Catherine (Roush) Zirkle (1777 - 1860)

Born 14 Feb 1777 in Forestville, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

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Died 8 Jan 1860 at age 82 in Champaign County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Catharine (Kitty) Roush was born on February 14, 1777, in Shenandoah, Virginia to Philip Sehler Roush and his wife, Catherine Kelchner. She married George Zirkle on March 15, 1794, in her hometown. They had nine children in 18 years. She died on January 8, 1860, in Champaign, Ohio, having lived a long life of 82 years, and was buried there.

Rev. Lester Roush in his book "History of the Roush Family in America" states on page 217, "...The family of Katharine Roush and George Zirkle remained in the Valley, but we are unable to get definite lines of descent...."

Birth

• Catharine (Kitty) Roush was born on February 14, 1777, in Shenandoah, Virginia, to Catherine (Anna) Kelchner, age 28, and Philip Sehler Roush, age 35.^[1][2]

Marriage

• Catharine (Kitty) Roush married George Zirkle in Shenandoah, Virginia, on March 15, 1794, when she was 17 years old.^[3][4][2]

Death

• Catharine (Kitty) Roush died on January 8, 1860, in Champaign, Ohio, when she was 82 years old.^[1]

Burial

• Catharine (Kitty) Roush Zirkle was buried in the Zerkle Cemetery in Champaign County, Ohio.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 October 2019), memorial page for Catharine Roush Zerkel (14 Feb 1777–8 Jan 1860), Find A Grave Memorial no. 62389134, citing Zerkle Cemetery, Champaign County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by America (contributor 46915944) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Roush, Rev. Lester Leroy. History of the Roush Family in America from its founding by John Adam Rausch in 1736 to the Present Time. Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, VA,. 1928, Page 217.
3. ↑ Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.