John Adam Wildermuth
Lucian Wildermuth
William Wildermuth
(1785-1859)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine Miller

William Wildermuth 1 2

  • Born: 14 Mar 1785, , Schuylkill, PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Catherine Miller
  • Died: 29 May 1859, West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA at age 74 1

   Another name for William was William Wildermuth.

   FamilySearch ID: LCVC-6K7.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Blue Book of Schuylkill County: The Wildermuths, 1916. 1
THE WILDERMUTHS

Three brothers, Heinrich, Wilhelm and John Adam Wildermuth, came from Germany to Berks County, settling on this side of the Blue Mountain about 1760. John Adam, wf. Eve; Heinrich, wf. Christina; the latter baptized children, 1775,1779 (see Red Church records). They took up land near Fort Lebanon. The children of Adam and Eve were: Adam, Lucian and George.
Lucian, first wife of a Strauss, with whom he had five children and seven with the second.

Wm.3 Wildermuth (Lucian2, John1 Adam), b. March 14, 1785; d. May 29,1869; wf., Catharine, da. of Andrew Miller (Heinrich), b. January 6, 1792, d. October 29, 1859. Their children were: John, Hetty, m. ___ Pottberg, three children; Ella, wf. of John Heim; Charles, a prominent physician of Phila., m.; William, m., four children, Binghamton, N. Y.

William Wildermuth was a prominent boat builder at Landingville in the early days and lived at Orwigsburg on a lot adjoining that of his brother-in-law, Andrew Schwalm, where he and his wife spent their declining years.


William married Catherine Miller, daughter of Andrew Miller and Anna Elizabeth Stout. (Catherine Miller was born on 6 Jan 1792 in , Schuylkill, PA 1 2 and died on 29 Oct 1859 in West Brunswick Twp., Schuylkill, PA 1.)


Sources


1 Elliott, Ella Zerbey, Blue Book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's, French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families. (Pottsville, Pa.: "Republican", 1916, 481 pgs.), Page 411, The Wildermuths.

2 Elliott, Ella Zerbey, Blue Book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's, French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families. (Pottsville, Pa.: "Republican", 1916, 481 pgs.), Page 399. Article on descendants of Heinrich Miller.



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