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 Abt 1732 - 1787 (~ 55 years)
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| Name |
Frederick Spahr |
| Born |
Abt 1732 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1787 |
Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania  |
| Person ID |
I47637 |
South Central Pennsylvania Families |
| Last Modified |
9 Apr 2020 |
| Father |
George Spahr, b. 11 Oct 1699, of Altenburg, Wuerttemberg, Germany , d. 21 Oct 1777, Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Maria Catharina ???, b. 30 Jan 1703, of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 16 Jul 1776, of Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
unknown |
| Family ID |
F3776 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anna Margaretha Schneder, b. 2 Feb 1729, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania , d. Abt 7 May 1801, of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
16 Oct 1750 |
New Holland Lutheran Church, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Christian Spahr, b. 6 Nov 1752, d. of Blair County, PA [] |
| | 2. Catharina Spahr, b. 17 Oct 1755 [] |
| | 3. Johannes Spahr, b. 30 Aug 1758, of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. allegedly to Virginia--see notes [] |
| | 4. Susanna Margaretha Spahr, b. 3 Nov 1760, d. 14 Oct 1826 (Age 65 years) [] |
| | 5. Frederick Spahr, b. 15 May 1764, d. allegedly to Virginia [] |
| | 6. Margaret Spahr, b. 14 Oct 1766 [] |
| | 7. George Spahr, b. 18 Jun 1770, d. allegedly to Virginia [] |
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| Last Modified |
9 Apr 2020 |
| Family ID |
F3778 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Samuel T. Wiley, Philadelphia, 1892.
SPARR FAMILY.
Christian Sparr came from Germany about the year 1700, as near as can be
ascertained. Of the number of his family we know nothing, except one son,
Frederick, who was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and reared a family
of seven children; Christian, born November 6, 1752; Catharine, born October
17, 1755; John, born August 30, 1758; Susan, born November 3, 1760;
Frederick, born May 15, 1764; Margaret, born October 14, 1766; and George,
born June 18, 1770. The above record was taken from a German Lutheran Bible,
printed by John Andrew Endress, 1770, Newenberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, which
has been handed down from one generation to another, and is in the possession
of Christian D. Sparr, of Williamsburg, at the present time. George and
Frederick located in Virginia, John remained in Chester county, and we are
unable to give any record of the three daughters.
Christian Sparr, son of Frederick Sparr, became a wagon-maker by trade,
which occupation he followed for a number of years, and then turned his
attention to farming. He was married to Mary Sifert, near Reading, Lancaster
comity, about 1782, and afterward moved to Foutz's Valley, in Perry county,
where they remained a few years, and then went to the vicinity of Boalsburg,
Centre county, about the year 1815. Three years later, in 1818, they came to
the vicinity of what was then Akestown, Huntingdon county, now Williamsburg,
Blair county. Here he purchased from Adam Smith what is now known as the J.
D. Hick farm, where he remained during life. His family consisted of seven
children, five sons and two daughters: John, born, October 18, 1783, died
November 16, 1853; Elizabeth, October 18, 1783, died August 8, 1824; Jacob,
December 23, 1785, died November 26, 1877; Isaac, December 1, 1788, died July
8, 1847; Samuel, May 9, 1792, died March 14, 1867; David, September 13, 1795,
died March 5, 1857; Margaret, October 27, 1797, died May 15, 1832.
John Sparr, son of Christian Sparr, became a wagon-maker by trade, which
occupation he followed a number of years, and then turned his attention to
farming. He was married to Sarah Foutz, and reared a family of five
children: Mary, Elizabeth, Isaac, Lewis, and John, all of whom are dead at
this writing. He was married a second time, to Mrs. Susan Bar, formerly Susan
Everhart, and to them were born three daughters: Catherine, Ellen, and Rachel.
Ellen is dead, and Catharine lives in Boalsburg, Centre county, with her two
daughters, Florence and Sallie Riley. Rachel lives at State College, Centre
county, with her husband, Charles Shaffer, and family, two sons and three
daughters, all grown to maturity.
Elizabeth, daughter of Christian Sparr, married Edmund Jones, of
Philadelphia, and reared a family of six children: John, Jehu, Mary, Edmund,
Sarah, and Samuel, all of whom, to the best of tile writer's knowledge, are
dead.
