Catharine Biegler
(1796-1882)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Conrad Herr

Catharine Biegler

  • Born: 11 Apr 1796, La Plata, Charles, MD, United States 3
  • Marriage (1): Conrad Herr on 28 Mar 1818 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD 1 2
  • Died: 5 Feb 1882, Upton, Franklin, PA, USA at age 85 4
  • Buried: Greencastle: German Reformed Cemetery, Franklin, PA, USA 4

   Another name for Catharine was Catherine Beagler.1

   FamilySearch ID: MTTP-ZGK.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Conrad Herr and Catherine are listed as members of the German Reformed church in 1835, also the year Catherine was confirmed there. in 1835 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 5 German Reformed Church Membership roster from 1818 to 1864. (It appears it shows the year member joined, as members only listed once.)
Elizabeth Bueger - 1823
Elisabeth Beecher - 1829
Margaret Beecher - confirmed 1843
Mary A. Beecher - 1846
John P. Herr - 1834
Susan Herr -1834
Conrad Herr - 1835
Catharine Herr - Confirmed 1835
Betty Herr - Henrietta - Confirmed 1841
Charles Beecher Wolf - 1857.

2. Census: in 1850, in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 3 3 The 1850 census recorded Conrad Herr, tailor, 52, living with wife Catherine, 53; Sarah, 21; Catherine, 17; and George, 13. The parents were born in Maryland and the children in Pennsylvania.

3. Probate Indexes for Conrad Herr in 1858 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA. 6 Orphans court Docket Index 1785-1903 Vol A-H
Page 179 lists...
Conrad Herr probate records
Widows appraisement #16 1858 book A page 96
Appointment of trustee book R page 397
Sales of Real Estate
-- Petition & Order #40 book S page 323
-- Bond book C 268 and book R 398
-- Return book S page 379
Executor, Admin. & Trustee
-- Acct # 93 1863 book E page 524
-- Acct # 6 1886 book M page 526
-- Appt. of Auditor book T page 421
-- Auditor's Report No. 53 Year 1886 book F page 161

Page 179 also lists probate following death of...
Catharine Herr (wife of Conrad)
Executor, Admin. & Trustee
Acct # 56 1881 book K page 530
Acct # 60 1883 book L page 464.

4. Census in 1860 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 7 The 1860 census recorded Cath Herr, 63, born in Maryland, living with her son George, 23, born in Pennsylvania. The census takers note next to George says "idiot".

5. Census in 1870 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 8 The 1870 census recorded Catherine Herr, 73, born in Maryland, living with her son George, 33, born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1880 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 9 The 1880 census recorded Catherine Herr, 84, born in Maryland, living with her son George, 31, born in Pennsylvania, and Catherine Sites, 60, born in Pennsylvania.

7. She signed a will Franklin County Will Book I Page 325 on 11 Nov 1881 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. 10 I Catharine Herr of the Borrow of Greencastle Franklin Co. Penna. do make this my last will and tesimony, I here bequeath unto my son Georg Herr all money or notes in my name also all my Household and furniture except so much as must be disposed to pay my Funeral expenses and that not to exceed thirty dollars. If anything is remaining in the hands of my executor at his Death it shall go to the person who may have him in their charge in his last days. I appoint John Wilhelm my Executor given under my hand and seal this 11th day of Nov 1881.
Catherin Herr (her X mark)

Witnesses
Lewis Cantner
Mrs. Rebecca P. Loughline.


Catharine married Conrad Herr, son of John Peter Herr Sr. and Susannah Weiss, on 28 Mar 1818 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD.1 2 (Conrad Herr was born on 26 Nov 1797 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD 11 12 13 14, christened on 1 Jan 1798 in Hagerstown: Reformed Congregation, Washington, MD,11 14 died on 7 Sep 1857 in , Franklin, PA 12 13 and was buried in Greencastle: German Reformed Cemetery, Franklin, PA, USA 12 13.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4NF-HMW Conrad Herr and Catherine Beagler, Mar 1818.

2 Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899. (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data.), Catherine Beagler and Conrad Herr, 28 Mar 1818, Washington County.

3 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4HF-6FY Conrad Herr, Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing dwelling 77, family 85, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 782.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176701840.

5 Zion German Reformed Church (Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States), https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249949 Zion German Reformed Church and East Conococheague Church Records, 1818-1864, Family HIstory Library Microfilm 382822.

6 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 (Images of court probate book pages online at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 .), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-2GQT?i=426&wc=9PM8-K68%3A268496901%2C270538801&cc=1999196 Franklin County Orphans court Docket Index 1785-1903 Vol A-H Page 179.

7 1860 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXPT-J8D Cath Herr, The Borough Of Green Castle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population,."

8 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZP7-2RD Catherine Herr, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. , family 90, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552844.

9 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWFX-XPX Catherine Herr, Green Castle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 506D, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1132.

10 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 (Images of court probate book pages online at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 .), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99B-G7YQ?i=480&wc=9PMD-L2Q%3A268496901%2C274128001&cc=1999196 Franklin County Will Book I Page 325 Catharine Herr.

11 Hagerstown Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, FHL US/CAN Film 14145 Item 1 Church records of Zion United Church of Christ, 1766-1807 [Hagerstown, Maryland].

12 Fendick, Virginia Shannon, American Revolutionary Soliders of Franklin County Pennsylvania (Franklin County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penna. 1944.), Page 257, John Herr.

13 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176701764.

14 Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995 (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZT-MCM Conrad Herr, 26 Nov 1797; citing ; FHL microfilm 14,145.



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