Summer, 1995

Volume 4, Number 3

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Paul H. Replogle

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RINEHART SR. IN BEDFORD COUNTY PA

By Justin Replogle

In my article on "Prices" (RRG Newsletter, Spring 1995) I made a mistake. Christian Shively's 250 acres in Morrison's Cove was valued at 195 pounds, not $195 (p.2). That's a big difference and changes some of my comparisons. I hope readers will correct other errors they notice, and contribute information. For instance the issue discussed below is just a beginning.

In 1776 "Righnhart Replogle" was assessed 3 shillings, 11 pence by Bedford County, PA. Frankstown Township assessed him nine pence. This is the first evidence that he had left the Hagerstown area. In trying to pin down where he lived after this date, I have gone over again what evidence I have. The results haven't been very satisfying, but here they are. The 1776 tax included two horses and two cows (p. 33). (1) (If he left his family behind would he have bothered with two cows? Or could these be oxen?) Next to his name in the tax book is the word "Inmates." The Bedford Historical Society staff says that means "non-owner," probably a renter. This designation never appears again after his name. The following year (1777) Rinehart is assessed by Colerain Township for two horses and one cow (p. 77). Has he moved? Or is this the same farm? The political boundaries at this time were vague, and over the next several decades new townships were constantly carved out of old ones. Without a map it is hard to make sense out of these changes. But for my purposes it is accurate enough to say that in the years mentioned here "Frankstown" was the area north of Bedford Town (Fort Bedford), and Colerain the area south. In 1782 Rinehart is taxed for 120 acres, plus 2 horses, 2 cows, and 4 sheep (p. 131) But the recorder did not list the township. Maddening. Then in 1785 Rinehart is listed twice in Frankstown Township. For 3 cows, 3 sheep and an unknown number of acres, Frankstown charged him 1 shilling, 6 pence. In another entry he is taxed 7 shillings, 6 pence (p.211) No livestock or acreage are listed. The careful reader will notice that the assessment scribe has skipped the very evidence that make comparisons possible. In 1776 we know the tax and the place, in 1777 the place but not the tax. We can't tell if the farms are the same. In 1782 we get the acreage but no tax or place, and in 1785 the place but no acreage (p. 212). Three years later in 1788 Rinehart is taxed for 2 horses, 3 cows by Woodberry (formerly part of Frankstown) This entry includes neither acreage or tax amount, but has a new category, "Rinhart Reblogle, for LL 300." This means for landlord 300 acres. No place, amount, or livestock are given. (p. 315). I have not discovered for certain what "LL" implies, but it's a fairly common entry in the Bedford tax book. It probably means Rinehart is paying taxes on land owned by someone else. Once again the recorder has left out the very information we need. In 1785 did Rinehart pay tax on two farms, one owned and the other not? Or are these he same farm? How many farms are we looking at from 1776 to 1788? One? Several?

