| Birth |
26 Mar 1814 |
Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [3] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00020-1531 |
| Person ID |
I3570 |
| Last Modified |
02 May 2005 |
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| Father |
Christian Burkholder, b. 3 Feb 1783 |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Baumann, b. 27 Aug 1788 |
| Group Sheet |
F1242 |
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| Family 1 |
Barbara Kinzie, b. 2 May 1830 |
| Married |
15 Aug 1860 |
[4] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F1260 |
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| Notes |
Benjamin Burkholder, "the second son of Christian Burkholder, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 26th, 1814. When four years of age his parents moved to Waterloo County and settled on a farm a little north of the town of Waterloo, now in possession of C. Huether. Here he was raised. In 1835 he issued the first paper for the county. It was called 'The Morning Star' and was published at his father's residence. He was both editor and printer of the same. In later years he commenced to teach in our public schools and taught for more than thirty years. He was married to Barbara, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Moxley) Kinsie, August 15th, 1860. She was born May 2nd, 1830, and died November 6th, 1866. They resided near Doon, on the place now in possession of Thomas Sherrington. At present he resides in Strasburg, Ontario, and is quite well and active yet for a man of his age. They had a family of three children, viz:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 378 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 844 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 378 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 379 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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Region of Waterloo