjamin LECKRONE b: 1821 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA

   5. Jonas LECKRONE b: 1826 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA

   6. Catherine LECKRONE b: 24 MAR 1834 in Brownsville, Licking Co., OH

 

On 22 Feb 1818 when Agnes was 21, she married Jacob Leckrone, 5G Uncle, 20484, M, son of Mathias Leckrone, 20305, M (~1762-1 Sep 1831) & Barbara Wilmer, 20307, F, in Fayette Co. PA. Born on 16 May 1794 in Westmoreland Co., PA. Jacob died in Ankenytown, Knox Co., OH, on 3 Aug 1885; he was 91. Buried in Owl Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Ankeytown, Knox Co., OH.

 

They had one child:

        12            i.          David, 20485, M (1819-1845)

 

6. Sarah Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20112, F. Born on 25 Jun 1798 in German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Sarah died in Walnut Hill, Fayette Co., PA, on 13 Jun 1892; she was 93.

 

1.  Daughter of Jacob Mack

 

2.   Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890   - Ancestry.com

Name:      Mack, Sarah

Birth Date:     1798

Spouse:     Joseph Longanecker

Marriage Date:     1820

Marriage Place:     Fayette co., PA

Date of Death:     After 1889

 

3.  Name:      Sarah Mack

Spouse:     Joseph Longanecker

Parents:     Jacob   Mack , Nancy   Moser

Birth Place:     German Twp Fayette Co, Brown S Run, PA

Birth Date:     25 June 1798

Death Place:     Walnut Hill, Fayette Co, PA

Death Date:     13 June 1892

 

In 1820 when Sarah was 21, she married Joseph Longanecker, GGGG Grandfather, 20110, M, son of John Longanecker, 20225, M & Unknown, 20226, F, in Fayette Co., PA. Born on 24 Aug 1776. Joseph died in German Twp.,  Fayette Co., PA, on 15 Nov 1853; he was 77.

 

1.  Ancestry.com -  Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890 

Name:      Longanecker, Joseph

Birth Date:     1789

Father's Name:     John Longanecker

Spouse:     Sarah Mack

Marriage Date:     1820

Marriage Place:     Fayette co., PA

Children:     Lydia and others

Date of Death:     Before 1890

Other:     Farmer. Mennonite.

 

2.  Name:      Longanecker, Joseph

Township:     German

County:     Fayette

State:     Pennsylvania

Year:     1830

Roll:     162

Page:     283

 

Name:      Joseph Longanecker

Age:     77

Estimated birth year:     abt 1773

Birth place:     Pennsylvania

Gender:     Male

Home in 1850

(City,County,State):     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Page:     31

Roll:     M432_779

 

3.  Alex Longanecker

Dates: 

 

4.Genealogical and personal history of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. New York. Lewis Historical Pub. Co.. 1912. 

 

5.Patricia Homlish <m2mhomlish@ezol.com> supplied report on the Longanecker family back to Switzerland in the 1600’s. Have added in her information to whatever information I already had.  Some of the sources we both had access to.  April 28, 2005pjm

 

6.  Note removed for privacy

 

7.  Joseph Longanecker

German Twp

Book 3, Pg. 104

Will:  17 Sep 1851

Probate:  18 Nov 1853

 

8.  Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Vol I,  Fayette County, Rider

Joseph (1) Longanecker , who married (first) Mary Lecrone , (second) Sarah , daughter of Jacob Mack , Children by his first wife: John , married Polly Mack ; Joseph (2), of previous mention; Frances , married John Riley ; Catherine , married Rev. Jacob Mack ; Maria , married Samuel Renshaw . By second wife: Jacob , married Matilda Moser ; Lydia , married Zachariah Ball ; Nancy , married Joseph Moser

 

They had the following children:

        13            i.          Jacob F, 20121, M (1818-1889)

        14           ii.          Lydia, 20122, F (1823->1889)

        15          iii.          Nancy, 20123, F (1821-1896)

 

7. John Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20182, M. Born on 8 Oct 1800.

 

8. Rev Jacob Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20119, M. Born on 3 Nov 1803 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Jacob died in Fulton Co., IL, on 21 Aug 1871; he was 67.