Evidence from other sources may help. In a 1936 letter Arnold Replogle said that records in the Bedford County courthouse showed Rinehart Replogle living in Frankstown Township from 1776 to 1783, with the exception of the years 1777-78. Those years he spent in Colerain Township. Arnold Replogle suggests Rinehart moved to take "refuge from Indian raids" south "of the guns of Fort Bedford."(2) This is certainly possible. !777 was an especially bloody year in Morrisons Cove. It's worth looking at the Roof- family evidence too. Margaret Replogle, married to Peter Roof, lived in Colerain for some of the years in question. The RRG reports from some source that "Peter's parents and brothers, and Peter and Margaret, were close neighbors to her father for many years." (RRG, p. 35) A look at the Roof records may reveal something about Rinehart. In the Bedford tax assessment book, the first Roof to appear is Peter, taxed in Colerain for one cow in 1782. This is the year Rinehart was taxed (somewhere) for 120 acres, 2 cows, 2 horses, and four sheep (p. 131). Mathias Roof (Peter's brother) is taxed this year too (somewhere) (p. 132). In 1785 Mathias and Michael Roof (another brother) are assessed in Colerain (p. 207). But Peter Roof is taxed in Frankstown (p. 211). So is Rinehart (pp. 211, 212). In 1788 Michael Roof and three brothers, Nicholas, Mathias and Peter are taxed in Colerain (p. 276). This year Rinehart is taxed in Woodberry (p. 315). Certainly all this is puzzling. But one oddity can perhaps be cleared up. Staff in the Bedford Historical Society claim that tax assessing went on every three years. This could explain the sequence 1782, 1785, 1788 in the Frankstown tax record. In those years Rinehart is twice in Frankstown and once in a place omitted. If the omitted place is Frankstown, it makes a proper sequence 1782, 85, 88. Rinehart's first Frankstown tax is dated 1776, six years earlier than his next. In other words all that's missing to make a perfect Frankstown sequence is 1779 (76,79,82,85,88). All this fits Arnold Replogle's theory. Suppose Rinehart moved to Frankstown in 1776, rented a farm (or was paying on a mortgage), then left for Colerain during the big Indian attacks of 1777, stayed there for a couple years, living with or near his daughter Margaret (the RRG claims Peter Roof paid taxes in Colerain that year, p.35) Then Rinehart moved back to Frankstown to a 120 acre farm on or before 1882 (local taxes 1 shilling, 6 pence) Three year later he had two farms, one his own and one being paid for (or rented). That's the same year Peter Roof shows up in Frankstown. Maybe the second farm has something to do with Margaret and Peter. Or maybe it doesn't. Either way Rinehart is now is paying tax on two properties in Frankstown. Three years later the two farms have become part of Woodberry Township, and the 300 acre piece still has the title held by a landlord (or mortgage holder). If the farm owned outright is still 120 acres, and the other 300, that explains why one was assessed so much higher three years earlier.

This theory fits the facts, but of course others could be made to fit too. Still, military activities, political boundary lines, and geography, support the notion that Rinehart moved from one place to another, and that the distances were very short, even insignificant. 1777 is the year the British launched their big Indian attacks on the area. William Koontz says that in 1777 these "frequently compelled [settlers] to seek safety at Fort Bedford." (3) A local history agrees that "Indian hostilities [in 1777] were so frequent that nearly all the inhabitants left the cove...." So it is "questionable if any settlers remained here during the most exciting periods of the war." (4) This is the year Rinehart disappears from Frankstown records and is taxed in Colerain. So military events fit the scenario. Boundary lines contribute something too. In 1770 Frankstown Township and Colerain Township had a common boundary A farm in Frankstown (and Morrisons Cove) could have bordered on Colerain and later have been in Woodberry. In 1770 Colerain township included Snake Spring Valley. A gap through Tussey mountain connected it to Morrisons Cove. Friends' Cove (to the south) is just an extension of Snake Spring Valley. Both were part of Colerain Township. The point is: the Colerain and Frankstown properties could have been very close together. In any case the distance would have been just a few miles. Rinehart could easily have ridden back and forth in a forenoon. So it's roughly accurate to say that Rinehart lived in the Morrisons Cove area from 1776 until his death 20 years later.

1. Unless otherwise noted all page numbers refer to a hand-written tax book in the Bedford Historical Society collection, Bedford, PA. It has no title.

2. RRG Newsletter, Summer 1994, p. 6.

3. William H. Koontz, Histories of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania (1906), p. 118.

4. History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania (1884), pp. 295.

By Susan Replogle Pickles

Thanks to Justin for his interesting Newsletter submission re: the Replogles as land speculators. I would like to point out that our ancestors were in excellent company: the Father of our Country was also a land speculator. Washington was a capable backwoodsman and surveyor who made his first frontier land purchase at age 18. He speculated in wilderness lands for the rest of his life.

