History of Bucks
County, Pa Volume 3 by William H. Davis
Names and Page # Index
|
IDA
JOSEPHINE RIEGEL
IDA JOSEPHINE RIEGEL,
of Riegelsville, Bucks county,
Pennsylvania
, was born in Riegelsville New
Jersey
, and is a daughter of Jon Leidy RIEGEL, by his second wife, Lydia STOVER.
John Leidy RIEGEL, a prominent and successful manufacturer of
Riegelsville, was born in New Jersey, May 1, 1819 and belonged to a family
that have been residents of Bucks and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania,
and adjoining parts of New Jersey for several generations. His parents
were Benjamin and Elizabeth (LEIDY) RIEGEL, of
Lower Saucon
township,
Northampton
county, and his grandparents, Martha and Catherine (KRAM) RIEGEL,
of German parentage, and his maternal grandparents were John and
Elizabeth (LERCH) LEIDY. Mr. RIEGEL was educated in
the schools of New Jersey, and remained a resident of that state until
1874, when ht removed to Pennsylvania, erecting a handsome residence at
Riegelsville, where he spent his remaining years, dying December 27, 1893,
at the age of seventy-four years, manufacturer of Riegelsville, New Jersey,
being the proprietor of a large flour and mill
there, and doing an extensive business.
He
married,
September 1, 1839
, Elizabeth SHIMER, who died in 1858. They were the parents of five
children, of whom two survive Benjamin and Sarah Jane, the wife
of B. F.FACKENTHALL Esq., of the Thomas Iron Company. Mr. RIEGEL
married (second) on April 30, 1859, Catharine STOVER, of an old
Bucks county family, as account of which is given in this volume, and they
became the parents of three children, only one of whom lived to maturity,
Ella E., wife of Silas DEWITT, who died at the age of twenty-one
years, leaving a son, John R DeWitt. Mrs. Catherine (STOVER) RIEGEL
died in 1864, and Mr. RIEGEL married (third)
March 28, 1855
, Lydia STOVER, who died in 1873. She was the mother of four
children: Clara M, Ida Josephine, John and Laura May. On June 19 1876, Mr.
RIEGEL was married a fourth time, to Mary EASTON, who
survived him, and they were the parents of one child, George E. Mr. RIEGEL
was a lifelong member of the Reformed church, in which most of his
family have retained membership.
Transcribed 2003 of as part of the Bucks
Co., Pa., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html
Published May 2003 on the Bucks County, Pa.,
USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks
Published November 2002 on the Bucks County, Pa.,
USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks |
|
Page was last edited:
11/15/2008