Jonas Koch 1
- Born: 26 Dec 1807, Petersville, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA 1
- Marriage (1): Leah Bachman in , Northampton, PA
- Died: 29 Feb 1872, Potts Grove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania at age 64 1
- Buried: Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 1
Noted events in his life were:
1. Moved: From Northampton to Northumberland county, 1828, , Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. 1
2. Residence: in 1828 in Chillisquaque Twp., Northumberland, PA. 1
3. Book: Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, 1911. 1
Jonas Koch, father of Mrs. Cawley, was born in Northampton county Dec. 26, 1807, son of Adam Koch, who lived at Petersville, Northampton Co., Pa., where for many years he served as a justice of the peace.
Adam Koch married Elizabeth Strauss, and their union was blessed with the following children: Christianna, Susan, Mary, Elizabeth, Reuben, William, Henry, Jacob and Jonas.
In 1828 Jonas Koch moved from Northampton to Northumberland county, purchasing a farm in the eastern part of Chillisquaque township, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died Feb. 29, 1872, near Pottsgrove, Pa.
He married Leah Bachman, who was born Aug. 23, 1814, in
Northampton county, daughter of John Frederick and Catherine (Cole) Bachman, the former born Nov. 3, 1783, died Jan. 2, 1845; the latter, born Feb. 22, 1788, died July 16, 1852. Mrs. Leah (Bachman) Koch died Feb. 16, 1899, and she and her husband are buried in Harmony cemetery, at Milton, Northumberland county. They had a family of three children: Elizabeth married John Harrison Cawley; Mary A. married Charles Rissel; William H. is a resident of Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Jonas married Leah Bachman, daughter of John Frederick Bachman and Catharine Kohl, in , Northampton, PA. (Leah Bachman was born on 23 Aug 1814 in , Northampton, PA,1 died on 16 Feb 1899 in , Northampton, PA 1 and was buried in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 1.)
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