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Rebecca was born in 1798, the daughter of Michael Tryon and Elisabeth Seltzer.
Married Samuel Reifsnyder. They had four sons and four daughters.
Rebecca died in 1889.
Mrs. Rebecca Reifsnyder, the oldest person in Womelsdorf, died in Wednesday, aged 91 years and four days. She was the widow of Samuel Reifsnyder and was a remarkable person, so far as her strength and faculties were concerned. Up to within the last year she always was able to take care of herself and her household duties. She was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. She was a sister of the late Dr. John Tryon, of Rehrersburg; Mrs. Dr. John Livengood and Mrs. Augustus Fidler, all of whom preceded her in death. Deceased was a pensioner of the United States roll for the loss of her son, William, in the late Rebellion. She was a widow at least 40 years.[1]
A Samuel Reifsnyder was living in Womelsdorf in 1840, presumably her husband. See "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTY-4SB : 8 September 2017), Samuel Reifsnyder, Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 431, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 438; FHL microfilm 20,535. The Reading post office listed post waiting for Samuel Reifsnyder on 22 Feb 1842.[2]
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