 

1.  It should be noted that Reverend JACOB MACK, husband of CATHERINE9 LONGANECKER, was the grandson(I think it might be Great Grandson pjm) of Alexander Mack The Tunker, founder of the Brethren Church, according to the book " Alexander Mack the Tunker, and Descendants," by Freeman Ankrum A.B. (born 1890), published by The Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, 1943.  Freeman was a minister of the Brethren Church of Masontown, Fayette County, PA, and his mother was a Leckrone-Mack. In additional information from this source, Reverend Jacob Mack and Catherine Longanecker's son, Joseph, is indicated as "an active member of the Brethren Church from his earliest years." From this information, it would appear that the Daughters of the American Revolution were not correct in indicating Reverend Jacob Mack as a Baptist minister in their work on " Family Records from the Scrap Book of Jacob Mack" after 1870, following Reverend Mack's death.  With this information from the Brethren Church, everything seems to indicate that Jacob Mack was a Brethren minister, following in the line of his grandfather, the founder.

 

2.  Name:      Jacob Mack

Spouse:     Catherine Longanecker

Parents:     Jacob   Mack , Nancy   Moser

Birth Place:     German Twp Fayette Co, Brown S Run, PA

Birth Date:     3 November 1803

Death Place:     Fulton Co, IL

Death Date:     21 August 1871

 

3.  Bernard Solomon - bersan344@tds.net - 2004

 

On 9 Aug 1826 when Jacob was 22, he married Catherine Longanecker, GGGG Aunt, 20115, F, daughter of Joseph Longanecker, 20110, M (24 Aug 1776-15 Nov 1853) & Mary Leckrone, 20111, F (~1789-). Born on 7 Apr 1807. Catherine died on 15 Aug 1855; she was 48. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Daniel Roberson - 2004 - danielproberson@hotmail.com

Children

   1. Nancy MACK b: in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., Pa

   2. Sarah MACK b: 21 Jul 1827 in near Masontown, Pa

   3. Joseph MACK b: 31 Oct 1828 in near Masontown, Pa

   4. Alexander MACK b: 18 Mar 1834 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., Pa

   5. Jacob MACK b: 27 Jun 1845 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., Pa

 

2.  Jordan, John W. and Hadden, James, "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania," Lewis Historical Publishing Company, NY, 1912.

 

Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker History, compiled by the Honorable A.R. Longaker of Norristown, PA., and published by the Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA., 1903.

 

Mack, Jacob Rev. (1803-1870), "Scrap Book of Family Records,"  Masontown and surrounding communities, Fayette County, PA, with additions by the Daughters of the American Revolution after Reverend Mack's death in 1870.  On microfilm from the genealogical records of the Church of the

Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

Miller, Kathryn Cooley, "Some Fayette County Pennsylvania Cemeteries, Closson Press, Apollo, PA, 1996.

 

They had the following children:

        16            i.          Nancy, 20594, F

        17           ii.          Sarah, 20595, F (1827-1893)

        18          iii.          Joseph, 20596, M (1828-1909)

        19          iv.          Alexander, 20597, M (1834-1915)

        20           v.          Jacob L, 20598, M (1845-1898)

 

9. Alexander Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20183, M. Born on 8 Apr 1807.

 

10. Mary Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20184, F. Born on 20 Nov 1812.

 

1.  Can this be the “Polly” already in my file?  4/29/05pjm

 

11. Anna Mack (Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 20185, F. Born on 1 Jun 1815.

 

 

Sixth Generation

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12. David Leckrone (Agnes Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 1C5R, 20485, M. Born on 14 Jan 1819. David died in Licking Co., OH, on 9 Aug 1845; he was 26. Buried in Jacob Mack Farm, Licking Co., OH.

 

1.  Sheryl Poorman - OPPSheryl@aol.com

Leckrone Family History by Mary Mills Black

 

On 7 Mar 1844 when David was 25, he married Catherine Bosserman, 20486, F, in Perry Co., OH. Born on 18 Oct 1816.

 

1.  Father: Michael BOSSERMAN

Mother: Catherine WHIP

 

They had one child:

        21            i.          Martha, 20675, F (1845-1913)

 

13. Jacob F Longanecker (Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half GGGG Uncle, 20121, M. Born on 17 Jun 1818 in German Twp., Brown’ s Run, Fayette Co., PA. Jacob F died in Fairchance, Fayette Co., PA, on 7 Apr 1889; he was 70.

