Mary Magdalene (Roush) Zirkle (1746 - 1815)

Born 27 Nov 1746 in Rinkerton, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis Harper Ludwig Zirkle Jr. — married 1760 in Forestville, Shenandoah, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1815 at age 68 in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary Magdalene (Roush) Zirkle was born in 1746. She passed away in 1815. She was buried in Saint Matthews Cemetery in New Market, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.

Notes

Research: Rausch Military Service of Nine Brothers in the Cause of American Independence (Revoluntionary War) Author Lester L. Roush. DD; D Litt. great great grandson of George Roush, Revoluntionary Soldier

page 6

Henry Roush 1752-1831

(wife, Dorothy Nease)

Henry Roush born 1752, in Shenandoah Co., Va., died 1831, is buried in the Plants Cemetery on the front toward the river, in Meigs county, Ohio.

The Revolutionary Record of Henry Roush as preserved in the State Library of Richmond, Va. contains rolls of companies of troops paid off at Romney early in the Revolutionary War; on page 29 appears the Roll of John Tipton's Company. Henry Rouse (roush) was a private in this company and received for services 88 days, the sum of 6-12-6. A receipt signed by Captain Tipton and dated October 25, 1775, acknowledged receipt of the moneys to be paid him to the various claimants. I declare this to be a true statement from the volume cite.

Richmond, Va., February 1, 1926.

(Signed, Rebecka johnston)

They had 10 children.

Henry's great great grandson Virgil Roush sponsored this publication.

page 7 picture of tombstone

Henry Roush 1752-1831

"The Church Builder:

One of nine brothers who fought in the revolutionary war

erected by his descendants.

Mary Magdalene Roush Zerkle

wife of

Lewis H. Zerkle of new Market, shenandoah County, Virginia

(birth dates not known)

Davidsburg Cemetery, New Market, Virginia.

Mary Magdalene Roush (Rausch) is the only member of this large family known to have remained in the Valley. Some granddaughters did as shown elsewhere. She married lewis zerkel also of a large family. (See Roush History Vol, 1, 1928, page 677 ff.)

Without fixed dates it may be assumed, by studying the dates of known births, that she was born about 1748. Their first born, according to the baptismal records of the local Lutheran Church, 1786. According to the custom those days, they had a large family, 14 children. Information in the Valley says they are buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in New Market. Some of the Zerkles came with the Roushes and Neases to Mason, Meigs and Gallia Counties, some now using the name Circle. (Vol.1 Roush history p 537)

Five children have been reported for this family.

• GGGGGG grandson, David Scott Rosenmarkle

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/33568872/mary-magdalene-zirkle : accessed 06 February 2021), memorial page for Mary Magdalene Roush Zirkle (27 Nov 1746–22 Jan 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33568872, citing Saint Matthews Cemetery, New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by jonathan grimm (contributor 46869455) Find A Grave: Memorial #33568872.