John Weisel and Margaret Schneider
and their son
Jacob Weisel (1798-1883)


This page was created Mar 17, 2000.

The information for Jacob Weisel, his wife Mary Hite, and their 9 children, is quoted from the book:


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)

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Mary Hite is the daughter of Christopher and Margaret Hite. This line is documented for an additional 4-6 generations of descendants in the book.

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.

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