Family History: Peter Daniel Minnich/Minick Family: Cumberland/Franklin Cos Copyright © 1997 by Susan E. Watts. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. wattsnew@juno.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. _________________________________________________________________ An outline of the book The Minnich Ancestry With Biographical Sketches of Members of The Peter Daniel Minnich Family and Descendants 1794 to 1925 by Jacob H. Minick, M.E., Ph.M and Judd L. Minick, B.S., E.E. 1 Peter Daniel Minnich b: 1794 in Lancaster County, PA d: February 14, 1877 in Orrstown, Franklin County, PA .. + Mary Curran b: Abt. 1788 d: 1824 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co or Carlisle .....2 John Minnich b: March 17, 1817 in Carlisle, PA d: 1893 in Shade Gap, PA .........+ 1st m. Maria Kuhn m: May 17, 1842 b: 1818 in Sylvan, Franklin County, PA d: 1880 .............3 Susan Virginia Minick d: April 02, 1925 .................+Scott Lysinger m: September 17, 1879 .............3 Lizzie Minick b: February 26, 1843 in St. Thomas, Franklin County, PA d: November 22, 1916 in Bedford, PA .................+"Cap" Neely Father: James NEELY b: August 18, 1836 in Neelyton, Huntingdon County, PA d: November 27, 1918 in Washington, D.C. .....................4 Guy Minick Neely b: August 18, 1867 .........................+Mary Rebecca Dunnington m: October 12, 1898 Father: James DUNNINGTON b: June 06, 1868 in Washington D.C. ............................5 Guy Morton Neely b: June 10, 1900 d: May 1970 .....................4 Gertrude Neely b: August 06, 1868 in Huntingdon, PA d: February 18, 1897 in Washington D.C. .............3 Peter Melanchton Minick b: January 04, 1845 in Shade Gap, PA d: June 18, 1864 in Petersburg , Virginia .............3 John Noah Minick b: September 18, 1846 in Shade Gap, PA d: December 26, 1864 in Richmond, Virginia .............3 Ellen H. Minick b: August 04, 1850 in Shade Gap, PA d: May 14, 1909 in Ogden,Utah ............... +William H. Zimmerman d: June 03, 1903 in Excelsior Springs , MO .....................4 Ellen Minick Zimmerman b: March 27, 1875 .........................+Daniel Herbert Adams m: August 19, 1902 ............................5 Katherine Marcella Adams b: May 24, 1903 ............................5 Herbert Daniel Adams b: August 02, 1904 .....................4Cornelia Virginia Zimmerman b: November 28, 1876 .........................+Styles Winter Wherry m: July 24, 1900 ............................5 Hilard Styles Wherry Wherry b: July 12, 1903 d: August 19, 1922 .....................4 Bertha L. Zimmerman b: October 13, 1879 .........................+William Austin Moore m: October 13, 1917 ............. ...4 John E. Zimmerman b: September 09, 1882 ...........................5 Edwin Tyree Zimmerman ............... ...........5 Dana Eloise Zimmerman .....................4 Mary Reba Zimmerman b. 1890 .........................+Brainerd Stocks m: August 29, 1913 b: July 31, 1887 d: January 1974 ............................5 Mary Louise Stocks ..................5 Brainerd Ray Stocks, Jr. .............3 A. A. Minick b: February 28, 1853 in Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, PA d: December 13, 1924 in Asheville, North Carolina .................+Sarah M. McGowan Father: William McGowan b: in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania .....................4 John M Minick b: September 27, 1877 in Shade Gap, PA .........................+Alice H. Seckler m: 1903 b: in Mt. Union .....................4 Ira C. Minick b: April 01, 1881 .........................+Elaine I. Ingersoll .....................4 Lillian M. Minick b: February 03, 1892 .........................+Walter L. Bischoff .....................4 Susan LaRue Minick b: May 20, 1894 ....................... +Judson Scott Hodges m: April 25, 1925 b: in Spartanburg, SC .....................4 Norman Rees Minick b: April 03, 1899 d: March 1980 .........................+Elizabeth M. Marr .............3 Cambridge G. Minick b: February 10, 1857 .................+Maria Marshall Lupfer m: 1876 .....................4 Judd Lupfer Minick b: May 16, 1877 in Shade Gap, PA .........................