Jacob Sparr was a farmer, and resided two miles cast of Boalsburg, in Centre
county, from 1815 until his death, in 1877. He married Catharine Hoffman about
1805, and to them were born thirteen children: Samuel, Elizabeth, Polly,
David, Peggy, Margaret, Susanah, and Nancy, who lived to maturity, the other
five having died while in infancy. Elizabeth, married David Reed, and of
their children only one is living, Sarah, who resides with her two aunts on
her grandfather's homestead. David married Mary Jones, of Philadelphia, and
after her death, Mrs. Rebecca Myers, and lives at Boalsburg. He had no
children by either marriage. Peggy and Nancy live on the old homestead, pear
Boalsburg, aged seventy-four and sixty-two years, respectively.
Isaac Sparr succeeded his father as a farmer on the homestead, where he spent
his life. He married Mrs. Eliza Hart about 1845, and to them was born one
child, Anna Mary, who married J. D. Hicks, and at death left two children,
Hattie and William B., who are the present owners of the old Sparr homestead
of four generations ago.
Samuel Sparr was a farmer, and purchased lands from A. Patterson and William
Potter, one and one-fourth miles south of Williamsburg, where he ended life.
He married Susan Dunlap, of Boalsburg, Centre county, February 22, 1819, and
they had seven children: Mary Ann, Christian, Christian D., Daniel,
Catharine, and Samuel. Mary Ann was born December, 1820, and died January 26,
1855. She married Jacob Kylor, April, 1841, and had three children: Rebecca
Jane, Samuel, and Jacob. Jacob Kylor died March 30, 1847, and she married
Christian Shinafelt in November, 1849, and to them were born two children:
Catharine and Polly Ann. Rebecca Jane Kylor was born August 3, 1841, married
Blair Woodcock in 1859, and they had three children: Adessa, Annie, and
Johnnie. Blair Woodcock was killed at the battle of Spottsylvania Court
House, May 12, 1864. She then married Matthew Flaig, in 1866, and they had
eight children: William, Dorothy, Julia, Lizzie, Harry, Samuel, John and
James, and resides at Williamsburg. Adessa Woodcock married Harry K. Hammond
in Altoona, and has six children. Annie Woodcock was born August 21, 1863,
and married James P. Baker, of Carrolltown, Indiana county, resides in
Dubois, Clearfield county, and they have two children, William and Foster.
Samuel Kylor was born august 5, 1844; at the age of seventeen enlisted in the
United States army and served four years, and then went to Iowa, where he
married Mrs. Winnie Stone. Jacob Kyler was killed at the battle of
Spottsylvania Court House, aged eighteen years. Christian Sparr died at the
age of two years. Christian D. Sparr was born May 9, 1828, married Martha J.
Dunlap, of Boalsburg, Centre county, November 1, 1850, and had seven children:
Sarah, James, Levi, Anna, a son who died in infancy, Samuel and Jacob
(twins). Martha Jane Sparr died January 15, 1871, and he married Catharine
E. Enyeart, November 21, 1872, and resides near Williamsburg. Sarah Sparr
was born January 2, 1852, and died October 8, 1861. James Sparr was born
august 11, 1853, and married Mary E. Stephens, of Kansas, May 14, 1880,
resides at Monett, Missouri, and has four children: James, Howard, Martha,
and May. Levi Sparr was born June 17, 1855, and resides near Williamsburg.
Anna Sparr was born January 22, 1857, married, October 18, 1883, Henry C.
Burley, of Tyrone, and they have two children, Delia S. and Jacob H. Samuel
Sparr (of Christian D.) was born September 3, 1863, married, July 7, 1885,
Alice M. Howard, resides at Williamsburg, and has one child, Mary. Jacob
Sparr, twin brother of Samuel, was born September 3, 1863, and died March 25,
1872. Daniel Sparr (of Samuel) was born July 1, 1832, and died October 12,
1834. Catharine Sparr was born March, 1836, married Joseph Kipe, about 1857,
resides near Williamsburg, and they have five children: John A., Samuel S.,
Joseph H., Susan, and William. Samuel Sparr was born December 21, 1839,
married Julia A. Bittle, and had four children, two dying in infancy, and
Peter B. and Blair living to manhood. Julia A. Sparr died October 10, 1873.
He afterward married Mary Ann Snively, and has five children by his second
marriage: Florence, Steel, Melda, Celia, and Junie, and resides near
Williamsburg. Peter B. Sparr was born December 30, 1864, married Mary A.
