Hiram C. Feger ^{1 2 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LDMF-MWG.

  Burial Notes:

East End, Section C, Grave 135

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹⁰ The 1850 census recorded Hiram Fager, machinist, 29, living with wife Mary, 29; Thomas W., 4; and Letitia, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹¹ The 1860 census recorded Hiram C. Feger, 38, living with wife Mary, 39; Thomas, 14; Letitia, 10; Ella, 8; Morris, 7; and Fanny, 4.

3. Military from 25 Aug 1862 to 14 Feb 1863 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA: Civil War, 1st Lieutenant, Co. H 68th Regiment Pa. Volunteers.

4. Census in 1870 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹² The 1870 census recorded Hiram C. Feger, superintendent of coal mines, 49, living with wife Mary, 49; Letitia, 20; Ella, 18; Morris, 17; Fanny, 14; and Mary, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: Reading Times: marriage of H. C. Feger and Mrs. Elizabeth Beecher, 9 Aug 1879, Reading, Berks, PA. ² At nine o'clock last night, Mr. H. C. Feger and Mrs. Elizabeth Beecher, of Pottstown, were married at the residence of the latter on King street east of Hanover. Rev. L. K. Evans, of Trinity Reformed Church, was the officiating clergyman. Mr. Feger is connected with the Reading Railroad Company at this place. His bride was the widow of the late William Beecher. The happy couple start to morrow morning on a wedding tour which will take in Cape May and other seaside resorts.

6. Census in 1880 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ⁴ After the death of William Beecher, his wife marries a Feger. The Beecher children are now found living with the new family.

Hiram C. Feger, machinist, 56, was with wife Elizabeth, 35; stepdaughters Martha H. Beecher, 13, and Bertha Beecher, 10; and stepson Emmanuel Beecher, 9. Also in the home: daughte r Leticcia Feger, 30; daughter Fanny Feger, 24; daughter Mary E. Feger, 19; and John Boyer, 25, clerk. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1900 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹³ The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 507 Chestnut Street: Hiram Feger, machinist, 79, born Aug 1820, who was married for 20 years to wife Mary E., 55, Sep 1844. She had birthed 4 children, 2 still alive in 1900. Living with them: Mary's daughter by her first marriage, Bertha M. [nee Beecher], 25, Jan 1875; and grandson William B. Coleman, 12, Nov 1887. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Death Certificate: His burial record at Trinity Lutheran Church identifies parents Conrad and Susanna and his two wives, Mary Ann Reifsnyder and Mrs. Elis. M. Beecher, 22 Jan 1903, Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA. ⁶ Trinity United Chruch of Christ: Record of Deaths
Hiram C. Feger of Conrad Feger and Susanna
Born July 8, 1822
Marriages
1. Mar 6 1845 Mary Ann Reifsnyder
2. Aug 7 1879 Mrs. Elis. M. Beecher
7 children, 4 daughters, 3 sons.
Death: Jan 22, 1903. Age: 80 6 14
Interment: Jan 26, 1903. Pottsville Cemetery, E. End.

9. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: Late Hiram C. Feger (photo) on 24 Jan 1903 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁴ -----
LAST OF LODGE'S CHARTER MEMBERS
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(photo of Hiram C. Feger)
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LATE HIRAM C. FEGER
Special to the Inquirer.
POTTSTOWN, Pa., Jan 23. -- Hiram C. Feger, aged 81, for 52 years a member of the Masonic fraternity and the last surviving charter member of Stichter Lodge, of this place, died last night. He served in the Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment during the Civil War and was one of the oldest employes of the Reading Railway.

Hiram married Mary Ann Reifsnyder on 6 Mar 1845 in , Montgomery, PA. (Mary Ann Reifsnyder was born on 6 Dec 1820 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA,¹⁵ died in 1875 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA ¹⁵ and was buried in Pottstown: Pottstown Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ¹⁵.)

Hiram next married Elizabeth Mary Sites, daughter of John Sites and Henrietta B. Herr, on 7 Aug 1879 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA.^{1 2 3} (Elizabeth Mary Sites was born on 16 Sep 1843 in Antrim Twp., Franklin, PA,^{8 16 17 18 19} died on 25 Aug 1925 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA ^{18 19 20} and was buried on 29 Aug 1925 in Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ^{18 19}.)