Sarah (Hess) Fenstermacher (1807 - 1878)

Born 28 Feb 1807 in Luzerne County,Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of John Fenstermacher Sr. — married 1824 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 2 Nov 1878 at age 71 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Sarah Hess was born on 28 Feb 1807 in Nescopeck, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA as the third child of Jacob Hess and Marla Knorr.^[1] She had six siblings, namely: Jacob Jr, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Joseph, Thomas, and Samuel. She died on 02 Nov 1878 in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA. When she was 16, she married John Fenstermacher, son of Philip Fenstermacher and Maria Gertrude Harter, about 1824.^[1]

Sarah Hess lived in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.^[2][3][4][5] She was buried in Wapwallopen, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA.^[6]

John Fenstermacher and Sarah Hess had the following children:

1. Philip Fenstermacher was born on 18 Jul 1825 in Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 02 May 1887 in Pennsylvania, USA. He married Catharine Breyfogle before 09 Jan 1851.
2. Hiram Fenstermacher was born on 16 Oct 1826 in Hollenback, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 27 Mar 1855.
3. Mary Magdalena Fenstermacher was born on 30 Jan 1829 in Hollenback, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 30 May 1900 in Pennsylvania, USA. She married William Hess Jr. before 1851. She married Reuben Andres about 1863.
4. Elizabeth Fenstermacher was born on 18 Dec 1830 in Hollenback, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 25 Aug 1888 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. She married Peter Meixell after 1853.
5. John Fenstermacher was born on 09 Sep 1832 in Hollenback, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 21 Dec 1912 in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA.
6. Rudolph Fenstermacher was born 1 Feb 1834 in Hollenback, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 22 Jul 1915 in Athens County, Ohio, USA.^[7]
7. Savilla "Charity" A. Fenstermacher was born on 09 Apr 1840 in Hollenback, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 20 Sep 1887 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA. She married Joseph W. Angle.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wapwallopen Historical Society (Wilkes-Barre, PA), A history of the Wapwallopen region (Nescopeck, PA, Boyles Print Shop, 1964), Google Books. p. 39
2. ↑ 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, NARA microfilm publication M432, Roll 794, Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Hollenback, page 44A, dwelling 1174, family 1186, John Fenstermacker, Sarah Fenstermacker, Elizabeth Fenstermacker, John Fenstermacker, Randolph Fenstermacker, Charity A Fenstermacker, Sarah C Fenstermacker
3. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, NARA microfilm publication M653, Roll 1133, Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Hollenback, page 602, dwelling 1585, family 1576, John Fenstermacher, Sarah Fenstermacher, Christy A Fenstermacher, Sarah A Meixel
4. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, NARA microfilm publication M593, Roll 1365, Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Hollenback, page 717A, John Fenstermaker, Sarah Fenstermaker, Mary A. Hess
5. ↑ 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, NARA microfilm publication T9, Roll 1148, Pennsylvania, Luzerne, Conyngham, ED 100, page 309A, dwelling 1, family 1, John Fenstermacher, Mary Ann Fenstermacher, John Fenstermacher, Ida Addella Fenstermacher, William Grant Fenstermacher, Ada Adora Fenstermacher, Hannah Alice Fenstermacher, Maud May Fenstermacher
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 June 2018), memorial page for Sarah Hess Fenstermaker (28 Feb 1807–2 Nov 1878), Find A Grave Memorial no. 11556912, citing Old River Church Cemetery, Wapwallopen, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Robert Hess (contributor 47209354) .
7. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD6Y-KZ2 : 8 December 2014), John Fenstermaker in entry for Rudolph Fenstermaker and Ora Dunlavey, 24 Jun 1900; citing Athens Co., Ohio, reference 2:3HN6PJX; FHL microfilm 311,596.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 June 2018), memorial page for Savilla “Charity” Fenstermacher Angle (9 Apr 1840–20 Sep 1887), Find A Grave Memorial no. 11556844, citing Old River Church Cemetery, Wapwallopen, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Robert Hess (contributor 47209354) .