William Henry (Heydorn) Hydorn (1808 - 1897)

Born 17 Apr 1808 in Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, United States

Husband of Eleanor (Burdick) Heydorn — married 1 Jan 1831 (to 11 Aug 1886) in Hebron Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 4 Dec 1897 at age 89 in Hebron Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

William (Heydorn) Hydorn was born in Pennsylvania.

William, the tenth of twelve children of Heinrich Heydorn (1771-1851) and Elisabeth Barbara Klindt (1771-1854) was born on 17 April 1808 at Brunswick.^[1]

Marriage and Children

William married Eleanor Burdick, the daughter of Jedediah Jewett and Sybil (Thurston) Burdick on 1 January 1831 at Potter Pennsylvania.^[2] They had six children:

1. William F. Hydorn (b. 1831; d. 1835)
2. Eleanor Cordelia Hydorn (b. 1833; d. 1871) m.
3. Louisa Hydorn (b. 1836; d. 20 Mar 1925, WDC)^[3] m. 13 Oct 1859 at Potter, PA, Sylvester Greenman (1829-1895)
4. Jane Hydorn (b. 1837; d. 1877) m. 3 Sep 1865 at Hebron, PA, William Lairde Greene (1831-1882)
5. Lieut. Charles H. Hydorn (b. 1838; d. 3 May 1862, Chancellorville, VA)^[4]
6. Sullivan Hydorn (b. 1840; d. 18 Jan 1862, Potter, PA)^[5]

Death and Burial

William Henry Hydorn died on 4 December 1897 in his 89th year at Hebron.^[6]He is buried in Woodland Cemetery at Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDPJ-J2B : 17 February 2023), William Heydorn, 1808.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WN-B1WM : 6 February 2020), Eleanor Burdick in entry for William H Hydorn, 1831.
3. ↑ "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7RP-K8H : accessed 22 April 2023), William H. Hydorn in entry for Louise H. Greenman, 20 Mar 1925, District of Columbia, United States; citing reference ID cn 290628, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,116,023.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H566-786Z : 10 July 2020), William H Hydorn in entry for Lt Charles H Hydorn, 1863.
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5FP-4XT2 : 10 July 2020), Eleanor Hydorn in entry for Sullivan Hydorn, 1862.
6. ↑ "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H566-NXN2 : 10 July 2020), William Henry Hydorn, 1897.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130868459/william-h-hydorn: accessed 22 April 2023), memorial page for William H Hydorn (17 Apr 1808–4 Dec 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130868459, citing Woodland Cemetery, Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Chris Hobson (contributor 48052107).

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CT-JY5 : 24 December 2020), William H Hydorn, Hebron Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXT8-67V : 18 February 2021), Wm H Hydorn, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJ9-SPB : 14 January 2022), William H. Hydern, Hebron Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.