Re: bond-luzerne co., pa.
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In reply to:
Re: bond-luzerne co., pa.
geri brennan 4/16/08
cortright, john a. of nescopeck, was born in salem twp. july 11, 1860, s/o morris h. and lydia (titus). his paternal grandfather, alexander cortright was one of the pioneers of salem twp. he married matilda bowman, children; christian b., jesse d., dingman, ashfill,feltcher, morris, pemelia, rebecca and susan ann.one of these morris h., born in salem twp. he was a railroad man and he lost an arm and leg by accident. his wife was a d/o adam titus, of union twp, formerly of northampton co. children; eugene w., drowned in n.y.,john a., stepehn h., lizzie m., clarence j., and susan a., w/o frank m. wooley. the father died july 8, 1892.
our subect married nov. 26, 1882 to h. melly, d/o john e., and elizabeth (bond) harter of nescopeck. children; edna, earl m., and mabel e.
harter, john h., of nescopeck, born in nescopeck twp. may 3, 1828, s/o jacob and margaret (deitrick) harter. his paternal grandfather was martin harter, s/o martin, s/o martin who was killed by the indians. jacob hartr father of subject was born in nescopeck, died in mifflen twp., columbia co. children; 15 in number, of whom he reared 12, martin, jacob, aaron, lucinda, w/o william kester, john h., sarah, theodore, hannah, w/o samuel smith, esther, w/o thomas bond, maggie, w/o stephen miller, mary, w/o w.f. patterson and ammon l.
john j. harter married feb. 2, 1860 to elisabeth, d/o john and catharine (lantz) bond, of mifflin, columbia co., and had 8 children; melinda, w/o j.w. pifer, nettie, wf of j.a. courtright, emma, w/o s.w. snyder, addison, grant, anna,martin and stephen.
harter, samuel, of nescopeck, was born oct. 24, 1824, s/o martin and catharine (bittenbinder) harter. his paternal grandfather, martin harter and his paternal great-grandfather, martin hartin both are natives of germany, and his maternal grandfather jacob bittenbender, was a pioneer of nescopeck. martin harter, father of subject, of nescopeck, died there, his children were, lydia w/o george karchner, jacob, john, hanna, w/o david diehl, martin, elisabeth, w/o samuel miller, conrad and michael, twins, and samuel. his wife, eliza,d/o conrad and elisabeth (bittenbender) bloss had 5 children; reuben,nathan, freeman, mary, w/o john naugle and catharine, w/o john gearhart