Kuhn & Schroyer Genealogy

Descendants of Hans "Phillip" George Kuhn, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE KUHN, SR. was born 1714 in Germany (Deutschland). He married MRS. PHILLIP KUHN, SR. Abt. 1738 in Maryland. She was born Abt. 1718 in Maryland.

Notes for HANS "PHILLIP" GEORGE KUHN, SR.:

information on Kuhn family from Maryland genealogist Leah Spade, Smithsburg, MD;

The surname KUHN is German meaning one who is bold or keen, also a short for Kunrat, a German form of Conrad.

More About HANS "PHILLIP" GEORGE KUHN, SR.:

Fact 1: 1738, immigrated to US on "Thistle", John Wilson, commander, 300 passengers;

Fact 2: lived in Graceham, MD;

Fact 3: Kuhn in German means "bold or keen";

Child of HANS "PHILLIP" GEORGE KUHN and MRS. KUHN is:

2. i. HANS "PHILLIP"2  GEORGE KUHN, JR., b. Abt. 1740; d. Aft. 1797, Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD.

 

 

 

 

 

Generation No. 2

The Wolfsville/St. James Reformed Cemetery holds many Kuhn/Linebaugh family members.  The cemetery is west of Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD; the South Mountain State Park is in the background.

2. HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE KUHN, JR. (HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born Abt. 1740, and died Aft. 1797 in Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD. He married ELIZABETH LINEBAUGH Abt. 1768 in Pennsylvania, daughter of FRIEDRICH LINEBAUGH and ELIZABETHA FREY. She was born April 03, 1743 in Skippack, Berks County, PA, and died 1820 in Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD. 

**For more Linebaugh genealogy, go to the Leinbach/Linebaugh-Frey-Levering genealogy page.**

More About HANS "PHILLIP" GEORGE KUHN, JR.:

Fact 1: picture of Wolfsville, MD, area;

More About ELIZABETH LINEBAUGH:

Fact 1: moved over Catoctin Mts. to Wolfsville, MD, with husband;

Fact 2: 77 years old at death;

Children of HANS "PHILLIP" GEORGE KUHN and ELIZABETH LINEBAUGH are:

3. i. PHILLIP (III)3 KUHN, b. Abt. 1769, Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD; d. September 13, 1838, Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD.

ii. ELIZABETH KUHN, b. Abt. 1770; m. LEONARD SMITH, Abt. 1790; b. Abt. 1770.

iii. ELIZABETH MARGARET KUHN, b. March 01, 1772; m. HENRICH "HENRY" MARKEN; b. May 09, 1772.

More About ELIZABETH MARGARET KUHN:

1: born 6:00 a.m.

2: March 16, 1772, baptized Graceham Moravian Church

Fact 4: 11 children; two sets of twin daughters

4. iv. GEORGE ADAM KUHN, b. January 08, 1775; d. March 16, 1855.

5. v. CHRISTIAN KUHN, SR., b. Abt. 1777.

vi. GABRIEL KUHN, m. CATHARINA SPIES.

More About GABRIEL KUHN:

1: 4 or more children

 

Generation No. 3

At left is a page from the Benjamin Pryor family bible.  This bible was given to his daughter Hannah Cornelia Pryor when she moved with husband John Henry Kuhn to Anderson, Madison County, Indiana.  This page contains record of John Henry's father--John--and one of the few records of any type of John's father Phillip Kuhn who "died Sept. 13, 1838. Age 69 yrs. 3 m 27 days."  Phillip was John Henry's grandfather.  The Susan Kuhn listed is Susan Schroyer, 1793-1881, whose family is outlined at the bottom of this page.

3. PHILLIP (III)3 KUHN (HANS "PHILLIP"2  GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born Abt. 1769 in Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD, and died September 13, 1838 in Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD. He married ANN MARY (?).

 

While Phillip Kuhn (III) has no gravestone at the Wolfsville/St. James Reformed Cemetery, he is recorded on the stone of his probable wife.  There is no record of his wife's maiden name.  This stone may be one of the few records of this couple.

