1830 Jonas lived in Reading, Adams County, Pennsylvania with wife and 1 male child under age 5.
1835 Son Joseph Chronister was born.
1837 The descendants of Adam Sowers, deceased, were named at an Orphans' Court proceeding. Among others, the nine children of Adam's son Jacob Sowers, also deceased, were named and included Rebecca, married to Jonas Chronister. [1]
1840 Jonas lived in Reading, Adams County, Pennsylvania with wife and 3 male children and 1 female child.
1850 Jonas lived in Reading, Adams County, Pennsylvania with wife and children.
1870 Jonas lived in Reading, Adams County, Pennsylvania with wife and daughter living near son Joseph.
Jonas Chronister was given part of his grandfather Heinrich Chronister's farm by Jonas' father and lived there as a farmer and teamster all his life.
1882 On 6 April, Jonas Chronister died and was buried at the Hampton Union Cemetery, Hampton, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [2]
[1] Newspaper, Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), March, 1837.
[2] Find A Grave Memorial 53719423, [FindAGrave].