McGraw, January 30, 1883, resides near Williamsburg, and had two children,
Lawrence and an infant daughter, at the time of his death, January 14, 1892.
Blair Sparr was born July 9, 1867, married Maggie Daniels August 22, 1888,
resides near Williamsburg, and has two children, Orval and Grace.
David Sparr, (fifth child) was a farmer by occupation, and was married to
Catherine Boal, of Centre county, May 31,1821, and to them were born nine
children : a dead-born son, March 22, 1822; Susannah, born April 15, 1823;
William, June 16, 1824 ; Jesse, June 30, 1825; John, July 14, 1826; Isaac,
February 14, 1828; dead-born son, January 25, 1829; Levi, May 18, 1830;
Christian, January 18, 1832. Susannah died when small. William was married to
Rachel M. Hess, December 11, 1849, and William died May 20, 1865. To William
and Rachel were born six children: Mary C., born October 11, 1850; Elizabeth
H., May 5, 1853; Lucy B., January 24, 1857; Rebecca, November 13, 1859; David
B., May 29, 1860; John T., January 23, 1862.
Isaac Sparr was born February 14, 1828, married Mary Ann Buckwalter,
February 15, 1859. She died April 6, 1880, and he married Hattie Belle
Hammond, September 26, 1882, resides near Williamsburg, and has three
children: Hattie, Henry and Jessie. Christian Sparr was born January 18,
1832, married Catherine Snively October, 1853, has one child, Lizzie, and
resides near James Creek, Huntingdon county. Lizzie Sparr was born April 6,
1855, married John Collins, and they are both dead. Their two children,
Lizzie and Thomas, reside with their grandparents, Christian and Catherine
Sparr. Margaret Sparr (sixth child) married Jeremiah Yerger, February 10,
1820, and has five children: David, Christian, Polly, Elizabeth, and
Margarette. David Yerger was born January 23, 1821, married Mrs. Dunlap, of
Somerset county, and resided there until his death. He had one daughter, Mary
L., who resides with her mother at Myersdale. Christian Yerger was born August
19, 1823, married to Jane Toole, and has five children: Mary M., James, John,
Ellen S., and Annie E., all of whom are unmarried, except John. Polly Yerger
was born December 25, 1826, and died at the age of about twenty-five years.
Elizabeth Yerger was born September 24, 1829, married Robert Thompson of
Erie, and they have five children: Alice, Charles, Frank, Walter, and George.
Margaret Yerger was born May 1, 1832, married Jacob Ropp, and went to Iowa,
where she died May 15, 1852.
This race of people has generally chosen the Lutheran faith, are republican
in politics, and being of German descent, were naturally inclined to be
farmers, and dealers in the finest draft horses of their time, and in this
their superior judgment has always been commented on.
Transcribed and submitted to the Blair County, PA, USGenWeb archives by Judy
Banja
Deaths Between 1700 and 1799
SPAHR
Johann Casper, died at a very young age in approximately 1738 in Germany.
Johan George, died October 9, 1777 and is buried in Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Johann Wilhelm, died in 1787, buried in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Johann Friederich, died 1789, buried in Caerarnon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
. Johan Friedrich SPARR (Maria Catrina KAUFFMANN3, Anna Maria BUHLER2, Johann Georg BUHLER1) was born 1 Sep 1725 in Waldenburg, Neckar, Wurttenburg, Germany, and died in , , PA. He married Ana Margaretha SCHNAEDER 16 Apr 1750 in , Lancaster Co, PA, daughter of Johan Christian SCHNAEDER and Susanna Margretha. She was born 23 Feb 1729 in , , Switzerland, and died 8 May 1801 in , , PA. She was buried in Swartzwald Cem., Exeter Twp, Berks, PA.
Children of Johan Friedrich SPARR and Ana Margaretha SCHNAEDER are:
9 i. Christian SPAHR was born 6 Sep 1752 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA, and died 1836. He married Maria SEIFERT 1782.
+ 10 ii. Catharine SPARR was born 17 Oct 1754 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA, and died 25 Dec 1820 in , Monroe, VA.
11 iii. Johannes SPAHR was born 30 Aug 1758 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA.
12 iv. Susanna SPAHR was born 3 Nov 1760 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA.
13 v. Frederick SPAHR was born 15 May 1764 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA.
14 vi. Margaretha SPAHR was born 14 Oct 1766 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA.