Flexnor, the pre-eminent Washington historian, suggests in Washington, the Indispensable Man that Washington sublimated his aggression in obsessively amassing wilderness acreage. He speculates that Washington, on a conscious level, may have amassed land in order to support his dynastic aspirations or perhaps of his romantic worship of the untamed continent. Since Washington zealously pursued land acquisition long after Martha Washington's childbearing years had concluded, I choose to believe the latter. If I am correct, then Washington, in his romantic worship of "Arcadia," was a forerunner of the movement which would mark the first half of the 19th century.

Nevertheless, Washington possessed canny business skills as well as a possible romantic streak. During the depression of 1794-1799, while many financial leaders involved in land speculation were taken to debtors prison, Washington made phenomenal profits from the sale of his wilderness lands. The tracts that he'd purchased in the Shenandoah Valley as a teenager had multiplied more than 100 times in value.

During his decades of land speculation, Washington endured all the physical and economic hazards felt by our Replogle ancestors. However, at the close of his life he was able to use his eminence to reduce those risks as our more humble ancestors could not. Indeed, in 1799, the year of his death, Washington calculated that his wilderness lands were valued at $500,000 or several million dollars in today's currency. Clearly, land speculation was a respectable pursuit in the 18th century and one in which the potential for profit was enormous.

Shirley Brendtke has reported Luther Replogle's mentioning the origination of the Replogles in Schaffausen, Switzerland. I asked the question: Did the family migrate from there to Alsace before coming to America? Luther said in a letter written in 1965: "Fred Replogle of the firm of Rohrer, Hibler and Replogle, psychologists, came from Indiana, and the several times we have met, we could not trace any connection. He did mention that his impression was that the first Replogle came from 'Schwartzwald,' Germany... I have also heard that the first Replogle came from Switzerland, and also from Alsace-Lorraine..."

I wanted to verify information I received in the 1980s about the Reblogel family in Alsace. This verification can be done by researching church books as filmed by the Latter Day Saints church and stored in their Family History Library at Salt Lake City, UT. Following are reports of such searches, from Lineages, P.O. Box 417, Salt Lake City, UT 84110:

(1.) Source record for John Rinehart Replogle.

Subject: Johann Reinhard Reblogel.

Source: Evangelische Kirche Sulz unterm Wald (Kr. WeiBenburg). Kirchenbuch 1595 - 1793. FHL film #0796891.

Comments: Christening Record. On 8 December 1720 was born Johann Reinhard, son of Philipp Reblogel, farmer and citizen in Sultz, and his wife Anna Louisa. The child was baptized on 11 December. Sponsors: Reinhard Windus, saltmaker from here; Rudoph Schorri [?] , unmarried school assistant from here; Barbara Bofstadter, unmarried daughter of the deceased miller from Hofheim [?] by Todt.

(2.) Records for towns in Alsace in which the Reblogel family is known to have resided. The notes and comments sections from these Family History Library catalog entries have been omitted to save space. The contents sections contain the "Europe Film Area" or film number you need to order the film sent to a local LDS church for you to view. Text in French or German.

Record Source: FHL Catalog. Soultz-sous-Forets, Lampertsloch, Hermerswiller, Mitschdorf, Gorsdorf, Retschwiller.

AUTHOR

Eglise catholique. St-Pierre-St-Paul (Soultz-sous-Forets, Bas-Rhin).

TITLE

Registres paroissiaux, 1728-1792.

PUBLICATION INFORMATION

Salt Lake City : Filme par la Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973.

FORMAT

sur 1 bobine de microfilm ; 35 mm.

AUTHOR

Evangelische Kirche Sulz unterm Wald (Kr. WeiBenburg).

TITLE

Kirchenbuch, 1595-1793.

PUBLICATION INFORMATION

Salt Lake City : Gefilmt durch the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973.

FORMAT

6 Mikrofilmrollen ; 35 mm.

AUTHOR

Soultz-sous-Forets (Bas-Rhin). Officier de l'etat civil.

TITLE

Etat civil, 1793-1872.

PUBLICATION INFORMATION

Salt Lake City : Filmes par la Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973-1978.

FORMAT

sur 18 bobines de microfilm ; 35 mm.

