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Carol Dianne Gipple¹

• Last Edited: 5 Sep 2021

• Relationship: 4th great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Carol Dianne Gipple was born on 8 April 1940, Tacoma, WA.¹
• She was the daughter of Gerald Owen Gipple and Alice Dorothy Hanson.¹
• Carol Dianne Gipple died on 13 April 2021, at age 81.²

• Father*: Gerald Owen Gipple¹ b. 27 Dec 1915, d. 9 Mar 1954
• Mother*: Alice Dorothy Hanson¹ b. 23 Feb 1916, d. 28 Feb 1977

Catherine Trautman Wiest^1,2

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2007

• Relationship: Great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Catherine Trautman Wiest was born on 19 September 1861.¹
• She was the daughter of Jacob Klinger Wiest and Elizabeth Troutman.
• Catherine Trautman Wiest married George Edwin Witmer, son of Daniel Witmer and Rebecca Rehrer, circa 1878; The 1910 US Census, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 157) inidcates that George and Catherine had been married 32 years and had 5 children, all of whom were then alive.^1,3
• The 1900 Census for Allentown, Lehigh County, lists the following household: George E. Witmer, head, born Mar. 1985, 42, married 21 years, carpenter at cement works; Catherine Witmer, wife, born Feb. 1861, 39. married 21 years, mother of 6 children, five surviving; Jacob D. Witmer, son, born Sep. 1881, 18, married 1 year, machinist at cement works; Minnie M. Witmer, daughter-in-law, born Sep. 1881, 18, married 1 year, mother of 1 child, not surviving; Lizzie S. Witmer, daughter, born Oct. 1883, 16; Morris R. Witmer, son, born Dec. 1886, 13; Jennie A. Witmer, daughter, born Feb. 1890, 10; and Carrie E. Witmer, daughter, born April 1892, 8.⁴
• The 1910 Census indicates that Catherine was the mother of 6 children, 5 of whom were then living.⁵
• Catherine Trautman Wiest died on 7 June 1940, at age 78.¹
• She was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA.

• Father*: Jacob Klinger Wiest b. 23 Jun 1826, d. 23 Oct 1878
• Mother*: Elizabeth Troutman b. 22 Nov 1825, d. 29 Jul 1881

Jacob Klinger Wiest

• Last Edited: 9 Aug 2009

• Relationship: Grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Jacob Wiest was a farmer and cattleman. He owned a farm of 120 acres in Jordan Township.¹
• Jacob Klinger Wiest was born on 23 June 1826, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.²
• He was the son of Samuel Wiest and Eve Elizabeth Klinger.
• Jacob Klinger Wiest married Elizabeth Troutman, daughter of Peter Troutman and Elizabeth Boddeiger.
• The 1860 Census for Rebuck, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, lists the following household: Jacob Weist, 33; Elizabeth, 30; Henry, 12; John, 10; Franklin, 8; Jacob, 6; Amelia, 4; and Edward, 2.³
• At the time of the 1870 Census, the household of Jacob (44) and Elizabeth (44) included 7 of their children: Edward, 17, Samuel, 14, Jacob, 11, Catherine, 9, Monroe, 7, Preston, 5, and William, 3.⁴
• The Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (1911) says that: "Jacob K. Wiest, son of Samuel and grandson of Jacob, was born Jan. 14, 1821, in Jordan township, Northumberland county, and died April 20, 1877. He was a farmer in Jordan township, owning a tract of 120 acres, and during the winter time following butchering and selling meat. He was also engaged in droving, and in buying and selling cattle, to some extent. For eight years before his death he lived retired, making his home in Uniontown, where he owned a house and where he died. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Trautman) daughter of Peter Trautman (whose wife's name was Potteiger), are buried at Klingers Church; she was struck dead by lightning, while walking through the kitchen. Their children were Harry, John T., Amelia (married Reuben Shade), Frank, Samuel, E. T., Catharine (married Edward Witmer, of Allentown, Pa.), Monroe (of Allentown, Pa.), Jacob (deceased), Preston and William."⁵
• Jacob Klinger Wiest died on 23 October 1878, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 52.^6,2
• He was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁷

• Father*: Samuel Wiest b. 21 Aug 1795, d. 3 Jan 1867
• Mother*: Eve Elizabeth Klinger b. 16 Jan 1794, d. 18 Jan 1870

