Jonas Eisenhart ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Jonas were Jonas Eisenhardt, Johannes Jonas Eisenhart and Jonathan Eisenhart.

  General Notes:

He had 17 children.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsors were Michael Paul and Elizabeth.

  Burial Notes:

His tombstone reads: Jonas Eisenhart, Born Jan. 31, 1804; Died June 4, 1881; Aged 77 y., 4 m., 3 d.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1860, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸ He is listed as Jonas Eisenhart (age 56) living with his wife Mary (53); Amelia (19); Gabriel (17, farm hand); Emanuel (15); Jonathan (12); and Lewis (10).

• Census, 1880, Chapman Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ He is listed as Jonas Eisenhart (age 76), a retired farmer living in the household of his son, Gabrial Eisenhart (37). Living with them are Gabrial's wife Mary (32); sons Andrew W. (12) and William (11); and daughters Sarah A. (8), Mary E. (6), Annie L. (4), Dollie H. (2). Also there is John A. Carling (16) whose occupation is listed as "hired on farm" and Jane Bouseman (17) whose occupation is domestic servant.

• Alt. Death, 1883, Chapman Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁹

• Book: an article about his son Jonas published in the History of Cherokee County Kansas, 1904. Mr. Eisenhart's parents were natives of Pennsylvania. The father, Jonas Eisenhart, a farmer, died there at the age of 72 years, and the mother, Polly (Geist) Eisenhart, died at the age of 58 years. They were the parents of an unusually large family, which consisted of nine boys and nine girls. Fourteen of them lived to a marriageable age. Six only are now living, namely: William, Daniel, Gabriel, Lewis, Emanuel and Mary.

• Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County by J.L. Floyd, 1911. ⁹ Jonas Eisenhart grandfather of John H., was born in Berks County, Pa., and there followed farming until about 1800, when he came to Northumberland County, settling at Leck Kill. From there he moved to Snyder County, Pa., where he also engaged in farming. There his children grew up.

He made his home at Port Trevorton, along the river, and there he died in 1883. He is buried at Leck Kill.

He married Polly Geist daughter of Andrew and Christina (Snyder) Geist and she died at Leck Kill, and is buried there. They had sixteen children, namely: William, who died in Jefferson County; Daniel; John, who died in Nebraska; Jonas, who died in Central America; Gabriel, who died in Snyder County, Pa.; Emanuel, living in Philadelphia; Lewis, who died in Shamokin; Edward, who died young; Lucius, who married Jacob Shankweiler, and died at Shamokin; Sarah, Mrs. Starr, who died near Leck Kill; Caroline, who married John Eyster; Mary, who married John Diehl, and died in Indiana; Harriet, Mrs. Snyder; Catharine, who married Daniel Thomas; Amelia, who married John Cooper; and one that died in infancy.

Jonas Eisenhart had two brothers, Stephen and Reuben, who both died in Shamokin.

Jonas married Anna Maria Geist, daughter of Andraes Geist and Maria Christina Schneider, before 1821. (Anna Maria Geist was born on 14 Jun 1807 in Greenbrier, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{2 4 6 10}, christened on 10 Aug 1807 in Rebuck: Himmel's Church, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA,⁶ died on 13 Oct 1868 in Leck Kill: Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{2 4} and was buried in Leck Kill: Upper Mahanoy Township: St. John's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA ⁴.)