Leah Bachman 1
- Born: 23 Aug 1814, , Northampton, PA 1
- Marriage (1): Jonas Koch in , Northampton, PA
- Died: 16 Feb 1899, , Northampton, PA at age 84 1
- Buried: Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 1
Noted events in her life were:
1. 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.
Leah married Jonas Koch in , Northampton, PA. (Jonas Koch was born on 26 Dec 1807 in Petersville, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA,1 died on 29 Feb 1872 in Potts Grove, Northumberland, Pennsylvania 1 and was buried in Milton: Harmony Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 1.)
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