15 vii. George SPAHR was born 18 Jun 1770 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA, and died 1820 in , Monroe, VA. He married Sally. She was born 1760-1770 in , , VA, and died After 1830 in , Monroe, VA.
Descendant Register, Generation No. 4
10. Catharine SPARR (Johan Friedrich SPARR4, Maria Catrina KAUFFMANN3, Anna Maria BUHLER2, Johann Georg BUHLER1) was born 17 Oct 1754 in Earl Twp, Lancaster, PA, and died 25 Dec 1820 in , Monroe, VA. She married Jacob W WICKLINE Abt 1774 in , , PA, son of Johan Georg WICKLEIN and Anna Christiana ROTH. He was born 25 May 1750 in Robeson Twp., Berks Co., PA, and died 26 Dec 1821 in Sweet Springs, Monroe, VA.
Children of Catharine SPARR and Jacob W WICKLINE are:
16 i. George W. WICKLINE was born 15 Sep 1775 in Robeson Twp., Berks Co., PA, and died 2 Jan 1864 in , Monroe Co., WV. He married Mary A MILLER Abt 1796 in , Monroe, VA.. She was born 1777-1778 in , , PA, and died 16 May 1863 in , Monroe Co., WV.
17 ii. Jacob WICKLINE was born 1 Nov 1777 in , , PA, and died 30 Sep 1860 in Gap Mills, Monroe, VA. He married Susannah MAGART 9 Apr 1805 in , Monroe, VA. She was born 1785 in , Adams Co., PA, and died 8 May 1863 in , Monroe, VA.
18 iii. Rachel WICKLINE was born Abt 1780 in , , PA, and died 14 Aug 1860 in , Monroe, VA. She married Thomas LOWE 8 Sep 1800 in , Monroe, VA. He was born 1775-1794 in , , VA.
19 iv. Margaret WICKLINE was born Abt 1783 in , , PA, and died 1874 in , Monroe, VA. She married Thomas BUCKLAND 3 Oct 1806 in , Monroe, VA. He was born Bef 1775 in , , VA.
20 v. Susanna WICKLINE was born 8 Nov 1784 in Robeson Twp, , Berks, PA, and died 17 Sep 1787 in Robeson Twp., Berks, PA.
21 vi. John WICKLINE was born 27 Jan 1787 in Robeson Twp, , Berks, PA, and died 24 Sep 1787 in Robeson Twp., Berks, PA.
22 vii. Susanna Elizabeth WICKLINE was born Abt 1789 in , , PA, and died 9 Dec 1854 in , Monroe, VA. She married John TIGART 14 Nov 1809 in , Monroe, VA. He was born 1770-1775 in , , VA.
23 viii. John WICKLINE was born 11 Mar 1791 in , , PA, and died 25 Aug 1851 in , Clark Co., IL. He married Elizabeth PATTEN. She was born 1802 in , , PA, and died 7 Nov 1855.
24 ix. Elizabeth WICKLINE was born 12 May 1793 in , Monroe, VA, and died 12 May 1871 in , Monroe, VA. She married John FURY 1817 in , Monroe, VA. He was born 1794-1804 in , , VA, and died 29 Aug 1867.
+ 25 x. Daniel W. WICKLINE was born 24 Dec 1795 in , Monroe, VA, and died 1 Aug 1869 in , Monroe, VA.
26 xi. Elijah WICKLINE was born 24 Apr 1799 in Sweet Springs, Monroe, VA, and died 27 Jun 1879 in Sweet Springs, Monroe, WV. He married Elizabeth LEWIS 11 Jan 1821 in , Monroe, VA. She was born Jan 1796 in , Monroe, VA, and died 9 Nov 1871 in , Monroe, WV.
