Info on Erhards in PA - 2 Generations
Thought I'd list the 1st two generations of the ERHARD family that settled in PA with hopes of connecting with some "long lost" cousins that may help to fill in some gaps!
Descendants of Peter Erhard
Generation No. 1
1.PETER1 ERHARD1 was born Abt. 1750 in of Centre Co., PA or Montgomery Co., PA, and died 1827 in Susquehanna River, Clearfield, PA by drowning.He married EVA CHRISTINA DALE Abt. 1799, daughter of CHRISTIAN DALE and RACHEL KREBS.She was born 05/08/1765 in Upper Saucon, Northhampton Co., PA, and died in PA.
More About PETER ERHARD:
Land Acquisition1: 1803, Purchased several hundred acres south of Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA
Land Acquisition2: 1816, Purchased several hundred acres where New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA Religion: Lutheran
Residence: Bef. 1803, Lived in Centre Co., PA
More About EVA CHRISTINA DALE:
Christening: 05/27/1765, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, PA
Children of PETER ERHARD and EVA DALE are:
2. i. CHRISTIAN2 ERHARD, b. 01/15/1801, Centre Co., PA; d. 05/15/1857, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA.
3. ii. MARGARET ERHARD, b. 06/11/1802, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 04/15/1887.
4. iii. GEORGE ERHARD, b. 01/02/1804, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 09/25/1888, Knox Township, Clearfield Co., PA.
iv. DAVID ERHARD2, b. 1807, Pike, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 01/25/1855.
More About DAVID ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Shows him as head of house, no spouse, but other family living with him
Marital Status: Never married
Occupation: 1850, Lumberman
5. v. PHILLIP ERHARD, b. 09/09/1809, Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; d. 05/10/1868, Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA.
Generation No. 2
2.CHRISTIAN2 ERHARD (PETER1)3 was born 01/15/1801 in Centre Co., PA, and died 05/15/1857 in New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA.He married JANE PATTERSON4 Abt. 1829 in PA, daughter of ROBERT PATTERSON and ELIZABETH MCCORMICK.She was born 10/25/1807, and died 1882 in New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA.
Notes for CHRISTIAN ERHARD:
All his children's names were spelled "Earhard" on the 1850 Pennsylvania census.
More About CHRISTIAN ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Shown as Christian Earhart, age 49, 1850 Clearfield Co., PA Census
Religion: Lutheran
Children of CHRISTIAN ERHARD and JANE PATTERSON are:
i. ELIZABETH3 ERHARD, b. 1830; d. Bef. 1850, "died when a young woman".
ii. LEWIS ERHARD, b. 02/1832, Clearfield, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1916; m. ELIZABETH STRAW, 1854, PA; b. 1829, Clearfield, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1902.
More About LEWIS ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Shown as Lewis Earhard, age 18
Occupation: Lumber and farming
iii. JOHN ERHARD, b. 1836; d. New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; m. ELIZABETH PATTERSON; b. Abt. 1836.
More About JOHN ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Clearfield Co., PA
Land Acquisition: 1881, Near New Millport for sawmill
Occupation: owner of sawmill near New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA
iv. RACHEL ERHARD, b. 1838.
v. ENOCH ERHARD, b. 1841; d. 1895, On the Christian Erhard homestead; m. NANCY JANE REA; b. 1844, Jordan Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; d. 06/19/1904.
More About ENOCH ERHARD:
Occupation: Lumber and farming
vi. MARY JANE ERHARD, b. 01/1843; m. (1) JOHN D. WRIGHT; b. Abt. 1843, of Center, PA; m. (2) HARRY WILLIAMS, 01; b. Abt. 1843, of Centre Co., PA; d. during Civil War.
More About JOHN D. WRIGHT:
Occupation: Nurseryman
Religion: Baptist
vii. PETER ERHARD, b. 1846.
viii. PHILLIP ERHARD, b. 1848; d. 11/24/1924; m. MARY ELIZABETH SCHEONING; b. 1848, Jordan Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; d. Aft. 1931.
More About PHILLIP ERHARD:
Occupation1: Bef. 1897, Carpenter
Occupation2: Bef. 1897, Mercantile in New Millport, PA
Occupation3: Aft. 1897, Postmaster of New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA
Residence: Aft. 1897, Altoona, PA
ix. MARTHA ERHARD, b. 1850; d. Abt. 1890; m. HUNTER; b. Abt. 1847.
x. ALFRED T. ERHARD, b. 1852, Of Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; m. ARMINA NORRIS, 08/1880; b. 06/07/1862; d. 11/23/1880.
More About ARMINA NORRIS:
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA
3.MARGARET2 ERHARD (PETER1) was born 06/11/1802 in Clearfield Co., PA, and died 04/15/1887.She married JOSEPH PATTERSON5 06/01/1830, son of ROBERT PATTERSON and ELIZABETH MCCORMICK.He was born 1805 in PA6, and died 1883.
More About JOSEPH PATTERSON:
Occupation: 1850, Farmer
Children of MARGARET ERHARD and JOSEPH PATTERSON are:
i. DAVID3 PATTERSON, b. 1832.
ii. PETER PATTERSON, b. 1833.
iii. ROBERT PATTERSON, b. 1835.
iv. HEZEKIAH PATTERSON, b. 1836; m. SOPHIA SWAN.
v. GEORGE PATTERSON, b. 1837.
vi. ELIZA PATTERSON, b. 1839.
vii. MARY PATTERSON, b. 1844.
viii. MARTHA PATTERSON, b. 1847.
4.GEORGE2 ERHARD (PETER1)7 was born 01/02/1804 in Clearfield Co., PA, and died 09/25/1888 in Knox Township, Clearfield Co., PA.He married SUSANNAH PEOPLES 06/10/1830 in Center Co., PA.She was born 1810 in Washington Furnace, Nittany Vallery, Centre Co., PA.
