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Descendants of Johannas Rodenhizer


Generation No. 3


3. JOHN4 RODENHIZER (JOHN3, JOHANNAS2, RODENHIZER1 ???) was born April 03, 1808 in Graceham.,Frederick,MD, and died May 17, 1881 in Chewsville,Washingtion,MD. He married FRANCES MARTIN Abt. 1830.

Notes for JOHN RODENHIZER:
To: Rodey
From: mcfadden@bellsouth.net
Date: 26 Jun 97 20:27:12 -0500
Subject: Rodenizer Genealogy
Message-ID: tcppop3.243979@kerrlake.com>
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Bernie,

John md Anna Maria Wilhide abt 1807 [Note: If your date of birth is
correct, he would have been 32 years old. I'm thinking he was probably
more likely 22 years old.] They had John, my direct ancestor, 03 Apr
1808 and baptised 08 May 1808 in Graceham. As I've not been able to
find any other mention of Anna Maria, she probably died shortly
thereafter.

From Document sent to me by Gary Rodenhizer I belive it is a photo copy from the Morman Records ???

RODENEISER, JOHN - JOHN RODENEISER/ANNA MARIA WILLHEID -MALE- CHRISTENING - 08 MAY 1808 - FREDERICK, GRACEHAM, MORAVIAN

From "Moravian Families of Graceham, Maryland" by Henry James Young 1942 Published 1988 by Famil Line Publications:
page 80 ROD(E)NEIS(ER), John married Anna Maria Willheid, Daughter of Frederick Willheid -
Issue: John (1:206), born Ap 3, 1808; baptized My 8 1808.

From Blanche Swope McFadden 8/16/97
Residence1 - Frederick Co.,MD 2- Wash. Co., MD
Source 1- Tombstone reads age 73 yrs. 2: - Film #20503 Moravian Familes Graceham, MD Name written ROTHENHEUSER, 3: - Death cert of dau, Catherine, 4: - Land Rec Fred. Co., MD Liber JS No 33 Folio 217 22 Jan 1830 He bought one cow and household goods. (In preparation for his marriage?) Notes 1: Value of Real Prop. 1880 $2900; Personal Prop $400






Notes for FRANCES MARTIN:
From Blanche Swope McFadden 8/16/97
Residence 1:- Frederick County, Maryland 2:- Washington County, Maryland
Source:
Notes 1: Tomestone 80 yr 2 mo 12 da
Notes 2: Alice Baker, age 5 listed
Notes 3: Alice Baker, age 15 listed as taken to raise (relationship unknown)
Notes 4: No record found in Frederick or Washington County, Maryland
Notes 5: Was prominet farmer of Washington County, Maryland


       Children of JOHN RODENHIZER and FRANCES MARTIN are:

5. i.   JOSEPHINE5 RODENHIZER, b. January 15, 1831, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. April 02, 1915, ,Frederick County, MD.

ii.   MARY JANE RODENHIZER, b. December 13, 1832, Cregerstown,Frederick,MD; d. April 18, 1891, ,Frederick County, MD.

 
Notes for MARY JANE RODENHIZER:
Single
Notes: Names In Stone Frederick County, Maryland pg 951


iii.   JONATHAN RODENHIZER, b. April 1834, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. February 15, 1915, ,Washington,MD.

 
Notes for JONATHAN RODENHIZER:
Single

Notes 1: Tombstone age 80 years



6. iv.   CATHERINE RODENHIZER, b. April 10, 1836, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. July 23, 1921, Cregerstown,Frederick,MD.

v.   JACOB RODENHIZER, b. Abt. 1838, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. Aft. 1864; m. SARAH E. SPIELMAN, December 19, 1861, ,Washington,MD.

 
Notes for JACOB RODENHIZER:
Notes: 1 Marr Rec Washington County, Maryland pg 304 (by Startman)


Notes for SARAH E. SPIELMAN:
Notes: 1 Marr Rec Washington Count, Maryland
Number of childern unknown


vi.   JANE RODENHIZER, b. Abt. 1840, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. Bef. 1850, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD.