AUTHOR

Soultz-sous-Forets (Bas-Rhin : Canton). Greffe du Tribunal d'Instance.

TITLE

Tables decennales, 1813-1882.

PUBLICATION INFORMATION

Salt Lake City : Filmes par la Genealogical Socity of Utah, 1970-1991.

FORMAT

sur 5 bobines de microfilm ; 35 mm.

(To be continued.)

(Lineage needs to be established.)

Who was HAROLD V. REPLOGLE? (His ID is U-555.) All we know of him comes from a letter written by Frank G. Replogle in 1965, which said in part:

"Some years ago I clipped an item from a newspaper: -

"Copy

" ' AWOL OWL - Because this appeared in the Elkhart (Indiana) Truth there is no reason to doubt the veracity of the following. Harold V. Replogle, a mail carrier there, tried to light a fire in an old wood burning stove in his kitchen. In the fire-box was an owl. So no fire was built. Later on friends dropped in & Replogle told them about his feathered friend. A search of the stove revealed no owl. Later a noise was heard in the stove. Still no owl. Replogle took the stove apart. He found a very unhappy & very sooty owl. It was turned loose to go wherever sooty owls go in the daytime.'

"You can see I am not busy or I wouldn't be spending my time like this. F.G.R.

"Hope waste paper basket is handy."

Donna Grippin, of 606 Green St., Atchison, KS 66002, telephone 913-367-0344, asks if anyone has a copy of the Replogle - Reprogle Genealogy, (1984 Edition) that she could purchase. She is hoping someone has an extra copy.

From DELORES BAKER of 1001 E. Mac Arthur Rd. #321, Wichita, KS 67216, dated February 1995:

"I am currently working on a five generation Wagoner / Cripe chart to present at the upcoming Cripe family reunion... I am enclosing two family sheets for Leonard L. Wagoner & Cathrine Replogle, dau of Christian & Barbara (Ulery) Replogle, and Leonard Fouts and Elizabeth Replogle, dau of Peter & Elizabeth Shively Replogle."

From FRED R. REPLOGLE of Rt. 2, Box 330, Slocomb, AL 36375 (Fred Ray / Frederick Gale / Ulysses Grant / Frederick George / Philip / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) a letter of March 1995 updating his family record. This dealt with his sons Frederick Reed, Richard Scott, Thomas Dana and William Todd and their offspring. Fred is the historian of his local Tri-State Chapter of the Alabama SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) there in Dothan, AL. One of his duties is to maintain an obituary / biography of their members. He enclosed a copy of his own bio from their files.

From JERRI BURKET, whose E-mail address is [email protected], a message of March 1995: "I was transcribing some information from a book titled A History of the Church of the Brethren in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and found this information on p. 457. "Hoover, S. Bair, b May 20 1871 m Oct 22 1895 to Ella M.Hoover, dau of John H. and Catherine E. (Replogle) Hoover of Roaring Spring, PA..."

Jerri also provided in another message: "I found a few more tidbits of Replogle stuff for you buried in my Hoover file. From the Centennial History Book, 1887 - 1987 of Roaring Springs, PA, two more children for Lena Replogle Hoover. Alfred E. Hoover... Robert R. Hoover..." It included details of their offspring.

From SHIRLEY BRENDTKE (see RRGN Spring 1995, p. 6) a copy of an article from the Winter 1995 issue of the magazine Managing Your Money, p. 3:

"Steel Corsets.

"J. Leonard Replogle was a big, big deal back in the early years of this century. Ever hear of him? I didn't think so. Well, he was BIG. He ran a foundry in Ohio and supplied the corset industry, among others, with steel. (I know what you're thinking. I have no idea.) As he would later explain to Barron's namesake Clarence Barron, he had to cut off the corset makers during World War I. They were ordering 28,800 tons of steel a year -- enough to build two battleships -- and Replogle deemed this not essential to the war effort. The corset makers screamed, so, says Replogle, 'I phoned Alice Roosevelt, who agreed steel corsets were not an essential industry and that was that. I cut them out.'