Notes for PHILLIP (III) KUHN:

additional information on Kuhn family from Kuhn researcher Gabrielle Ophals, geoge at earthlink.net & at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com; also from Leah Spade, genealogist in Wolfsville, MD;

Leah and other Wolfsville area genealogists knew that Phillip Kuhn, Jr., had a son in 1769 but did not know anything further and assumed he died young. Kuhn/Pryor family Bible provided information.

More About PHILLIP (III) KUHN:

Fact 1: birth & death dates recorded in Kuhn/Pryor family Bible, held by Katherine Dilts Summers;

Fact 2: 1800 census for Frederick Co., MD, a Phillip Kuhn of right age group with family;

Fact 3: 1830 census for Frederick Co., MD, a Phillip Kuhn of right age;

Child of PHILLIP KUHN and ANN (?) is:

6. i. JOHN HENRY4 KUHN, b. November 20, 1811, Frederick Co., MD; d. 1878, Frederick Co., MD.

 

4. GEORGE ADAM3 KUHN (HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born January 08, 1775, and died March 16, 1855. He married ANNA MARIA "MARY" DELAUTER, daughter of DAVID DELAUTER and CATHERINE TROUTMAN. She was born February 22, 1778, and died December 30, 1865.

Child of GEORGE KUHN and ANNA DELAUTER is:

i. HENRY4 KUHN, b. July 30, 1815; d. June 16, 1885; m. SARAH SUSAN PORTNER; d. 1906. 

More About HENRY KUHN:

Fact 1: picture; stones on right in Wolfsville/St. James Reformed Cemetery, Wolfsville, MD.

5. CHRISTIAN3 KUHN, SR. (HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born Abt. 1777. He married CATHARINA.

Child of CHRISTIAN KUHN and CATHARINA is:

i. CHRISTAN4 KUHN, JR., b. April 16, 1797.

 

Generation No. 4

Found among the family pictures given to descendant Katherine Dilts Summers, 1920-2010, was this tin-type labeled "John Kuhn, 1811-1878."  Katherine was the great-grandaughter of Hannah Cornelia Pryor and John Henry Kuhn, son of the man pictured.

6. JOHN HENRY4 KUHN (PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born November 20, 1811 in Frederick Co., MD, and died 1878 in Frederick Co., MD. He married SUSAN SCHROYER May 18, 1831, daughter of HEINRICH SCHROYER and ANNA LUDY. She was born 1793 in Frederick Co., MD, and died August 06, 1881 in Frederick Co., MD. 

**For more Schroyer genealogy, go to the bottom of the page, section 2.**

**For Ludy genealogy, go to the Ludy page.**

Notes for JOHN HENRY KUHN:

original confirmation document written in German; has title, traditional eight stanza text; stanzas are numbered; in part translated as:

"Today is my day of confirmation

holy be to me a deep fire.

All that my mouth promised

Be to me now and eternally dear.

I~ my heart will never forget

The promised confirmation-duty.

My____ is done

You, my father, now to love

And Keep me on the pious youth train

And practicing good works

So that I will never be separated from you.

My Saviour, who (wove) me through your

Body on the cross

And cleansed my soul of all Sins

Let me be yours alone

And let me always follow you..."

At bottom in a fill-in-the blank format is the name Johannes Kuhn (signed) being confirmed in the Evangelical Reformed Church on the 13th of April in the year of our Lord 1827 (dated).

(illegible signature) V.D.M."

More About JOHN HENRY KUHN:

Fact 1: Johannes of 1827 confirmation; copy;

Fact 2: 1850 census Frederick Co., MD , Catoctin Dist. with wife Susan and son John H. and a Jacob Dusing (wife's son from 1st marriage);

Fact 3: occupation: laborer;

Fact 4: 1840 census Frederick Co., MD;

Fact 5: picture;

More About SUSAN SCHROYER:

Burial: Pleasant Walk United Methodist Cemetery, near Wolfsville, MD

Fact 1: first marriage to Jacob Dusing, Sr. (1792-bef.1833), son of Adam Dusing;

Fact 2: Jacob Dusing, Jr. listed on 1850 census after her marriage to John;

Fact 3: September 29, 1793, baptized Middletown, MD, Reform Church;

Fact 4: grave marker says "Susan Kuhn, wife of John, died Aug. 6, 1881," age abt. 90;

Fact 5: listed in "Names in Stone" by Holdcraft;

Fact 6: picture;

Child of JOHN KUHN and SUSAN SCHROYER is:

7. i. JOHN HENRY5 KUHN, b. January 06, 1834, Frederick Co., MD; d. 1920, Anderson, Madison Co., IN.