+Frances Laura Schuchman m: November 17, 1903 b: in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania ............................5 Martha Marshall Minick b: June 26, 1907 ............................5 Erma Ruth Minick b: June 12, 1910 .....................4 Ruth Winifred Minick b: April 17, 1881 in Shade Gap, PA .........................+Harvey Holland Eicholtz b: in Williamsburg, Blair County .....................4 Don Cambridge Minick b: October 03, 1887 in Sterling Run ......................... +Clara Eleanor Bobst m: 1920 Father: Daniel BOBST .....................4 Clem Newton Minick b: March 07, 1891 in Sterling Run d: April 03, 1894 in Sterling Run .....................4 George Vail Minick b: August 10, 1897 d: October 03, 1918 in Washington D.C. ........................ .+Grace Blauvelt m: 1918 .....................4Dean Eugene Minick b: October 31, 1898 in Ridgway d: December 18, 1919 .............3 S. Newton Minick b: September 08, 1859 d: December 19, 1894 in Washington D.C. .................+Anna Swan m: Abt. 1883 b: in Shade Gap, PA .....*2nd Wife of John Minnich: .........+Unnamed wife of John Minnich m: Abt. 1892 ( an interesting story in this) .............3 William Minick b: July 22, 1892 d: April 1963 .....2 Barbara Minnich b: August 16, 1818 in Cumberland County, PA d: 1893 in Fayetteville .........+John Jones m: December 14, 1837 d: Abt. 1883 in Pleasant Hall, PA .............3 Mary Jones .............3 Julia Jones .............3 Peter Jones .............3 Leonard Jones .............3 Jacob Jones .............3 Jonathan Jones .............3 Eliza Jones .............3 Susan Jones .............3 William Jones .............3 Sarah Jones .............3 Ellen Jones .............3 Annie Jones ..... 2 Samuel Cairnes Minnich b: January 13, 1819 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania d: 1876 in Boonville, Indiana .........+Eliza Ebright d: in Owensville, Indiana .............3 Sarah Jane Minick .............3 Mary Catherine Minick b: Aft. 1840 d: in Indiana .............3 Phoebe Ann Minick .............3 Martha Ellen Minick d: in Metamoras, Indiana .............3 George Rhodes Minick .............3 Ann Elizabeth Minick b: Aft. 1840 .............3 Louise Levina Minick .............3 Amanda Rosetta Minick d: in Boonville, Indiana .............3 Lydia Minick b: Aft. 1844 d: in Indiana .............3 John Morrison Minick b: 1839 .............3 William Arthur Minick b: October 28, 1854 .............3 Louis Wesley Minick b: September 1863 .....2 Mary Minnich b: August 24, 1822 in Cumberland County, PA d: October 24, 1898 in Alamo, Indiana .........+John M. Fishero b: February 10, 1816 in Germany d: January 11, 1904 in Terre Haute, Indiana .............3 John Fishero .............3 Samual Fishero .............3 Noah Fishero .............3 Thomas Fishero .............3 Peter Fishero .............3 George Fishero .............3 Elizabeth Fishero .............3 Susan Fishero .............3 Molly Fishero .............3 Ella Fishero .............3 Tillie Fishero .............3 Julia Fishero *2nd Wife of Peter Daniel Minnich: ..+Julia Ann Strauss m: June 19, 1825 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Father: Ephriam STRAUSS b: December 02, 1800 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania d: November 01, 1890 in Orrstown, Pennsylvania ..... 2 Jacob Minick b: August 12, 1826 in Greencastle, PA d: June 15, 1912 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania .........+Mary Bermont m: March 15, 1849 Father: Peter Daniel BERMONT b: November 09, 1826 in Germany, near the Rhine d: October 21, 1913 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania .............3 Peter Daniel Minick b: January 25, 1850 .............3 Ann Elizabeth Minick b: January 09, 1852 .......... ..3 Sarah Catherine Minick b: February 08, 1854 .............3 George W. Minick b: November 08, 1855 .............3 Jacob Henry Minick b: June 24, 1859 .............3 Mary Rebecca Minick b: June 24, 1859 .............3 Leah Bermont Minick b: January 29, 1863 .............3 Maggie Jane Minick b: March 23, 1869 .....2 Susanna Minick b: October 08, 1828 d: July 14, 1887 in Pleasant Hall, PA .........