Spring, 1994
Volume 3, Number 2
Edited and published by
Paul H. Replogle, ID 112:411:312
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Genealogical ID numbers used are from The Replogle - Reprogle Genealogy published in 1984 (out of print).
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Articles, letters and other contributions to the newsletter are welcome; RRGN readers want to read about your Replogle - Reprogle family history research.
BOOK REVIEW
Alsace - Lorraine, by George Wharton Edwards, 1918, Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, color illustrations, index, 344 pages. I recommend this book to everyone interested in the Replogle - Reprogle family history, especially it's roots in Alsace, France. Altho sections of the book deal with the political situation of that area in 1918, most of the book is a narrative in travelogue style, covering various areas of Alsace. Soultz Sous Forets is mentioned twice (p. 27 and p. 177). My local library did not have the book, but they arranged for me to borrow it thru interlibrary loan. This is a good introduction to Alsace if you are not familiar with the land of our forefathers.
THOUGHTS ABOUT LAST ISSUE'S COLUMN BY JUSTIN REPLOGLE
(By Edith Madeline Replogle Raymond, 112:223:71, co-compiler of The Replogle-Reprogle Genealogy. The following material was extracted from her letter of 17 Jan 1994.)
I was glad to read in the Winter, 1994 Newsletter that Justin Maynard Replogle (11E:794:1) plans to contribute articles to it. I read his article about the age of Maria Barbara Koenig Reblogel (11) and Margaret Replogle Roof (111) with much interest. The only item I saw to fault, was that Maria Barbara's father's will was proven 26 Sep 1766 at York Co. PA (RRG, p. 393), so did not die in 1770 as Justin says.
As you well know, we made no attempt in our genealogy to delete children or change birth-year-order of Johann Reinhard Reblogel's (11) children from records Mr. George Liebegott (and others) had assigned years ago. Most of RRG genealogy was typed in final form when some of our latter finds were located-- e.g., Peter Roof saying his wife Margaret (111) was born in 1756 and Johann Reinhard Reblogel's full name, and his siblings, parents, grandparents in Alsace.
As you know, Margaret (111) is an ancestor of Leona Blocher Betteridge (111:622:722). From records she recently found about Johann Reinhard's first marriage and the birth of his first son early in January, 1751, while possible, it does not appear Margaret was also born that year ... 1752 would be more feasible if her mother were Johann Reinhard's first wife (Anna Maria Erhard). My own feeling is Margaret was born about 1756, as her husband states, and was the daughter of Johann Reinhard and his second wife (Maria Barbara).
You might want to mention that page 373 in RRG is incorrect as to the parents of Abraham Konig, father of Maria Barbara. Her mother's given name was Anna Maria Weymart (daughter of Hans Adam and Anna Catherine Weymart of Hofen, Alsace). The parents of Abraham Konig were Abraham Konig (who died before October, 1717 at Bischweiler, Alsace) and his wife Anna Barbara. The source for this is, again, Leona Blocher Betteridge.
Justin's news that Abraham Konig (King, Koenig) and Anna Maria Weymart, parents of Maria Barbara who married Johann Reinhard, had two daughters named Barbara, one Marie Barbara, was a surprise to me. It would be interesting to see the list of Abraham's children which Justin found in the Burgert book, which does not appear to agree with Abraham's children named in Strassburger's book as given in RRG. Aren't I correct when I say, neither you nor I actually saw the Strassburger reference? In 1983 I found no immigration record for Johann Reinhard (or his family) in the five volume set of immigration books by Filby. As a reminder, Filby combined other published immigration books in this series. Abraham's will names sons Abraham and George, and daughters' spouses Stephen Wible, Johann Reinhard Reblogel, and Thomas Fisher ... and an apparent grandson George Miller.