 
Notes for JANE RODENHIZER:
Single

Notes: 1 Was a dwarf
Notes: 2 Burned to death


vii.   SARAH A. E. RODENHIZER, b. October 1842, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. November 16, 1849, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD.

 
Notes for SARAH A. E. RODENHIZER:
Single
Notes: 1Tombstone (age) 7 -1- (eroded Names In Stone, Frederick County, Maryland page 954



7. viii.   HARRIET ELLEN RODENHIZER, b. October 11, 1844, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. July 19, 1884, Leitersburg,Washington,MD.

8. ix.   MARGARET SAVILLA RODENHIZER, b. June 1847, Creagerstown, Frederick, MD; d. May 08, 1932, Funkstown,Washington,MD.
4. CASPER4 RODENHIZER (JOHN3, JOHANNAS2, RODENHIZER1 ???) was born June 04, 1812 in Frederick, MD, and died March 13, 1880 in Leaksville, NC. He married ANNE HERSHBERGER CRAFT September 10, 1831 in Lexington, Rockbridge, VA (Source: Rockbridge Circuit Court Cleark's Office - Marriage Register Number 1 at page 259 Casper Rodenhizer and Ann Craft were married Sept 10, 1831, by Rev. James Kerr.), daughter of WINTER OATS.

Notes for CASPER RODENHIZER:
Another story handed down in the family is that Casper was unhappy with his stepmother and left home. Many of the German settlers had moved to the Valley of Virginia and he probably joined friends in seeking a new home. This brought him to Rockbridge, Co., Virginia. The first authentic record of Casper that we have is that of his marriage to Anne Hershberger Craft in Lexington, VA.

INSERT TRANSCRIPT OF MARRAIGE

Anne, seventeen at the time of her marriage, lived near, Natural Bridge, but as she once put it, she lived near this giant spectacle but had never seen it.

Casper seems to have been endowed with a pioneer spirit as he engaged in business in different places, apparently bettering his financial status each time. It’s likely that he engaged in the manufacture of iron in Rockbridge Co., for in his next move to Meadsville, Halifax Co. Virginia, he owned a foundary which was a thriving business, making household and farming implements. How long he and his family remained there is not definitely known, but eleven of the thirteen children were born either in Rockbridge or Halifax County. The family was living in Danville, Va., when in 1862, Casper’s father, the second John Rodenizer, died on June 20, at the age of 87.

The foundary, established in Danville, as the firm of Crews and Rodenhizer, was a thriving business during the War Between The States, for they supplied army equipment. While living in Danville, Casper owned a home on Grove Street, and later bought property on the east side of North Main Street, here he had a substantial home which housed not only his unmarried children, but the married ones as well, along with the numerous grandchildren. This home was owned by his grandchildren as late as 1956. Three sons of his daughter, Mary Rodenhizer Ragland, (Pryor, William, and Edwin R.) were reared in Casper’s home after their mother’s death. William said that he sometimes slept with his great-grandfather, John, who with broken English, often told him that father (the first John) and his uncle, Phillip Peter, fought in the Revolution.

Casper did not believe in slavery and he hired seven servants a year to work at the foundary and at his home. It is somewhat interesting to state here, that Rebecca Rodenhizer saw to small negro girls on the roadside near her home, crying. On questioning them she found they were mistreated at home. They were named Lucy and Margaret Carter. She took them home with her, taught them to read, write, and sew, and above all to become faithful and honorable servants.


When Rebecca married John Baugh, Lucy became her personal maid and nursed her children. Lucy and Margaret lived with various members of the family until they married and lived in Roanoke. Rebecca’s daughters cared form them when they were unable to work.

