254. John Henry Kann
John H. Kann (Jan 8, 1889 - June 28, 1982)
------------ -----------------------------[Authors Note: Ten years have passed since I wrote the chapter on Levi Kann. Much has happened since then. But most of all I discovered the great difficulty associated with writing about John Kann, the first of my ancestors that I actually knew. It seemed that nothing could be written that could accurately describe this man for I admired him very much. It is because my admiration of John Kann that I started to write this history and continue to do so. Therefore, with great respect I begin to describe the life of the first ancestor I actually knew.]
Background
World War I
Horse to Automobile
Electricity
Telephone
Television
Airplane
Man on the moonPARENTS
Levi Kann
Mary Alice WarnerShe is daughter of John Warner, Civil War Soldier, and Catherine Grimm. Warners were United Brethern, Grimms were EUB. John Warner is buried at the United Bretheran Church in Winterstown. Old United Brethern Church stood where John is buried. Wife Catherine was buried at the E.U.B. Church in Winterstown. He died March 3, 1882 at the age of 49 years, 1 month, and 3 days.
Mary Warner had a sister Julia Cousler who is also buried with her father John Warner at the United Brethern Cemetary.
EARLY LIFE
Born at Black Bridge on Codorus Creek near 83 and 30 intersection north of York.
Visited Grandpa John's in Longstown on weekends. That farm was near the railroad tracks. The kids ran through the fields to see the train--that upset the old people.
Lived in Stewartstown. One day when he was about six, he went to the store for his dad. He forgot to pay for the things. On the way home he discovered that he hadn't paid and knew his dad would be upset so he threw the money in the ditch and didn't say anything about it to his father. Later the store keeper reminded his dad that things hadn't been paid. Young John had to admit what he had done and went back and recovered the money and paid.
The Gazette, a local paper was delivered once a week until 1900.
Beef salted under water could be preserved through the summer. Salt was added to the water until it would float a raw egg.
Local terms:
Mully Cow was cow without horns.
Flax was raised to produce a rough textured cloth. Flax Break was an implement used to crimp flax.
Hobbles were chains to put on horses ankles in the pasture to allow them to be caught easily.
Brick band was a band around the back of the horses rump to ease the load of the wagon when going down hills. Hills were often bricked.
Steel Yard was another term for scales.
Hops were used to grow yeast for bread.
Moved to Winterstown on the Brenneman Farm. Grew potatoes to feed the hogs. Sold potatoes for 9 cents/bushel. Had one cow, that yielded 5 lb of butter a week. 1 calf each year. Huckster traded butter for eggs and sugar and other essentials and resold the butter in Baltimore.
Milk in crocks lasted for several days in the cool spring house.
Scalded older milk to make smearcase cheese. After scalding, it was run through a fine sieve. They made several lard cans full each week. Ate on bread with applebutter.
When the Republicans won the election, Brenneman was heard to say,"Now let the Democrats starve." Levi and family had to move from Winterstown to Manchester at the intersection of Main Street and ------------- with the help of Uncle Frank. Used two wagons. Lived on the second floor. Fire caused them to move again.
In 1898, the family moved in with Grandfather John at the Cherry Orchard farm near Rudy's School near Eastmount.
When John was 13, the family lived at the Brennemann Farm in Stoney Brook, within sight of the Haines Shoe House. Ironically, within a half mile of Chestnut Level, home of Nicholas and Henry Kann in the 1700's. Here he raised a patch of tobacco and from the proceeds bought a new suede suite. His uncle Frank sold the tobacco for him.
Attended and taught sunday school around 1910.
Bethany Story -- In a dispute over money, the congregation split. Albert Laird left with a group who went to Rudy's school and held services there for 20 year's. After many years George Heist got the congregation back to Bethany.
John was seeing Gertie Keener. After they had broken off, Gertie became pregnent. John did not believe the child to be his but took the responsibility. Gertie died in childbirth and a daughter Emma was born. Gertie's parents raised Emma.
