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lived retired until his dciilh. K e married M ar­ garet Gerhard, near Danville, in 1835, and their children w ere: M ary Catharine. Frarwes Annie* John W'cllington. Joseph McDonald, Herman Gerhard and Ellen Rccsc. In 1850 he married for his second w ife Mrs. Nancy 'inccnt Leman, by whom he had children: C arrie Vincent and Sallic K eefer. Carrie married Stephen Davis, a prosperous farm er in Constantine, Mich., where they reside at the present time. Joseph W olf, son o f John and Catharine (H ahn) W olf, w*as burn in Miiflinvillc Ja n. 30, j8io* and died at Mount Vcm on. CJhio, in 1863. H is w ife, Harriet Doane, w as born in Berw ick, Pa., in t8o8, and died in Urbana, III* in 1890. Joseph w as a minister of the Gospel for thirty years. H e was prominent in the Methodist Church, but in those days pastors received Httle salary, so he had to work at shoemaking to support his fam ily properly. W ith the help o f his daughters he bought and cleared land, continuing operations until he had gained a fine estate. Joseph and Harriet W olf had eight daughters, as follow s: Lucy, w ife o f A. Bart, a veteran of the M exican and Civil w a r s; Hannah, w ife o f O. G ill; Caroline (M rs. M a rtin ): Josephine, who died young: Sarah A .; H arrie t; X la ry; and Cbira A ., men­ tioned below. Clara A. W olf married a Mr. Agnew, of Mount Vernon, Ohio. She was one of the first members of the W. C. T. U. in Ohio and one of the first crusaders at Mount Vernon, and took a warm interest in the cause o f tem­ perance. Sh e is still living in Mount 'crnon, and has tocomc not€<) as a writer and com­ poser. O f her four children. W ilbur. George, C arrie and Pansy, Wilbur Agnew w as cmntoyeil in the government printing office, and later died suddaily in Chicago, o f malarial fever. George Agnew lives in Oakland, Cal. Carrie. M rs. Bahnharst. lives in Springfield, III.; she has two sons, who are com|X)$ers and w'ritcrs o f music. Pansy. Mrs, Cripi>en. lives with her mother at Mount Vernon, Ohio. John WoU, son o f .Abraham and Catharine (H ill) WoU, was bom Nov. 27, 1834. His sister Annie married George P. Miller. H is brother Daniel married I'hoche, daughter of John Lazarus, a prominent farm er o f Fishingcrcck township, went West to buy horses just to fore his only child was bom. and while rill­ ing through the timber w as killed, a tree fa ll­ ing on him. H is child, Annie, married P. Freymire. John WoU married Polly Pohe (P o e ), who was hom Ju n e 9 ,18 3 7, daughter of Joseph and Leah Pohe, and died Ja n. 7, 18 9 1. She

,and her husband were faithful members of the Lutheran Clmrch. They had these chil­ dren : Dora, w ife o f Hudson K ase, o f D an­ v ille: M inerva, w ife o f H arry Hubbard* o f W ildwood, N. J. : Lillie, w ife o f Harr)* Eshelman* o f Bloom sburg; and twins, a boy and a girl* who died in infancy. Air. and M rs. rishelman have two daughters: M arguerite, w ife o f Ervinc Sweeten, o f Camden, N . J.* and Emeltnc. who lives at home and is assistant librarian at the Bloomsburg public library. R E V . D A V ID M . H E N K E L, D. D .. for twenty-three years a resident of the borough o f Catawissa, w as bom at Point Pleasant. Mason Co., V. V'a., A pril 12, 18 10, and died in Catawissa at the advanced age o f eighty-six in the year 1905. He was a son o f Rev. Charles and M ary (Sieg rist) Henkle* both also natives o f W est N’irginia. Gearhart Henkel, the first ancestor o f this fam ily in America* w zs an arm y chaplain, and came from Fran kfort, Germany, in 1735. locating in Germantown, a suburb o f Philadel­ phia. There he resided. ser>*ing a Lutheran congregation until his death. w*hich is sup­ posed to have been occasioned by a fall from his horse white travclit^ along one of the roads of the city. Of the six generations including Gearhart, Justice, Jacob, Paul* Charles and David M., it is interesting to note that the m ajority were Lutheran pastors. Paul Henkel, the gram father o f D r. David M. Henkel, w as the father o f six sons, five o f whom were Lutheran ministers and one a physician. lie died in New M arket. Shenan­ doah Co., Va.* in 1823. Rev. C a r le s Henkel was the first Lutheran minister in Columhus, Ohio, from which city he removed to Somerset, in (he same State, where he died in 1840. David M. Henkel w*as quite a child w*hcn his parents moved to Columbus* and there he attended the public schools, continuing his studies at the Capitol U niversity, where his theological education was also acquired. lie graduated in 1849. ordained, and was given charge of the Lutheran Church at Goshen* Ind., when that State was in the throes o f first settlement. Here privations caused his health to fail and he returned to his home State to recuperate, in N ew Market. V a. H e then entered upon a career o f church upbuilding, taking a charge at Stewartsville. N . J . In 1839 he was called to Danville. Mon­ tour Co., Pa.* and there built (he church o f T rinity Lutheran congregation, serft'ing as its pastor for eight years. H aving attached him-