 

1.  Name:      Jacob F Longanecker

Spouse:     Matilda Moser

Parents:     Joseph   Longanecker , Sarah   Mack

Birth Place:     German Twp Fayette Co, Brown S Run, PA

Birth Date:     17 June 1818

Marriage Date:     24 February 1842

Death Place:     Fairchance, Fayette County, PA

Death Date:     7 April 1889

 

2.  Patricia Homlish <m2mhomlish@ezol.com>

 

19.  JACOB F.9 LONGANECKER (JOSEPH8, JOHN7 LONGENECKER, DAVID6, DANIEL5 LANGENEGGER, DAVID4, ULRICH3, MICHAEL2, PETER1) was born 05 June 1818 in Masontown, Fayette Co, PA, and died 07 April 1889 in Farichance, Fayette Co, PA.

 

On 24 Feb 1842 when Jacob F was 23, he married Matilda Moser, 20124, F. Born on 5 Jan 1821 in Walnut Hill, Fayette Co., PA. Matilda died on 19 Feb 1921; she was 100.

 

1.   Daughter of DANIEL MOSER and SUSANNA CUSTER.

 

They had the following children:

        22            i.          Mary Ann, 20142, F (1843-1887)

        23           ii.          Almira, 20173, F (1846-1857)

        24          iii.          William Alexander, 20174, M (1849-)

 

14. Lydia Longanecker (Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half GGGG Aunt, 20122, F. Born in 1823 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Lydia died aft 1889; she was 66.

 

1.   Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890

Name:      Longanecker, Lydia

Birth Date:     1823

Father's Name:     Joseph Longanecker

Mother's Name:     Sarah Mack

Spouse:     Zachariah Ball

Marriage Date:     Nov 2, 1842

Marriage Place:     Fayette co., PA

Children:     Sarah, Jacob, Joseph

Date of Death:     After 1889

 

2.  Pennsylvania Biographies and Genealogies, 1600s-1800s, Ancestry.com

Fayette County, Pennsylvania Biographies, Uniontown, North and South Union, Page 132

Mrs. Lydia Ball’s father was Joseph Longanecker, son of John Longanecker, a prosperous farmer and leading member of the Mennonite church.  He was married to Sarah Mack, now an active old lady in the ninety-first year of her age.

 

On 2 Nov 1842 when Lydia was 19, she married Zachariah Ball, 20126, M, in Fayette Co., PA. Born on 3 Apr 1819. Zachariah died in Fayette Co., PA, on 11 Mar 1886; he was 66.

 

1.   Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890

Name:      Ball, Zachariah

Birth Date:     Apr 3, 1819

Father's Name:     John Ball

Mother's Name:     Rachel

Spouse:     Lydia Longanecker

Marriage Date:     Nov 2, 1842

Marriage Place:     Fayette co., PA

Children:     Sarah, Jacob, Joseph

Date of Death:     Mar 11, 1886

 

2.  Pennsylvania Biographies and Genealogies, 1600s-1800s, Ancestry.com

Fayette County, Pennsylvania Biographies, Uniontown, North and South Union, Page 132

 

Zachariah Ball (deceased) was a highly respective citizen of North Union township.  he was a son of John and Rachel Ball and was born in Dunbar township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1819 and died in North Union township, March 11, 1886.

 

Zachariah Ball left the subscription schools of Dunbar township at an early age to engage in farming.  About 1844 he purhcased the well known Craig farm and erected thereon a large barn and fine brick residence, which were blown down a few years later by a severe wind storm.  Mr. Ball and his family were sleeping at the time, in a lower room, which was the only part of the house left standing.  he rebuilt the house and in a few years sold his farm, that cost him $30 per acre, for $150 per acres, and purchsed the Swan farm in North Union township, near the county home, and where he resided until his death.

 

On November 2, 1841, he married Miss Lydia Longanecker.  They had three children:  Sarah E., died November 16 1868; Jacob E., died July 17, 1868, and Joseph T., born August 11, 1844, married Clarissa Barricklow and has three children:  Sarah E., wife of J. N. Hibbs, George W. and Altha.  Josephy T. Ball owns 150 acres of fine land.  Mrs. Lydia Ball’s father was Joseph Longanecker, son of John Longanecker, a prosperous farmer and leading member of the Mennonite church.  He was married to Sarah Mack, now an active old lady in the ninety-first year of her age.

