Richard Hite, Hite Family Connections in South-Central Pennsylvania: Descendants of Christopher and Margaret Hite of Bedford County and Conrad and Maria Hite of Somerset County (Millennium Services, Incorporated of Oro Valley, Arizona, 1999).

Jacob Weisel and Mary Hite

B. February 1803, St. Clair Township, Bedford County, PA. M. there ca.

1827 to Jacob Weisel (or Wisel, b. 20 December 1798, probably Bucks County,

PA) s/o. John Weisel and Margaret Schneider. Jacob came to Bedford County

with his parents ca. 1800. He and Mary lived most of their lives in King

Township in Bedford County where Jacob was a miller. They attended the Old

Log Lutheran and Reformed Church in Osterburg and some of their children

were baptized there. They may have briefly relocated to Juniata Township,

Blair County, PA in the 1850s because there is a communion record for them

in the nearby Newry Lutheran Church, which Mary's brother Conrad attended.

They had nine children altogether. Of their two sons who survived to

adulthood, one (John) spelled his surname as Weisel and the other (George)

used the spelling Wisel. Jacob d. 14 May 1883 in King Township and Mary d.

11 April 1886 in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA. Both of them are buried

in the village of Imler.

1. John Weisel

B. ca. 1828, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA. M. ca. 1855,

Bedford or Blair County, PA to Mary E. Montgomery (b. 10 July 1835, Blair

County) d/o. Michael Montgomery (a native of Ireland) and Margaret

Tickerhoof. Mary was a Catholic, having been baptized in St. Patrick's

Catholic Church in Newry, PA. John and Mary adhered to the Protestant faith

early in their married life, as evidenced by the fact that their first child

was baptized in the Old Log Lutheran and German Reformed Church in

Osterburg, PA. For the first decade or so of their marriage, John and Mary

lived near his parents in present-day King Township, Bedford County, but in

the 1860s, they moved to Clearfield Township, Cambria County, PA, and

settled near the community of St. Augustine. By this time, they were

Catholics, as evidenced by the fact that all of their children who were born

in this area were baptized in St. Augustine Catholic Church. John worked as

a laborer. He and Mary had eight children. They both died sometime after

1880 and it is not certain if they remained in Clearfield Township or if

they moved away.

2. Barbara Ellen Weisel

B. 23 September 1830, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA. M.

there 1852 to John Shull (b. 28 January 1833, Bedford County) s/o. Jacob

Shull and his wife Polly. About 1853, John and Ellen (as she was known)

moved to Union City in Randolph County, IN. They remained there only for a

short time, probably less than two years. Then they returned to Bedford

County. John worked as a farm laborer there. Then, in 1879, he and Ellen

moved again, this time to Madison Township, Sandusky County, OH. John

worked in a stone quarry there. By 1910, they had moved to Gibsonburg, also

in Sandusky County. They were the parents of ten children, but the names of

only seven are known. The others probably died in infancy. Ellen d. 24

March 1910 in Gibsonburg and was buried there in West Union Cemetery. After

her death, John moved to the nearby community of Helena, OH, apparently to

live with his son Jacob. He d. there 14 March 1917 and was buried next to

his wife in Gibsonburg.

3. Margaret Weisel

B. ca. 1832, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA. M. ca. 1855,

Bedford County, to John W.M. Claar (b. 26 December 1838, Klahr, Blair

County, PA) s/o. Mathias Claar and Mary Musselman. Margaret and John had

seven children. Prior to her marriage to John, Margaret had a daughter

named Sarah. The father of Sarah is not known and it is also uncertain

whether or not he was married to Margaret. Margaret and John apparently

lived near Klahr where John was a collier. Margaret d. July 1875 and was

buried in Upper Claar Cemetery which is in Kimmel Township, Bedford County.

John m. 2nd 7 Mar 1878 to Rachel Walter. He d. 28 June 1903 in Baker

Summit, Bedford County and was buried in Burger Cemetery in Salemville, PA.

4. Ann Weisel

B. ca. 1835, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA. Ann was still

single as late as 1883, when her father's estate was divided. She had

apparently lived with her parents for at least some of that time. Ann d.

sometime after 1883. If she ever married, the name of her husband is not

known.

5. Maria Weisel

B. ca. 1836, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA. By the time

of her father's death in 1883, she was married to a man named Christopher

Wertz. It is not known at this time where Maria and Christopher lived or if

they had any children. Both of them d. sometime after 1883.

6. Hannah Weisel

B. ca. 1840, present-day King Township, Blair County, PA. Baptized 17

October 1840, Old Log Lutheran and German Reformed Church in Osterburg, PA.

It is very likely that Hannah d. before 1860. She was certainly deceased by

the time her father's estate was divided in 1883 because she was not named

as an heir to the estate.

7. Mary Weisel

B. 12 September 1842, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA.

Baptized 12 November 1842, Old Log Lutheran and German Reformed Church,

Osterburg, PA. She m. ca. 1878, Bedford County, to George McCreary (b. 1

February 1852, Bedford County) s/o. Amos McCreary and Margaret Davis.

George and Mary had one daughter. Early in their married life, they lived

in the village of New Paris in Napier Township, Bedford County, where George

worked as a shoemaker. Mary d. sometime between 1883 and 1895, probably in

Roaring Spring, PA, where George was living by the time of the 1900 census.

George remarried in 1895, so it is likely that Mary's death occurred about a

year before that. George d. sometime after 1900.

8. George Colvin Wisel

B. October 1845, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA. George

served in the 55th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Union Army during the Civil

War. M. ca. 1869, Bedford County, to Amanda Smith (b. April 1844, Bedford

County). Amanda's mother's first name was Mary, but the name of her father

is not known. George and Amanda lived near Fishertown in East St. Clair

Township of Bedford County where they had three children. George was a

laborer. He d. 30 March 1912 near Fishertown. Amanda d. there 22 July

1921. They are buried in St. Luke's Church of Christ Cemetery in

Fishertown.

9. James Weisel

B. ca. 1847, present-day King Township, Bedford County, PA, d. there before 1860.