In my records, without having proof of it, I list that our Maria Barbara was born about 1733; thus, Justin is correct she could have been born later than 1733 (Justin gives a date of 1735 or 1738) as if born in 1733 she would have been about age 52 years when her and Johann Reinhard's youngest son Peter was born in 1785. Leona Betteridge did locate birth and christening dates for two of Maria Barbara's siblings at Hofen: Hans Adam Konig, born 12 Mar 1725, christened 18 Mar 1725 and Maria Eva Konig, born 15 Jan 1728, christened 17 Jan 1728.
I am so appreciative of the fact that Justin is going to write some articles for the newsletter. He may help solve some our puzzles for us.
George Replogle (U-42), the man whose body was placed in a hollowed-out log in 1835 at Marshall Co., IN, is one of the unknowns I would like to see identified. (RRG, p. 413.)
JUSTIN MAYNARD REPLOGLE'S RESPONSE TO EDITH MADELINE REPLOGLE RAYMOND
(From a letter written by Justin and dated 21 Jan 1994.)
1. Your mention of George Replogle's (U-42) dead body stuffed in a log intrigued me, and I couldn't help running his name thru my data base. That base only has 100 Replogles or so. After our ancestors start leaving OH I'm narrowing down my focus to my own line, the Replogles who went to Carroll Co., IN. That's Johann Reinhard Reblogel's son Peter Replogle (11E). But I had to follow the others long enough to make sure they didn't end up in Carroll Co. Anyhow, selecting for Marshall Co. didn't turn up the George buried in a tree. But if I were to search for him (and I'm not going to) I'd certainly begin with Rinehart's son John (11C) and his family. This is John Replogle, Sr. (11C). Here's what turns up. A lot of the Replogle folks from central OH (especially Montgomery Co., OH) started moving out of OH about 1830. Many went to northern IN counties: St. Joseph Co., Elkhart Co. and LaPorte Co. The George you mention could be a stray. But things point in the direction of John Sr.'s family. To wit:
--1832. John's son Peter (11C:8) leaves OH for St. Joseph Co., IN (the first on record to leave).
--1835. John's son Daniel (11C:3) moves to Marshall Co., IN.
--1835. Daniel's daughter Lovina (11C:37) born in Marshall Co.
--1835. The unknown George Replogle is buried in a hollowed log, the first death of a settler in Marshall Co.
--1840. John's son John, Jr. (11C:7) is living in Carroll Co. (30 or 40 miles from Marshall Co.).
--John, Sr. is said to be living close to John, Jr. in White Co. (White Co. and Carroll Co. have common borders). See RRG, p. 296.
--1840. John, Sr. is also said to be living with sons David and Daniel in Elkhart Co. (next door to Marshall Co.). See RRG, p. 295.
--Before 1850. John, Sr.'s wife Mary Metzger dies in Marshall Co.
--The Tippecanoe River was the standard early transportation to all these locations.
--Before 1850. John, Sr. dies in Pulaski Co. (next door to Marshall Co., along the Tippecanoe).
--Daniel's children go on living in Marshall Co., probably to today.
--John, Jr.'s children go on living in and around Montecello, IN. It's on the Tippecanoe separating White Co. and Carroll Co. (and for some odd reason they all start spelling their name with two "r's": Reprogle--an even more unusual sound than Replogle.)
The George Replogle buried in a tree trunk in Marshall Co. may have been a tag along cousin or something, but the odds are he was in John, Sr.'s line. No other Replogle line has these same locality associations. John, Sr. himself obviously moved back and forth over a 40 or 50 mile stretch of counties, never getting very far from the Tippecanoe River. If unknown George was an adult I'd check first to see if he could be John, Jr.'s son. If he was a child I'd suspect him of being Daniel's son.
2. About Maria Barbara Konig (11): According to Annete Kunselman Burgert, in Eighteenth Century Immigrants from the Northern Alsace to America (Camden, Maine: Picture Press, 1992), Abraham Konig of Bichweiler m. May 9, 1724 Anna Maria Weymert (Weimer). He was a tailor at Hafen (or Hofen). In 1751 he left Hofen with a family of at least six of his eight children for America on the ship "Janet." His eight children were:
Hans, b. 1725.
Maria Eva, b. 1728.