 

Generation No. 5

7. JOHN HENRY5 KUHN (JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP2" GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP1" GEORGE) was born January 06, 1834 in Frederick Co., MD, and died 1920 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN. He married HANNAH CORNELIA PRYOR November 10, 1855 in Wolfsville, Frederick Co., Maryland, daughter of BENJAMIN PRYOR and CATHERINE LEWIS. She was born Abt. 1833 in Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD, and died November 05, 1882 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN.

**For Pryor genealogy, go to the Pryor (Elliot) page.**

 

 

Notes for JOHN HENRY KUHN:

from Wolfsville, MD, genealogist Leah Spade:

       "Rev. John Caspar Bucher, at age 30, baptized John Henry on July 23, 1834, in the Valley Church at Jerusalem, 6 miles SW of Wolfsville, MD. The church was a "union church" used by both German Reform and Lutherans. Services were in German. Rev. Bucher (1804-1888) (picture) was a circuit rider, preacher, lived in Middletown (from 1830-1843) and rode horseback to pastor several country churches."

John Henry recorded in Kuhn/Pryor family bible the date, the speaker Peter Whetstone, and psalm used at Hannah Cornelia's funeral Whetstone Church, 1882, Anderson, IN: Psalm 34, "I will bless the Lord at all times." A modern gravestone was placed on a Sikes lot at Whetstone Cemetery by descendents in 2004 commemorating Hannah Cornelia Pryor, John's wife. Notes from family bible and receipt for John Henry's purchase of Sikes lot at Whetstone were evidence to the Whetstone Cemetery Committee that allowed placing of stone.

Family story asserts that John Henry Kuhn named the Pleasant Walk Cemetery on Madison Ave. north of Whetstone Church/Cemetery in Anderson, Madison Co., IN.  He probably named this cemetery after the Pleasant Walk Cemetery near his Wolfsville, Maryland, home where his mother Susan Schroyer is buried.

 

 

John Henry Kuhn's love letter to Hannah Cornelia Pryor (with original spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc.):

"Aprile 25th 1855 State of Maryland Frederick County;

John. H. Kuhn; His Love To

Miz Hannah. C. Pryor;~

By these fiew lines I informe you that I am well at this time; And hoping that these fiew lines will finde you in the same state of helth; yet me~ an you are almost strangers; yet I will state to you that if we are almost strangers yet it is not said that we can not get acquainted if so your wish ma Be; And if my adreses are welcome to you Plese your honour i will heartiley Receive your answer to these Questions Its fare ase i know your friends are all well at this time. as the Evening is short I will close these fiew lines And if to this question you will ### agree; Plese my Dear Miz and sende me an answer to Wolfsville Frederick County Maryland;

Aprile 25 1855 Yours With Respect

John. H~ Kuhn;

To: Miz Hannah Cornelia Pryor

Bennevola Washington County

Maryland"

 

 

More About JOHN HENRY KUHN:

Fact 1: wrote love letter to Hannah in Washington Co., MD;

Fact 2: purchased lot 38 in Whetstone Cemetery, Anderson, IN, from Mr. Sikes;

Fact 3: wrote in Benjamin Pryor's bible as to psalm #38 used at funeral and Peter Whetstone officiating;

Fact 4: Madison County, IN, 1920 census living with daughter Hannah Virginia and William E. Main;

Fact 5: listed on June 15, 1870, census and 1880 census for Frederick Co., MD;

Fact 6: moved to Indiana after the 1880 census in Catoctin Dist., Frederick Co., MD; wife Hannah Pryor died in Madison Co., IN, in 1882.

