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    1. Re: [PACARBON] PACARBON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5
    2. geri brennan
    3. hi rite, we'll dig around and see what we can find. mahoning twp-carbon co. klotz, christian was born in lowhill twp., northampton (new lehigh). may 14m 1789. in 1816 he married elizabeth, d/o robert mc daniel. his wf. died nov. 5, 1862, age 31, leaving 5 children, ammon, robert, charlotte, anna and joseph. ammon and anna, mrs. grover, settled in franklin twp. charlotte married __ yost. joseph lived at pittston, luzerne co. robert at mauch chunk. christian married 2nd, and had several children. he died at lehighton, march 12m 1848, age 59 was buried next to his 1st wf. in the moravian cem. john, jacob and daniel klotz, brothers of christian, came to mahoning valley, john died at lehightib in 1829. jacob and daniel lived and died in lehighton twp. assessment, 1842, includes michael garber, grist and saw mill, christian horn, innkeeper and butcher, william horn, teacher, abram horn, innkeeper school directors included, 1856, amos reigel william horn, 1857 charles xanders and nathan klotz, 1859, jonas horn, 1862 jonas a. horn, 1873 william horn j.p's, john horn 1847, packer twp. carbon co. john wetzel was a resident of the twp. as early as 1812. he had 4 sons, john, valentine, daniel and david, and 4 daughters who became the wives of stepher kerbe, james troy, lewis hettinger and philip hinkle lowhill twp--lehigh co jacob klotz, ancestor of the klotzs of lowhill, emigrated from germany with his wf. who was born in uteloch. they had 2 sons, john and casper. john married franconia krouse. john had 5 sons, john, george, jacob, christian and daniel, twins, and 4 daughters, barbara, polly, catharine and maria. john, jacob, christian and daniel all stettled in mahoning twp., carbon co., where they died. the hon. robert klotz, of mauch chunck, is a son of christian. about the year george the father and grandfather of the klotzs, of lowhill opened a hotel, he sold his property to his sons jesse and georg, he had 9 sons, abraham died at 16, andrew married catharine semmel, george married 1st to a miss haas, and 2nd to a mrs. sell, born a dormoyer, stephen to judia weeder, joel married 1st a miss hauseman and 2nd to a mrs. kern, peter to a miss lowrey, jesse to lucinda smith, david died single and william; also two daughters, sallie married jacob miller and elisabeth married elias stettler. andrew lived in the twp where he died about 1901. they are buried at the morganland ch. they had 8 children of whom came to maturityy, of whom reuben and solomon lived in the twp., and others in different parts of the county. george had 3 son and 4 daughters. he is buried at the morganlander ch. stephen and wf, lived in the twp. jesse, moved with his wf. to allentown. his 2 daus. lived in allentown, one son in northammpton and the other in iowa. joel owned a farm on the road leading to clausville to fogelsville. he had 6 sons and 4 daughters. one of the sons died young. of the living meno in the twp., jeremiah of guthsville, thompson of iowa, richard at mill creek and frank of ohio. maria married edwin herbley, sallie to john george at weisenberg, matilda to t.d. frey of allentown and louisa to frank good. his second wf lived in allentown. william of iowa, sallie married jacob miller, elizabeth married elias stettler. fenstermacher philip, died before 1812. he left 2 sons, jacob and john and 3 daughter, mrs. jonathan klotz, mrs. john george and mrs. hantz. klotz and hantz settled beyond the blus mts. assessment, 1812-lowhill, casper klotz, george klotz morganland ch. april 13, 1857, meeting, lutheran, george klotz Best Wishes, Geri

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