Maria Magdelena, b. 1730.
Abraham, b. 1733.
Barbara, b. 1735.
Maria Barbara, b. 1738.
Jon George, b. 1740.
Maria Elizabeth., b. 1745.
Now it's well known this mad naming system, used by German ancestors of this period, named most of the boys John and most of the girls Maria. But I don't understand why the second Barbara is an exception. Could I have copied this wrong? I saw this book just as I was leaving the Delphi, IN Historical Museum (and genealogical center) and I hurriedly scribbled this down, thinking (wow) this lady seems confident about things heretofore thought non-existent. Then I had to leave. I didn't get a chance to check her sources or credentials. But it's an impressive big book, and recent, and may have other revelations in it. But I've never gotten around to hunting it up here at home. I don't think I would have copied her wrong about the Barbaras, because the mystery of Johann Reinhard's wife has been near the top of my mind. Like so many women in the records, she's almost nonexistent. Who was she? What was she like? What happened to her after Johann Reinhard's death? Did she know the Reblogels in Germany? Did the Konigs come over with Johann Reinhard? Did they meet on the boat? And the big question: how old could a woman be who gave birth after 31 years of marriage? Or how young must she have been when she married?
3. Leona Betteridge has Margaret Replogle born 1751 in Colerain Twp., Bedford Co., PA. The place is even more improbable than the date. Maybe she was an Indian.
(From a letter written by Justin and dated 25 Jan 1994:)
I realize now my notes about the identity of unknown George Replogle may have struck you as a little weird. Why was I making such heavy weather of identifying him, by elaborate indirection, when the RRG Newsletter (Winter, 1994, p. 2) had him right there in John Replogle's (11C:7) bible? The answer is: I hadn't received a copy of the Newsletter, and didn't know about the bible.
It is comforting, though, to find my speculations pretty well confirmed. Unknown George buried in the tree trunk is almost certainly John Sr.'s (11C) son. At least I'm going to add him to my genealogical list as John's son.
JUSTIN'S COLUMN
(JUSTIN REPLOGLE, of 7925 Kaehlers Mill Rd., Cedarburg, WI 53012, ID 11E:794:1, is a retired professor. He is researching material for a book he is writing about his early American ancestors. He contributes regularly to the RRG Newsletter.)
The Founders
Leona Betteridge's information in the Winter 1994 Newsletter increased our knowledge about Rinehart Replogle and Barbara Konig. So what do we know about them now? We know Barbara arrived at Philadelphia in 1751, and Rinehart between 1751 and 1756. We know their families lived close together in Alsace, and may well have been acquainted. It seems increasingly probable that Barbara and Rinehart came over on the same ship, though it's a mystery why his name hasn't turned up on some record. (Male immigrants over 16, for instance, were usually required to take an oath of loyalty to the British crown). We have no details of what happened between 1751 and 1756. They both undoubtedly passed through Germantown. Almost all German immigrants did. Its population was small, but more than 20 religious sects were represented there, including the German Baptist Brethren some of their children would favor. But they apparently remained (or became) Lutheran. The Konig family consisted of Abraham and Anna Maria (Weymart) and their six children (according to Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Northern Alsace to America, 1992). Rinehart may have come alone. Or he may have been with some of those unidentified Replogles who make loose ends in the RRG. By 1756 both Rinehart and the Konigs were as far west as Hanover. That was about 50 miles from the real frontier. In the early 1750s nobody lived west of the Alleghenies--except for trappers and traders and a tiny handful of intrepid families. In fact treaties with the Indians forbade settlement out there, and the British made periodic sweeps, pushing squatters out, even burning their cabins. In 1755 the frontier moved backwards for a few years. Indian attacks forced settlers to leave homesteads and retreat east. The countryside around (today's) Hagerstown, for instance, was completely abandoned. This was just where Rinehart and Barbara would move next. But in the 1760s they lived near Littlestown, about five or six miles southwest of Hanover. (The Littles were there too.) Rinehart and his growing family stayed here for perhaps ten years, settled close to other members of the Konig clan. Then in 1766 Abraham Konig died, the family began to split up, and by 1770 Rinehart was in the Hagerstown area. (Hagerstown was laid out in 1762). This was the western edge of the settled frontier. And here he entered into a small but well established community of Germans who had begun to arrive about 20 years earlier. Among them were a number of first and second generation immigrants destined to become our ancestors. They are part of the Replogle family, since their genes are in most of us. Who were these other founders of the Rinehart Replogle family?