Elizabeth Troutman

• Last Edited: 7 Jan 2007

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Elizabeth Troutman was born on 22 November 1825.
• She was the daughter of Peter Troutman and Elizabeth Boddeiger.
• Elizabeth Troutman married Jacob Klinger Wiest, son of Samuel Wiest and Eve Elizabeth Klinger.
• Elizabeth Troutman died on 29 July 1881, after being struck by lightning, PA, at age 55.^1,2
• She was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Peter Troutman b. 13 Jul 1790, d. 23 Feb 1854
• Mother*: Elizabeth Boddeiger b. 18 Dec 1788, d. 15 Jun 1865

Jennie A. Witmer

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2007

• Relationship: 2nd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Jennie A. Witmer was born in February 1890.¹
• She was the daughter of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest.
• Jennie A. Witmer married Charles Sweitzer circa 1910.

• Father*: George Edwin Witmer b. 9 Mar 1859, d. 10 Dec 1949
• Mother*: Catherine Trautman Wiest b. 19 Sep 1861, d. 7 Jun 1940

Charles Sweitzer

• Last Edited: 10 Jul 2002

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Charles Sweitzer was born circa 1889.
• He married Jennie A. Witmer, daughter of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest, circa 1910.

Carrie E. Witmer

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2008

• Relationship: 2nd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Carrie E. Witmer was born in April 1892.¹
• She was the daughter of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest.
• According to the 1920 Census, Carrie was living with her parents in Allentown, Lehigh County, PA. She was married and her married name appeared to be "Hart."²

• Father*: George Edwin Witmer b. 9 Mar 1859, d. 10 Dec 1949
• Mother*: Catherine Trautman Wiest b. 19 Sep 1861, d. 7 Jun 1940

Jacob Daniel Witmer¹

• Last Edited: 19 Aug 2003

• Relationship: 2nd great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Jacob Daniel Witmer was born on 12 September 1881.¹
• He was the son of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest.¹
• Jacob Daniel Witmer married Minnie May Wetzel.¹
• Jacob Daniel Witmer married Edith Mae (?)
• Jacob Daniel Witmer died on 25 December 1964, at age 83.¹
• He was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA.

• Father*: George Edwin Witmer¹ b. 9 Mar 1859, d. 10 Dec 1949
• Mother*: Catherine Trautman Wiest¹ b. 19 Sep 1861, d. 7 Jun 1940

Minnie May Wetzel¹

• Last Edited: 10 Jul 2002

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Minnie May Wetzel was born on 14 September 1881.¹
• She married Jacob Daniel Witmer, son of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest.¹
• Minnie May Wetzel died on 20 March 1939, at age 57.¹
• She was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA.

Morris R. Witmer

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2007

• Relationship: 2nd great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Morris R. Witmer was born on 17 December 1887.
• He was the son of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest.
• Some sources record that Morris R. Witmer was born in December 1886.¹
• He died on 20 September 1955, at age 67.
• He was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, PA.

• Father*: George Edwin Witmer b. 9 Mar 1859, d. 10 Dec 1949
• Mother*: Catherine Trautman Wiest b. 19 Sep 1861, d. 7 Jun 1940

Edith Mae (?)

• Last Edited: 13 Nov 2004

• Edith Mae (?) was born in 1887.
• She married Jacob Daniel Witmer, son of George Edwin Witmer and Catherine Trautman Wiest.
• Edith Mae (?) died in 1959.

Samuel R. Klock

• Last Edited: 20 Oct 2021

• Samuel R. Klock was born on 5 September 1859, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of Johannes Klock and Elizabeth Rebuck.¹
• Samuel R. Klock married Elizabeth Savilla Yoder circa 1881.³
• At the time of the 1900 Census, Samiuel and Lizzie were living in Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA, where Samuel was a farmer. They had been married 19 years and had given birth to 5 children, 4 of whom, Willie, Verdie, Chalres and Mabel, were then alive.³
• In 1910, Samuel and Lizzie were living in Jackson Township, Northumberland County, where Samuel was a farm laborer. Their household included their 2 youngest children: Mabel, age 17, and Herlin, age 9. The Census indicates that the principal language for Samuel, Lizzie, and Mabel was German.⁴
• There is a "Samuel R." Klock (6 Sept. 1859 - 19 Dec. 1937) married to "Elizabeth S. Klock" (1962-1943), buried at St. Peter's (Kreb's) Church in Red Cross, Jackson Twp, Northumberland County, PA. According to Joseph and Sarah Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Northumberland County Burials, vol. III (4th edition 1997), this Samuel R. Klock was the son of Johannes and Elizabeth (Rebuck) Klock. Elizabeth Rebuck (22 Mar 1820 - 31 Mar 1897) is buried at Himmels, while Johannes (11 Aug 1818 - 3 Aug 1863) is also buried at Red Cross.
  
