Philip Musser and Elizabeth Oswalt

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Husband Philip Musser ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Centre Co, PA
         Buried:  - Heckman Cemetery, near Penn Hall, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Musser (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Oswalt ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Heckman Cemetery, near Penn Hall, Centre Co, PA

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Children

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1 M John Musser ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898 - Trumbull Co, OH
         Buried: 

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2 M Philip Musser ²

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           Born: Sep 1790 - Lehigh Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1871 2
         Buried:  - Heckman Cemetery, near Penn Hall, Centre Co, PA

         Spouse: [Unk] Walburn (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: [Unk] Rush (      -Abt 1831) 2

         Spouse: Polly Musser (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Susan Miller (      -      ) 2

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3 M Daniel Musser ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898 - Trumbull Co, OH
         Buried: 

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4 F Elizabeth Musser ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898 - Potter Twp, Centre Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Durst (      -      ) 2

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5 F Hannah Musser ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898 - Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Adam Shaffer (      -      ) 2

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6 F Lydia Musser ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1843 - Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA
         Buried:  - Union Cemetery

         Spouse: Michael Ream (Abt 1804-1884) 1

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7 F Catherine Musser ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898 - Kansas
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elias Wasser (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Philip Musser

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He was one of the original settlers [of Centre County, Pennsylvania,] who located at the family homestead in 1802. It was then known as the "Rev. James Martin farm," and in an old cemetery on the place there were tombstones which marked the graves of a number of pioneers. One bore the following inscription: "Here lies the body of Rev. James Martin, Pastor of the First Presbyterian congregation in Penn's Valley, who died June 20, 1795, aged about sixty-five." This was without doubt one of the earliest interments in the cemetery. When Philip Musser took the estate it was but little changed from its primitive condition, and he cleared and improved it, some of the buildings which he erected were still in use almost one hundred years later, the barn dating back to 1812. He was a Whig in politics, and a devout member of the Lutheran Church. Thrifty and industrious, a typical German farmer, he acquired a goodly competence. He lived to be nearly eighty years old.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 302, 529.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 529.