Paul Sebastian Kistler and Martha "Mattie" Gardner

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Husband Paul Sebastian Kistler ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Paul F. Kistler 4
           Born: 18 Apr 1832 - Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 5
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           Died: Sep 1912 2
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         Father: Samuel Kistler (1799/1802-1884) 2 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Susanna Catherine Fink (Abt 1803-1855) 5 7

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       Marriage: 22 Jun 1865 8

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Jane Funk (1833-      ) 5 - 18 Sep 1856 5

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Jane Mathias (      -      ) 1 3 9 - 13 Dec 1860 5

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Wife Martha "Mattie" Gardner ^{2 8}

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           Born: 8 Jan 1833 8
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         Father: Thomas Gardner (      -      ) 8
         Mother: Sarah Han (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 M James Merchant Kistler ^{8 10}

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           Born: 25 May 1866 8
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         Spouse: Ida Jane Lauffer (1870-      ) 8 10
           Marr: 21 Mar 1894 11

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2 M Thomas W. Kistler ⁸

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           Born: 6 Jul 1869 8
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         Spouse: Emma Pernett (      -      ) 8

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3 M Samuel Kunkle Kistler ⁸

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           Born: 7 Feb 1871 8
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         Spouse: Linnie Catherine Dougherty (1877-      ) 8
           Marr: 4 Sep 1894 8

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4 M William Paul Kistler ⁸

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            AKA: William Kisler 12
           Born: 26 May 1877 8
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         Spouse: Trusie B. Masters (      -      ) 8 12
           Marr: 23 May 1896 8

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General Notes: Husband - Paul Sebastian Kistler

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His boyhood days were spent in attending the common schools and working on his father's farm, and after his marriage he farmed for Richard McCall, remaining with him for three years. He then located on the farm owned by John George, and this he operated successfully for sixteen years. He then took up his residence on the old homestead farm of his maternal grandfather, Michael Fink, (which became his mother's at the death of her parents) purchasing all the acres, for which he paid a goodly sum to the heirs. He manufactured brick and erected a house on the same, also a large barn in 1889, and made many other needed improvements. He disposed of a large amount of his coal lands known as the Pittsburg vein at an advantageous price, and still had sufficient coal lands in his possession to make his property most valuable. In 1884 he tore down his barn which he replaced with one much larger, and in 1893 erected a fine residence, which was equipped with everything needful for the comfort of the family.
Mr. Kistler always took a deep interest in religious and philanthropic work, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served for twenty-four years as trustee, treasurer and steward. Like his father, he cast his vote for the candidates of the Democratic party. [HWC 1906 III, 426]

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 426, 614.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1280.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1092.

4 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 313.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 426.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 448.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 608.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 427.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 634.

10 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 110.

11 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 111.

12 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 229.