  The 1860 Census for Jackson Twp, Northumberland County, PA, lists the family of a John and Elizabeth Clock as follows:
  
       John Clock [or Glock], 35, M, Laborer
       Elizabeth "", 36 F
       Felix ", 12, M
       Franklin ", 10, M
       Sarah ", 8, F
       Jolina [?] ", 4, F
       Mary ", 6, F
       Amanda ", 2, F
       
  Since the Census data was collected in July, 1860, Samuel should have been listed there, if the birthdate given in the Red Cross Cemetery listings (6 September 1959), is correct. Efforts to locate Samuel Klock in either the 1860 or the 1870 Census (in Jackson, Jordan, Upper Mahanoy, and Washington Townships) were unavailing. This is not clear who Samuel's father was.
       
  According to the Meiser book, Johannes or John, was the son of Valentine Klock (17 Mar 1786 - 11 Sep 1870) and Maria Zerbe (17 Oct 1788 - 30 May 1866), both of whom are also buried at Red Cross. Valentine's famnily appears in the 1860 Census for Washinton Township, Northumberland County Valentine also appears in the 1870 Census in Jordan Township. This Valentine was supposedly a son of Peter and Margaret (Drumheller) Klock. Margaret is also sometimes listed as a "Druckenmiller" or as a "Dunkleberger" rather than a "Drumheller." Elsewhere in the same book, it lists Peter (1 Nov 1743 - 9 Dec 1818, son of Mathias Klock) and Margaret (10 Apr 1747 - 4 Apr 1832) as being buried at Howerter's Church.
  
  Floyd's, Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County County says:
  
       KLOCKS. The first ancestor of this old family in America was Peter Klock, a German by birth, who came to this country about 1750. His first location was somewhere in Berks county, in the Province of Pennsylvania, according to some in Bern township, according to others near Womelsdorf, and again in Oley township. It is probable that the last named location is more nearly the correct one. At any rate, Oley township was the home of one Peter Kluck in 1756, on March 24th of which year the house of Peter Kluck, about fourteen miles from Reading, was set on fire by the savages, and the whole family killed. (Berks County History, 1909, says Peter Kluck and family, of Albany, were killed by the Indians in March, 1756.) While the flames were still ascending the Indiana made an assault upon the house of one Linderman, in which there were two men and one woman, all of whom ran upstairs, where the woman was killed by a shot which went through the roof.
  
       John Peter Klock, the ancestor of the Klocks in Northumberland county of whom we write, was born Jan. 1, 1743, and as tradition has it that he came to America when seven years old - this substantiates the date of 1750 for the emigration of Peter Kluck, whom the Indians killed. Rupp's History makes the statement that the "whole family was killed," which is probably inaccurate, as John Peter Klock is said to have been and undoubtedly was a son of Peter Kluck. He died Dec. 9, 1817, aged seventy-five years, less twenty four days. His wife, Margareda, born April 10, 1747, died April 4, 1832. They had the following children: John Peter, Jr., was the grand father of Dr. Henry A. Flock, who died at Mahanoy City, Pa., in 1908, aged fifty-nine years; George had a son Abraham, who is buried at St. Peter's church, Mahanoy, and whose son Noah was county commissioner of Northumberland county; Henry located in Indiana, where his descendants still live; Jacob settled in Virginia before 1790; Valentine is mentioned below; Mrs. Peter Starr lived near Rough and Ready, in Schuylkill county, Pa. According to another account there was also a son David, who lived in Pike township, Berks county, where on Aug. 13, 1818, his son David K. was born. On Feb. 25, 1793, David Klock received a warranty deed for a tract of 343 acres of land, called "Beauty," located on the Little Mahantango creek, near the line of Northumberland and Berks counties. The name in the deed is written Peter Kluck, but in the body of the document it appears as Cluck. It is now pronounced as if written Clock, from which we obtain the spelling Klock, in the German style. The name has been spelled Kluck, Cluck, Clock and Klock, the latter being the commonest and probably the correct form. The descendants of David Klock reside in the northwestern part of Schuylkill county and in Washington and Jackson townships, Northumberland county. The late Dr. Henry A. Klock, of Mahanoy, devoted considerable attention during 1907 to tracing the family history, but he died during 1908 before the completion of his laudable undertaking.
  