MARRIEDAround 1911 he worked at Hershey' bakery sawing wood. They needed a hostler (one who takes care of the horses and wagons). He fed, curried, and harnessed 26 horses before breakfast so they would be ready for the delivery routes. He earned an extra 5 cents a day for greasing each wagon. He sawed wood at night to save more money.
In 1913 he was paid $12.00 a week to tend horses.
Sammy Shettle owned a hauling business. When he died, Grandpa bought the business. He got a contract to haul for York Sanitary Milk Company at the base of George Street. He hauled logs, coal, and milk bottles. He remembers that the plant was built near a spring. The water was so cold where it came out of the ground that it would make a man's hand numb in a few minutes. The water was used to cool milk.
Dug the cellar for the PennSupreme Dairy Plant in North York, the same building in which his grandson enjoyed many a butterscotch cashew sundie in 1964!
Meet Savilla at night classes at Shettles school where they were taking reading classes. After a few weeks, she looked at him and said, "I guess you better take me home."
She was born December 13th, 1891 Jacob Eisenhower and ----- France. Mother was raised on a farm across the creek from Shettle's Mill. Parents are buried at Nieman's cemetary between the Yorktown Golf Course and the Carlisle Road. Grandpa found a France grave on the Beshore farm near by.
August 13th, 1911 to Savilla Eisenhower. Married on Madison Ave. by Reformed Preacher, Rev. Schellheimer.
Lived at 1059 North Duke St.
Worked at Faugher's Foundry for $1.25 a day. Overalls cost $1.98 at that time.
When the United States entered World War I, received a draft notice. They had three children by that time, Raymond, Robert, and Esther. Men with children were not required to serve.
Snyder Farm 1 year
Across from Golf course 1 year
Grosses Farm
Rented for a year. Had 3 horses, plow, harrow, wagon. Bought a mower, corn plow, and rake.
Hildebrand Farm - 8 Years
Had a Fordson tractor. Put together farm equipment for Curt Frey. Hay loaders cost $150.00. Remained friends with Curt until the end.
His father Levi was not impressed by new automated equipment. Levi said,"If you can't fork hay, not a man!" Later when Levi's fields and John's field were cut and rain was threatening, John's hay loader saved all the hay from being spoiled. Levi said no more.
Grosses Farm
93 Acres on the Canal Road.
Peter Altland owned the farm when John was 15. Milt Gross bought it in 1905. Sold to Peter King, who defaulted.
John bought it in 1931 for $5,000, paid monthly $125 installments. Paid in full in four years. He got garbage hauling contracts with West York to pay for the farm. Young Richard wanted money to go to picnics. He said,"I don't know what you do with all of your money!" It paid for the farm!
Before the family moved in, they relocated the house and the barn forward about 1/2 mile because the barn "faced the wrong way and let the cold wind from the mountain get into the barn at night." They jacked the house up and attached tractors and horses but it took a huge Mack truck to finally get it moving. Years later, in 1975 Grandpa showed me a similar truck at the Smithsonian Museum of American History during a visit with us.
The barn was dismantled and moved. It had originally been built from timbers rafted down the Susquehanna River from New York by Bill Graffius's dad.
Richard and Earl helped farm. Richard was small but could drive by laying on on the seat so he could see the row. When thrashing was done he tended the blower. Could lay in the shade and wait until needed. As they got older, they got a bit mischievious. Once, in the field in front of the house, they were driving horse teams, and when Grandpa went to the far end they would race.
The family had a wood lot back on the mountain and would spend long days cutting and hauling would for use in cooking and heating. To raise money they would scoop sand from along the road and sell it to raise money.
Family members remember Christmas. There was always a tree. Grandpa got a box of oranges, gloves and shoes for everybody.
LATER LIFE
Bus driver
Was well know by the kids from the area. He had strict rules and if there was any nonsense, his size would encourage them to behave. If older kids got unmanageable, he was known to stop the bus, let them off and they were destined to find their own way home.
Judge of elections from 1942 to 1981.
