John Kistler was born in 1795 in Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Jacob Kistler and Catherine Bausch Rothrock. His family moved to Ross County, Ohio and then Marion County, Ohio. About 1825 he purchased land (19 May 1825) in Carroll County, Indiana and he is listed on a voter registration April 28, 1828. By 1840 he was in Cass County, Indiana. At that time he had two young sons and four daughters. His three oldest daughters marry in the 1840's-Martha Jane to Alexander McMasters, Marilla to William H. Standley, and Sarah Ann to Thomas Jackson Pasley. A son Benjamin Franklin Kistler married Sarah Ann Bickle February 13, 1849. Two of his daughters die in childbirth by 1850 and John has taken their children in to raise as his own. Other children born to John and Frances Kistler were George Washington Kistler, Cyrus M. Kistler, Catherine Kistler, and Lewis Cass Kistler.
John married three more times and had children by all of these wives-three by Martha Bookwalter, three by Susan Vanmeter Hood, and three by Harriet King Houk. These children were: Stephen A. D. Kistler, Volney Kistler, John N. Kistler, Malinda Kistler, Mary C. Kistler, Robert McClelland Kistler, Clement V. Kistler, Daisy Kistler, and John Newton Kistler. These wives also had children by their previous marriages whom John has taken into his family.
John Kistler died in 1870 and is buried in Jebemoth Monument, Cass County, Indiana. Most of the graves have been removed from this site. John left over 50 grandchildren and many of his 20 children were still living.
I love them mom. This is my kind of geneology. We're going to incorporate this into our FHE nights. This makes them come to life even more. Can't wait to see the pictures.
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