 

Zachariah Ball was a school director in Dunbar township.  After his removal to North Union township, he devoted all his time to the improvement and cultivation of his farm, and died enjoying the good wil and respect of all who knew him.

 

They had the following children:

        25            i.          Sarah, 20176, F

        26           ii.          Jacob, 20177, M

        27          iii.          Joseph, 20178, M

 

15. Nancy Longanecker (Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half GGGG Aunt, 20123, F. Born on 27 Sep 1821 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Nancy died on 9 Aug 1896; she was 74.

 

1.  Name:      Altha Moser

Parents:     Joseph B Moser , Nancy   Longanecker

Birth Place:     Fayette Co, George S Twp, PA

Birth Date:     16 October 1849

Death Place:     Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA

Death Date:     27 January 1939

 

2.  Name:      Daniel Moser

Parents:     Joseph B Moser , Nancy   Longanecker

Birth Place:     Fayette Co, George S Twp, PA

Birth Date:     30 December 1844

Death Place:     Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA

Death Date:     20 April 1918

 

3.  Moser, Amanda    Moser , Joseph B  Longanecker , Nancy    21 August 1847 

Moser, Daniel K  Moser , Joseph B  Longanecker , Nancy    30 December 1844 

Moser, Matilda    Moser , Joseph B  Longanecker , Nancy    2 April 1852 

Moser, Sarah Ann  Moser , Joseph B  Longanecker , Nancy    24 April 1843

 

On 16 Dec 1841 when Nancy was 20, she married Joseph Moser, 20125, M. Born on 20 Apr 1814.

 

They had the following children:

        28            i.          Sarah Ann, 20382, F (1843-1918)

        29           ii.          Daniel, 20383, M (1844-1918)

        30          iii.          Amanda, 20384, F (1847-1933)

        31          iv.          Altha, 20385, M (1849-1939)

        32           v.          Matilda, 20386, F (1852-1935)

 

1.  Daniel Roberson

 

16. Nancy Mack (Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 1C4R, 20594, F. Born in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA.

 

17. Sarah Mack (Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 1C4R, 20595, F. Born on 21 Jul 1827 in near Masontown, Fayette Co., PA. Sarah died in Fayette Co. PA, on 31 Mar 1893; she was 65. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Second wife of Ephraim

 

Sarah married Ephraim Walters, 20599, M. Born on 2 Nov 1813. Ephraim died in Fayette Co. PA, in Jan 1903; he was 89. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Wife (1) Sarah Sangston Walters Oct 22, 1817  Jan 24, 1852, dau J & E

Sangston.

 

18. Joseph Mack (Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 1C4R, 20596, M. Born on 31 Oct 1828 in Near Masontown, Fayette Co., PA. Joseph died in Uniontown, Fayette Co., P, on 15 Jan 1909; he was 80.

 

1.  Bernard Solomon - 2004

 

Joseph married Rebecca, 20600, F.

 

They had the following children:

        33            i.          Alexander, 20601, M (1859-1859)

        34           ii.          John Longanecker, 20602, M (1857-1910)

        35          iii.          William, 20603, M (1860-1942)

        36          iv.          Fanny, 20604, F (1862-)

        37           v.          Allen, 20605, M (1864-)

 

19. Alexander Mack (Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 1C4R, 20597, M. Born on 18 Mar 1834 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Alexander died in Masontown, Fayette Co. PA, on 13 Jul 1915; he was 81.

 

Alexander married Elmire Josephine Allenbaugh, 20608, F.

