Henry and Sarah (Kern) Kiel, Family Bible

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A transcription of the family Bible of Henry G and Sarah (Kern) Kiel, from a photocopy of the original in the possession of a descendant. A photocopy of the original is in the Documents/Kiel section of this website under bible1.pdf, bible2.pdf, and bible3.pdf.

Family Bible Record of Henry G. and Sarah (Kern) Kiel of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, page 1

The earlier births are recorded in the second column. A copy of the original is in the Documents section of this site.

page 1, first column

Henry G Kiel was married to Sarah Kern on the 24th of June 1824 by the Rev Mr Painter

John Henry Kiel was born on the 7 day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight.

Sarah Elean Kiel, was born on the 22d February, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and forty

Celia Anthus L Kiel was born on the 26 April ad 1843 Baptised by Rev W. [or M.] Long

Elizabeth E. Kiel was Born on the 2th day of March ad 1845

Emma Henry Kiel was Born on the 4th day of Augst 1848

page 1, second column

Margret Elizabeth Kiel was born on the 3th day of May in the year eight hundred and twenty five

Mari Een Kiel was born on the 29[?] of July 1828

Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel was born November 8th 1829

Daniel Morris Kiel was born on the 19th of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and th [page torn] one

Joseph White Kiel, [page torn]
September 13, in th [page torn]
of our Lord, one [page torn]
eight hundred [page torn]
four

page 2, first column

Joseph White Kiel, died on the 24th December, in the of our Lord [sic], eighteen hundred and thirty nine

John Henry Kiel, died on the 31st of December in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty nine

Celea Anthus L. Kiel was born 26 April A D 1843 Baptised by Rev. W. Long

page 2, second column

Henry G. Kiel Died on the 14th February In the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty eight

page 3

Married on the 30th October By the Rev Henry R Kern
Mr. Thomas Young to Miss Margaret E Kiel Daughter of H G Kiel and S Kiel all of The Borrow of Greensburgh

Mary Ann Snider, Reminiscences

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Mary Ann Snider

In March 1907, Jacob S. Royer of Dayton, Ohio, put together a twenty-two page typescript entitled Reminiscences of My Grandmother's Life. It is Mary Ann (Kiel) Snider's account of her life in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, as a young girl, and also of the early years of her married life with Jacob Snider in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. It covers a time period from before 1833 to after 1865.

In his introduction Mr. Royer says: "I expect few eyes to read these pages save those of her children or grandchildren, and therefore will write in a familiar way of the things that most interest our family relations." I believe he underestimated the value of the manuscript. It should be appealing to anyone with a desire to know what life was like in Western and Central Pennsylvania in the early to mid-1800's.

Mary Ann remembered when the stage coach was the main form of transportation, when Methodist outdoor camp meetings were being held, and when wood was the main fuel in what would soon be coal country. She witnessed President William Harrison's funeral cortege on its way west from Washington, DC. And she had Confederate soldiers knocking on her door during the Civil War.

Mr. Royer's concluding sentence is: "I hope that these stories which I have set down just as she told them without any additions, will prove as interesting to such others as may read them, as they have to me."

I hope so also, and I hope that readers will enjoy having them posted here on this site. The Documents section of this website has the images of Mr Royer's typescript under SniderTranscript.

See also the article A Surname Index to Mary Ann Snider's Reminiscences.