Gideon Rehrig ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Church Record says Feb 17, 1829 (could that be baptismal date?)

Tombstone inscription
son of John and Susanna

From the "History of Carbon County" by Thomas D. Eckhart

Early Paint Ore Operations
In June 1889, Gideon Rehrig of East Penn Township leased property to the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Company. This land adjoined the lands of Josiah Andreas, John Balliet Estate, John Riegel, James Long, Penrose George, and Henry Bowman, and included Stony Hill, which contained 113 acres for the purpose of "mining and taking thereof all metallic and mineral paint ore".

The Semmels of Ashfield Penna
A tract of 16 acres, previously owned by John Balliet and purchased by Henry Bowman in August 1873, was bordered by the property of John Tipler, and the late Stephen Balliet along the Lizard Creek. In August 1890, Lovina Bowman widow of Henry Bowman, distributed the lands to her sons, Fulton, Maurice, Rodger, and Victor.
Gideon and Susanna Rehrig rented the railroad right-of-way, which amounted to 1.22 acres in 1890. The property included a siding and adjoined the land of Amanda Balliet.


In several places he is listed as a Civil War Veteran, but so far I have not found any documentation.

from The History of Lehigh and Carbon Co Penna 1884

Page 722
?and now contains six schools, with about three hundred pupils. The following is a list of the school directors since 1844:

1872.-Gideon Rehrig, Gideon Peter.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Burial Plot: Row 28 Ben Salem. ⁹

• Born Alternate, 17 Feb 1829. ¹⁰

Gideon married Susanna Moyer, daughter of David Moyer and Catharine Fritzinger, on 5 Jun 1853 in Pennsylvania.¹ (Susanna Moyer was born on 28 Aug 1835 in , , Pennsylvania,⁷ died on 19 Sep 1896 in East Penn Twp, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania ^{7 11} and was buried in Ben Salem Church, East Penn Twp, Carbon Co, Pennsylvania ⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Dalice Fadden
dfadden@ptd.net

From Lehigh County, Pennsylvania German Newspaper

Issue of 13 July 1853
Married June 5, Gideon Rehrig and Susanna Moyer, both of East Penn