More About GEORGE ERHARD:
Elected: Bet. 1856 - 1861, County Commissioner
Misc Info1: Democrat
Children of GEORGE ERHARD and SUSANNAH PEOPLES are:
i. BELINDA3 ERHARD, b. 02/17/1831, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 10/28/1912, Clearfield Co., PA; m. LEWIS IDDINGS BLOOM, 04/24/1851; b. 07/15/1828, Clearfield, PA; d. 01/31/1903, Pike Township on his farm, near Bloomington, PA.
More About LEWIS IDDINGS BLOOM:
Occupation: Veterinarian
Residence: on a farm in Pike Township, PA (near Bloomington)
ii. SABINA ERHARD, b. 07/27/1834; m. (1) JESSE GRIFFITH, 01; b. Abt. 1834, of Indiana, PA; m. (2) JOHN OWENS, 02; b. Abt. 1834.
iii. DAVID ERHARD, b. Abt. 1839, of Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; d. 07/12/1895; m. JENNIE PATTERSON, 05/31/18608; b. 05/31/1840; d. 11/01/1901, Clearfield, PA.
Marriage Notes for DAVID ERHARD and JENNIE PATTERSON:
They had no children of their own, but adopted George.
iv. JOSEPH ERHARD, b. Abt. 1840; m. CARRIE READ; b. Abt. 1843.
v. CATHERINE ERHARD, b. Abt. 1842.
More About CATHERINE ERHARD:
Marital Status: Never married
vi. SARAH JANE ERHARD, b. Abt. 1846; m. JOHN DALE; b. Abt. 1839, Centre Co., PA.
vii. CORTEZ B. ERHARD, b. Bet. 10/20/1849 - 10/20/1867.
viii. MARY AMANDA ERHARD, b. Aft. 1850; d. 09/30/1930, Colorado Springs, CO; m. RALSTON M. LEWIS, 1876; d. 1910, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA.
More About MARY AMANDA ERHARD:
Burial: 10/04/1930, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA
ix. MARGARET ERHARD, b. Bet. 1844 - 1850; d. 1881; m. (1) JAMES M. BLOOM; b. Abt. 1837, Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; m. (2) JAMES M. BLOOM, 02/11/1875, Clearfield Co., Pa; b. 03/30/1825, of Pike, Clearfield, Pa.
5.PHILLIP2 ERHARD (PETER1)9 was born 09/09/1809 in Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA, and died 05/10/1868 in Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA.He married MARY ANN CURRY Abt. 1840, daughter of RICHARD CURRY and PATIENCE SCOTT.She was born 11/13/1817 in New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA, and died 06/15/1872.
His children's names were spelled "Earhart" on the 1850 census, with the exception of Eliza--her last name was spelled "Earhard".The only children listed were: Eliza, age 9; Hosea, age 5; Eli, age 7; Sarah, age 3; and Ezra, age 1.
More About PHILLIP ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Shown as Phillip Earhard, age 40, living in Ferguson Twp, Cleafield Co., PA
Occupation: Lumberman, farmer, and carpenter and "noted hunter"
Children of PHILLIP ERHARD and MARY CURRY are:
i. MARTHA A.3 ERHARD, b. Bef. 1841; d. 1846, killed by a falling tree.
More About MARTHA A. ERHARD:
Burial: 1st person buried in New Millport Cemetery
ii. ELIZABETH ERHARD, b. Abt. 1840, Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; d. 1886, Ferguson Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; m. SAMUEL TOBIAS, Abt. 1860; b. 1841, Penns Valley, Centre Co., PA.
More About ELIZABETH ERHARD:
Birth Order: Possible twin to Eli
Census: 1850, Clearfield Co., PA
iii. ELI ERHARD, b. 01/15/1841, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 04/04/1915, Westmoreland Co., PA; m. LUCRETIA MOTT IDDINGS, Bet. 09/13 - 10/13/1866, Union Twp., Center Co., PA; b. 02/27/1844, of Centre Co., PA; d. 07/31/1922.
More About ELI ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Clearfield Co., PA
Occupation: Carpenter
iv. HOSEA M. ERHARD10, b. 04/19/1843, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; d. Bet. 06/04/1921 - 1927, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; m. MARTHA JANE BLOOM, 12/12/1861, Clearfield Co., PA; b. 11/15/1843, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 10/12/1933, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA.
More About HOSEA M. ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Clearfield Co., PA
Occupation: Carpenter, lumbering, farming
Religion: Lutheran
v. SARAH ERHARD, b. 04/30/1847, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 10/16/1932, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; m. ENOS BLOOM11, 11/04/1866, Clearfield Co., Pa; b. 01/20/1843, Pike, Clearfield, PA; d. 02/06/1928, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA.
More About ENOS BLOOM:
Military: Company K, 42nd Regiment "Bucktail Regiment" during Civil War
Occupation: Lumbering
vi. PATIENCE ERHARD, b. 08/06/1849, New Millport, Clearfield Co., PA; d. 09/02/1910, Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA; m. JOHN M. REA, 07/04/1874; b. 06/07/1847; d. 06/17/1917, Knox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA.
More About PATIENCE ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Not listed
vii. EZRA ERHARD, b. 1854; m. MOLLY YOHE, Abt. 1880; b. Abt. 1854, of Big Run, PA.
More About EZRA ERHARD:
Census: 1850, Clearfield Co., PA
viii. EDMUND PHILLIP ERHARD, b. 08/09/1858; d. 11/02/1924; m. ANNIE DEARMOTT12; b. 09/27/1867, near Clearfield, PA; d. Amarillo, TX.
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