One of them is Stephen Ulrich. Stephen Ulrich Sr., born about 1680, arrived in this country about 1725. Not much is known of him, or about his children. The Ulrich genealogy has not been thoroughly worked out. But quite a bit is known about Stephen Ulrich Jr. In 1738 a handful of Germans formed the Little Conewago Church of the Brethren near Hanover. "Among the constituent members," according to Martin Brumbaugh, were "families of the name Eldrick, Dierdorff, Bigler Gripe, Stutsman, and others" (A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America, p. 326). One of these Eldricks was certainly Stephen Jr. He bought 200 acres nearby in 1742. John Hale Stutesman (a specialist on this era) says his farm was on Plum creek, on the southwest fringe of (today's) Hanover. Two or three miles northwest Plum joins Conewago Creek. Another founder of this church was Jacob Cripe (or Greib) who had arrived from Germany in 1733. He and the Ulrichs were neighbors, and apparently friends, because at some point Jacob Cripe married Elizabeth Ulrich, first uniting two families whose genes mingle over and over again in succeeding generations. (Their son Daniel married Rinehart's daughter Barbara.) The identity of Elizabeth Ulrich is not certain, but she was probably Stephen Jr's sister. By 1752 Stephen Jr. had moved about 60 miles southwest to Frederick Co. MD. This was early. Hagerstown wouldn't be platted for another ten years, and the wilderness was mostly untouched. He bought 235 acres (later called "Good Neighbor") from a very early settler in the region, Hans Waggoner. A Daniel Ulrich bought 86. (Daniel was most likely Stephen's brother.) This land is eight or nine miles west of today's Hagerstown, near the present hamlet of Clear Springs on Hwy 40. Stephen lived here until he died (See John Hale Stutesman, Jacob Stutzman-1775). His brother John lived there too. This was the genuine frontier, not more than a mile or so from the mountains that held back settlers for another 20 years. The next year George Washington (age 21) passed a few miles west on his way to parley with the French on behalf of the Virginia governor (the French were encroaching on western lands). Washington was back again the next year, this time with troops, only to be defeated at Fort Necessity. He returned the following year too, with General Braddock, fresh from England, determined to oust the French from Fort Duquesne. Braddock's disastrous defeat in Nov. 1755 set off desolating Indian attacks along the whole frontier, and Stephen almost certainly abandoned his farm and fled east, along with the whole community. The Maryland governor announced that "The fine settlement of Conococheague is quite deserted" (Stutesman, Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists Newsletter, Winter 1992-93, p. 62). (The Little Conococheague Creek crosses Hwy 40 a mile east of Clear Springs.) But if Stephen left, he came back. In 1769 he began selling off his land, 60 acres to George Butterbaugh, 139 to Daniel Ulrich, and some to John Metzger (J. H. Stutesman, "Stephen Ulrich of Washington Co. [MD]," Mennonite Family History, April, 1993, p. 78). He died about 1784.
Stephen's children married a Brumbaugh, two Butterbaughs, a Miller, a Rench, and a Lear. In the next generation Ulrichs marry Metzgers, Replogles, Shivelys, Cripes, etc. Probably all the Cripes in America descend from Elizabeth Ulrich; all the descendants of Rinehart's daughter Barbara and his son Peter certainly do. So do all the descendants of Christian Shively Sr., whose offspring married a number of times into the Replogle family. Then too many Replogles descend from a grand daughter of Stephen Ulrich Jr. who married a Metzger. I myself descend directly from three of Stephen Jr.'s children, from Elizabeth (maybe his sister) and Daniel (maybe his brother). I sometimes think half the Pennsylvania Dutch in America can call Stephen Ulrich Sr. grandfather (or at least uncle). Certainly a great many Replogles can.
