Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Lesher and Fanny Lehman




Husband Joseph Lesher 1 2

           Born: 13 Jan 1784 - Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Nov 1857 - near Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: John Lesher (1759-1839) 2 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Bosler (1763-1823) 2 4


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Mary Smith (      -      ) 5 6



Wife Fanny Lehman 2 4

            AKA: Franie Lehman 3
           Born: 1782 - Greene Twp, Franklin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Dec 1827 - near Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Daniel Lehman (      -      ) 2 7
         Mother: Nancy Hoover (      -      ) 4



• Note: This may be the same person as : Franz Lehman.
Different sources give very different accounts of the ancestry of the wife of Joseph Lesher.


Children
1 M John Lehman Lesher 6 8

           Born: 15 Sep 1808 - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar 1872 - Greene Twp, Franklin Co, PA 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Catharine Lehman (      -      ) 6 9


2 M Daniel Lesher 6 10

           Born: 11 Mar 1811 - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Dec 1868 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Christina Shirk (      -      ) 6


3 M David Lesher 6 10

           Born: 15 Mar 1813 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Apr 1838 6
 Cause of Death: Accidental fall
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M Rev. Benjamin Lesher 3 11

           Born: 2 Apr 1815 - Guilford Twp, Franklin Co, PA 3 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jul 1897 12
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Hege (1818-1888) 10 13
           Marr: 7 Jan 1841 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 10 12


5 M Joseph Lesher 6 10

           Born: 29 Nov 1816 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec 1865 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Susan Stouffer (      -      ) 6


6 M Samuel Lesher 5 6

           Born: 17 Apr 1824 - Guilford Twp, Franklin Co, PA 4 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jan 1901 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Barbara Lehman (      -      ) 4 6



General Notes: Husband - Joseph Lesher


He came to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, with his parents when he was twenty years old. After living on the Lesher homestead for a number of years he removed to a farm owned by his father on the Waynesboro road, two miles south of Chambersburg, where he was a farmer during the rest of his life. Like his father and grandfather he was a Mennonite.

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 782, 880.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 507.

3 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 880.

4 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 782.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 782, 881.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 508.

7 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 781.

8 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 783, 881.

9 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 783.

10 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 881.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 202, 508.

12 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 509.

13 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 202, 509.


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