Eli Sellers Kulp 1
- Born: 2 Feb 1800, Kulpsville, Montgomery, PA 1
- Marriage (1): Susanna Breneiser in 1831
- Died: 6 Jul 1849, Saint Georges, New Castle, DE at age 49 1
FamilySearch ID: LHTT-Y8W.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Book: Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania, 1906. 1
Eli Sellers Kulp, second son of Abraham Kulp and wife Barbara Sellers, was born near Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1800, and died at St. Georges, Delaware, July 6, 1849, married first in 1820, in Ithaca, New York, Sarah Ward, born in Mansfield, Suffolk county, New York, daughter of Jacob Ward; married second, Susanna Breneiser, born in Adamstown, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1809, daughter of Samuel Breneiser and his wife Susanna Barbara Schwartz. She died in Reading, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1896. Samuel Breneiser was a son of John Valentine Breneiser who came to America from Germany in 1730. Susanna Barbara Schwartz was a daughter of George Schwartz, born in Oley, Pennsylvania, August 19, 1752 and died in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1832, and Elizabeth Nein, his wife, born in Oley, February 4, 1759, died in 1805. Eli Sellers Kulp was a teacher by profession and one of the leading educators of his day. His heart was in his work and he gave time and energy to his duties regardless of the meagre compensation awarded him. He was connected with the first Teachers Association of New Castle county, Delaware the first association in the state as its president and when he died the teachers of New Castle county attested their regard for him by the adoption of appropriate resolutions.
Eli married Susanna Breneiser, daughter of Samuel Breneiser Sr. and Susanna Barbara Schwartz, in 1831. (Susanna Breneiser was born on 3 Oct 1809 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA 1 and died on 26 Jul 1896 in Reading, Berks, PA 1.)
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