Next time: other founders.
Miscellaneous: How old was Barbara Konig when she married Rinehart Replogle? Madeline Raymond kindly supplied the answer. Maria Barbara (b. Jan. 27, 1738) was 15. (Rinehart was 32.) Source: Annette K. Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the northern Alsace to America (Camden, ME, 1992), p. 309.
WHO IS THIS REPLOGLE-REPROGLE?
(Each issue of the newsletter will feature an "unknown" whose family identity needs to be established. See Zelda Dubel's letter, below.)
Name: Richard Reprogle
Born: 1796 (from age given on census records)
Born at: PA
Died: After 1870
Occupation: Cooper
Resided: Wayne Twp, Montgomery Co, OH (1830); Union Twp, Warren Co, IA (1860); Washington Twp, Warren Co, IA (1870)
Children:
1. Susannah m. Lushbough.
2. Catherine Sedonia, m. Bierbower (Bearbouer).
3. Mary Ann (Polly), m. 1) Hildreth, 2) Golden.
4. George.
5. William.
6. Daniel.
AMOS REPLOGLE--STILL ELUSIVE
Amos, ID 113, remains a mystery. He was listed as residing in Rockbridge Co. VA. A neighboring county is Augusta Co. VA. Responding to my inquiry, the genealogist of the Augusta Co. VA Historical Society at Staunton, VA notified me: "The Replogle name does not appear in early Augusta Co. records from 1745-1800. I do not find the name Amos at all." Copies of material sent to me from the Leyburn Library, Special collections, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA contains no mention of Amos (but did provide additional data on Balzer). So far the search in Rockbridge Co VA has been negative, but nobody is giving up. Did he live just across the county line is some other county, but conduct business in Rockbridge Co.?
LETTERS
From CLARA SIDDIE REPLOGLE BENHART of P.O. Box 289, Apt. 6, Fair Field, WA 99012 (ID 122:1C3, Clara Siddie Replogle Benhart / Richmond Sylvester Replogle / David B. / Jacob, Sr. / Johann Balthasar / Balthasar / ? ) dated September, 1993: " ... (The Replogles) were born in Germany, (went) to Belgium. Those who were in Germany fled to Belgium because they did not like the way they were treated in Germany about going to church. They all seemed to be people who were interested in church ... I have outlived all my folks of 8 children ... I now do not travel around much since I turned to be 100 years old June 13. 1893 to 1993. Had happy birthday parties all the rest of June. We had many people here for that, and I received 115 birthday cards ..."
She writes about receiving information from the Replogle at Alameda, CA who invented a new kind of carpet sweeper: "He said they spelled their names in Germany Replough but when the ones from Belgium came over to U.S. they went to the court house to have their names recorded they spelled it Replogle ..." Also, "I do not know my grand parents of David Replogle but my father Richmond Sylvester Replogle said he was a barrel hoop maker. I do not know if that was on their place out north of Charleston, IL or where. My dad knew Abraham Lincoln. He ate at my Dad's home many times. My father was born near Charleston IL 1855 Dec. 3rd. My mother was born at Stewardson IL 1866 Dec. 26th.."
We have a record that Anna Barbara Reblegel m. Jacob Schreyer 27 Aug 1764 at Hanover, York Co. PA. Anna is a possible child, or close relative, of Johann Reinhard Reblogel, ID 11. BEVERLY SIDENSTICK of #95 Casa Del Sol, Winter Haven, FL 33881 in October, 1993 writes: "I am looking for the family of Lewis (Ludwig?) Schroyer b. abt. 1783 (from ad for runaway apprentice.) He was apprenticed to Mathias Shroyer a gunsmith and from this many people have concluded he was a descendant of the Schreyer's (see enclosed)." She enclosed a photocopy of two pages from George Schreyer Sr. & Jr. by George Shumway. (Does anyone have a copy of this book?) She adds: "I have pretty much eliminated the Shrier family (Ludwig3, John2, Ludwig1) of York Co. PA as Ludwig3 was too old. Although John2 was a famous gunsmith and people have surmised they were related to Schreyer's." She adds: "Lewis Schroyer m. Elizabeth Baker who was another German, maybe Elizabeth Bucher ..." Jacob Replogle ID 119, b. 1771 m. Elizabeth Bucher, hence the surname Bucher might form a connection.