Notes for HANNAH CORNELIA PRYOR:

Hannah Cornelia Pryor Kuhn was in an unmarked grave at Whetstone Cemetery for 116 years. Grandsons Thamar and Russell Main had wanted to place a gravestone at her burial site, but burial records for cemetery were lost. Great-great granddaughter Melody Summers Hull found John Henry Kuhn's receipt for grave plot at Whetstone, purchased from a Mr. Sikes. This receipt plus Katherine Dilts Summers' remembrance of her grandmother Hannah Virginia Kuhn Main--Hannah Cornelia's daughter--placing flowers near this plot allowed cemetery officials to give permission for a memorial gravestone at Sikes plot area in 2004. picture below;

 

 

 

 

 

More About HANNAH CORNELIA PRYOR:

Burial: November 06, 1882, Whetstone Cemetery, Anderson, IN

Fact 1: buried initially in unmarked grave; great-granddaughter Katherine Dilts Summers and her daughter Melody Summers Hull erected memorial stone at cemetery;

Fact 2: picture shows JHK seated with Hannah on the right;

Fact 3: probably brought father's bible with her when moving to IN;

Fact 4: husband John Henry Kuhn made notes in Pryor bible as to death and funeral;

Fact 5: Peter Whetstone officiated at funeral; read Psalm 34;

 

 

 

Above on the left is a photograph of the John and Hannah Pryor Kuhn home near Wolfesville, Frederick Co., MD.  This is where Hannah Virginia Kuhn and her siblings were born.  On the right is John Phillip Summers' watercolor of the same; it is used as the background for this Kuhn page.

 

Children of JOHN KUHN and HANNAH PRYOR are:

8. i. HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, b. October 14, 1870, Frederick Co., MD; d. July 02, 1947, Anderson, Madison Co., IN.

picture left of John Henry Kuhn with child, seated; wife Hannah, right; and unknown female, left;

ii. HESTER KUHN, b. 1857; m. CHARLES RENNER.

More About HESTER KUHN:

Fact 1:  Had six children: BESS, married a WISE; LEWIS; OAK; JOHN; CHARLES/THAD; EARL, became a preacher.

iii. JOHN DYSON KUHN, b. 1859; married CORDELIA.

More About JOHN DYSON KUHN:

FACT 1:  Had eight children: BEN; ROSE, married a HARLESS; HESTER, married a McCARTY; SARAH, married a LEDFORD; ELSIE, married a VERMILLION; JOHN.  married a second time to ALICE, had MINNIE; MARIE. third wife LIZ.

iv. BEN KUHN, b. Abt. 1872.

v. CATHERINE KUHN, b. 1861; m. CHARLES BAKER.

More About CATHERINE KUHN:

Fact 1:  Had seven children: ALTA, married WILLIAM OSCAR DELPH; ORVILLE; CHARLES; CLAUDE; WADE; KELLY; ETHEL, married a LINDSEY.

vi. (SUSAN) FLORENCE KUHN, b. 1866; m. JAMES MADISON MICHAEL, August 12, 1883.

More About (SUSAN) FLORENCE KUHN:

Fact 1:  Had seven children: LAURA, married a HENDERSON; MARY, married a FAUVER; COLLIE; EMMA; BERTHA, married a MADASH; WALTER; LUTHER.

Fact 2: Married by Rev. Peter Whetstone;

 

Generation No. 6

 

8. HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN (JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1  GEORGE) was born October 14, 1870 in Frederick Co., MD, and died July 02, 1947 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN. She married WILLIAM E. MAIN, son of WILLIAM MAIN and MARGARET MARTIN. He was born June 01, 1865 in Madison Co., IN, and died August 25, 1954 in Madison Co., IN.

**For Main genealogy, go to the Main page.**

More About HANNAH VIRGINIA KUHN:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

Fact 1: buried in East Maplewood, section 12 with family;

Fact 2: parents moved from MD after 1870;

Fact 3: pictures;

More About WILLIAM E. MAIN:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

Fact 1: buried in East Maplewood, section 12 with family;

Fact 2: pictures;

Fact 3: lived in Lowman brick house built in 1876 on 32nd St., Anderson, Madison Co., IN; farm is pictured below;

 

 

Below is the Main family farm which used to be on the south side of 32nd St., west of Scatterfield Rd., Anderson, Madison Co., IN.  This barn no longer stands, but the brick farm house, originally built by the Lowman family in the 1870s, does.  From L-R, Thamar, William Edward, wife Hannah Kuhn, Russell, Nellie, Dyson, and Pansy.