       In the foregoing account Valentine Klock, the ancestor of the Klocks to which this article is specially devoted, is given as a son of John Peter Klock. According to another account he was probably a son of David Klock, Sr. He was born March 27, 1786, lived in Jackson township, and was a blacksmith and farmer, owning a tract of many acres, which has since been divided into different farms. Felix Flock, one of his grandsons, owns forty acres of this old homestead. Valentine Klock was engaged in blacksmithing near Mahanoy. He died Sept. 11, 1870, and is buried at St. Peter's Church, at Mahanoy, of which he was a Lutheran member. His wife, Maria Zerbe, was born Oct. 17, 1788, and died May 30, 1866. They had children as follows: Felix died unmarried; Peter lived near Mahanoy Church on the farm now owned by Felix Klock (he married Esther Schlegel and their children were John, Daniel, Frank, Joseph, David, Harriet, Clinton and Andrew); John is mentioned below; Daniel settled in Illinois; Rebecca married a Mr. Krebs and they also located in Illinois; Catharine married Jacob Zerfing and they lived in Washington township, this county; Sallie married John Schlegel; Judith died unmarried.
  
       John Klock, son of Valentine, was born Aug. 11, 1818, in Upper Mahanoy township, and died Aug. 3, 1863. He is buried at St. Peter's Church, Mahanoy, of which he was an official member. Mr. Klock owned a tract of twenty-seven acres in Jackson township, and he was a carpenter by trade, during the winter time working in his shop. He built a number of houses and barns, and had a thriving business, teaching the trade to a number of apprentices and employing as many as five men during his busy seasons. He had an excellent reputation as a mechanic, and was known to all as a useful citizen, worthy of the esteem which he enjoyed among his fellow men. On Oct. 19, 1862, Mr. Klock enlisted in Company D (Capt. George Ship, Jr.), 172d Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, for nine months' service, and he is described as being five feet, ten inches in height, of dark complexion, and with gray hair. He was discharged from the service Aug. 1, 1863, at Harrisburg, where he died two days later, Aug. 3, 1863, while marching with his regiment; he is buried at St. Peter's church in Mahanoy.
  
       Mr. Klock married Elizabeth Rebuck, who was born June 8, 1826, daughter of Peter Rebuck; his mother's maiden name was Stepp. Mrs. Klock died Aug. 31, 1871, the mother of the following named children: Felix is mentioned below; Frank R. is mentioned below; Sarah Webster Leffler; Galen R. is mentioned below; Clinton is deceased; Wilhelmina, unmarried, lives at Berrysburg, Pa; Miranda, unmarried, who lives at Sunbury, has been an invalid since 1874; Samuel [Herlin's father and Emma's grandfather] is a resident of Washington township.
  
       FRANK R. KLOCK, a retired farmer, now living in the borough of Sunbury, Northumberland county, was born Oct. 30, 1849, in Jackson township. He attended the schools at Mahanoy, in that township, and from his earliest years was trained to farm work, which he continued to follow throughout his active years. Living for a time in Jackson township, and then for three years in Little Mahanoy township, in 1882 he settled in Lower Augusta township, where he has a tract of seventy acres, his son Calvin now renting and operating this place. Upon his retirement, in 1908, he moved to Sunbury, where his home is at No. 809 East Market street owning that place and another piece of property in the borough. Mr. Klock has always taken an interest in the public affairs of the community, and while a resident of Lower Augusta township he served three years as school director. In Little Mahanoy township he was constable for one year. Politically he is a Democrat and in religion be is a Lutheran, his family also belonging to that church. During his residence in Lower Augusta township he served the church in an official capacity.
  
       On Feb. 29, 1882, Mr. Klock married Harriet Dunkelberger, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Malick) Dunkelberger and granddaughter of Christophel Dunkelberger, of Little Mahanoy township. They have two children: Howard D., of Lower Augusta township; and Calvin D., who farms his father's old place in Lower Augusts township.
  