The old Grove Street Cemetery in Danville, established in 1830, did not belong to the city, but was owned by private citizens. Casper Rodenhizer was one of these and his father, John, was buried there in 1862. The location of his grave is not known as no records were kept of the sections owned by various citizens, but a daughter of Casper’s Mr. Pattie Rodenhizer Corbin, remembered his burial and grave her recollections of him a short time before her death in 1935. When the history of the cemetery was written by Miss Mack in 1930, descendants of people buried there were asked to give information about them when no maker could be found. Mr. E. W. Myers, furnished forty-markers for unnamed graves, but the Rodenhizer descendants overlooked this; however, in 1957, Miss. Mack gave this compiler permission to add the following statement to the list of persons buried in Grove Street Cemetery and also to add it to the copy which is in Danville’s Public Library:

       Rodenhizer ---- John, son of John and Margaret Muller, born in York County, Penn. Died June 20, 1872.

The firm of Crews and Rodenhizer was dissolved in 1870 because Casper found that Mr. Crews was not dealing honestly with him. Some time before Casper had hired, in the foundary, a young man named Joe Westbrooks. Although he was unskilled and uneducated, Casper realized him a person of ability and of character. His judgment was correct, for when the business was sold Mr. Westbrooks bought it. It is nationally known as the Westbrook Elevator Company.

Casper moved with his family to Leaksville, NC., where he operated a foundary, a lumber mill, and a flour mill. Several of his married sons worked in these various enterprises. His home was still open to any and all relatives, who came and his grandchildren in Danville looked forward to the closing of the private school they attended so that they could take off, under the care of Lucy an Margaret Carter, to spend the summer in Leaksville.

Casper suffered a stroke in his Leaksville home and died March 13, 1880. This was 111 years since his grandfather had landed in Philadelphia. His life, which began in Fredrick, Maryland, and ended in Leaksville, North Carolina, had been motivated by an inherent integrity. Although he left home as a very young man and apparently with no help or guidance, he became successful. It was his custom to pay his bills, household and business, twice a year on July 1 and January 1. Apparently his credit was unquestioned and he was called "Honest Casper" by the people with whom he transacted business. He may have heard his father and grandfather repeat an old German maxim: "Integrity is mastery over self-swindle."

Each of his children inherited from him legacies in property or money. In her book "History of Danville," Mrs. L. L. Hagan said of him:

"In 1850 there were only four houses in North Danville. Of these the Claiborne home was undoubtedly one and another was that of Casper Rodenhizer, a pioneer manufacturer of iron in the South, located on the east side of North Main Street, where a short street commemorates his ownership."

Here follows the names of Casper, his wife, children and grandchildren with as many date as could be obtained:

Casper Rodenhizer (Son of John) Born June 11, 1812 in Frederick, Maryland. Married Anne Hershberger Sept. 10, 1831 in Lexington, Virginia. Anne Hershberger Born Aug. 22, 1814, died May 25, 1892
Note: they were both buried in Leemount Cemetery.

Childern of this Marriage

1. Mary A. Rodenhizer -b- July 5, 1832 -m- Thomas W. Ragland on Dec. 27, 1850. Children: Pryor, Willliam and Edward.

2. George C. Rodenhizer -b- Sept. 1833 -m- Martha Guerrant, on Feb 9, 1859. Children: John, Roxana

3. Elizabeth Rodenhizer -b- March 16, 1834. Died in infancy.

4. Margaret Ellen Rodenhizer -b- Apr. 11, 1835 -m- John Ragland. Children: Clara Anne, Mary Estes, Margaret Muller, Martha
Jane, Sandy Algernon, Anna Belle, Rose Ellen, William Ballard.

5. John Rodenhizer -b- Apr. 11, 1837. He was a Confederate soldier, imprisoned a Point Lookout. He evidently escaped and died as
his fathers efforts to find him were unsuccessful. His record may be found - Virginia State Library.


6. Martha E. Rodenhizer -b- Feb. 20 1840 Died in infancy.

7. Henry Wyble Rodenhizer -b- Apr. 3, 1842. (1) -m- Emma Harper - 1876 Children: Mary Casper, Walker Brooks, Henry V.
(2) -m- Laura Wilson Landrum - 1887 Children: Maude Wilson , Eula Mae, John Wyble, Jeff Corbin, Patty Elizabeth.

8. Rebecca Clay Rodenhizer -b- Sept. 12, 1844 (1) -m- John James Baugh. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Anna Pride, Casper. (2) -m-
William Wallace Young. Children: Cassye Averett, James Wallace.

