BLOOMING GROVE COLONY
BLOOMING GROVE COLONY
John George Waltz
John George Waltz and wife were among the sturdy pioneers of 1804.
They lie buried in the private grounds on their original location, a
little below Warrens- ville. The homestead is now owned and
occupied by David Waltz, grandson of Michael Waltz, pioneer of the
Mountain Waltzes, of 1806, and his wife, Catherine Waltz,
grandaughter of George Waltz, pioneer of the Mill Creek Waltzes of
1804.
John Waltz and Elizabeth Stahl
Children:
Michael, (Mountain Waltz); John George, (Mill Creek Waltz); Catharine;
Christina, married Abraham Young.
Michael Waltz and Regina Steiger.
Children:
Regina; Elizabeth, married George Stabler; George, married Catharine
Strobel; Conrad, married Dorothea Wolf; John, married Sophia Stolz;
David, married Maria Ulmer; Abraham, married Barbara Burghardt;
Margaret, married Karl Hengstler; Jacob, married Sarah Steiger;
Gottlieb, married Catharine Hedtner.
Upon one beautiful memorial tablet on the hillside, near the old
home, we find this inscription:
George Walz,
Born August 8, 1776,
Died August 19, 1858.
Upon another:
Catharine (Kiess) Waltz,
Born January 18, 1779,
Died January 18, 1853.
Their children were:
Samuel, married Nancy Koch; George, married Dorothea Wolf;
Catharine, married Abraham Kiess, John, married Mary Sheets;
Dorothea, married William Kiess; William, married Mary Hurr;
Abraham, married Caroline Stolz, Gottlieb, married Barbara Hedtner.
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