+William Keefer m: 1849 b: June 26, 1826 in Dauphin County, PA d: February 1904 in Pleasant Hall, PA .............3 Julia Keefer b: October 14, 1850 .............3 John Keefer b: May 01, 1852 .............3 Jacob Keefer b: February 12, 1854 .............3 Rebecca Keefer b: November 15, 1855 .............3 William Keefer b: September 16, 1858 .............3 David Minick Keefer b: August 02, 1860 .............3 Mary C. Keefer b: October 13, 1863 .............3 Peter Daniel Keefer b: April 09, 1865 .....2 Elizabeth Minick b: March 15, 1830 d: March 28, 1909 in Pleasant Hall, Pennsylvania .........+Nicholas Nye m: September 17, 1850 Father: b: March 25, 1830 d: December 16, 1915 in Pleasant Hall, PA .............3 Mary Ann Nye b: August 01, 1851 .............3 Ephriam Nyeb: February 02, 1854 .............3 Sarah Catherine Nye b: February 22, 1855 .............3 Nancy Ellen Nye b: October 10, 1858 .............3 David H Nye b: October 18, 1858 .............3 Adam Nye b: August 14, 1860 .............3 Julianna Nye b: February 01, 1862 .............3 Emma E Nye b: July 15, 1865 .............3 Peter D Nye b: September 30, 1868 .............3 William N Nye b: September 16, 1874 .....2 Julia Ann Minick b: March 24, 1832 in Orrstown, PA d: January 08, 1886 in Culbertson, PA .........+Samuel Tarner/Turner? .............3 Elizabeth Tarner .............3 Julia Turner .............3 Nancy Turner .............3 Samuel Turner .............3 Malinda Turner .............3 Annie Turner .............3 William Turner .............3 David Turner .............3 Alonzo Turner .....2 Ephraim Minick b: February 11, 1834 in Orrstown, PA d: January 11, 1902 in Fayetteville .........+Margaret Elizabeth Peterson m: November 02, 1858 Father: b: April 27, 1836 in Shade Gap, PA d: December 21, 1895 in Fayetteville .............3 John David Wesley Minick b: August 18, 1859 in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania .................+Ida B L Creveling Father: S.A. Creveling ..............4 Ruth M Minick b: November 08, 1907 in Mt. Airy, NC ....................4 John Creveling Minick b: August 30, 1908 in Mt. Airy, NC .............3 Hannah Mary Minick b: June 04, 1861 .................+John Hess b: in Fayetteville d: in Waynesboro .....................4 Margaret Hess ......4 Edward Hess .............3 Peter Strauss Minick b: July 09, 1864 .................+Anna Mary Alexander .....................4 Infant Minick .....4 Mary Elizabeth Minick b: August 15, 1894 near Scotland, PA d: October 13, 1918 in Camp Beven, Boston, Mass .....................4 Eliza Minick b: January 15, 1897 in Stoufferstown, PA d: December 11, 1918 .............3 Elizabeth Jane Minick b: May 15, 1867 in Fayetteville, PA d: August 24, 1897 .................+Elmer Aldridge .....................4 Arthur Aldridge ......4 Bertha Aldridge ....4 Chester Aldridge ......4 Edith Aldridge ...........4 Frances Aldridge .............3 William Breckenridge Minick b: May 17, 1873 in Fayetteville, PA ................. +Emma E. Dodgion m: February 21, 1901 in Hagerstown, Md. .....................4 Earl Breckenridge Minick .....................4 Margaret Ellen Minick b: January 09, 1902 .........................+Robert Gray Bales m: October 08, 1924 .............3 Julia Elmira Minick b: May 16, 1878 .................+Frank Biesecker .....................4 Jane Biesecker .....................4 Frank Biesecker .....................4 Mary Biesecker .....................4 Arthur Biesecker .....................4 Dorothy Biesecker .....................4 Margaret .Biesecker ..... 2 Peter Minick b: February 11, 1834 d: 1909 in Abilene, .........+Anna Mary Nickles m: June 07, 1855 d: September 07, 1893 .............3 Lydia Anna Minick b: March 12, 1856 d: April 09, 1859 .............3 Mary M. Minick b: July 20, 1857 d: October 01, 1858 .............3 Ephriam Minick b: January 17, 1859 d: December 01, 1886 in Chariton,Iowa .................+Lillian Shore m: in Chariton , Iowa Father: .....................4 William Clayton Minick .....................4 Harry Birdstil Minick .............3 Charles Alfred Minick b: November 09, 1860 .................+Mary Olive Shore m: September 24, 1882 in Chariton , Iowa .....................4 Freddie Brice Minick b: June 04, 1883 .............3 Sophia Elizabeth Minick b: July 01, 1863 .................+J. Frank Wingard m: in Kansas or Iowa .............3 William Henry Minick b: April 13, 1865 .................