BLOOMING GROVE COLONY
BLOOMING GROVE COLONY
John George Kiess
John George Kiess, the father of Catharine Kiess, who was the wife
of John George Waltz, kept the diary of the trip from Moehringen to
Philadelphia. When he arrived in Philadelphia he had but fifty
cents in money. He worked at his trade (shoemaker) in Williamsport
for a year, when he began to buy land in Blooming Grove, in small
quantities, as he could pay for it, until he had 137 acres when he
settled there. He lies buried in the graveyard at the rear of the
Dunker church. His tombstone bears the simple lines:
Born August 7, 1781,
Died October 1, 1858,
Aged 77 years, 1 month and 24 days.
Nearby are the following tombstones:
Dorothea Kiess,
Geboren 14 January, 1766,
Died 4 June, 1847.
Dorothea Kiess
Born August 30, 1785,
Died May 12, 1860.
Aged 74 : 8 : 13.
Children of John George Kiess and Dorothea (Ulmer) Kiess:
Catharine, married George Waltz; Rachel, married David Young;
Dorothea,married William Rote; Elizabeth, married Jacob Kremer;
Rosanna, married Jacob Sweeley, John, born in Germany (1793) and
came with his father, married (1818) Elizabeth Seemiller; Elizabeth,
married Leonard Kiess; Mary, married Sarah Herritt; Jacob, married
Elizabeth Staiger; Rachel, married Samuel Young, George.
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