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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES Co.. P a., and finally seltling in Catawissa. Columbia county, Pa. H e was president of the F irst National Bank o f Catawissa until his death, in 1904. l i i s widow still resides at Catawissa. T hey had children: Henrietta (married .Asa Spencer), Elizabeth (deceased), George Hughes, M. D. (deceased, married Nellie P fa h lc r), William M ayberty (married Elizabeth L . Kostenbauder). Jacob Marion, M. D. (married (^therine Sharpless), H ar­ riet B . (m arried Horace C. B ooz), Sarah (married Ralph R oy G riffith), and A lder (married Mabel Thom as). Hugh H. Vastine, third son o f William and Elizabeth (H u rsh ) Va.stinc, married Susan, daughter o f Wilson Mettler. H e followed farming throughout his life, operating three farm s in Rush and Gearhart townships. North­ umberland Co., Pa. T lieir children were W il­ son ,M., Elizabeth B . and Hugh Spencer (m ar­ ried Sarah M etier). Simon Vastine, fourth son o f William and Elizabeth (H u rsh ) V'astine, owned two large farm s in Rush township, including the home­ stead property prcviou.sty mentioned. He married Elizabeth, daughter o f William Fau x, thcir children being Katlierine M . and Ellen E. Ezra Vastinc, fifth son o f William and Elizabeth (H u rsh ) Vastine. was bom in the year 1843. H e married Sarah G., d a i ^ t c r o f Roliert and Bertha (Banghart) Daridson. T o them were bom two daughters, Bcthia and Sara M ary. Upon reaching his m ajority he joined his brother Am os in buving a farm, disposing o f his interest the following year and later buying another which he also sold. In 1876 he bought the fan n now known as the E zra V.istine estate and in 1877 buik on it (he brick house. In the spring o f 1895 he removed to Danville. Pa., residing on West Market street. H e died Feb. 24, 1896. and was buried in a lot tosidc his parents in the Lutheran cemctety in M aybcriy township, Montour county. He was a successful farm er and at the time o f his death w.is a director of the Danville National Bank. Elizabeth Ann. daughter o f William and Elizabeth (H u rsh ) Vastine, married Jam es C^lesby, AL I). •Amos Vastine, second son o f John and Catherine (G sm un) Vastinc. was bom in 18 13 . m a r r i^ Susan I.crch. and died Nov. 15, 1889. H is principal business w as fam iing, but at one time he w as engaged In the mer­ cantile businc.<is at Paxinos. H e owned some (xx) acres of land, which he tilled, and also had b rg c real estate interests at Mount Carmel. H e was one of the promoters of the Afount

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Carmel Savings Bank, o f which he was presi­ dent from its organization until his death; was also one of the organizers of the Shamokin Toumship F ire Insurance Company and was treasurer of the same at the time of his death. Politically he was a Republican, and he filled the office o f county commissioner from iHyt to 1874. Afrs, V'astine was the daughter of F elix Lerch, one of the woncer settlers of Mount Carmel. M r and airs. Vastinc were the parents of the follow ing: F e lix, who died young; John, who married K ate B ird; Thomas, who married Lizzie Haas (children Am os and Hattie); Catherine, who married E. S. Persing (children, .Anna, Sadie, .Amos and S u s a n ); and Hattie, who had two chil­ dren (A m os and W illiam ) by her first hus­ band. O liver Reed, and married for her sec­ ond husband William Metz. Afargaret, second daughter o f John and Catherine (Osmun) V'astine, married Charles Hclflcy, and they were the parents o f three children, Elizabeth (married flar'cy Robbins and had children. Margaret, Charles and Josep h ). Harriet and George W'. (married Emma Persing and had children, H arriet and H ar'cy). Sarah .Ann, third daughter o f John and Catherine ( 0 .smun) Vastinc, married Robert C. Campbell, and they were the parents of .Ahram (died unm arried). John L. (lives in Danville, P a .), Jam es C. (m arried M ar­ garet Alettler), and Margaret C, Hannah J ., Isabella .A. and Sarah Alice, all four o f whotn died unmarried. T h on u s Princ, Utird son o f John and Cath­ erine (O sm un) V'astine. married Lanah V'ought, and they had children: John W el­ lington, who married Emma F islic r; Cather­ ine and Matilda, both unnurricd; Rosanna, who married G e o ^ e W'. Miller. 'Fliomas Princ V'astine w as a fann er and spent the greater part o f his life in Afayberry town­ ship, Alontour county. Jerem iah Vastinc, third son o f Jonathan and Elizabeth (L e w is) Vastine, married E. Reeder, and they had a fam ily o f one son and three daughters, as follow s: M aiy mar­ ried C. F ish er; M argaret nurried D. Robbins; Lourissa nurried William l,eighou; Thomas nurriw l Eliza Reeder and they were the parents o f Catherine. Jonathan Vastinc. fifth son of Jonathan and P^lizalieth (I.cw is) Va.stinc. married Nancy Ann Hughes, anil their children were the fol­ lowing; Hugh Hughes; l.ew is. who nurried Sarah Potts and had one daughter, .Anna,