+Bessie Shirk b: in Dickson County .....................4 Paul Gilbert Minick b: September 07, 1894 .....................4 Harold Lindsay Minick b: August 19, 1902 .............3 Adam Brice Minick b: March 15, 1867 in Pennsylvania .................+Ida Franklin Father: b: in Pennsylvania .....................4 Arthur W. Minick b: May 30, 1907 in Newburg, PA .............3 Amanda Catherine Minick b: March 22, 1869 .............3 Samuel E. Minick b: January 26, 1871 d: January 29, 1872 .............3 Jacob Grant Minick b: January 10, 1874 .................+Stella Mae Lowe b: in Chapman, Kansas .....................4 Pauline Jessie Minick b: May 26, 1900 .....................4 Carl Homer Minick b: November 12, 1904 .............3 John T. Minickb: January 17, 1876 d: January 30, 1876 .............3 Peter Willis Minick b: May 17, 1877 ................. +Jennie Crump m: October 05, 1904 in Missouri Father: Morris Crump .....................4 Amanda Rachel Minick b: December 09, 1907 in 1648 Newton Street, Washington, D.C. .....2 Sarah Minick b: April 24, 1836 d: October 03, 1838 in Orrstown, PA .....2 David Minick b: September 18, 1838 in Orrstown, PA d: April 01, 1920 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania ......... +Catherine Jane Golden m: 1860 in Orrstown, PA Father: John Golden b: August 24, 1840 in Shippensburg, PA d: November 27, 1922 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania .............3 Mary C. Minick .................+Lindlay Doan .............3 Bertha J. Minick .................+Harry Brindle .............3 Annie Elizabeth Minick b: April 12, 1861 .................+John A. Washinger Father: Jacob Washinger b: September 24, 1858 .....................4 David Albert Washinger .........................+Elsie M. Yotes .....................4 Annie Catherine Washinger .........................+Le Roy Gussman ............................5 Lorena Gussman ............................5 Milan Gussman ............................5 Pauline Gussman .....................4 Roy Clarence Washinger .........................+Elizabeth Barclay ............................5 Erna Washinger ............................5 LeRoy Washinger, Jr. .....................4 Bertha Aleda Washinger .........................+Thad M. Newton ............................5 Myrtle C. Newton .....................4 Paul G Washinger .........................+Cora Kelso ............................5 Helen Washinger .....................4 Newton McClelland Washinger .....................4 John Herman Washinger .....................4 Catherine Jane Washinger .............3 Daniel P. Minick b: November 04, 1862 .................+Annie Warner .............3 William Lincoln Minick b: January 31, 1865 in Orrstown, PA d: June 08, 1939 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania .................+Virginia Smith Blair m: September 01, 1885 in Orrstown, PA Father: William Hooper BLAIR b: Abt. 1866 in 0rrstown, PA d: 1947 in Waynesboro, PA .....................4 Erna Virginia Minick .........................+John B. Geiser .....................4 William Leon Minick b: February 25, 1898 in Chambersburg, PA d: January 03, 1974 in Waynesboro, PA .........................+Edna Mentzer m: June 1922 Father: Walter S. Mentzer b: June 30, 1891 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania d: October 10, 1974 in Waynesboro , PA .....................4 H Blair Minick b: May 26, 1904 in Orrstown, PA d: April 01, 1970 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida .........................+Estella Winner Goodman m: August 17, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA Father: James Bellamy Goodman b: October 28, 1905 in Savannah, Georgia .............3 David Newton Minick b: October 04, 1867 d: November 21, 1921 in Chambersburg, PA ................. +Bessie Bollinger Father: Urias BOLLINGER ..... 2 Catherine Minick b: August 13, 1841 in Orrstown, PA d: May 08, 1843 in Orrstown, PA ........2 Adam Minick b: February 21, 1844 d: August 13, 1875 ...........+Martha Metz m: December 08, 1863 d: November 17, 1916 .............3 Susanna Minick b: November 06, 1864 .............3 Mary Catherine Minick b: July 01, 1867 d: March 06, 1890 .............3 Peter Geary Minick b: April 05, 1868 in Newburg, PA d: April 10, 1868