Newsletter, Winter 1993. Winter, 1993
Edited and published by
Paul H. Replogle
13042 Hoyt Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49017-9508        

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THREE BROTHERS

From J. EDD REPLOGLE, Medina, TN (Genealogy ID unknown, but probably a descendant of Frederick M. Replogle, ID 112:3), in 1948: “My understanding is that three brothers, Frederick, Philip, and Henry Replogle all came from Germany to Pennsylvania... Frederick was my great-grandfather, left Pa. and came to middle Tennessee... I imagine about all the Replogles that landed in Pa.” It turns out that Frederick Replogle (ID 112:3) did have brothers named Philip Replogle (ID 112:2) and John Henry Replogle (ID 112:4), in addition to some sisters. But we know none of these were immigrants to America. Maybe the idea is right but the names are wrong; even today these names of early ancestors get mixed up. John Rinehart Replogle (ID 11) we know was indeed an immigrant, and he had two brothers, John Philip (ID 15) and Philip (ID 17), plus some sisters. This would make a set of three brothers to fit the story.

This story of three brothers is repeated by THOMAS A. REPLOGLE, Jackson, TN (probably Genealogy ID 112:393:6, Thomas A. / Thomas B. / Philip Marion / Frederick M. / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) (Note 1), in a letter written in 1963: “... Frederick was one out of three boys that came across the ocean... and I understand there were four sisters that came with them. I understand they got out of a terrible massacre of the Lutheran religion, they had great possessions but had to leave them behind. This Frederick left his other two brothers to seek riches, as they did in the gold rush, somewhere in Philadelphia. He got as far as Tennessee... “ In another letter dated 1963 he wrote: “ ...Jacob Leonard Replogle (probably refers to ID 114:312:5) was the one that paid the trip of these women a few years ago that were Replogles before they married. Because I know they were Replogles when they came in looking for me; they pronounced the name so clear & distinct I was astonished... They promised to send me a copy of their findings... I didn’t know till then that there were four sisters that came across with the three boys, and ... while I am on this I wouldn’t think anyone knew of them landing on the shores of America because I know well they were rich and paid their way out of a massacre, and my guess is they were afraid to be known... “ Did the idea of the four sisters come from Jacob Leonard Replogle, and if so, where did he learn of it? J. Edd Replogle had the same idea in 1948. And what is to be made of the massacre of people of the Lutheran religion? The last record of any Reblogel in the Alsace area dates from the 1780’s, based on research in the Strasbourg archives.

The same “three brothers” story appears in “Bygone Days In The Cove,” volume 4: Daniel Benson Replogle (ID 114:483, Daniel Benson / Samuel Brumbaugh / Daniel Brown / Rinehart / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) “... has learned that the genesis of the Replogles in America sprang from three brothers, who settled in early Colonial times in the vicinity of the fort at Raystown, now Bedford. They cleared land in close enough proximity to the fort to be protected from the Indians. Eventually Reinhardt, otherwise, Reynard, moved into (Morrison’s) Cove, his migration most likely taking place after the close of the (Revolutionary) War...“ Unfortunately, the other two brothers are not named.

LETTERS

From CLARENCE WATKINS, 110 Valley Way, Statesboro, GA 30458 (husband of Genealogy ID 112:3A1:141, Carol Ann Replogle / Guy Mack / Bedford Benjamin / Benjamin Frederick / Benjamin E. / Frederick M. / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ): “I had been told Frederick’s (ID 112:3) grave had been destroyed when the land was taken into a government installation. By chance I found a list of markers on Bethel Cemetery copied in 1978. I was able to find the cemetery on a farm in the middle of a corn field.”

This field trip reminds me of the trip made by Madeline Raymond (ID 112:223:71, Edith Madeline Replogle Raymond / Albert Barton Replogle / Grant Hill Adams / John Edward / Philip / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ) to the grave site of Rinehart Replogle (ID 114), which she described as follows:

“Snyder farm graveyard, near New Enterprise; Bloomfield Twp., Bedford Co., PA:

“As I recall, New Enterprise’s post office was in the back of a store. The postmaster gave me easy-to-follow directions to the Snyder farm -- almost straight down the hill.

“Mr. Roy Snyder gave us directions to the cemetery which was close to his home. He took us there on our third attempt to find it. While we were in the correct location, we could not see the cemetery or its fence over his corn.

“...To get to the cemetery, we went down the road from his home, a left turn and another left onto a dirt road going up a hill a short distance through a grove of trees. At the top of the grove, we parked on a fairly flat land that was not plowed. The cemetery was fairly close to where we parked... less than 1/3 mile away, to the right of the car.

