Barbara (Heller) Sweitzer

Born [date unknown] in Byron, Germany

Wife of Henry Sweitzer — married [date unknown] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Biography

Mr. Sweitzer married Barbara Heller, born in Byron, Germany, on the river Rhine. Miss Heller came to the United States as a girl, and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, met Mr. Sweitzer and there was married to him in the old German Evangelical Church at Sixth avenue and Smithfield street. The young couple at first resided in the First Ward, Pittsburgh, later on Penn avenue and at length in the "South Side," where Mr. Sweitzer continued to make his home until his final retirement to Knoxville. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sweitzer were born three children, as follows : Emma, who married William Henry Nierste, of old Allentown, now a part of Pittsburgh; George A., of whom further; Caroline, now Mrs. August Roth, also of Allentown.

(Henry Sweitzer) He entered the army as a lieutenant, and was promoted to a captaincy, but resigned his commission upon the death of his wife in the year 1862.

Sources

• Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania Vol II (1915) by Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed New York, Lewis historical publishing company (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalpers02injord)