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From Berks County, Pennsylvania GenWeb
John Owen Romig was born in Lehigh county on the old homestead before his parents moved to Emaus, April 17, 1825. He was reared in the faith of the Moravian Church, and he learned the tinsmith's trade with his father. Later he became a butcher and carried on a large meat business for some years, supplying the market at Allentown. Later he moved to Mertztown, where he again embarked in a tinware and stove business, which he continued for ten years, and in 1873 he went into the baking business, in partnership with his son Edgar. He died Sept. 9, 1890, and is interred in the Moravian cemetery at Emaus.
He married Sarah Ann Xander, born April 20, 1826, daughter of George and Catherine (Smith) Xander, and they had the following children:
- one died in infancy;
- Edgar F., born Nov. 15, 1854, m. Eliza Fegley, daughter of John Fegley, and had children Ida, Harvey, Emma, Richard and John;
- George Oliver; and
- Agnes, born Sept. 12, 1867, m. James Barton, son of William Barton, and has children: Lillie (m. Curtis Frauenfelder) and Leroy.
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April 17, 1825
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Emmaus, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
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May 1, 1825
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Emmaus Moravian Church, Emmaus, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
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September 24, 1857
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September 9, 1890
Age 65
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of, Longswamp Township, Lehigh , Pennsylvania, United States
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1890
Age 64
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Moravian Cemetery, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
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