By Eilene Lyon Continuing with my ancestors from Germany who settled first in Pennsylvania, but then moved further south, we’ll look at the family of Christiana Snapp, wife of John Lewis Beard. Her father, John Snapp (Johannes Schnepp) came to America earlier than most, arriving at the Port of Philadelphia in 1733, immigrating from the... Continue Reading →
Drafted and Disabled
By Eilene Lyon Last month I shared some background on my Arbogast ancestors who migrated to Ohio from Alsace, France. Of the Arbogast children who traveled with their parents to America, my 3rd great-grandfather was John C. Arbogast Jr. He was 12 when he landed in Tuscarawas County in 1840. He still lived with his... Continue Reading →