Johann Frederick SPAHR
* Birth: 1 SEP 1725, Waldenburg, Neckar-Wuerttemburg, Germany
* Death: 1787, Lancaster Co., PA
* Burial: 1787, Strayer's Cemetery, Dover Twp., York Co., PA
* Partnership with: Anna Margaretha SCHNAEDER
Marriage: 16 APR 1750, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA
o Child: Maria Margaretha SPAHR Birth: 14 OCT 1766, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA
Descendants of Johann Frederick SPAHR
1 Johann Frederick SPAHR
=Anna Margaretha SCHNAEDER Marriage: 16 APR 1750, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA
2 Maria Margaretha SPAHR
=Johannes ZULAUF Marriage: 28 MAR 1783, Zion Spies Lutheran Church, Alsace Twp., Berks Co., PA
3 David SULOUFF
=Mary Catharine KEPNER Marriage: AFT JUN 1820, Juniata Co., PA
Johann Frederick Spahr (Maria Catrina Kauffman3, Anna Maria Buehler2, Agatha Marie1) was born 1 SEP 1725 in Waldenburg, Neckar-Wuerttemburg, Germany, and died 1787 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Strayer's Cemetery, Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He married Anna Margaretha Schnaeder 16 APR 1750 in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Johan Christian Schnaeder and Susanna Margretha. She was born 23 FEB 1729 in Switzerland, and died MAY 1801 in New Holland, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was buried 8 MAY 1801 in Schwartzwald Church Cemetery, Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Child of Johann Frederick Spahr and Anna Margaretha Schnaeder is:
+ 5 i. Maria Margaretha Spahr was born 14 OCT 1766 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 4 JUN 1841 in Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
Descendant Register, Generation No. 5
5. Maria Margaretha Spahr (Johann Frederick Spahr4, Maria Catrina Kauffman3, Anna Maria Buehler2, Agatha Marie1) was born 14 OCT 1766 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 4 JUN 1841 in Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Old Hill Cemetery, Port Royal, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. She married Johannes Zulauf 28 MAR 1783 in Spies Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, son of Walter Zulauf. He was born 1753 in Elberfeld, Germany, and died 23 MAY 1838 in Milford Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
Child of Maria Margaretha Spahr and Johannes Zulauf is:
+ 6 i. David Zulauf was born 15 NOV 1799 in Newberry Township, York County, Pennsylvania, and died 19 MAR 1875 in Milford Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
For over a year Johannes Zulauf was classified as a POW in Reading, during which time he and three other men served as attendants to the two Minnegerode Company officers, Captain Wiederhold and Lieutenant Breide. As officers' attendants, they would have been in the private employ of the officers, would essentially have been civilians with a pseudo-military status, and would not have worn military uniforms. Johannes' duty with these officers ended when the officers were exchanged and returned to New York Island (Manhattan) in November 1780, at which time Johannes remained in Reading. Between that time and 1783 his name appears on a few Hessian rosters with the consistent notation, "POW, Location unknown." His name does not appear on the rosters drawn up in the Summer of 1783 in preparation for return of the Hessians to their homeland.
Pastoral records explain what Johannes was doing instead of answering the musters that rounded up Hessian POWs for return to their homeland. Johannes' marriage record, written by Reformed Pastor William Boos and dated 28 March 1783 (pastoral acts book preserved in Reformed Church Archives, Schaff Library, Lancaster, Pa.), states Johannes was then a resident of Brecknock Twp., which lies adjacent to Robeson Twp. in Berks Co. His wife was Maria Margaretha Spahr, daughter of Johann Frederick and Anna Margaretha (Schnaeder) Spahr. The Spahrs were residents of Robeson Twp. according to tax records. Johannes' wife went by her middle name, Margaret. Her Spahr ancestry has been traced back to the late 15th C. in Germany and Switzerland. Tax records for 1783 and 1784 show Johannes was a farmer in Robeson Twp., Berks Co. On these records his name is spelled "John Sulouf," the earliest known deviation from the earlier surname spellings, Zulauf and Zulauff.
Johannes and his wife had at least a son, Jacob, and a daughter, Mary, born in Berks Co. before the family moved west across the Susquehanna River to northern York Co., Pa. in late 1791. A 1792 deed (preserved in Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg Pa.) shows that 142 acres in Newberry Twp., York Co., had been conveyed to Johannes on 11 March 1791. Since ownership of this acreage was transferred from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, we presume Johannes built the 2-story log house situated on the property. The house is still in use at 471 Ironstone Road, which now lies in Fairview Twp., York Co. The old log house now serves as the front portion of a frame building that triples the size of the original residence. The 1798 federal 'glass' tax return listed the Zulauf house at this location as 18'x15' and the barn as 31'x20'. This listing in the 1798 federal 'glass' tax appears to indicate that the house had glass panes in the windows rather than the translucent window coverings of vellum or oiled paper which, at that date, were more frequently used for homes built in that area. The 1800 census shows Johannes with wife, five boys, and four girls in the Zulauf household at this location.
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