9. Rachel R. Rodenhizer -b- Sept. 21, 1847. Died ???

10. Rober Rowland Rodenhizer -b- Nov. 28, 1848 -m- Rose E. Ammonette, July 4, 1866. Children: John Henry, Bernard Clark,
Robert Beverly, James Flitcher, Bertha Anne, Mary Elizabeth, Rebecca Casper.

11. Martha (Pattie) Ellen Rodenhizer -b- Oct. 16, 1850. -m- Thomas Jefferson Corbin. Children: Sallie Anne Rebecca, Mary
Lou, Pattie Ellen, George Lee, Ida Green, Thomas Jefferson , Janie Elizabeth, Minne Augusta, Ruth Anita, Ethel, William
Bledsoe, Edwin Rudolph.

12. James W. Rodenhizer -b- Nov. 21, 1855. -m- Elizabeth Hopper. Children: Leona, Hattie, Edna.

13. Millard F. Rodenhizer -b- Oct. 5 1867. (1) -m- Mary Hopper. Children: Lillian, Duke. (2) -m- Mattie Carter. Children: Gery,
Elvin, May Anne.

Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850 Rockbridge, VA
       
Rodenizer, Casper       Spouse : Craft, Ann
Marriage date : Sep 10, 1831

From Leemount Cemetery Danville, Virginia Volume 2 Gravestone Records Through Fall 1986 - Abstracted by the members of the VA-NC Piedmount Genealogical Society Box 2272 Danville, Virginia 24543 - Avverett College Press Danville, Virginia 1988

page 46

IJ49-49       Birth : 12 JUN 1812              Death : 13 MAR 1880
RODENHIZER GASPAR (NOTE: I BELIVE THERE IS A MISTAKE OF FIRST NAME... SHOULD BE CASPER

From : 1850 Census of Halifax County, Virginia by Marian Dodson Chiarito

# 1179       Casper Rodenriger              35       (Blurred)
       Ann                     30
       George                     16
       Elizabeth                     14
       Margarett                     12
       Thomas                     10
       Henry                     8
       Rebecca                     6

From: Residents of Pittsylvania Co. VA. in 1860 by Mike Williams Danville, VA. 1996 (from notes in foreword Mr. Williams indicates it is the 1860 Census but could not call it that as it was incomplete)

page 74

RODENHIZER, C. 48 m, born MD; Ann 46 f, born VA; John W. 21 m molder; Rebecca C. 15 f; Martha CE. 10 f; James W. 7 m; Willard A. 4 m; RODENHIZER, J. 74 m molder, born MD. (NOTE: His first name is Casper)

To: Rodey
From: mcfadden@bellsouth.net
Date: 26 Jun 97 20:27:12 -0500
Subject: Rodenizer Genealogy
Message-ID: tcppop3.243979@kerrlake.com>
X-Mozilla-Status: 2001

Bernie,

John then md Elizabeth Carson 05 Jun 1811 according to Frederick County
marr rec. They had Casper, b 04 Jun 1812 and baptized 02 Aug 1812
according to records of St. John Evan. Lutheran Church in Creagerstown,
Frederick, Md. Then they had John baptized 27 Mar 1814 at same church.
About 1816 they had Mary Ann [no baptism record found] She md Thomas
Fraley or Frohlich 08 Jun 1840 in Graceham. Elizabeth Carson died abt
1820.

From Document sent to me by Gary Rodenhizer I belive it is a photo copy from the Morman Geneaology print out.

RODENHAUSER, CASPAR - JOHN RODENHAUSER/ELIZABETH -M- CHRISTENING - 02 AUG 1812 - FEDERIC, CREAGERSTOWN, SAINT JOHN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH



Notes for ANNE HERSHBERGER CRAFT:
Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850 Rockbridge, VA
       
Rodenizer, Casper       Spouse : Craft, Ann
       Marriage date : Sep 10, 1831

The below comments made by Bob at iscre@titan.cc.emory.edu

My ex-wife did have a copy of a document from the
Rockbridge Circuit Court Clerk's office which states that "according
to Marriage Register Number 1 at page 259, . . . Casper Rodenizer and
Ann Craft were married on September 10, 1831, by the Rev. James Kerr.
If Ann had a different maiden name, I think it was probably
Harshbarger rather than Hershberger. The Harshbargers were early
settlers of Rockbridge and Botetourt.

