Isaac Laubach

Isaac Laubach was the ninth of ten children. Adam and Elizabeth Berger Laubach, his parents, had nine sons. He was baptized on April 27, 1806 in Williams Twp. in the Old Williams Congregation Church (now St. Luke's Lutheran Church). He was confirmed on November 2, 1821 in the Old Lower Saucon Twp. Church (Christ Church), in Lower Saucon Twp., PA. He was just eighteen years old when he married Elizabeth Kiefer, the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Kiefer. In 1830, he purchased the first building lot in Riegelsville, Bucks County, PA for $50 from Benjamin "The Miller" Riegel (1792-1860). He built a stone house there in 1834 with the inscription above the doorway I.L.1834. In 1838, he assisted with the construction of the Riegelsville Inn for another Benjamin Riegel; Benjamin "The Farmer" Riegel (1777-1848). Like his father before him, Isaac Laubach was a master stone mason. After the death of his first wife he sold the Riegelsville home for $650 to Samuel Fox from Durham Twp., Bucks County, PA. He moved his family to Finesville, Warren County, NJ. where he built another stone home along the Musconetcong River. The second wife of Isaac Laubach was Susanna Kiefer. She was the younger sister of his first wife. Isaac Laubach died of consumption (tuberculosis) at the age of 67. His tombstone is located near the center of the eastern wall of the Finesville Union Cemetery in Finesville, Pohatcong, Twp., Warren County, NJ.

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