 

They had one child:

        38            i.          Catherine Lenora, 20609, F (1862-)

 

20. Jacob L Mack (Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 1C4R, 20598, M. Born on 27 Jun 1845 in Brown's Run, German Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Jacob L died in near Masontown, Fayette Co., PA, on 19 Dec 1898; he was 53. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Tombstone at Fairview says 1842

 

On 25 Jan 1877 when Jacob L was 31, he married Hannah Young, 20611, F. Born on 12 Feb 1855. Hannah died in Fayette Co. PA, on 21 Dec 1907; she was 52. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Children

 

   1. Frances Young MACK b: 27 NOV 1877 in near Masontown, PA

   2. Kathryn Mae MACK b: 3 MAR 1882

   3. Warren Jacob MACK b: 19 DEC 1893 in near Masontown, PA

 

 

Seventh Generation

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21. Martha Leckrone (David6, Agnes Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C4R, 20675, F. Born on 13 Apr 1845. Martha died in Covington, Miami Co., OH, on 19 Jun 1913; she was 68.

 

1.  Married Solomon Garman Karn

 

2.  Pam Darby reports a second marriage to Asa C. Karn

 

3.   Family Data Collection - Births

Ancestry.com

Name:      Leckrone, Martha 

Father:     Leckrone , David 

Mother:     Bosserman , Catherine 

Birth Date:     13 April 1845

State:     OH

Country:     USA

 

22. Mary Ann Longanecker (Jacob F6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20142, F. Born on 7 May 1843. Mary Ann died on 19 May 1887; she was 44.

 

1.  Name:      Mary A Longanecker

Age:     7

Estimated birth year:     abt 1843

Birth place:     Pennsylvania

Gender:     Female

Home in 1850

(City,County,State):     German, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Page:     31

Roll:     M432_779

 

2.  Daniel Roberson for death date.  Conflicted with date in 1889 I originally found.

 

3.  Children

   1. Lizzie COLLIER

   2. Charles COLLIER

   3. E. L. COLLIER

   4. Harry COLLIER

   5. Emma COLLIER

   6. Lou COLLIER b: 23 Feb 1868 in George's Twp., Fayette Co., Pa

 

On 8 Oct 1863 when Mary Ann was 20, she married William Collier, 20175, M.

 

1.  Daniel Roberson

 

23. Almira Longanecker (Jacob F6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20173, F. Born on 10 Jul 1846. Almira died on 19 May 1857; she was 10.

 

24. William Alexander Longanecker (Jacob F6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20174, M. Born on 19 Apr 1849 in German Twp.,  Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County by Gresham and

Wiley, 1889, p510

Dr William A Longnecker of German-Irish descent and physician of Fairchance, was born near Masontown, German township, Fayette county, Penna, April 19, 1849, and is a son of Jacob F Longanecker and Matilda Moser Longanecker. He is descended from the well known, industrious and highly respected Longanecker family of Lancaster county, Penna. His grandfather, Joseph Longanecker, came from Lancaster county to German township in early manhood. He was strictly honest and well respected, and accumulated a large amount of property during his lifetime and at his death each of his eight children received a valuable farm. One of his sons, Jacob Longanecker, the father of Dr William A Longanecker, was born June 17, 1818, and died April 7, 1889. He was a farmer and stockdealer, owing and residing until 1882 upon the farm of 212 acres where he was born and reared. In 1882 he bought a farm of one hundred acres adjacent to Smithfield where he resided till February 19, 1889, when he removed to Fairchance and died two months later.

 

Jacob F Longanecker was a republican and was held in such high respect as a private citizen and a capable businessman that he was elected county commissioner in 1855 when Fayette county was strongly democrat. His management of the county affairs was so acceptable to the people that

many of them solicited him to offer for sheriff, but he declined to make the race. He was a faithful member of the German Baptist church and a member of the Masonic order. He was married February 24, 1842, to Matilda Moser. They had three children, two daughter, Mary Ann Longanecker and Elmira Longanecker, both dead; and William A Longanecker. Mrs Longanecker was born January 5, 1819, and is a daughter of Daniel and Susanna Moser. Dr Longanecker was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Waynesburg College. Leaving college he received a professional certificate from County Superintendent Joshua V Gibbons and taught six

terms in the common schools. In 1871 he began the study of medicine with Dr G W Neff of Masontown. In 1874 he attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College and graduated March 10, 1876. On April 4, 1876, he formed a partnership with Dr H B Mathiot of Smithfield with whom he continued till 1886. In 1880 he removed to Fairchance where he is engaged in successful practice.

