franklin twp. carbon co. leonard beltz, a native of franklin, married miss e. boyer, d/o frederic boyer, and settled near parryville, where he kept a hotel, and finally died, his wife died at 105 years of age, in 1867. children; nicholas, peter, john, jacob, eli, frank, thomas, susan, mary, molly and elisabeth. nicholas settled there and his daus. were; mrs. lenoyer, mrs, mowry, peter now near 90, and he is living with his son-in-law jacob hoyt. jacob settled in northampton co, near lockport. john settled in mahoning twp. a dau mrs. arner, lives on the farm he owned. frank settled in this twp. and a son john f. now lives there. thomas of mahoning twp. squire h. a. beltz, of leighighton, is his son. susan wf of samuel nunemacher, and mary, wf of daniel blos, molly, wf of joseph beck, lived in IL> carbon co-birth beltz elisabeth bp 8 sept 1798 leonhart and _ johannes 8 july 1800 lehnard and elizabeth noah, 1 oct 1821 nicholas and katharine belz margarete 10 may 1808 leonhard and elisa thomas 9 sept 1805 leonhard and elis all of towamensing lutheran and reformed ch. civil war-81st regt. co. h. included martin belt, died martin beltz, enlisted 1861, died at newport news, 1862. 34th regt. co. f. included john beltz east penn twp. - 1808, included leonard beltz. franklin twp-school directors, 1861 david beltz, 1865 david beltz, 1874 david beltz, 1882 j.e. beltz lehighton twp-j.p.'s included, 1881 harrison a. beltz mahoning twp. thomas beltz, s/o leonard and elisabeth beltz, was a native of towamensing twp., born 1805. he married rebecca d/o jonathan bachman and settled in mahoning twp. she died early in life and left 2 children, of whom nathan resided in stockton, luzerne co. he married 2nd to maria, d/o henry arner. harrison a. beltz, now a j.p. of lehighton, is a son. the mother of thomas beltz resided with him in her later years, and died at his home in feb 1867, age 105, she was the d/o frederich boyer, and was born in towamensing tp. dec 14, 1761 mahoning twp. -1842, henry arner, powder mil and saw mill, mahoning twp.-school directors, 1849, thomas beltz, 1848 henry arner, 1855 zachariah h. long lower towamensing twp.-1843-44 included, jonas arner, carpenter, george boyer, 29 acres, john boyer, farmer, 29 acres john a. boyer, farmer, 43 acres, henry boyer, farmer11 acres, daniel boyer, farmer, 180 acres, david boyer, carpenter, 71 acres, adam boyer, tanner, andrew boyer, tailor, 69 acres, andrew boyer, farmer, 158 acres and saw mill, francis beltz, 41 acres, daniel boyer, blacksmith, 50 acres, daniel beltz, farmer, 29 acres towamensing twp-1781, frederick boyer (note from me, he was killed by indians) michael beltz-1843, daniel arner, jr., farmer 119 acres, daniel arner, carpenter, thomas arner, carpenter, 62 acres, daniel "ahner", cordwainer, abraham ahner, cordwainer, john e. boyer, keeper, peter beltz, farmer, 311 acres Best Wishes, Geri