Catherine (Forney) Lentz (1767 - 1846)

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1846 at about age 79 in Fisherville, Jackson Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Catherine Forney was the daughter of Joseph and Phillippina (Coughannour) Forney. She married George Michael Lentz about 1781 when she was quite young. Their first child was born in 1782. They came to the newly settled area, which is now Jackson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania to raise their family. She and her husband founded the Lentz family in this part of the county, and many descendants still live in the area.

It had been presumed she was buried next to her husband, although a stone is no longer available to mark her grave. (Many of the stones that marked the Lentz family graves have disappeared.) However, an early transcription of the gravestones in Fetterhoffs Cemetery, which was completed about 1881 was found. It is published 1881-1883 in William H. Egle's Notes and Queries series.

Transcription of text: Lentz, Catharine, wf. of G. M.; d. Sept. 27, 1846; aged 79 years [calculated birth year 1767]. Lentz, George M., b. Nov. 3, 1757; d. Dec. 22, 1822.

Source Detail: Page 324, Records of Fetterhoff Church, tombstone transcription of Lentz, Catharine

Other information: Introductory explanation given on page 323: "Records of Fetterhoff Church [Two miles northeast of the town of Halifax is Fetterhoff's church, under the control of the Reformed and Lutheran congregations. The following transcriptions from the tombstones in the graveyard attached to the church have been kindly forwarded us:]"

Note: Last death on this list was Rhineberger, Henry who died March 10, 1881 so this transcription was done some time later that year.

Known children and their spouses:

John Lentz Anna Barbara Lentz and Gerhart Keiter Michael Lantz and Rachel Elizabeth Lentz and Joseph Miller Mary Lentz and John Miller George Lentz and Susanna Anna Catharine Lentz and John Bower

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24688923/catharine-lentz