Harvested for many neighbors. Had thrasher, binder, corn picker, baler, combine, plow, disc harrow, manure spreader and fleet of wagons. He had an Allis-Chalmers tractor for the entire thirty five years I knew him. Later he bought a second older Allis-Chalmers tractor and overhauled it. He left them parked on the barn hill at night so that the next day he could start it by rolling down the hill.
He was a most inventive individual. He made his wagon fleet out of heavy timbers and wheels from heavy trucks. He built many contraptions to simplify his work or make it so that he could do it without assistance. He built a dump trailor from an old dump truck to save unloading time. He built a conveyor for the combine to drop the straw in a clean row to save raking time and cost. He supervised the building of his son Richard and daughter Fairy's houses. He built a huge second barn but when the first floor was framed, a bad storm destroyed it and he built a large one story barn from the salvaged wood.
Grandpa farmed those 80 acres with a real plan and style. He had organized the rotation of crops some 40 years before I knew him and was meticulous in rotating corn, wheat, and alfalfa to get the best yield. When I was probably six years old I began riding on the tracker while the fields were plowed, disked, harrowed, or planted. Usually that meant sitting on Grandpa's lap and falling asleep for the afternoon. My cousins have similar memories, I'm sure.
When the wheat was harvested, he would fill a farm wagon and pull it by tractor to Emigsville to the mill where it would be unloaded and sold. Again, as youngsters we would ride along on the wagon for the trip of our lives!
Mom and Pop, as they were called, butchered for the entire family for years. Often two bulls and 6 hogs. Butchering time was a great event for the entire family, somewhat of a reunion. It would begin early in the morning, include a large sit down dinner and supper. Pigs would be shot, throats cut, then dragged by tractor from the barnyard to the garage where a scalding trough was prepared to remove the hair and bristle. Meat would be cut, wrapped, and frozen. In past times it would be cold-packed (canned). Scrap pieces were cooked in the basement of the farmhouse in huge iron kettles over a wood fire. From this came the sausage meat to be ground, broth for the panhaus, and meat for the puddin. When the fat was put in a press, lard for cooking resulted. There was bacon and ham to be cured and smoked. Grandma would spend most of the afternoon cleaning intestines for sausage.
Making Applebutter
Made apple butter every year. Had a large copper kettle with a wooden stirrer. Started with 14 gallons of cider. Cooked until half is gone. Add one and a half bushel of peeled and cored apples. Wait 10 to 15 minutes and then start stirring. When half is cooked away, add 20 lb of sugar and cook for four more hours.
Active in the Church. Participated in the choir. Attended church every sunday.
Savilla had stroke in 1965. Got progressively worse. She was nursed by grandpa and her daughter Esther.
Savilla died on January 29, 1973 after long illness.
At funeral Grandpa was well in control. Dressed in wide brim hat he thanked individually each in attendance.
Sat late at night in his chair with the TV on. Circulation problems caused hand to cramp and kept him from sleeping.
At 91, he meet Alice Shubert. (Five Star News Story)
Later Alice fell and broke her hip. She stayed with daughter in West Chester. Grandpa couldn't drive so I took him to West Chester for a Saturday visit. We didn't know how to find the place. So we called Dad and he called her relatives and we located the place. She was asleep and appeared not to be home. Eventually she came to the door after two return stops at the house. He stayed for several days. Alice died in 1981.
Sold farm to Klinedenst in _______ under terms that he could live there as long as he lived. Lead to much concern since Klinedenst ran the farm much differently. He stopped rotating crops and let the buildings go into disrepair.
360. Horace Ellwood Kann
Data from Baptism Records
On tombstone at Neimans Cemetery as sister of Alverta E Keister. Married name is Brenner. Also listed on www.harrysenft.com under Shiloh Union cemetery.
From Find A Grave:
Janice P. Kann, 79, of Bainbridge, Lancaster County, formerly of Manchester, died at 5 p.m. Saturday at Lancaster General Hospital, after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of the late Robert ""Abe'' Kann.