Children of HANNAH KUHN and WILLIAM MAIN are:

9. i. NELLIE RUTH7 MAIN, b. January 26, 1895, Anderson, IN; d. March 28, 1983, Anderson, IN.

10. ii. THAMAR MAIN, b. June 09, 1899; d. 2000.

11. iii. RUSSELL MAIN, b. January 17, 1902; d. January 21, 1997.

12. iv. JOHN DYSON MAIN, b. December 15, 1897; d. 1928.

 

v. PANSY MAIN, b. March 17, 1888, Anderson, IN; d. 1967, Anderson, IN.

More About PANSY MAIN:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

vi. MILDRED MAIN, b. September 26, 1913; d. 1982.

More About MILDRED MAIN:

Fact 1: in Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band

Generation No. 7

9. NELLIE RUTH7 MAIN (HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1GEORGE) was born January 26, 1895 in Anderson, IN, and died March 28, 1983 in Anderson, IN. She married ADDISON LEWIS DILTS May 20, 1916, son of ELSA/ELZA DILTS and CORA LANE. He was born March 01, 1893 in Madison Co., IN, and died June 1973 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN.

**For Dilts genealogy, go to the Dilts page.**

More About NELLIE RUTH MAIN:

Burial: Bronnenberg Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN

Fact 1: buried in Bronnenberg Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN;

Fact 2: attended Terre Haute Normal College (for teachers);

Fact 3: taught school grades 1-8 at Hughel School on Rangeline Rd., before marrying;

Fact 4: had a faith-healing experience; on Christian radio program because of healing;

Fact 5: one of the first members at South Meridian Church of God;

 

 

 

 

More About ADDISON LEWIS DILTS:

Burial: Bronnenberg Cemetery, Chesterfield, IN

Fact 1: buried in Bronnenberg Cemetery, Chesterfied, IN;

Fact 2: in Coast Guard artillery for three years before WW I;

Fact 3: "good conduct, faithful" on service record at discharge;

Fact 4: occupation: general foreman at Delco Remey, division of GM;

Fact 5: lived at 3207 Hamilton Place, Anderson, Madison Co., IN;

Children of NELLIE MAIN and ADDISON DILTS are:

13. i. KATHERINE VIRGINIA8 DILTS, b. July 28, 1920, Anderson, IN.

14. ii. WILLIS MARCUS DILTS, b. June 13, 1917, Anderson, IN.

15. iii. JEANNE ANN DILTS, b. December 04, 1932, Anderson, IN.

16. iv. JACKIE LEE DILTS, b. June 05, 1935, Anderson, IN.

 

10. THAMAR7 MAIN (HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1GEORGE) was born June 09, 1899, and died 2000. He married DONNA IRENE PURSLEY. She was born September 24, 1901, and died 1991.

Notes for THAMAR MAIN:

lived to be 101 years of age;

graduated from Anderson High School: pictured on track team;

graduated from Indiana State Normal School;

taught industrial arts for a total of 44 years in Mishawaka, Muncie, and Middletown;

member of Masonic Lodge 433, Delaware County Farm Bureau, Selma Christ United Methodist Church;

Boy Scout Master of Troop 17 and 22;

Children of THAMAR MAIN and DONNA PURSLEY are:

i. PAUL M.8 MAIN, b. December 27, 1923.

More About PAUL M. MAIN:

Fact1: artist; lived in Los Angeles, CA;

ii. KENNETH R. MAIN.

17. iii. HERBERT G. MAIN.

iv. JOHN F. MAIN.

v. THAMAR MAIN, JR., b. September 26, 1922; d. April 15, 1945, Margrotton, Holland (WW II).

More About THAMAR MAIN, JR.:

Burial: Elm Ridge Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware Co., IN

 

Front row, L-R, Donna, wife of Thamar, Thamar, and Russell;  Back row, L-R, Kenneth, Paul, John, and Herbert Main.

11. RUSSELL7 MAIN (HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born January 17, 1902, and died January 21, 1997. He married MARTHA FLORENCE SAMPSON. She was born January 18, 1904, and died June 02, 1983.

