Johannes "John" Kitzmiller, I

Johannes “John” Kitzmiller
BIRTH
1 Dec 1771
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH
unknown
USA
BURIAL
Kitzmiller family Cemetery at Abrams Creek
Grant County, West Virginia, USA

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Birth: Dec. 1, 1771 Lancaster County Pennsylvania, USA Death: unknown, USA

John died about 1841 in Grant Co, WV

Johannes/John Kitzmiller was born 1 Dec 1771, Lebanon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pa, Baptized, 12 Apr 1772, at Fredericksburg, PA. John married in 1793

Tradition has it that John was a Mennonite. His profession was that of miller, blacksmith, and farmer. He was a skilled fiddle player, a bell maker, and a trap maker. Johannes “John” and Johanna Kitzmiller lived for a while where W. W Kitzmiller lived and also lived west of Stoney Run on Morgantown Rd. It has not been ascertained whick place he lived first, but possibly moved from Pa. to the latter. He was by trade a blacksmith and it has been said that he could make as delicate an instrument as a Jew’s Harp and he made the first lock for the Hardy County , WV jail as well as the nails for its construction. He had 8 children

Overlooking the old mill site, field stones mark the graves of Hannah, John & their children Tiny & James. These graves are between the stone fence & the new fence, on north of, and beyond the family cemetery which is under the big pine tree.

Per Tombstone Readings from Robt. Newell, Approching from the west, the first grave is that of Tiny who died at about age 7, next is James - died at age 17, then John and by his side Hannah.

According to the the book "From The Danube To The Susquehanna: 350 Years of The Kitzmiller Family - By John M. Kitzmiller, II & John M. Kitzmiller, Volume 1 Page 123), there are 3 children buried next to John & Hannah, childrens names not mentioned .

Family links: Spouse: Johanna Margaret Bowman Kitzmiller (1775 - ____)*

Children: Gasper Kitzmiller (____ - 1857)* John Kitzmiller (1800 - 1849)* Jacob Kitzmiller (1803 - 1873)* Joseph Kitzmiller (1808 - 1891)* William "Hamilton" Kitzmiller (1813 - 1888)* Lydia Kitzmiller Evans (1815 - 1909)*

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Burial: Kitzmiller family Cemetery at Abrams Creek Grant County West Virginia, USA