On October 19, 1882, he was married to Miss Ida F Mathiot, daughter of Dr H B Mathiot. Their union has been blessed with two children: Ellen D Longanecker, born March 10, 1887; and Carrie M Longanecker, born August 3, 1889. In politics he is a republican and has served as school director of Georges township. In 1870 he served as assistant census marshall and took the census of German, Nicholson, Georges and Springhill townships. He is an active worker in the Presbyterian church while his wife is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr Longanecker in 1882 erected his present fine residence at Fairchance and is enjoying an extensive and lucrative practice.

 

25. Sarah Ball (Lydia Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20176, F.

 

26. Jacob Ball (Lydia Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20177, M.

 

27. Joseph Ball (Lydia Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20178, M.

 

28. Sarah Ann Moser (Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20382, F. Born on 24 Apr 1843. Sarah Ann died on 10 Mar 1918; she was 74.

 

On 14 May 1872 when Sarah Ann was 29, she married William N. Griffith, 20387, M.

 

They had the following children:

        39            i.          Joseph Henry, 20388, M (1874-)

        40           ii.          Nancy Jane, 20389, F (1882-)

 

29. Daniel Moser (Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20383, M. Born on 30 Dec 1844 in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Daniel died in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA, on 20 Apr 1918; he was 73.

 

30. Amanda Moser (Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20384, F. Born on 21 Aug 1847. Amanda died on 3 Nov 1933; she was 86.

 

31. Altha Moser (Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20385, M. Born on 16 Oct 1849 in Georges Twp., Fayette Co., PA. Altha died in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA, on 27 Jan 1939; he was 89.

 

32. Matilda Moser (Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 1C4R, 20386, F. Born on 2 Apr 1852. Matilda died in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA, on 17 Aug 1935; she was 83.

 

33. Alexander Mack (Joseph6, Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C3R, 20601, M. Born in Apr 1859 in Fayette Co. PA. Alexander died in Fayette Co. PA, on 6 May 1859; he was <1. Buried in Fairview Cem., Masontown, Fayette Co., PA.

 

1.  22 days old at death

 

34. John Longanecker Mack (Joseph6, Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C3R, 20602, M. Born on 29 Jul 1857 in German Twp.,  Fayette Co., PA. John Longanecker died in 1910; he was 52.

 

On 22 Aug 1878 when John Longanecker was 21, he married Elizabeth Kefover, 20606, F.

 

Children

 

   1. Emerson MACK b: 23 APR 1879 in Brownsville, OH

   2. Mary Frances MACK b: 5 MAR 1882 in Fayette County, PA

   3. Charles Kefover MACK b: 19 APR 1886 in Messmore, PA

   4. Homer MACK b: 26 NOV 1890

   5. Harold Alexander MACK b: 18 APR 1895 in Messmore, PA

 

35. William Mack (Joseph6, Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C3R, 20603, M. Born on 19 May 1860 in Greene Co., PA. William died in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA, on 28 Mar 1942; he was 81.

 

On 23 Oct 1884 when William was 24, he married Louise Deffenbaugh, 20607, F.

 

1.  Children

 

   1. George MACK b: 14 NOV 1885

   2.  Frank MACK b: 5 AUG 1889

   3. William Jacob Alexander MACK b: 7 SEP 1891 in Fayette County, PA

   4.  Lester MACK b: 12 SEP 1897 in Fayette County, PA

 

36. Fanny Mack (Joseph6, Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C3R, 20604, F. Born on 4 Jan 1862 in Fayette Co. PA.

 

37. Allen Mack (Joseph6, Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C3R, 20605, M. Born in 1864 in German Twp.,  Fayette Co., PA.

 

38. Catherine Lenora Mack (Alexander6, Jacob5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), 2C3R, 20609, F. Born on 10 Jan 1862.

 

1.  Children

   1.  Ella Ray STERLING b: 12 JUN 1881

   2. Lillian Lee STERLING b: 2 APR 1885 in Masontown, PA

 

Catherine Lenora married William Sterling, 20610, M.

 

 

Eighth Generation

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39. Joseph Henry Griffith (Sarah Ann Moser7, Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 2C3R, 20388, M. Born on 20 Jul 1874.

 

40. Nancy Jane Griffith (Sarah Ann Moser7, Nancy Longanecker6, Sarah Mack5, Jacob4, William3, Alexander2, Alexander1), Half 2C3R, 20389, F. Born on 24 Apr 1882.