>From the Beachy Family-descendants of Peter Beachy and Barbara Hershberger by William Beachy and wife, Betty K. Beachy Peter III was born in Baltimore County MD in 1781. He married BARBARA HERSHBERGER, daughter of JOHN HERSHBERGER and a sister to Peter Hershberger who married Peter Beachy's sister, Anna. It doesn't mention either Jr. or Sr for John. Barbara Hershberger is buried on an Amish farm in Elk Lick Twp, Somerset Co. Pa, just east of Springs, Pa. Date of death on marker is: 8 Feb 1853. Peter is buried in the same place. Peter's son, Aaron Beachy, was my husband's Great Grandfather. William Beachy is my brother in law. Connie

Thanks Connie: I had Feb. 8, 1853 as the date of her death also; then I found the 1860 census record that appears to show her alive and living with her son Joel in 1860; so I thought maybe I had the wrong Barbara Hershberger connected to Peter Beachy III. I'd made a rough estimate from early census records that Barbara had probably been born after 1774. Assuming that was her in the 1860 census, she was born about 1783. My interest in the Hershbergers came about because my great grandfather, Cornelius Bowser married Lucinda Livengood. Their daughter, Alice Bowser, married Silas Beachy. Lucinda Livengood's parents were Jonathon Livengood who married Mary Hershberger. Thanks to Pat Hook and others on the list, and Scott Boyd, who'd researched the Livengoods in Preston County, WV; I was able to place Jonathon S. Livengood as a son of Samuel P. Livengood, son of Peter Livengood, II (Jr.) born 1765 married to Anna Beachy born 1766. Barbara Hershberger born ca 1783 (according to the census record) was the daughter of John Hershberger, Sr.; born before 1756, married to Veronica Dellenbach; and as you said, Barbara married Peter Beachy III. Barbara had a brother John Hershberger, born about 1778 who was married twice. By his first marriage to Savannah Sterner, he had a daughter Mary Hershberger born May 25, 1825. This was the Mary Hershberger who married Jonathon S. Livengood, born Aug. 15, 1814. Her father, John, was our "missing link" for a long time. Both Jonathon S. Livengood and Mary Hershberger's lines were brick walls until a year or two ago, when the pieces finally started falling into place; first with Jonathon Livengood's line, then Mary Hershberger's. We knew somehow Jonathon must have been connected to the first Peter Livengood, but didn't know how; and that Mary Hershberger should connect somehow to John Hershberger, Sr. Then there was the David S. Livengood born Apr. 4, 1826 married to Catharine (Unkown); buried at Maple Grove Church cemetery. He was a brother to Jonathon S. Livengood, appears to have fought in the civil war, and was counted immediately after Jonas J. Beachy (father of Leo Beachy, the famous photographer) in the 1880 census, just up the Maple Grove Church Road in the Maynadier Ridge area. It seems almost impossible to study one of these families and not study all. Getting those lines together then, it seemed there must have been some relationship between Silas Beachy and his wife Alice Bowser through the Livengoods. No one seemed to know how they were related, though, because of the missing Livengood link in Alice Bowser's ancestry. It turned out they were 3rd cousins, once removed; very distant cousins, through Peter Livengood I (Sr.) and Barbara Nafziger. Peter Livengood I, was Silas Beachy's 2nd great grandfather and Alice Bowser's 3rd great grandfather; so they were 4 and 5 generations removed from Peter Livengood, I. Do you know if there are still any Beachy books for sale? I heard and saw your brother-in-law's presentation at the Casselman River Amish-Mennonite annual meeting several years ago and was really impressed with his work. Sam connie beachy wrote: > >From the Beachy Family-descendants of Peter Beachy and Barbara Hershberger > by William Beachy and wife, Betty K. Beachy > > Peter III was born in Baltimore County MD in 1781. > He married BARBARA HERSHBERGER, daughter of JOHN HERSHBERGER and a sister to > Peter Hershberger who married Peter Beachy's sister, Anna. > It doesn't mention either Jr. or Sr for John. > > Barbara Hershberger is buried on an Amish farm in Elk Lick Twp, Somerset Co. > Pa, just east of Springs, Pa. Date of death on marker is: 8 Feb 1853. > Peter is buried in the same place. > > Peter's son, Aaron Beachy, was my husband's Great Grandfather. William > Beachy is my brother in law. > > Connie > > ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== > If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.

Sam, You may be able to still get one of the Beachy Books from the Historical Society. Garrett County Historical Society PO Box 28 Oakland, MD 21502 301-334-3226 If they don't have any, check with the Somerset County PA Genealogical or Historical Society. I don't have an address for them. Not sure which of these places Bill donated the books after Betty died. Connie