CHRISTIAN BUHL was born in Germany, in 1776, came to the United States in 1800, and in 1802 settled in Zelienople, Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he was married the following year to Dorothy GOEHRING, also a native of Germany. He was a hatter, and conducted that business in Zelienople for many years. He possessed a good education for that period, served as justice of the peace for many years, and was an associate judge of Butler county for one term. In politics, he was a Democrat, and in religious faith, a member of the German Lutheran church, and helped to build the old stone church at Zelienople. Mr. BUHL died in 1864; his wife survived until 1868, living to the ripe old age of ninety years. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living: George, and Christian H., both residing in Michigan; Charles, a resident of Danville, Illinois; Henry, of Zelienople; Jane, wife of Robert HAY, of Allegheny, and Elizabeth, wife of Robert KING, of Detroit, Michigan.
--History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895, pages 1084-1085.
--History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895, pages 1084-1085.
CHRISTIAN BUHL was born in Germany, in 1776, came to the United States in 1800, and in 1802 settled in Zelienople, Butler county, Pennsylvania, where he was married the following year to Dorothy GOEHRING, also a native of Germany. He was a hatter, and conducted that business in Zelienople for many years. He possessed a good education for that period, served as justice of the peace for many years, and was an associate judge of Butler county for one term. In politics, he was a Democrat, and in religious faith, a member of the German Lutheran church, and helped to build the old stone church at Zelienople. Mr. BUHL died in 1864; his wife survived until 1868, living to the ripe old age of ninety years. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living: George, and Christian H., both residing in Michigan; Charles, a resident of Danville, Illinois; Henry, of Zelienople; Jane, wife of Robert HAY, of Allegheny, and Elizabeth, wife of Robert KING, of Detroit, Michigan.
--History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895, pages 1084-1085.
--History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown Co., Publishers, 1895, pages 1084-1085.
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