Child of RUSSELL MAIN and MARTHA SAMPSON is:

i. DOROTHY8 MAIN, b. July 06, 1924; m. RONALD KERN, August 02, 1946; b. October 12, 1924.

More About RONALD KERN:

Fact 1: PhD;

 

12. JOHN DYSON7 MAIN (HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1GEORGE) was born December 15, 1897, and died 1928. He married MARY GEORGE HODGES. She was born 1899, and died 1935.

More About JOHN DYSON MAIN:

Burial: East Maplewood, Anderson, IN

Children of JOHN MAIN and MARY HODGES are:

i. DONALD8 MAIN.

ii. RICHARD MAIN.

iii. JOHN DYSON MAIN, JR..

 

Generation No. 8

13. KATHERINE VIRGINIA8 DILTS (NELLIE RUTH7 MAIN, HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born July 28, 1920 in Anderson, IN. She married JOHN PHILLIP SUMMERS June 27, 1947 in Anderson, IN, son of CARL SUMMERS and LOIS DECKER. He was born June 01, 1921 in Orestes, IN.

More About KATHERINE VIRGINIA DILTS:

Fact 1: studied music at Anderson College, nursing at Ball State before marrying;

Fact 2: attended & graduated from Anderson University after she was 60 years old;

Fact 3: she and John have been on European vacations 20+ times & 5 times to Israel;

Fact 4: taught piano in home; homemaker;

Fact 5: pictures;

from "The Herald Bulletin," Anderson, Madison Co., IN, April 9, 2010
Katherine Dilts Summers
July 28, 1920 - April 8, 2010
Katherine (Dilts) Summers died at her home of natural causes April 8, 2010, at 89 years of age.
She was born July 28, 1920, the daughter of Nellie (Main) and Addison Dilts of Anderson. She was a member of the South Meridian Church of God all of her life.
She attended Anderson High School, graduating as an honor student in 1938. She first majored in music at Anderson College and then during World War II transferred to Ball State University where she majored in nursing. Marriage and family, however, took precedence over her career, but after raising her children, she returned to academic studies to finish her degree in nursing at Anderson University, graduating when she was 65.
She married John Phillip Summers on June 27, 1947, at the Park Place Church of God, and together they enjoyed 63 years of wedded partnership.
She relished her church family and activities, traveling extensively in the states and around the world, taking continuing education and life enrichment classes, giving piano lessons, collecting antiques, researching her genealogy, listening to classical music, eating Chinese food, and cooking for special events.
Katherine is survived by her husband, daughter Melody Summers Hull; sons, Meredith Lee Summers and Monte Dean Summers and his wife Debbie; sister, Jeannie Brumfield; brother, Jack Dilts and his wife Phyllis; sister-in-law, Roberta Ayers; and brother-in-law, Mark Summers and his wife Betty; and lifelong friend Mildred Ashby. Katherine will also be missed by her extensive church family, traveling companions, and friends in India and Beirut, Lebanon.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at South Meridian Church of God with the Rev. Dale Landis officiating. Burial will be in Bronnenberg Cemetery in Chesterfield.
 

More About JOHN PHILLIP SUMMERS:

Fact 1: in Army Air Corps during WWII; in African & Italian campaigns;

Fact 2: reconnaissance and tail gunner;

Fact 3: tool maker at Delco Remy for 31 years; learned to fly and owned Cessna;

Fact 4: in retirement, locally famous painter of water colors;

Fact 5: president of Del-Ray Toast Masters, Valley Grove PTA, Highland Band Boasters;

Fact 6: tour host for Educational Opportunities (travel company);

Fact 7: lay-minister at South Meridian Church of God;

Fact 8: pictures;

 

Children of KATHERINE DILTS and JOHN SUMMERS are:

i. MELODY9 SUMMERS, b. April 30, 1948, Muncie, IN; m. THOMAS A. HULL, March 25, 1972, Anderson, IN; b. March 29, 1948, Anderson, IN.

