"Garret Brownback, or Gerhard Burmbach, as it may have been in Germany, was one of the earliest settlers of that nationality in Vincent; was the founder of Brownback's Reform Church, and the fiest tavern keeper in that part of the county. He took up 1000 acres of land, partly in Vincent and artly in coventry, on part of which the church was built at a later date. He had 2 son's benjamin and ahenry, and daughters who became the wives of Richard Custarad, John Benner, Frederick Bingamen, John Munshower, and William Posey. Garret died about 1758, and was succeeded at th4e tavern by his son Benjamin, who continued in the business nearly 30 years. The latter served during the Revolution. His widow was robbed and murdered, and the murderer never discovered. " It's a cinch that if you have Brownbacks in your family, they descend from these folks. Brownback's Church was established in 1743, or at least that is the earliest record known.. The only Showalters I find were Mennonites, membersd of the church in Phoenixville, the church erected in 1772. Several Showalters were ministers of this congregation; Daniel and John. The Keeley family originated from Germany, and first settled in what is now Montgomery County, and then in Chester. conrad keeley, son of the imigrant, married Margaret Laugbaugh. There is listed, in THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, a little bio of Daniel Keeley, b. 1824, grandson of the above Conrad, and son of John. do you ave any given names for the Keeleys, for there are quite a few in the index. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: BRUCE SANDLIER <bsandlier@home.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:04 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] BROWNBACK, FUNK & KEELEY >Is anyone researching BROWNBACK, FUNK or KEELEY? I have BROWNBACK and >FUNK marrying into my SHOWALTER line and KEELEY marrying into the >BROWNBACK line. > >I am just starting to get to the latter two names and could use some >information and/or direction. I don't have immediate access to >materials as I now live in the mid-west, so any leads will save me a lot >of time on my next trip east. > >I am looking for information on my GGGrandmother, Sarah Keeley. From >Genealogy of the BRUMBACH Families, by Gaius Marcus BRUMBAUGH, M.S, >M.D., 1913, I have: > >[A25] JESSE4 BROWNBACK ([A13] John3, [A6] Henry2, Gerhard1) m Sarah >Keeley, b Nov. 13, >1815; d June 30, 1898. He was called "Pale Jesse," to distinguish him >from the other Jesse4 [A41]. > > Children (7): >[A93] Martha5, b Dec. 4, 1840; living. >[A94] Sophia5, b 1843; d >[A95] Morris5, b Aug. 5, 1845. >[A96] George5, b Oct. 25, 1851; d >[A97] Davis5, b 1853; living. >[A98] Hannah5, b 1855; living. >[A99] Clara5, b March 19, 1858; living. > >That one reference to Sarah is the only information that I have. > >>>From the Jobson, Francis and Charles, Papers Box 1 (of 9), located in >the Mennonite Historical Society Library, I found the following FUNK >information (direct descendants only): >1) Henry FUNK, Bishop, > + wife > 2) Henry FUNK > + Barbara SHOWALTER, b c 1734 > 3) Jacob FUNK, Rev., b May 30, 1761, d Jul 22, 1817 > + Mary SHELLY, d Apr 27, 1809 > 4) Barbara FUNK, b Jun 3, 1795, d Jul 3, 1881 > + John SHOWALTER, b Oct 6, 1795, Oct 4, 1866 > 5) Jacob Funk Showalter, b Apr 12, 1824, d May 19, >1888 > >Most of my information is available on our web site. We add to it as >time permits. The pedigree charts do need to be updated to include new >information. There are lots of links to other sites and researchers. >If you care to visit, our address is: >http://members.home.net/sandlier/index.htm. > >If any BROWNBACK researchers are reading this, I recently added a number >of pages containing about two dozen pictures. Most were taken by my >Grandfather, Harry Baum SHOWALTER, and were recently printed from the >dry-plate negatives. The pictures date from about 1890-1905 and most, I >am certain, contain BROWNBACK family members. > >The main purpose of these pages is to help us identify the people in the >pictures. Each picture has a link that will launch your email program >and address the message to me with the subject filled in. If you do >visit and recognize someone, all that need be done is to write a message >letting me know who you can identify. If you want to cut to the chase >and view the pictures, go to >http://members.home.net/bsandlier/album/harrys_photos.htm. > >The pictures were scanned at a low (72dpi) resolution to keep the size >small, so they are not the sharpest. If it should happen that someone >is interested in copies of anything, write me and let me know. There >are email all throughout our web site, or use my address below. > > > >-- >Bruce Sandlier >mailto:bsandlier@home.com > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Visit the US GenWeb Master States Index Page >http://www.usgenweb.org > > > > >

Hi, Was wondering if anyone was searching the surnames KILGORE and ALEXANDER. Not especially looking for a certain person in a certain time frame just the surname in general. Would be interested in hearing from you... Gail