excerpt from the Schindel Family record (entire record on Conrad Schindel / Barbara Schindel's pages) The oldest son of Rev. John P. & Susanna Schindel was Rev. Jeremiah, who was born in Lebanon, May 15th, 1807. When seventeen years of age he went to Harrisburg to learn the printers trade. During his service there he was influenced by Rev. D. Lochman to take up theology. Returning home, he studied under his father, being licensed to preach June 10th, 1830, and ordained June 1st, 1831. One May 13th, 1828, he married Elizabeth A. Masser, who died at Allentown January 22nd, 1892, nearly 87 years old. The first charge of Rev. Schindel consisted of congregations at Bloomsburg, Danville, Catawissa, Mifflinburg, Roaring Creek, Berwick, Conyngham and other places. In 1837, he was called to Lehigh County, serving congregations at Jordan, Union, Heidelberg Lowhill, Weisenberg, Trexlertown, Lehigh, Ziegel, Fogelsville, Macungie, Tripoli, Long Swamp, Friedens, Near Slatington, Mickley’s, Catasauqua, Morganland, and Cedar Creek—the latter four he organized. From 1859 to 1861 he served as State Senator, representing Lehigh and Northampton Counties. In 1861 he entered the United States Army as Chaplain of 110 Regt. Penna. Volunteers, serving until 1864. In 1865 he again assumed charge of congregations in Lykens Valley, where he served until March 1870, when sickness compelled him to lay down his work and return to Allentown, where he died July 2, 1870.

His family consisted of four sons and five daughters. Mary M. married to Jos. M. Eisenhart Susan H. married to John Snyder * Martha M. married to George J. Snyder (*two sisters married two brothers) Sarah H. married Sylvester Weiler Emma E married Peter S. Biery Martin Luther (died in infancy) Captain Jeremiah P. married Mattie P. Bayard Jacob D. Edward M.

Page about service in war: http://civilwar.gratzpa.org/page/56/

From grave: Birth: May 15, 1807 Lebanon, Lebanon County; Pennsylvania, USA Death: Jul. 2, 1870 Allentown, Lehigh County; Pennsylvania, USA

Jeremiah Schindel, s/o Rev. John Peter and Susanna (McCullough) Shindel, was a Lutheran minister, married to Elizabeth (Masser) Schindel. They were the parents of 9 children, Mary M., Susan H., Sarah H., Martha M., Martin Luther, Jeremiah Peter, Jacob Daniel, Edward M. and Emma E. Schindel. Rev Schindel served as a chaplain in the 110th Regt., PA Volunteers, during the Civil War. He was a State Senator for Lehigh and Northampton Counties from 1858-1860. He served a congregation for many years in South Whitehall Twp. Lehigh Co. Family links:

Parents:   John Peter Shindel (1788 - 1853)
Susanna A. McCullough Shindel (1788 - 1870)
Spouse:    Elizabeth A. Masser Schindel (1805 - 1892)
Children:    Sarah H. Schindel Weiler (1832 - 1885)*

Burial: Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA

Infantry, from 1861 to 1894; the youngest son, Edward M., served from 1862 to 1865 in Com- pany K, Fifty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania X'olunteers, and was the buglar for the regiment; the second son, Jacob D., D. D., served in 1863 in Company A, Twenty-sixth Regiment, known as the "Emergency Regiment," and at this time also two of the sons-in-law, John Snyder and Sylvester Weiler, were serving with the militia. The Lebanon Evening Post, of July 24, 1901, has the following on the same subject: "The Third Brigade of the National Guard of Penn- sylvania is the only brigade that has five officers who are all descendants of the same ancestor, John Peter Schindel, who served in the Revolutionary war, and from whom they have all inherited their military spirit. [http://www.archive.org/stream/historichomesins02jord/historichomesins02jord_djvu.txt