SEVENTH GENERATION

86. William ALSBACH ^{(420) (230)(235)} was born on Feb 18 1797 in PA.^{(421) (422)} William Alsbach, who died on May 25, 1857, age 60 years, 3 months, 7 days [and therefore was born Feb. 18, 1997], was married to Catherine Shively, who died June 23, 1843, age 37 years, 3 months, 7 days [and therefore was born March 16, 1806]. Together they parented Rebecca Ellen Alsbach (Wassen), Sarah Maria Alsbach (Baker), Amanda Lucinda Alsbach (Ashbaugh), and Mary Elizabeth Alsbach. -- Grace Ashbaugh.

The parents of William Alsbach, born Jan. 18, 1797, were Mathias Alsbach and Margaret Baker. -- Family Search.
He died on May 25 1857.⁽⁴²¹⁾ William Alsbach died May 25, 1857, and is buried in Salem Cemetery, Clarion County, PA.
The Alsbach people came from "east of the mountains," i.e., Lancaster County, PA. -- Ruth Ashbaugh.

William Alsbach, born Feb. 18, 1797 calculated, was married to Catherine Shively, who parented Rebecca Ellen, Sarah Maria, Amanda Lucinda, and Mary Elizabeth. It is believed that William married a second time. -- Ashbaugh family tree.

The parents of William Alsbach, born Jan. 18, 1797, were Mathias Alsbach and Margaret Baker. -- Family Search.
He was married to Catherine SHIVELY after 1818. ⁽⁴²³⁾ William Alsbach, born Feb. 18, 1797 calculated, was married to Catherine Shively, who parented Rebecca Ellen Alsbach, Sarah Maria Alsbach, Amanda Lucinda, and Mary Elizabeth. It is believed that William married a second time.

William Alsbach and Catherine Shively were probably married after 1818, as Catherine was born in 1806.
The parents of the Alsbach children had a farm near the crossroads church and school between Nineveh and Pilgraheim, PA. The children were Rebecca, Sarah and Amanda Lucinda. -- Ruth Ashbaugh.

William Alsbach, who died on May 25, 1857, age 60 years, 3 months, 7 days [and therefore was born Feb. 18, 1997], was married to Catherine Shively, who died June 23, 1843, age 37 years, 3 months, 7 days [and therefore was born March 16, 1806]. Together they parented Rebecca Ellen Alsbach (Wassen), Sarah Maria Alsbach (Baker), Amanda Lucinda Alsbach (Ashbaugh), and Mary Elizabeth Alsbach. -- Grace Ashbaugh.

"When our ancestors came here this [Clarion County] was part of Venango Co., and it was a vast wilderness. Earliest settlements were made in (1802-3-4.) Clarion Co. was not organized until 1840. They were an honest, upright, God-fearing optimistic people. Each one had a piece of wood; and cleared it, built log houses with fireplaces outside (now we have them inside), log barns and the various outhouses. I tell you it was labor to grub the second growth, chop the big trees, roll and burn the big logs. I remember my Father telling me of Grandfather chopping the logs into cord wood and burning it to make charcoal. In 1850 they sold it to the Keating Furnace for one dollar a cord. At that time practically all farming and hauling was done with oxen and the roads were just trails. All grain was sowed by hand. The grain was cut with the sickle, and then some one invented the grain-cradle, and that was a faster and better way to cut it. The old settlers were a social set. They would assist each other in a pinch, and were neighborly. If anybody would butcher a hog or a sheep, their neighbors got a portion of the fresh meat, and all were happy. They had what they called folics, log-rollings, corn husking parties, barn raisings, and for the lady of the house, there were apple parings, quilting bees, barn dances and square dances. Instead of making New Year's calls [as] 'my lady' now does, the men would go in companies from house to house, commencing at ten to eleven o'clock P.M. and stand by the door and fire a volley from their flintlock squirrel rifles - be invited in to apples and cider, and so go through the neighborhood shooting the old year out and the new year in." -- Whitling family tree.

87. Catherine SHIVELY ⁽⁴²⁴⁾ was born on Mar 16 1806 in Kane, PA. ^(425)(421) Catherine Shively was born Mar. 16, 1806, in Kane, PA. -- F. Ashbaugh family tree.

William Alsbach was married to Catherine Shively, who died June 23, 1843, age 37 years, 3 months, 7 days [and therefore was born March 16, 1806]. -- Grace Ashbaugh.

She died on Jun 23 1843.^{(426) (421)} Catherine Shively died on June 23, 1843, and is buried in Salem Cemetery, Clarion County, PA.
William Alsbach, born Feb. 18, 1797 calculated, was married to Catherine Shively, who parented Rebecca Ellen, Sarah Maria, Amanda Lucinda, and Mary Elizabeth. It is believed that William married a second time.
Children were:

i. Rebecca Ellen ALSBACH⁽⁴²⁷⁾. William Alsbach, born Feb. 18, 1797 calculated, was married to Catherine Shively, who parented Rebecca Ellen, Sarah Maria, Amanda Lucinda, and Mary Elizabeth.

ii. Sarah Maria ALSBACH⁽⁴²⁸⁾. William Alsbach, born Feb. 18, 1797 calculated, was married to Catherine Shively, who parented Rebecca Ellen, Sarah Maria, Amanda Lucinda, and Mary Elizabeth.

43 iii. Amanda Lucinda ALSBACH (ALSBAUGH).
iv. Mary Elizabeth ALSBACH⁽⁴²⁹⁾ was born on Nov 3 1842.⁽⁴²¹⁾ Mary Elizabeth Albach died Feb. 16, 1843, age 3 months and 13 days [and therefore was born Nov. 3, 1842].
She died on Feb 16 1843.⁽⁴²¹⁾ Mary Elizabeth Alsbach died Feb. 16, 1843, age 3 months and 13 days. William Alsbach, born Feb. 18, 1797 calculated, was married to Catherine Shively, who parented Rebecca Ellen, Sarah Maria, Amanda Lucinda, and Mary Elizabeth.