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    1. Cassamer and Sarah Wittig of Lycoming Co., PA
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    3. I need to know who the wife of Cassamer (Casmer?) Wittig was and who her parents were. I know her name was Sarah and that she was born about 1809 in Pennsylvania. Cassamer and Sarah were married in Pennsylvania about 1839 and had a daughter, Mary b. abt 1842; a son, George b. abt 1845; a daughter, Mena b. abt 1850; and a daughter, Margaret b. abt 1851. This family is found in Cogan House Twp., Lycoming Co., PA in 1880, and Cassamer and his descendants are still living in 1890 in Williamsport, PA. All of the children in that 1880 census were single, and both Mary and Mena were school teachers. My problem lies in the fact that my ancestor, Sarah Hoke-Hovis, is believed to be the daughter of Hugh Hogue and Mary Patterson of Chester and York Counties, Pennsylvania (they moved to Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin, where they both died). However, I've recently discovered the "The Genealogy of the Jackson Family," prepared by Rev. Hugh Parks Jackson, assisted by Rev. Hugh Hogue Thompson, DD., and James R. Jackson, Esq, 1890, wherein it is stated that Sarah, the daughter of Hugh Hogue and Mary Patterson, married Cassamer Wittig. So, I have two Sarahs who supposedly were born in 1813 in York Co., PA and who both are said to be the daughter of Hugh Hogue and Mary Patterson. My Sarah was definitely born in 1813, but the Sarah mentioned above (wife of Cassamer) was born in 1809. My Sarah was married to Henry Hovis about 1830 supposedly in Pennsylvania, but possibly in Ohio, whereas Cassamer and his Sarah were married in 1839 in Pennsylvania. Is there anyone researching this line that can help me clear this up? Dan Harvey harveyj@zoomnet.net

    11/12/2001 01:52:02