The service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the L.E. Diehl Funeral Home Inc., 87 S. Main St., Mount Wolf. Burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery. Viewing will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Kann was born on June 25, 1915, at North York. She was the daughter of the late Daniel E. and Adaline (Fink) Brenner.
She had been employed as a cigarmaker and as a seamstress. She was a member of Paradise Lutheran Church, Thomasville RD 1.
Mrs. Kann is survived by a brother, Robert W. Brenner of Bainbridge.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Larry A. McConnell.
Memorial contributions may be made to Paradise Lutheran Church, Thomasville RD 1 17364. 07-30-94
York Daily Record (PA) - Monday, August 1, 1994
362. Esther M Kann
Esther M. Kann, 89, died at 6:50 a.m. Friday, August 5, 2005, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home. She was born February 3, 1916, in York, a daughter of the late John H. and Savilla (Eisenhour) Kann. Esther was a homemaker and member of Salem United Church of Christ, Dover. She is survived by three sisters, Mary E. Baker of Manchester, Fairy J. Stare of York and Emma Shaffer; two brothers, Earl F. Kann and Richard B. Kann, both of York; and several nieces and nephews.
369. Clair Elwood Delp
Dates from family picture.
259. Sadie M Kann
Shown in Stough's School picture with Eisenhower sisters - Mabel, Edna, Savilla, Katie, Bertha.
Virgie Hartman's father died when she was very young. Her mother Tacy, Sam Fetrow's sister, placed Bud and Virgie with friends or relatives. Bud was taken in by Sam Fetrow. Virgie was taken in by Jake Rauhauser and Sadie Kann.
Jake and Sadie also raised Johnny Delp (Estee Kann's son) who later was RuthCrone's second husband.
373. Virgie Rauhauser
Virgie Hartman's father died when she was very young. Her mother Tacy, Sam Fetrow's sister, placed Bud and Virgie with friends or relatives. Bud was taken in by Sam Fetrow. Virgie was taken in by Jake Rauhauser and Sadie Kann.
She married Raymond Wallace.
376. Dorothy Kann
Dorothy E. Kann YORK Dorothy E. Kann, 82, entered into God's eternal rest on Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at Manor Care Health Services North. She was born August 13, 1922, in Manchester Township, a daughter of the late Walter L. and Effie E. (Kling) Kann. Dorothy worked 35 years in the molding department of Dentsply and was a member of the company's 25 Year Club. She was also an active member of Starview United Church of Christ. She graduated from North York High School in 1939. Dorothy is survived by two sisters, Pauline Graybill of Emigsville and Thelma Tassinari of York; and numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral at 2 p.m. Friday and the viewing from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at Emig Funeral Home, 47 N. Queen St., Dover. Burial will follow in Quickel's Cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. Richard Barley, retired United Church of Christ pastor. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Starview United Church of Christ, 4832 N. Sherman St. Ext., Mount Wolf, PA 17347.
Published in York Daily Record & York Dispatch on Feb. 24, 2005
266. Mamie Agnes Kann
-Birth/marriage date/location information from Mamie Kann herself.
-Application for marriage license: State of PA, County of York. Harry D. Wagner, white, not related by blood;
pressman, birthplace PA, residence: Hershey PA, age: 31 years; previous marriage: None; No transmissible disease;
Name of father: Elias Wagner; mother: Emma Wagner; Maiden name of mother: Emma Eppinger; Residence of father
& mother: Hershey, PA; color of father/mother: white; occupation of father: Farmer; birthplace of father/mother: PA;
is applicant physically able to support a family: yes; Mamie A Kann, white, not related by blood; no occupation;
birthplace: PA; Residence: Manchester, PA; age 19 years" previous marriage: none; no transmissible disease;
mother: Annie G. Kann; Maiden name of mother: Annie G. Strickler; Residence of Father/mother: Manchester, PA;
color father/mother: white; occupation of father: Mail carrier; birthplace of father/mother: PA Is applicant an imbecile, epileptic, unsound mind or under the guardianship as a person of unsound mind, or under the influence of any intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug? No for both.