From Bernard C. Rodenhizer Jr. Notes

Harshbarger        Va 1790 Census

Shenandoah Co.

Ann Harshburger orphand and raised by Craft - Her Mothers name was Winter Oats or Oates

From Leemount Cemetery Danville, Virginia Volume 2 Gravestone Records Through Fall 1986 - Abstracted by the members of the VA-NC Piedmount Genealogical Society Box 2272 Danville, Virginia 24543 - Avverett College Press Danville, Virginia 1988

Page 45

IJ49-49       Birth : 12 APR 1811              Death : 25 MAR 1892
RODENHIZER ANN
wife OF GASPAR RODENHIZER (NOTE; ERROR IN FIRST NAME SHOULD BE CASPER)

Notes form document found in folder for Rodenhizer (I belive Gary Rodenhizer) that had this below note:

Ann Craft Rodenhizer was born a Hershberger - Her Parents died young and she was raised by her Aunt , a Mrs. Craft.

From : 1850 Census of Halifax County, Virginia by Marian Dodson Chiarito

# 1179       Casper Rodenriger              35       (Blurred)
       Ann                     30
       George                     16
       Elizabeth                     14
       Margarett                     12
       Thomas                     10
       Henry                     8
       Rebecca                     6




Marriage Notes for CASPER RODENHIZER and ANNE CRAFT:
Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV, 1728-1850 Rockbridge, VA
       
Rodenizer, Casper       Spouse : Craft, Ann
       Marriage date : Sep 10, 1831

From "Virginia Historic Marriage Reg"
Rockbridge County Marriges 1778 - 1850
By Dorithie & Edwin C. Kirpatrick

RODENHIZER Casper & Ann Craft 10 Sept 1831; Min James Kerr, Presbyterian

       Children of CASPER RODENHIZER and ANNE CRAFT are:

9. i.   MARY ANN5 RODENHIZER, b. July 05, 1832.

10. ii.   GEORGE C. RODENHIZER, b. Abt. September 1833.

iii.   ELIZABETH RODENHIZER, b. March 16, 1834; d. Aft. March 17, 1834.

 
Notes for ELIZABETH RODENHIZER:
Died: in infancy.

From : 1850 Census of Halifax County, Virginia by Marian Dodson Chiarito

# 1179       Casper Rodenriger              35       (Blurred)
       Ann                     30
       George                     16
       Elizabeth                     14
       Margarett                     12
       Thomas                     10
       Henry                     8
       Rebecca                     6



11. iv.   MARGARET ELLEN RODENHIZER, b. April 11, 1835.

v.   MARTHA E. RODENHIZER, b. February 20, 1840.

 
Notes for MARTHA E. RODENHIZER:
Born: 20 Feb between 1837 an 1842 - died in infancy



vi.   JOHN RODENHIZER, b. April 11, 1837.

 
Notes for JOHN RODENHIZER:
Did not return from Civil War
He was a Congederate soldier inprisoned at Point Lookout New York. He evidently excaped
and died as his father's efforts to find him were unsessuful. His record may be
found - Virginia State Library



12. vii.   HENRY WYBLE RODENHIZER, b. April 03, 1842.

13. viii.   REBECCA CLAY RODENHIZER, b. September 12, 1844.

ix.   RACHEL R. RODENHIZER, b. September 21, 1847.

 


14. x.   ROBERT ROWLAND RODENHIZER, b. November 28, 1848, ,,VA.

15. xi.   MARTHA PATTIE ELLEN RODENHIZER, b. October 16, 1850.

16. xii.   JAMES W. RODENHIZER, b. November 21, 1855.

17. xiii.   MILLARD F. RODENHIZER, b. October 05, 1856; d. January 10, 1935.

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