HONORING THE FAMILY OF CASPER GLATFELTER (1758-1823)

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16 Julian (1822-1888) married Matthias Schwer (1819-1880). They had two children. Most of their married life was spent in Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, but they were buried in York. Isaac K. Glatfelter (1825-1895) married Sarah Feiser (1828-1908) in 1849. They had nine children. Isaac was the recipient of John Shuman's 1869 letter, already quoted. Shuman reminded Isaac of scenes he might have remembered from his days as a teenager in Indiana County: "iam living about three miles from blaklie fornis upon the mountain on ramsies ridg where you ust go to gather huckel berries when you lived on the wakfield farm. " When he died in York in 1895, Isaac still owned the farm which he had purchased in 1849. It was located on the Dunkard Valley road, near the east branch of the Codorus creek. Later owners were Abdiel Bortner and Albert S. Ness, both sons-in-law. The Ness estate sold it in 1941. Catharine Catharine was born on October 8, 1795. The church register records the fact of her baptism, but not the date. Just as her parents had turned to John and Catharine Glatfelter as sponsors for her brother John two years before, they now turned to them again as sponsors for Catharine. About 1816 or 1817 Catharine married Philip Heilman, who could not have been a stranger to her family. His Aunt Margaret was the wife of Henry Glatfelter; she was also Catharine's aunt. Philip’s father, also named Philip (1752-1797), lived in Shrewsbury Township and died when his son was only seven years old. In 1818 Philip bought a mill property with both a grist and a saw mill, containing 125 acres 117 perches and located in both Shrewsbury and Hopewell Townships. During the six years he operated the mill the depression hit, and in the spring of 1824 he sold the property and used the proceeds to satisfy the mortgage against it. For reasons still unclear, in the summer of <strong>1823</strong> he was charged with assault and battery, but was vindicated when a jury acquitted him of all charges. The inventory of his father-in-law's personal property in November 1825 included a note of $200 which Philip had borrowed when he bought the mill and interest of $69 which had been accruing since. In an effort to collect this debt, the administrators sued Philip, who accepted the obligation against him, but the final account which the administrators filed in 1825 showed a balance of $190.43 due the estate “by Philip Heilman one of the heirs, being more than his share and he being Insolvent.” There is no evidence that Philip took advantage of the insolvent debtor law in York County. Insolvency need not be the end of life, and it was not the end for Philip Heilman and his family. In 1825 he is no longer an assessed miller in Shrewsbury Township, but he was now assessed as a laborer and beginning in 1829 as a butcher. In that year he
17 purchased a lot in the town of Shrewsbury, where he and his family remained until about 1835, when they moved to Montgomery Township, Franklin County. He last appeared in the tax list for that township in 1842. The next move for Philip and Catharine, and it proved to be their last one, occurred about 1843, when they located in Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Among their new neighbors were many persons who had come from York and surrounding Pennsylvania counties in previous years. Philip died without a will on February 17, 1883, in his ninety-third year. He had been born on April 6, 1790. The inventory of his personal estate amounted to $15,413.64. It consisted mostly of notes which were easily turned into cash. After the debts were paid, most of this sum was available for payment to the heirs. Under Ohio law, certain items which the family used were awarded to the widow without the evaluation customary in Pennsylvania. In addition to beds, stoves, cooking utensils, and tableware, these included the family Bible, pictures, and books in the library. Catharine Heilman died on October 27, 1887, in her ninety-third year. She and Philip were both buried in Bloomsville. The date of birth on her tombstone corresponds exactly with the date entered into the Shuster's register. Catharine was probably the last surviving grandchild of Casper Glattfelder. All five of the Heilman children were born before their parents left York County. Once moving to Ohio they spent the rest of their lives in that state. The birth and baptism of John F. (1817-1891) were recorded in the Shuster's Lutheran register. He married Cynthia Sweigart in 1843; they had eight children. He was a farmer and later a manufacturer of sash and blinds at Fostoria, Seneca County. Eli (1821-1901) married Catharine Elliott (1828-1903) in 1850; they had eight children. He was a farmer in Wyandot County and died in McCutchenville. William (1824-1908) married Sarah A. Pennington (1825-1875); they had ten children. He died near Willard, Huron County. Sarah (1825-1896) never married. She was probably named after an earlier Sarah born to her parents, whose birth and baptism were entered into the Sadler’s church register in Hopewell Township. Margaret J. was born in 1830 arid married Isaac H. Reiter. In 1897, when her sister died, her address was given as Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio. Casper While Casper and Eva named their first son after her father, they waited for a
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