"This naturally leaves one with lots of questions, not least being what havoc these corsets would wreak with airport metal detectors, and how so much steel could possibly have been required in the first place."

From RITA FLORIENDA HOFFSTADT MOONEY of 246 S 200 W, P.O. Box 304, Delta, UT 84624-9351, received Apr 1995: "I've been quite enthused about this genealogy. Especially, since you have written. I have been trying to follow the Reprogle line for some time but come to a halt at my great - grandfather George B. McCullen (Reprogle) who lived in St. Louis, MO. I would appreciate it if you could let me know if you find any more beyond him. I have checked the genealogy files in Salt Lake City and it just comes to an end. I hope I have been of some help..." She sent information about her Reprogle ancestors.

From ZELDA DUBEL of 5041 E. Hedges Ave., Fresno, CA 93727-2022, dated Apr 1995, information she was able to obtain from The State Library of Ohio, titled Index of the Ohio 1835 Tax Duplicate, Gerald M. Petty, compiler, Petty's Press, Columbus, OH 1987:

1835 Ohio Census

Replogle, David D. - Montgomery Co., Randolph Twp., Salem, lot code B, more than 1 parcel of land, 60 (acres?). Not able to identify him, and assigned him an ID of U-547. He could be any of these:

(1) David / John Rinehart (ID 11B);

(2) David / Rinehart (Jr.) / John Rinehart (114:5);

(3) David / Daniel / John Rinehart (11A:5);

(4) David / John / John Rinehart (11C:5);

(5) David / Adam / John Rinehart (116:1).

Replogle, Jacob. - Montgomery Co., Wayne Twp, lot code C, 116 (acres?). This is Jacob / John Rinehart (ID 14).

Replogle, Jacob. - Stark Co., Marlboro (or Marlborough) Twp., lot code C, 49 (acres?). Not able to identify him. He could be any of the following:

(a) J. / ? (a J. Replogle res. Marlboro Twp, Stark Co OH after 1820.) (ID U-535).

(b) Jacob / ? (a Jacob Replogle res. Lexington Twp, Stark Co OH in 1820) (ID U-537).

(c) Jacob B. / Rinehart / John Rinehart (ID 114:2).

(d) Jacob / Daniel / John Rinehart (ID 11A:9).

(e) Jacob / John / John Rinehart (ID 11C:B).

Replogle, John. - Montgomery Co., German Twp, Germantown, lot code B, 148 (acres?). This is John / John Rinehart (ID 16).

Replogle, Philip. - Montgomery Co., German Twp., lot code C, 139 (acres?). This is Philip / John Philip / John Rinehart (ID 112:2).

Reprogle, George. - Green (or Greene) Co., Bath Twp., lot code C, 37 (acres?). Not able to identify him. I had assigned an ID of U-49 to him previously.

Zelda also sent information about Rev. E.M. Replogle, of 1911 West Church, Fresno, CA 93706, whose Replogle lineage is currently unknown. He was featured in a newspaper article in The Fresno Bee dated June 6, 1995.

From JOAN R. BULLARD of 1525 Plum Ave., Merritt Island, FL 32952, a letter under a date of Apr 1995: "My ancestor was Annie Elizabeth Replogle who was married to Daniel T. Field..." Also a letter under date of May 1995: "I will send the family group sheets as soon as I enter the rest of the Field family into the computer. I am missing some information and need to make some calls.

"Has anyone sent you information on the parents of Daniel T. Field who married Anna Elizabeth Replogle? All of the family records I have begin with Daniel and I haven't been successful in finding his parents..."

From KARL K. REPLOGLE of 5415 Southern Ct. #20, Ft. Wayne, IN 46806 dated May 1995, a family group sheet with data about his family and offspring. Karl is a business broker, real estate investor, wrestling & boxing promoter and official, and collects rare objects, guns and coins. He has three children: Daniel Thomas, Timothy Warren and Susan Odell, and five grand-children

From LOVENA PITTSLEY, internet address [email protected], a message of May 1995 about Randy Replogle. She said: "I went to college with a Randy Replogle... born 1956. Trumpet player, Music Ed. major at Manchester College during mid 1970's; after graduation (1978), he became a band director somewhere in Indiana. He has a younger brother... and a little sister... His parents owned a place, similar to Dairy Queen, in Flora, IN."