More About MELODY SUMMERS:

Fact 1: trustee & director of the horse registry, the Lipizzan Association of North America;

Fact 2: co-author of "The American Lipizzan: A Pictorial History";

Fact 3: English teacher 33 years, Madison-Grant High School, Fairmount, IN;

Fact 4: breed representative to Indiana Horse Council; exhibitor at Hoosier Horse Fair 7 years;

Fact 5: president & director of Indiana Dressage Society;

Fact 6: 1970 graduated Ball State University, BS in English;1975 MA in English from BSU;

Fact 7: Madison County Cemetery Commissioner;

Fact 8: author and manager of web site "Pioneer Cemeteries and Their Stories, Madison County, Indiana";

Fact 9: In "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," twice;

More About THOMAS A. HULL:

Fact 1: trustee & director of Lipizzan Association of North America (LANA);

Fact 2: program design & data processor for LANA;

Fact 3: compiler of " LANA Studbook, Vol I & II";

Fact 4: manager of Music Today, Anderson, IN;

Fact 5: graduated 1972 from Anderson University, major accounting;

Fact 6: co-owner of Ye Olde Tack Shoppe; musician in Anderson area;

ii. MONTE DEAN SUMMERS, b. July 07, 1951, Muncie, IN; m. DEBBIE SCHMIDT.

More About MONTE DEAN SUMMERS:

Fact 1: lives in Brown County, IN;

Fact 2: master craftsman; contractor & builder of fine homes;

Fact 3: reproduced black powder, muzzle-loading rifles

More About DEBBIE SCHMIDT:

Fact 1: manager in JC/Kroger grocery store;

iii. MEREDITH LEE SUMMERS, b. April 06, 1955, Muncie, IN.

More About MEREDITH LEE SUMMERS:

Fact 1: lives in Virginia, Minnesota;

Fact 2: custom house painter;

Fact 3: served aboard the USS America & USS Eisenhower;

Fact 4: in war with Lybia; 10+ years aircraft structure modification; plane captain;

 

14. WILLIS MARCUS8 DILTS (NELLIE RUTH7 MAIN, HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3,  HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born June 13, 1917 in Anderson, IN. He married CELIA MAE HOPPES in Indianapolis, IN.

Child of WILLIS DILTS and CELIA HOPPES is:

18. i. CAROL9 DILTS.

 

 

15. JEANNE ANN8 DILTS (NELLIE RUTH7 MAIN, HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born December 04, 1932 in Anderson, IN. She married ALLAN DEAN BRUMFIELD. He was born October 12, 1925, and died June 24, 2004 in Anderson, Madison Co., IN.

More About ALLAN DEAN BRUMFIELD:

Burial: Bronnenberg Cemetery, Chesterfield, Madison Co., IN

Child of JEANNE DILTS and ALLAN BRUMFIELD is:

i. JULIE ANNE9 BRUMFIELD, m. WILLIAM "BILL" FRANKLIN.

 

 

16. JACKIE LEE8 DILTS (NELLIE RUTH7 MAIN, HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) was born June 05, 1935 in Anderson, IN. He married PHYLLIS ELAINE SLONE March 09, 1963 in Anderson, IN.

Children of JACKIE DILTS and PHILLIS SLONE are:

i. KEITH9 DILTS.

ii. PAUL DILTS.

 

17. HERBERT G.8 MAIN (THAMER7, HANNAH VIRGINIA6 KUHN, JOHN HENRY5, JOHN HENRY4, PHILLIP (III)3, HANS "PHILLIP"2 GEORGE, HANS "PHILLIP"1 GEORGE) He married BETTY.

Children of HERBERT MAIN and BETTY are:

i. MARILYN9 MAIN.

ii. MARK MAIN.

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Section 1

Descendants of Johannes Schroyer, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. JOHANNES1 SCHROYER, SR. was born Abt. 1735 in Germany, and died 1814.

More About JOHANNES SCHROYER, SR.:

Fact 1: 1752, immigrated to US on "Forrest", Captain Patrick Ouchterlong;

Fact 2: Also Schreier/Schreyer;

Fact 3: info on Schroyer family from Maryland genealogist Leah Spade, Smithsburg, MD;

Child of JOHANNES SCHROYER, SR. is:

2. i. HEINRICH "HENRY"2 SCHROYER, b. Abt. 1768.