MRS. MEL M. STEWARD of 734 Suzanne Ct., Langley, WA 98260 is researching the Morter family. In her letter of October, 1993 she provided more information about John Replogle Mortar, ID 125:2 (John Replogle Mortar / Jacob Morter [m. Catherine Replogle] / Jacob Morter), as to his wife's full name, Mary Arieadana Stokely, and their additional children William Buchanan, David Cassius, Don Quivedo, John Letcher and Virginia, and other data.
ERNEST GRIPE of Box 171, Nash, OK 73761 in his letter of November, 1993 reported he is researching the Cripe / Gripe family history. Barbara (Lovina) Replogle, ID 115, m. Daniel Cripe, Sr. On his chart he shows her as "Barbara (Susanah) Replogle." His Gripe lineage is: Jacob Greib (1712-1801) / John Cripe (1744-1814) / Jacob C. Gripe (1793-1875) / Jacob Gripe (1833-1922) / Nicholas S. Gripe (1855-1942) / John Henry Gripe (1879-1948) / Millard Nicholas Gripe (1907-1987) / Ernest Gerald Gripe (1934-).
I received on 23 November 1993 from STEPHEN PATRICK REPLOGLE of 1029 Avenue B, Yuma, AZ 85364 (ID 11C:416:171, Stephen Patrick Replogle / Fred Willington / Myrle / Harrison Franklin / John Lorenzo / Michael / John / Johann Reinhard / Philip / Andreas / ?) a one page history of his branch of the Replogle family which I found helpful and interesting; it was a photocopy of what looked to be an old document in handwriting not so easy to read, as follows:
(1st generation)
"John Lorenzo Replogle (11C:41) - Virgin Mary Brown (I previously had her surname as Irons; or are these two different people?), their children (13 names):
Harrison Toki - Johnsen
Marion Sarah - Curtis
Perry Maggie - Eggleston
Olliver Nonnie (?) - Brumbaugh
Charles Ethel - Rice
Reno Lara - Leighman
Virgin Mary --- (unreadable)
(2nd generation)
Harrison Replogle - Mildred Corpe
Myrle Replogle - Dec. 7, 1894
Herman
Hazel
Wesley & Leslie
Olene
Glenn
(3rd generation)
Myrle Replogle - Louise Barkley
Myrle Replogle
Rose - Cole Wm. (?-unreadable)
Cay (Coy?)
John
Wesley & Leslie
Fred
Jeanean Morgarn (?)
Mary - Cole (?)
(Following two generations added to the photocopy later by Stephen:
(4th generation)
Fred, father of
Stephen Patrick Replogle
(5th generation)
Stephen Patrick Replogle, father of
Joy Sarah Replogle
Benjamin Daniel Replogle"
Some of these names for the children of John Lorenzo matched my existing list of 12 names for this family (as per the 1984 book), and some didn't. There was five children's names on this new list as given above that were not on my old records: 1) Perry, 2) Charles, 3) Reno, 4) Maggie, m. Eggleston, and 5) Virgin Mary (Ufaurzeir ? - unreadable). There were three children's names on my old records that did not appear on this new list as given above: 1) Harvey, 2) Noah, 3) Louis. I have added Perry, Charles and Reno to the list of children in my computer, making a total of 15. What about Maggie and Virgin Mary? It obviously is a confusing situation. If anyone can help straighten things out, I'll appreciate it.
