John Henry Wolfe, Jr.

John Henry Jr. Wolfe was the son of John Henry Wolf Sr. and Mary Russell. Only 4 of his 10 children made it into adulthood. He was a farmer his entire life. In 1879, He married Christina Ann Dull "Ann" or "Anna" she went by. John changed the spelling of his last name Wolf to Wolfe, he added an E because he didn't want his last name to be the same as the animal, wolf.

((The information on him adding the "E" for that reason was given to me by his granddaughter, who is a very good source. His father's as above John Wolf did not have an "E", hense the reasoning I am saying he added it. Some seem to be confused by what I meant by this. He started our line of Wolfe's which they all have the same spelling to this day - they did not go back to Wolf. Some of his siblings changed theirs by adding an "e" as well. I never meant for anyone to think that he started it all by adding an "E".))

From Smith Family Obituary Collection:

Johnstown Daily Tribune: Oct. 30, 1935: Page 6: Col. 4

John H. Wolfe, 80, Fishertown, dies

Native of Bedford County Had Been Ill Two Years -- Funeral Saturday

Pleasantville - October 30 -- John H. Wolfe, 80, a prominent farmer of Fishertown for many years, died this morning at 6 o'clock, at his home after an illness of two years of a complication of diseases. He had been bedfast for only two weeks. He was the son of John and Mary (Russell) Wolfe, both deceased, and was born in Fishertown. His wife died five years ago, two years after they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Six children also preceded him in death. Surviving are these children: Mrs. Maud Bowser of Cessna; Mrs. Daisy Daugherty of Spring Hope; Lloyd and John Wolfe, both of Bedford R.D. He was a brother of Albert Wolfe of Fishertown; Mrs. Marietta Otto of Fishertown and Mrs. Rebecca Barefoot of Bedford. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wolfe home Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock by Rev. Martin Kaufman, pastor of the Evangelical Church. Burial will be at the Stone Church Cemetery on Chestnut Ridge, in charge of Vernon Geisel, local mortician.