 

Generation No. 2

2. HEINRICH "HENRY"2 SCHROYER (JOHANNES1) was born Abt. 1768. He married ANNA MARIA MAGDALINA "MAGGIE" LUDY September 21, 1790, daughter of JOHN LUDI and SUSANNAH. She was born Abt. 1770. 

Notes for HEINRICH "HENRY" SCHROYER:

from Leah Spade:

       "Henry and Magadalina's 2 story, stone house had a covered spring outside with covered trough to bottom story. Here was a natural refrigerator where milk, butter, watermelon, etc., was kept. "

Picture at right shows the Henry and Ann Ludy Schroyer stone homestead (still standing as of 2004) north of Pleasant Walk on the Pleasant Walk Road, Frederick Co., MD; this is where ancestress Susan Schroyer was born;

 

More About HEINRICH "HENRY" SCHROYER:

Fact 1: Picture of Schroyer home near Pleasant Walk Cemetery, near Wolfsville; stone, 2 story;

Children of HEINRICH SCHROYER and ANNA LUDY are:

3. i. SUSAN3 SCHROYER, b. 1793, Frederick Co., MD; d. August 06, 1881, Frederick Co., MD.

ii. MAGDALINA SCHROYER, b. April 16, 1791; m. PETER SENSENBAUGH.

4. iii. ELIZABETH SCHROYER, b. February 12, 1796.

iv. CATHARINA SCHROYER, b. December 28, 1797; d. Bef. 1812.

v. PETER SCHROYER, b. Abt. 1799; d. January 02, 1889; m. HANNAH (SARAH) DUSING, 1832; b. Abt. 1810; d. March 10, 1860.

Peter and Hannah's gravestones in Wolfsville's St. James Reformed Church Cemetery are pictured below.

More About PETER SCHROYER:

Burial: Wolfsville (St. James) Reformed Cemetery, Wolfsville, MD

Fact 1: picture at right of St. James Reformed Cemetery sign post, Wolfsville, MD;

More About HANNAH (SARAH) DUSING:

Burial: Wolfsville (St. James) Reformed Cemetery, Wolfsville, MD

Fact 1: picture;

5. vi. JOHN SCHROYER, b. March 26, 1801; d. March 22, 1866.

vii. JULIA ANN SCHROYER, b. 1807; d. Aft. 1873; m. JACOB KUHN, SR., May 16, 1827; b. 1805; d. Bef. 1873.

More About JACOB KUHN, SR.:

1: 8 or more children;

viii. MALINDA CATHARINA SCHROYER, b. November 12, 1812; d. 1889; m. THOMAS WORLEY, Ohio; b. 1817; d. 1867.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. SUSAN3 SCHROYER (HEINRICH "HENRY"2, JOHANNES1) was born 1793 in Frederick Co., MD, and died August 06, 1881 in Frederick Co., MD. She married JOHN HENRY KUHN May 18, 1831, son of PHILLIP KUHN and ANN (?). He was born November 20, 1811 in Frederick Co., MD, and died 1878 in Frederick Co., MD.  

**See Kuhn generation #4 above.**

More About SUSAN SCHROYER:

Burial: Pleasant Walk United Methodist Cemetery, near Wolfsville, MD; pictured above;

Fact 1: first marriage to Jacob Dusing, Sr. (1792-bef.1833), son of Adam Dusing;

Fact 2: Jacob Dusing, Jr. listed on 1850 census after her marriage to John;

Fact 3: September 29, 1793, baptized Middletown, MD, Reformed Church;

Fact 4: grave marker, at right, says "Susan Kuhn, wife of John, died Aug. 6, 1881," age abt. 90;

Fact 5: listed in "Names in Stone" by Holdcraft;

5. JOHN3 SCHROYER (HEINRICH "HENRY"2, JOHANNES1) was born March 26, 1801, and died March 22, 1866. He married SARAH "SALLY" WERTEMBAKER August 31, 1825. She was born August 14, 1804, and died September 07, 1861.

More About JOHN SCHROYER:

Fact 1: 8 or more children;

Children of JOHN SCHROYER and SARAH WERTEMBAKER are:

i. JACOB4 SCHROYER.

ii. ELIZABETHA SCHROYER.

 

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