Marx Oberholtzer

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Buried:
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Family/Spouse: Margaret Dobler. Margaret was born on 9 Feb 1639 in Wald, Hinwil, Zürich, Switzerland; died on 7 Jan 1670 in Grunbach, Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The area of the Palatinate where the Anabaptist Oberholtzers lived is today known as the Kraichgau. This region was depopulated during the Thirty Years War. The Oberholtzers and other foreign families were needed in the area by landlords who sought to rebuild their manors and estates. In exchange, they were given some religious toleration. Consequently, the majority of the Anabaptists emigrated from Zurich, whose officials had resorted to execution, imprisonment, confiscation of property, and any other means of cruelty, in hopes of banishing them.

The Geneallandearchiv, Karlsruhe, gives this quote from the seventeenth century: "A number of the Wiedertauffer wish to settle here, which people practice their religious exercises partly in the forest, partly in their houses, and some have their land on the church support land. Many adapt well, among them is Marx Oberholtzer, who announced that he plans to marry his brother's servant, but does not intend to have his marriage announced publicly."

Marx Oberholtzer was among a group of 53 Anabaptists meeting for worship near Sinsheim on the evening of March 2, 1661. While they were singing, the meeting was abruptly ended by German authorities. Their names were taken, which included other familiar Pennsylvania names such as Groff, Hess, Landis, Meyer and Miller. They were to report for punishment on March 29th. Appearing on that date, they stated that they had come into the country from Switzerland in 1655 and had been meeting for worship secretly in the forests near Steinsfurt. The government fined them but they continued to meet. In 1662, Elector Karl Ludwig ordered that the Mennonists should no longer be forbidden to meet, but that every participant must pay a tax. Warfare, economic difficulties and religious suppression would later entice members of the Oberholtzer family to America. The Anabaptists in the Palatinate became known as Mennonists, for a group of Holland Anabaptists who took the name from an early leader, Menno Simons.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78023207/marcus-oberholtzer

Marcus married Elizabeth Ely in 1698 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Elizabeth was born in 1664; died in 1726 in Coventry, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78023646/samuel-oberholtzer

Samuel married Elizabeth in 1721 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born in 1700 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died in 1782 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78023619/marcus-oberholtzer

Marcus married Elizabeth Staats in 1740 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth (daughter of Pieter Pietersen Staats and Lysbet Aersen Middagh) was born about 1686 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York; died in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1777; American Revolution (US) CAPT PATTERSON, 2ND BATT,BUCKS CO MIL

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52122348/martin_staatz-overholt

Martin married Elizabeth Nash in 1767. Elizabeth (daughter of William Colley Nash and Agnes Kolb) was born on 3 Aug 1751 in Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 1 Jul 1831 in Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Angeny. Mary was born on 12 Mar 1765; died on 11 Jul 1853 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gertrude Kulp. Gertrude was born on 28 Dec 1769; died on 27 Jul 1827 in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Old Mennonite Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82328393/agnes-myers

Agnes married Abraham Meyer in 1790. Abraham (son of John Meyer and Mary Sensenich) was born in 1771 in Pennsylvania; died on 15 Jan 1845 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Schrauger. John was born on 26 Apr 1776; died on 4 May 1833 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Doylestown Mennonite Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacob Leatherman. Jacob was born on 17 Aug 1772 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Feb 1855 in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Old Mennonite Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52741976/abraham-overholt

Abraham married Hannah Shutt about 1810. Hannah (daughter of Jacob Shutt and Margaret Godshalk) was born on 26 Feb 1792 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 22 Feb 1873 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Shutt. Anna (daughter of Jacob Shutt and Margaret Godshalk) was born on 9 May 1793; died on 14 Oct 1872 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School Teacher

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Buried:
Section 2, Row 4, Lot 6

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John married Elizabeth Stauffer on 25 May 1817 in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Stauffer and Eva Oberholtzer) was born on 25 Dec 1795 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Feb 1857 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Henry W. Nash about 1830. Henry was born on 30 Sep 1783 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Oct 1861 in Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Old Mennonite Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Benjamin Gable on 10 Feb 1867 in Medina, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tobias Fretz. Tobias was born on 4 Jul 1809 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 28 Sep 1879 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Section 1, Row 14, Lot 42

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Anna married Samuel Stover Myers on 31 Oct 1846 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Samuel (son of John Overholt Myers and Elizabeth Stauffer) was born on 29 Jun 1823 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Sep 1882 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry S. Musselman. Henry was born on 21 Oct 1821 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 16 May 1885 in Huron County, Michigan; was buried in Port Crescent Cemetery, Port Crescent, Huron County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Fluck. John was born on 19 Aug 1821 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Jun 1898 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School Teacher

Mary married Joseph W. Swope in 1858. Joseph was born on 6 Aug 1831 in Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 26 Feb 1909 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter

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Buried:
Section 1, Row 14, Lot 41

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106047190/samuel_stover-myers

Samuel married Anna Overholt on 31 Oct 1846 in Plumstead Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Anna (daughter of Abraham Overholt and Hannah Shutt) was born on 18 Jul 1822 in Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 8 Apr 1900 in Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Watson S. Michener. Watson was born on 3 Jun 1841; died on 20 May 1913; was buried in Plumstead Friends Meeting Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Isaac Swartz Johnson in 1872. Isaac was born on 20 Feb 1851 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 3 Feb 1921 in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Doylestown Mennonite Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Hotel Keeper

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ABRAHAM O. MYERS, dealer in stock, P.O. Dublin, is a grandson of John Myers, who was a school-teacher in Plumstead township for many years, and died there about twenty years ago. His wife, Elizabeth, died many years before him. Their son, Samuel, was the father of Abraham O. He was born in Plumstead and learned the trade of a carpenter, which he followed until a short time before his death. He also owned a farm there. He was an upright man, of excellent reputation, and a member of the Old Deep Run Mennonite church. He died October 29, 1882, aged 59 years. His wife, Annie, was a daughter of Jacob Overholt, of Bedminster township. She is now living in New Britain township with her daughter, Mary Ann. Their children were: Henry, Hannah, Annie, and an infant, deceased; and Mary Ann, wife of Isaac Johnson, living in New Britain township; Lizzie, wife of Watson Michener, in Plumstead township; and Abraham O., who was the fourth child, and was born in Plumstead June 8, 1857. He worked for his father until he was of age and then embarked in the business he is now following, dealing in horses, cattle, calves, poultry, and stock of all kinds. He first settled in Tinicum township, then went back to Plumstead, and from there removed to his present residence in this township. February 17, 1879, he was married to Charlotte, daughter of William Buehrle. She was born in Tinicum township. They have three children: Grace, Annie and William Henry. Mr. Myers is a driving, energetic young man of good habits, and is bound to succeed. He and his wife are both members of the Old Deep Run Mennonite church.


Buried:
Section 1, Row 17, Lot 25

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Abraham married Charlotte Fryling Buehrle on 17 Feb 1879 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Charlotte (daughter of William Koch Buehrle and Mary Ann Fryling) was born on 25 Oct 1860 in Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died on 8 Oct 1944 in Souderton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; was buried in Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery, Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]