       GALEN B. KLOCK, a farmer near Mahanoy. in Jackson township, was born in that township April 18, 1853, and when nineteen years old commenced to learn the trade of miller. After following it about three years, he went to Ogle county. Ill., in 1874, and there remained for three months. Proceeding farther west he lived at Milton Junction, Iowa, for three years. Returning to his home in Pennsylvania Christmas day, 1877, he soon went to Shamokin, where he was in the hotel business for one year, and then for two years he returned to the occupation of his youth, farming in Jackson township. For six months he was a United States mail driver between Dornsife and Pitman, and after his marriage, which took place in 1880, he worked on the railroad for about six years. The next three years he was an employee of the National Transit Company. In July 1895, Mr. Klock purchased the J. H. Hoffman homestead, near Mahanoy, where he has since made his home, having moved to this place soon after it came into his possession. This farm consist of seventy-five acres located along the State road from Herndon to Mahanoy. Mr. Klock has interested himself in local affairs to some extent, having served six years as supervisor, was roadmaster for three years, and is at present overseer of the poor. He is a Democrat in political faith.
  
       In 1880 Mr. Klock married Amanda Agnes Kulp, who was born in Berks county, Pa., daughter of John and Caroline (Rhoad) Kulp, of Jackson Township and they have had children as follows: M., who married Frank Seigrath, of Mahanoy City; Dora J., John H., Mary F., George L., Katie F. and Anna M., all of whom reside at home. Mr. Klock and his family are members of the Lutheran congregation of St. Peter's church, at Mahanoy, and he has served as deacon of that organization.
  
       FELIX KLOCK, a farmer near Mahanoy, now Red Cross, in Washington township, was born Jan. 16, 1847, on the farm of his grandfather, Valentine Klock, in Jackson township. He was reared to farm life, and in his twenty-first year went to learn shoemaking, which trade he followed for twenty-three years, in Jordan and Jackson townships. In 1890 he began farming at his present home in Washington township, a farm of 145 acres formerly owned by one of his uncles. It is good land, and under the management of the present owner has yielded an excellent income. Mr. Klock built a large frame dwelling house there in 1903. He has always been energetic and ambitious, and for sixteen years he followed threshing as well as farming, being regarded as one of the best threshers in his end of Northumberland county. He operated an up-to- date outfit and has threshed as much as 47,000 bushels of grain in one season. In this connection he became particularly well known. Mr. Klock is a Democrat and served one term as school director of Washington township. He is a Lutheran member of St. Peter's church, where many generations of the Klock family have worshipped, and many of the name are buried in the cemetery there.
  
       On May 16, 1869, Mr. Klock married Sarah Adelia Bordner, and they have had twelve children: Alice, wife of Jerre Spotts; Lizzie M. who died young; Jonathan F., of the State of Washington; George F., who died when twenty-five years old, leaving three children, Charles H., William F. and George F; Susan B., wife of Francis W. Hoffman; Dorsey L., of Washington township; Chartlena J., who died in infancy; Carrie A., who married George Schaffer; J. Cleveland, of Herndon, Pa; Francis M; Minnie A., who has been an invalid all her life, and William A.⁴
• Samuel R. Klock died on 19 December 1937, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 78.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  DEATH TAKES SAMUEL KLOCK
  Samuel R. Klock, 78, retired farmer, died at his home at Red Cross Sunday at 5:45 p. m., following a lingering illness. He had been in failing health for a number of years, suffering from a complication of diseases and became seriously ill two weeks ago.
  Born and raised in the Red Cross section, Mr. Klock had spent practicaly all his life-time there, engaging in farming until he was taken ill. He was well known throughout that locality, having been a member of a pioneer lower end family.
  Surviving are his widow, five children, William, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Richard Wiest, Fountain Springs; Mrs. Royal Kohl, Herndon; Herlan and Charles, Red Cross. There are also 19 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be conducted at the home Thursday at 2 p. m., in charge of Rev. E. S. Noll, of Otto Station. Interment will be in Red Cross cemetery.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 20 Dec 1937, Mon, Page 2.⁵
  
• He was buried on 23 December 1937, at St. Peter's (Kreb's) Church Cemetery, Red Cross, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA.^6,7

• Father*: Johannes Klock¹ b. 11 Aug 1818, d. 3 Aug 1863
• Mother*: Elizabeth Rebuck¹ b. 22 Mar 1820, d. 31 Mar 1897