ZELDA MAE ZEUGE GAREY DUBEL of 5041 E. Hedges, Fresno, CA 93727-2022 is the wife of ROBERT VERNON DUBEL (lineage ID not yet assigned, Robert Vernon Dubel / Eva Lorene Golden Dubel / Robert Craig Golden / John Davis Golden / Mary Ann ("Polly") Reprogle Hildreth Golden / Richard Reprogle / ?) has been very busy trying to track down the ancestry of Richard Reprogle (as it is spelled in the census). In her letter of 22 November 1993, she wrote: "Although we knew about Mary "Polly" (Replogle) Golden, it was only recently that we found her on an 1860 census of Warren Co., IA and Richard Replogle (b PA) lived with the family ... John Wesley Golden went from PA (b 1810) through OH (1830), he and Polly were in IN (1850-1852), IA (1860) and were in CA in 1873. They lived in Tulare Co. CA 1882-1896, then disappeared; CA did not require death certificates until 1905; there is no death record in San Benito, Tulare or Fresno Counties, CA. Descendants ended up in Fresno Co. CA."
On 23 November Zelda wrote: " You will also find enclosed a copy of the 1860 census of Warren Co. IA showing John Wesley Golden and his family, including Richard Replogle who I assume is Mary "Polly" (Replogle) Hildreth Golden's father. It looks like Rich'd to me, not Rinehart." GRETTA WESTENBERGER (see RRGN, Fall, 1992, p. 3), a researcher and another descendant of Mary Ann "Polly" Replogle and I had decided to make an assumption that Mary Ann's father was "Rinehart," not Richard, since we had agreed to interpret the writing of his name in the census, which was abbreviated, as meaning "Rinehart."
This was proved wrong when, on 1 February 1994, Zelda found Richard Replogle on the 1870 US census for Washington Twp, Warren Co., IA, taken on 20 June 1870. It clearly shows the name "Rupplogle Richard," age 74, occupation cooper, place of birth Pa. Mary "Polly" Replogle is listed on an the previous page with the family of John W. Golden, but it all appears to be one census entry.
Lately I have found a note in an old letter which states a Richard Replogle is listed in the 1830 census of Wayne Twp, Montgomery Co., OH. This is probably the same person who appears later in the 1860 and 1870 census for Warren Co., IA, because the name Richard is very rare in the early Replogle family (in fact I previously thought it non-existent). It does, however, appear several times in later generations.
Zelda has sent me copies of many documents and pictures, all relating to this Richard Replogle family and descendants. They have all been filed in the notebooks. As I said, she has been busy!
On 17 February 1994 I received a "Prodigy" (computer network) message from JERRI BURKET (see RRGN for summer and fall, 1993) as follows: "I'm indexing a family history book for Lois Ann Mast of Olde Springfield Shoppe in Elverson, PA, and came across a very brief reference to the name Replogle ... From page 267 of A Brief History of Bishop Jacob Mast and Other Mast Pioneers, by Christian Z. Mast, originally published in 1911 (but I'm working from a 1989 reprint):
"Family 746:
"Henry Burns, b Mar 5 1848 in Juniata Co, Pa; address, Middlebury, In; m Nov 23 1871 to Lucy Reafsnyder. Their children:
"Florence Burns, m to __ Replogle.
"Oriean Burns, m to __ Gardner."
This refers to Marion L. Replogle, 11C:415 (Marion L. / John Lorenzo / Michael / etc.).
From JOYCE THORNTON (see RRGN for Winter 1994, p. 6-7) I received a letter 9 February 1994. She says, "I ran across some old pictures here in Mishawaka, IN, a big picture of a Replogle - Snyder Reunion, plus other old pictures of Replogle - Snyder ... I found them in a store where a man works on clocks. He went to a sale, up in Berrion Springs, MI. His shop name, "Antique Cottage Clock Shop & Repair," his name, Fred Bricher, on Main St., Mishawaka, IN." She even has drawn a map on how to get there. I haven't traveled there, but someone should investigate. No reply yet to a letter I sent him.