From DONNA GRIPPIN of 606 Green St., Atchison, KS 66002 dated Apr 1995 said "I have a picture of Christopher and Catherine Rhoades, also (pictures of) cemetery stones of David and Nancy Replogle." She sent data on her line.

From MICHAEL HORTON, internet address [email protected], in a message dated May 1995 said "I can provide descendant information on Barbara Brumbaugh Replogle, b. 29 Aug 1842, m. George Swigart Hanawalt, b. 2 Apr 1831. Their family as well as the families of Hanawalt and Swank..."

From MARY E. DEVIES of 12205 Marlboro Ave., Alliance, OH 44601, sent information dated May 1995 regarding pictures and data of the Martin Replogle family.

From RAYMOND LEE REPLOGLE of Rt. 3, Box 551, Broken Arrow, OK 74014, a letter dated June 1995:

"We are searching for the father of Samuel Replogle. Information that we have gathered so far has us believing that it possibly could be Rhinehart Replogle (119:2). We know that Samuel Replogle was b. in Montgomery Co. Ohio on April 27, 1826. He entered the Army in 1846 and was discharged in 1847 due to injuries. He drew a pension from the Army in 1890 while living in Oklahoma. He m. Evelene Kelso in 1849 in Grundy Co. IL. He also lived in South Bend, IN in earlier years. He also lived in IA and IN. He d. in Oklahoma City, OK in 1908. Samuel Replogle is our great grandfather. George W. Washington Replogle is our grandfather. We would appreciate any information that could possibly be a help in our search."

Raymond sent an eight-page descendants chart, "Descendants of Samuel Replogle," and a four-page essay regarding Samuel Replogle which is summarized below:

1826 - was b. in Montgomery Co. OH on Apr 27 1826, d. Mar 1 1908 Oklahoma City, OK.

1846 - at age 21 joined the US Army on Apr 26 1847 at Chicago, IL. He fought in the War against Mexico. He was wounded by a bullet in his left side, while fighting in the battle of "Maliua Del Rey."

1847 - Discharged from the Army on July 29, at Jefferson Barracks, MO.

1848 - Married Evelena Kelso Mar 8 1848 at Grundy Co IL.

1849 - Moved to St. Joseph Co IN.

1850 - Moved back to Grundy Co IL. Dau Jenetty born.

1855 - Dau Adelia (Delia) born.

1859 - Son John born.

1862 - Son Eliza born.

1864 - Dau Minnie born.

1865 - Purchased land and moved to Livingston Co IL. John Kelso, Evalena's father sold them the land.

1867 - Moved to Mahuska Co IA. Dau Mary born.

1868 - Moved to Cherokee Co KS.

1869 - Son George Washington born.

1872 - Evelena, Samuel's first wife, d. Dec. 4, 1872 at Cherokee Co KS. She was buried at Fairview Cemetery, which is located where Samuel and Evelena lived on Fly Creek, near Columbus, Melrose and Baxter Springs. Jenetty and John Replogle are buried in this cemetery. Also in this cemetery is the grave of Richard Replogle who d. in 1872 at the age of 86 years (so b. 1786). It is believed this Richard Replogle may be the same man as Rinehart Replogle (119:2, son of Jacob C. Replogle Sr. and Elizabeth Boogher), but there is no proof of this. In any case, probably Samuel and Richard are closely related in some way because of this cemetery connection. It is very unusual to find the given name, Richard, in the early Replogle family, from which one may conclude it would be doubtful there is more than one early "Richard" (born in the 1700s).

Samuel resided Morris, IL; South Bend, IN; Chicago, IL; Niles, MI; Baxter Springs, KS and CO; etc.