“The cemetery had a wire fence on the side where the Replogle tombstones were. The fence is probably around the entire cemetery but it and the cemetery could not be seen as they were covered with brambles, which were also on the wire fence we crawled over... I find myself thinking the Replogle graves were in a corner of the cemetery. Mr. Snyder knew where the Replogle graves were and had worn leather gloves and moved the brambles as well as he was able to from the Replogle tombstones: Rinehart, Jr.; son Jacob (“Jacob, son of Rinehart Replogle” appeared to be written with a stick); “wife of Rinehart Replogle,” Catherine Brown; they were in one row facing another row where Rinehart, Jr.’s son George (who supposedly died in Iowa) and his first wife Sally Brown are buried, their tombstones facing Rinehart, Jr.’s and family.

“Jacob’s tombstone... I fail to see how there was enough room for a gravesite between mom and dad.

“... I discovered that the cement-slab-tombstone for Rinehart, Jr.’s son in the cemetery was for ‘Jacob’ and not for ‘John.’

“ ‘The Replogle Genealogy’ shows that Jacob left many descendants and did not die until about 1862 in Ohio.

“DAR in their November 1980 magazine said the gravesite for Rinehart, Sr. had been located in this cemetery. Mr. Snyder was not aware of it... I do not believe proof for his gravesite in this cemetery has been found.

“When Thomas C. and Robert E. Imler indexed this cemetery, years before 1980... they found no gravesite for Rinehart, Sr.. They give names for all tombstones except for two unmarked fieldstones. The source is ‘Bedford Co. PA Cemeteries,’ p. 432, Vol. 8, 1964 (?).” - Madeline Raymond, 12 Nov 1990.

Clarence Watkins also sent along a copy of an article written by Barby C. Ladd, 2302 Johnston Rd., Hernando, MS 38632 (ID 112:322:151, Barby Nell Chamberlin Ladd / Thomas Leonard Chamberlin / Thomas Benton Chamberlain / Thomas Webster Chamberlain / Mary Maryland Replogle / Frederick M. / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ), as follows:

“The Charles Chamberlin, Jr. family first appeared on the 1840 Mississippi census in Marshall County. They came there from Madison County, Tennessee. The family consisted of three males and three females. This included Charles, Jr. and his wife Mary Maryland Replogle. Two other sons were born in DeSoto County in 1841 and 1844. Charles and Mary’s children were John W., Thomas Webster, Catherine S., Frederick J. and James M. One female unidentified. John W. married (1) Louisa Crossett, Thomas W. m. Mary Angeline Crossett, Catherine m. Tillman Dick and James m. Elizabeth (Bettie) Robertson. Frederick remained a bachelor.

“The first land owned by Charles was sixty acres purchased from Stephen C. Townsen and his wife Elizabeth in 1846 for the sum of $300. Charles, Jr. was deceased by April of 1846 and was buried on this farm. In January 1848 Mary Chamberlin sold this land to Jordan Payne for the sum ob $480. On the 1st day of December 1848 she purchased from Mark, Healy, Benjamin & Whitney Trustees Co. 160 acres for the sum of $1000. The land was homesteaded and a home built from the logs. It still stands today with the logs still visible on the outside of the house. Many changes have been made to it. The home is located at 2121 Johnston Rd. east of Hernando.

“Thomas and Frederick served in the Civil War.

“All four of the Chamberlin brothers remained in the county and are buried here. Three are buried in Bakers Chapel Cemetery along with their mother. The other one was buried at Pleasant Hill. There are still many descendants of these four brothers living here in DeSoto County.

“So far this lineage has been traced back to Samuel C. in Brunswick County, Virginia in the year 1734. The lineage continues from there with Wm. / Thomas / Charles, Sr. / Charles Jr. / Thomas Webster / Thomas Benton & my father Thomas Leonard.

“I am sure these ancestors endured many hardships and helped to make the good life we enjoy today.

“By Barby C. Ladd.”

A letter from GENEVA REPLOGLE, wife of ROBERT REPLOGLE, of Rt. 4, Box 350, Broken Arrow, OK 74014 was passed on to me by Madeline Raymond, dated 1989. It concerns Samuel Reprogle:

“My husband’s great grandfather was Samuel Replogle (Genealogy ID U-101, his lineage unknown) who came from Chatsworth, Ill. (in Livingston County, IL), married Evalina Kelso. Samuel paid taxes on property in 1867, Feb. 16 $1.65. His father in law (John Kelso) had paid taxes on the same property the year before. In 1868 a 13 wagon train came to Melrose, Kansas, which is south of Columbus, Cherokee Co., Kansas... Very little is known about Samuel Replogle (Reprogle). George was the baby from his first wife Evalina. She died 12-4-1872. George was 2 - 3 years old when she died. My husband is the son of George Dude Replogle. He was the third child of George Replogle.” This is the first I have heard of a Replogle traveling on a wagon train westward.

From “Colonial Homes” for Dec. 1991, an article entitled “Cohasset, Mass. Fanciful folk art.” Cohasset artist Jeanne Replogle graduated as a fine-arts major from Northwestern Univ. in 1954 and a few years later married David Replogle (ID not established) (Note 2) whom she had met when he was at Dartmouth College. After graduate studies at Princeton Univ., David worked for Doubleday Publishing Co. The family (they have five sons) moved to Cohasset in 1976 after David joined Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Co. where he is Executive Vice President.

