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Notes for John Fehl and Sara Wolf

1794 Sara Wolf, daughter of Fredrich and Christina Wolff, was born on April 16. [1] She was baptized on June 28 with sponsor Christina Baltzesin, possibly Frederick's sister. [2] [3] [4]

1817 Valentein Fehl, son of John Fehl and Sara, was born on September 15, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was baptized on October 18, 1817 at the Lutheran Church in Arendtsville. [5]

1828 Elkanna Fehl, son of John Fehl and Wolf, was born on June 12, in Pennsylvania. He died on May 13, 1916 in Ohio. [6]

1850 John Fehl (age 58) and Sarah Fehl (age 57) lived in Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio with Valentine (age 33), Delila (age 28), Elam (age 22), Margaret (age 18), John O (age 10), Flavins L (age 7), Mary (age 5), and Olive (age 7). [7]

1868 John Fehl died on July 12 or 18, and was reported buried at Fehl Cemetery, Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio. [8]

1884 Sarah Fell died on April 26, and was reported buried at Fehl Cemetery, Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio. [9]

A biosketch of son Valentine reports [10]:

Valentine Fehl was born in Adams County, Penn., September 15, 1817. His parents, John and Sarah (Wolf) Fehl, were natives of the same county. They were married about 1816, and in 1833 emigrated to the West, and settled in what is now Marseilles Township, Wyandot County, which then formed a part of Grand Township. Mr. Fehl bought at first 120 acres, mostly woodland, to which he made additions until his farm contained 500 acres; of this 120 acres he entered in Grand Township. His death occurred July 12, 1868, aged seventy-six; Mrs. Fehl resides in Grand Township, in the ninetieth year of her age. Of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Fehl, five are living. Our subject, the eldest child, was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the district schools. In 1850, he bought 160 acres of woodland in Grand Township. He cleared a place and erected a house, which be occupied till the erection of the present residence in 1866. Mr. Fehl has increased his farm to 280 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He has always followed farming and stock-raising, and with success. His first marriage took place in 1842, with Miss Rosanna Studebaker, a daughter of Abram and Mary Studebaker. She died in 1847, leaving two children—Olive (wife of Jacob Williams) and Caroline (wife of James Emptage. Mr. Fehl celebrated his second marriage November 9, 1851. with Miss Clara Otis, daughter of Stephen and Mary Otis. Mrs. Fehl, a native of Washington County, Ohio. was born September 8, 1834. This union was blessed with eight children: of these seven are living—Orlando 0., Sarah A. (wife of William McCleary). Maggie E., Etta, Finley J., Julia and Otis V.; Clara M. died in infancy. Mr. Fehl and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is a Republican; he served as Treasurer of Grand Township twelve years. and as Trustee six years.


Footnotes:

[1] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].

[2] Trinity Lutheran Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania); Zion Reformed Church (Arendtsville, Pennsylvania), Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, citing FHL film 20702, [AncestryRecord].

[3] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].

[4] F. Edward Wright, Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century (2000), 108, [GoogleBooks].

[5] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, All the children baptized in Pennsylvania are in this database, [FamilySearchRecord].

[6] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].

[7] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[8] Find A Grave Memorial 15842396, [FindAGrave].

[9] Find A Grave Memorial 15842405, [FindAGrave].

[10] The History of Marion County, Ohio (Chicago: Leggett, Conaway & Co, 1883), 764, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].