-Marriage license: Harry D. Wagner of Hershey, PA and Mamie A Kann of Manchester, PA united in Holy Matrimony
According to the Ordinance of God and the Laws of Penna at Marietta, PA on the 13th day of November in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand Nine Hundred and 20.
-Stricklers of Pennsylvania, A History of the Strickler Families who emigrated from Switzerland and settled principally
in Bucks, Lancaster, York, and Lebanon Counties in Pannsylvania, by Abigail H. Strickler, Jacob S. Strickler, Alice N.
Strickler, Mame E. Strickler, Copyright 1942, p. 281, 7-5, Mamie A. Kann, b. June 9, 1901; m. Harry D. Wagner, b.
Sept. 10, 1889, Palmyra, Pa.
-PA Death Certificate, Mamie A. Wagner, SSN=185-03-3480A, d. 9 Dec 1990. b. 9 Jun 1901, Manchester, PA, place
of death: 1602 E Caracas Ave, Dauphin Co, Derry Twp, PA; occupation: Supervisor/housekeeping, widowed,
Information: Ada Cope [daughter]; Funeral home: Rathermel F.H., 25 W Pine St., Palmyra, PA 17078; immidiate
cause: Cardiorespiratory Arrest, Metastatic Carcinoma of Rectum. Certifier: J. Stanley Smith Jr, MD, 500 University
Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, dated 12 Dec 1990.
-Obituary, The [Hummelstown] Sun, Wednesday, December 12, 1990, pg 18: Mamie A. Kann Wagner, 89, of 1602
East Caracas Avenue, Hershey, died Sunday, December 9, at her home. She was a supervisor of housekeeping at
the former Cocoa Inn, Hershey; an employee of Hershey Estates; a member of Campbelltown United Methodist
Church and its Help One Another Sunday School Class; a past matron of Eastern Star Chapter 402, Palmyra, and a
member of the Past Matron's Association of Central Pennsylvania, Order of the Eastern Star, the Past Matron's Club
of Palmyra, and Retired Employees of HERCO. She was the widow of Harry D. Wagner Sr. Surviving are: two sons,
Harry D. Jr. of Chalfont, and Vernon E. of Lindsay, Okla.; a daughter, Ada Wagner Cope of Palmyra; a sister Mertie
Billet of Manchester; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be held at the convenience of the
family. Burial will be in Grand View Memorial Park, Annville. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Friday at her church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the memorial fund of her church, P.O. Box 21, Campbelltown 17010.
-Stricklers of PA p.281
-Lived at 3880 Board Rd, York, PA 17402 (717)764-3352
-Married in Washington Memorial Church, Valley Forge, PA
-Baptised with Mertie-sister in United Brethren Church.
-Died on a Wednesday of cancer. Died same date as his wife 22 years later age 82-5-27.
-Per Nonnie Bare, daughter, Bill died of colon cancer.