From LEE WALTON, 10633 Sieira Oscura NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111; His great - grandmother was Louisa Ann Replogle (ID 122:1A) who married John Calhoun Redwine.

From JIM LANDRUM, 1951 Wilde Fall, Memphis, TN 38134 (ID 112:341:111:1, James Oliver Landrum / Hannah Sue Oliver Landrum / Eulalee Hawks Oliver / James Micajah Hawks / Eveline Keath / Susannah M. Replogle / Frederick M. / John Philip / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ), a pedigree chart for him leading back to the Replogle family. He has done genealogical work on his grandmother Eulalee Hawks Oliver’s side of his family. Her father was James Micajah Hawks and his parents were Daniel Jefferson Hawks and Eveline Keath, the oldest daughter of Micajah Keath and Susannah Replogle, the daughter of Frederick M. Replogle and Catharine Bowman.

From an obituary in the Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer: Hubert C. Pettengill (ID 112:412:22), 87, of Hickory Corners, MI died Mar. 14, 1992 at Kalamazoo, MI.

From THERESE M. FRYE, 5011 Linden Rd. #14115, Rockford, IL 61109 (ID 116:252:121:3, Therese Marlene Frye / Rollin Morris Frye / Theodore Francis Frye / Nora Sina Henningsen / Mary Ann Replogle Henningsen / Elijah Replogle / Adam, Jr. / Adam, Sr. / John Rinehart / Philip / Andreas / ? ): Her great great grandmother was Mary Ann Replogle, and wondered if there was any information on her family. She was born 1850-1860 and had a brother named Simon; it was believed the family was from Richland County, WI, having moved there from Northern Indiana, possibly Clinton County. This information fits with the Mary Ann Replogle who was a daughter of Elijah Replogle (ID 116:25).

RESEARCH NOTES

A book is available, “Replogles since the Civil War,” which includes birth and death records of people with the surname Replogle; and also includes “current” Replogle resident records (some of these are probably out of date). This appears to be a good, informative book. It can be ordered from The Family News, 250 Coolidge St., Midvale, Utah 84047. The price is $23.00.

A map of Frederick and Washington counties, MD, the locale of some early Replogle families, is order # AL 01, Varle Map of Frederick and Washington Counties MD, a reproduction of an 1808 map, 33 in x 18 1/2 in., showing towns, churches, roads, many landowners, etc. It was advertised in a May, 1991 brochure. It can be ordered from Family Line Publications, Rear 63 East Main St., Westminster, MD 21157. The price is $15.00.

A visit to your local Latter-Day Saints (LDS) church, which now has a room set aside as “Family History Center” is worthwhile. Joyce Terrana, who sent various computer print-outs to me that she printed, writes about it: “Finally got to local Latter-Day Saints family history center... all have computer terminals now. From it, I took all the Replogle names from their IGI... The IGI is prepared by only LDS people who extract data from places such as courthouses, wills, or church baptismal records, or census, etc. Also enclosed is sample of Replogle on same computer, category called ‘Ancestral File’ (AF) which has pedigrees, family group charts, etc. I took (printed) a list of names on it, just the A to B (first names), last name Replogle and notice I didn’t ask for pedigrees or family group charts, etc., which I could have. In the AF, all people submit to this, even non-LDS.” (Note 3.)

I have sent the data from the “Replogle-Reprogle Genealogy” (1984) and data sent to me since the book was published, which I have so far keyed into my computer, to the LDS data center in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the present time this includes data from the book through the 114 Rinehart, Jr. line 6th generation. It was sent to them in GEDCOM format on several diskettes onto which I copied the information. They have loaded it into their ‘Ancestral File’ on their computer in Salt Lake City, then made copies of the entire AF onto CD-ROM diskettes and sent them to the local ‘Family History Centers’ in LDS churches. As a result, most of the Replogle data in my computer is available on the LDS church ‘Family History Center’ computers across the country. (Note 4.)

This is a very efficient way to share family data with interested people. The only cost at the church is the paper used to print your listings from the AF.

I drove to Kalamazoo, MI L.D.S. church and tried this arrangement. It worked OK, but I ran out of my scheduled time of one hour.

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Note 1. At the time this newsletter was prepared, the last item in the lineage of ancestors was given as “ ? “ but since then the ancestral line has been extended backwards in time to include more Reblogel ancestors who lived in Alsace.

Note 2. It has been established as David Robert / Homer M. / Charles Brumbaugh / Rinehart Long / Rinehart (B.?) / Rinehart (Jr.) / Johann Reinhard Reblogel / Philip / Andreas / etc.

Note 3. This LDS data is now online at web page http://www.familysearch.org. See also web page http://www.kbyu.org/ancestors/.

Note 4. Since this was written in 1993 more Replogle data was sent to LDS in SLC. The same GEDCOM Replogle data is now available elsewhere on this web page.