Hon. John Fausold and Ellen Freeman

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Husband Hon. John Fausold ¹

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           Born: 28 Dec 1808 - Londonderry Twp, Bedford Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Nov 1884 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Casper Fausold (      -      ) 3
         Mother: [Unk] Shaffer (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 1853 3

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Wife Ellen Freeman ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1863 3
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         Father: Samuel Freeman (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elvira Shauntz (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Martin L. Fausold ⁴

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           Born: 26 Jun 1853 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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           Died: Aft 1890
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ada O. Hays (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 5 Oct 1876 2

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2 F Mary Fausold ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1890
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Roger Sherman Welty (1854-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 3 Dec 1874 5

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3 F Martha Fausold ³

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            AKA: Martha Fousold 7
           Born: 
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           Died: 7 Jul 1898 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jonathan B. Fry (1854-      ) 3
           Marr: 14 Jan 1875 7

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4 M Harry F. Fausold ²

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           Born: 17 May 1860 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: Anna Overly (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 26 Oct 1882 3

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Fausold

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He and his wife had seven children; four were still living in 1890.

Early in life he came to Westmoreland County, PA, and at twenty years of age connected himself with the Evangelical Lutheran church at Donegal, then under charge of Father Mechling. He was a farmer by occupation but passed fifty-five years of his time in public life. In 1844 he was made sequestrator of the Somerset and Mount Pleasant pike. In 1846 he was elected to the State Legislature and served in that capacity for five terms. In 1855 he was nominated for one of those terms of service, when the Democratic party of Westmoreland county, in order to save itself from threatened destruction by Know-nothingism, selected Henry D. Foster, Harrison P. Laird and John Fausold as their nominees for the Legislature. Their choice proved a wise one, as all three of their candidates were elected that year and re-elected in 1856. Mr. Fausold’s record as a legislator was without blot or stain, for he was an able, industrious, conscientious and highly useful member of the Legislature during his term of service. For twenty-one years he had served as school director in his district, where he was the first and only man in 1886 to vote for the adoption of the free school system, and for the last thirty-one years of his life had served as justice of the peace. His magisterial decisions when appealed from were always sustained by the courts. In 1868 he was appointed revenue commissioner for Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong counties and served efficiently as such. After a long and useful life he passed away in 1884. At his funeral over one thousand persons came from all parts of the county to show respect and do honor to his memory. His remains were deposited in Ridge church cemetery. From the eloquent and impressive funeral discourse by Rev. A. D. Potts, A. M., we extract: “As a Christian, Father Fausold’s walk and life were truly exemplary. As a man he was strictly honest. Neither was he a stranger to charity. At his door and hands his gifts were freely bestowed. His wide experience, his extended usefulness, his sage counsel, his white locks, made me revere him as a father in Israel. His noble life and peaceful death should actuate us to imitate his example. His time, his means, his influence and his heart were used for the extension of Zion and the glory of God.” [HBCWC 1890, 445]

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 445, 524.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 445.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 446.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 444.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 524.

6 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 669.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 299.