Isaac J. Kaufman, Sr

"Rich Isaac" - Died of cancer of the stomach. His was the longest known obituary of an Amishman ever published in the U.S. and appeared in the Johnstown Tribune, Oct. 22, 1886. - In the year 1827 our Grand-father sold the remaining 200 acres to his son Isaac Kaufman, at the age of twenty one he took possesion of the farm , moving into the log house built by his father Jacob in 1812. Here our father Isaac Kaufman and his sister Susan dwelt together until 1829, when he married Miss Polly Lehman at the home of her parents in Conemaugh Township, on the farm now owned by Josiah Stahl. Isaac took the bride to his home in the log house his father had built where they swelt together till father died Oct. 17, 1886. (KaAm p.3)* Reference: RootsWeb's WorldConnect - SmartCopy: Oct 19 2017, 21:07:14 UTC

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Isaac Kauffman was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1806. His grandfather Stephen and three brothers came from Germany in 1723, and settled in Berks county. Stephen’s son Jacob, father of Isaac, was born in 1751. In 1807 Jacob came to Somerset county. Jacob raised a family of eight children. He died in 1844, aged ninety-three years.

Isaac was married, in 1829, to Polly Lehman, and they have twelve children. On his marriage he purchased two hundred and fifty acres of land, to which he made additions, until he has sixteen hundred acres in a body. As a financier he has been quite successful, his estate being now worth two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, before he, in 1881, gave his children one hundred thousand dollars. He is a member of the Amish church.

2. Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 24, December 15, 1886, page 381

Kauffman - On the 17th of October, in Conemaugh township, Somerset county, Pa., of cancer in the stomach, Isaac Kauffman, aged 79 years, 10 months and 17 days. He was buried in the family graveyard at the Kauffman Meeting-house. Services by Jonathan Harshberger, Emanuel Blough, and Hiram Musselman. He leaves a helpless widow, 12 children, 75 grand-children, and 50 great-grandchildren. Bro. Kauffman was for many years a member of the Amish Mennonite Church, and took special interest in the church, being for many years one of the most influential members. Two weeks before his death he wrote instructions giving minute directions for all the particulars of his funeral.