Larry J. Bare November 19, 1936 - September 15, 2017 York Larry J. Bare, 80, passed away Friday evening, September 15, 2017 at his home. He was the husband of Louanna (Kann) Bare whom he married 57 years ago on June 11, 1960. Larry was born November 19, 1936 in Mount Wolf and was the son of the late Jacob and Louise (Jacobs) Bare. In 1954 he graduated from Manchester High School in Manchester. In 1954 he joined the United States Air Force <http://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/air-force/?personid=186757266&affiliateID=512> until 1958. In 1959 he was hired as an Air Traffic Controller in Norfolk, VA until he retired in 1984 and moved back to a farm in PA. He was a member of the Susquehanna Lions in Mount Wolf since 1984 where he served as President, Zone Chair, Vice District Governor and then Governor from 1998 to 1999. He actively served on the Board of the PA Lions Beacon Lodge Camp and organized a work camp. He was active in the Boy Scouts in Mount Wolf being a Cub Scout and Boy Scout Troop 31 and in 1952 was the first member in the troop to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout. He was a member of the National Order of the Arrow. He was a member of the Northeast Region Inspection Team for scout camps and was a member of the Activity Staff of the New Birth of Freedom Council. Larry completed 50 years in Scouting this year. Larry enjoyed traveling, especially his annual trips with friends to Williamsburg, VA and to Wellsboro, PA where he went to Dickens Fest for 23 years. Many trips were planned by Larry for his friends and the many associations in which he was involved. In addition to his wife, Louanna, Larry is survived by his son, Mark Bare of York; his daughter, LeAnn Plank and her husband, Michael of Virginia; and his grandson, Jacob Bare. A celebration of life service will begin at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 30, 2017 at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 4360 Board Road, Manchester. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday at the church. A private burial will be in Manchester Union Cemetery. Officiating at the service will be his pastor, The Reverend James Parker. Military Honors will be performed by the York County Veterans Honor Guard at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Arrangements have been entrusted to The Diehl Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Mount Wolf. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider St. Paul United Methodist Church, 4360 Board Road, Manchester, PA 17345 or to Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge Camp, 114 State Route 103 South , Mount Union, Pennsylvania 17066.
269. Aaron Franklin Kann
-Stricklers of PA p.281 Aaron "R"-incorrect per William Kann.
-Tombstone Manchester Union Cem, Main St & Maple St, York Co, Aaron "F". Wife-Nora Strausbaugh is buried in
Chambershill
Son Charles had hand cut off. Died from typhoid fever.
16 Sep 2015
282. Ruth Emma Crone
Ruth E. (Crone) Hartman Delp
Dover - Ruth E. (Crone) Hartman Delp, 105, entered into rest on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Colonial Manor Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Edgar J. Hartman and the late Levi E. Delp.
Born December 17, 1915 in Manchester Township, she was a daughter of the late Latimer and Emma M. (Kann) Crone.
Ruth had worked for Maple Press. She was a member of Mountain Grove Chapel in Dover where she was a former church pianist and Sunday school teacher. She was also a member of Union Fire & Hose Co. # 1, Dover.
Ruth is survived by three daughters, Lucille Leib of Dover, Sharon Steffan of York Haven and Diane Hartman of Manchester; two sons, Larry Hartman of North Dakota and the Rev. Dennis Hartman of Georgia; a step-son, L. Clair Delp of Wyoming; 18 grandchildren; and several great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. In addition to her husbands and parents, Ruth was preceded in death by her son, Joseph Hartman; and step-daughter, Fay Weaver.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Ruth's graveside service at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021 in Quickel Cemetery, 60 Canal Rd. Ext., York. Officiating will be her pastor, the Rev. Osmany Espinosa. Emig Funeral Home, Dover, is serving her family.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mountain Grove Chapel, 180 Andersontown Rd., Dover, PA 17315.
Edgar (Bud) Hartman's father died when he was very young. His mother Tacy, Sam Fetrow's sister, placed Bud and his sister Virgie with friends or relatives. Bud was taken in by Sam Fetrow. Virgie was taken in by Jake Rauhauser and Sadie Kann.
Married to Ruth Crone for 37 Years and had 6 children. Died of a heart attack in 1972. Ruth Crone was daughter of Emma Kann and Latimer Crone. Emma Kann was Levi Kann's sister. Ruth later married Levi John Delp and was married for 29 years until his death in 2003.
Ruth and Johnny Delp lived on Buck Road and then at 87 moved to Lllewllyns Trailor Park lot 102 at 4550 Bull Road. She does volunteer work at the Family Clothes Tree. She usually quilts 3 or 4 quilts and makes rugs and afgans every year. She loves to read and play the piano.
Her memories of Levi and Mary: he loved his cigars, he butchered for Ruth's parents, and they called Mary, Mrs. Butcher.
From 1910 and 1920 Census. Occupation: Milkman. And twin of Annie Kate Stahle