BOTH SUSAN AND ANNA'S PARENTS WERE PETER FIES (FEES) AND A SARAH (LAST NAME UNKNOWN) -- PETER WAS BORN AUG 21, 1791 AND BABPTISED AT SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH IN LEBANON, PA AND DIED IN 1875 AND IS BURIED WITH HIS WIFE WHO DIED IN 1863 (FROM MY RECORDS) IN THE CURTIS CEMETARY, MIAMI COUNTY, UNION TOWNSHIP, OHIO. PETER WAS A VETERAN OF THE WAR OF 1812, SERVING IN THE 1ST COMPANY 5TH ASHE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA. HIS FATHER JACOB DAVID WAS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
SOLDIER FROM BERKS COUNTY, PA.
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NOW, DO ME A FAVOR - I NEED A LINE ON YOUR PETERS FATHER WHO I BELIEVE DIED IN MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO A QUITE OLDER MAN WHO TRAVELED WITH HIS CHILDREN FROM PA. ABOUT 1800 - THRU N C THRU 1810 - KENTUCKY THRU 1815 AND INTO WESTERN OHIO BY 1820 UNTIL HIS DEATH JUST BEFORE 1840.
HIS GIVEN NAME WOULD BE JACOB DAVID AND HIS SURNAME COULD BE FIESS - FUESS - FIES - FEES - OR HOW THE FAMILY ENDED UP IN OHIO AS FEESE.
HIS VITALS OF WHAT I KNOW ARE
BORN OCT 25, 1753 TOHICKON, BUCKS CTY, PA
MARRIED 11/20/1775 CHRIST LUTH. CHURCH
TULPEHOCKEN TOWNSHIP, BERKS CTY, PA
TO ANNA MARIA GREIM (ABT 1852 - AFT 1800) AND HAVING AT LEAST 10 CHILDREN AND ENDING IN 1799 BEFORE MOVING OUT OF PA. )I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER SHE SURVIVED TO MAKE THE FINAL JOURNEYS WITH HIM) JACOB DAVID, AS I SAID, IS BELIVED TO HAVE DIED IN MIAMI COUNTY, OHIO BETWEEN 1834 AND 1840 (WELL IN HIS LATE 70'S OR EARLY 80'S) AND IS A MOST VITAL LINK TO US HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WOULD BE A MOST WONDERFUL FIND TO OUR FAMILY TREE AND OUR EFFORTS TO FURTHER TRACE THIS FAMILY TO EITHER ITS GERMANY, SWITZERLAND OR HOLLAND ORIGINS. THANK FOR WAHTEVER HELP YOU MAY BE
JAMES EDWARD FIES HINNERSHITZ
BERKS COUNTY PA