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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
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Marriages of the Tri-Counties
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Marriage Announcements Connected
to Tuscarora Township
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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EDINGER / LEARN - SIXTY YEARS MARRIED
Mr. and Mrs. David Edinger of Spring Hill Celebrate Their Sixtieth Wedding
Anniversary
A pleasant wedding anniversary was celebrated at the beautiful country
home of Mr. and Mrs. David Edinger on South Spring Hill, last Friday, May
27, 1878, in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. At 12
o'clock a bounteous dinner of seasonable dainties was served on the spacious
lawn with covers laid for fifty guests. The afternoon was spent sociably.
Short addresses of congratulation were made by Revs. J. Custard and James
Rainey, and W. I. Barrowcliff read an interesting historical sketch of
the family, from which we extract the following: David Edinger was born
May 28, 1818, in Pocono, Northhampton (now Monroe) county. His father Henry
Edinger, who ancestors came originally from Germany, died in 1836. there
were eleven children in the family as follows: Sally Evans, John, Betsey,
Catherine, Henry, Magdalene, David and Abraham twins, Adam, Peter and Mary
Ann. There are four still living-David, Adam, Peter and Mary Ann. The oldest
is 80 and the youngest 74 years. David Edinger was married May 27, 1838
to Sarah Learn, a daughter of Peter Learn. Their union was blessed with
eight children, as follows: Mary Jane, Margaret Ann, Peter Henry, Eliza,
Martha, Stewart, Demma and Lalla. There are twenty-six grandchildren and
five great-great grandchildren, and only three deaths have occurred in
the family for two generations. Mr. and Mrs. Edinger commenced housekeeping
at Pocono, where they lived ten years, moving then to Paradise, Pa, where
they lived on a farm for ten years. They came to their present home in
April, 1858, purchasing what is known as the old Vandervait farm, which
is no one of the finest in Eastern Bradford. Mr. and Mrs. Edinger were
the recipients of several handsome presents, among which we noticed two
rocking chairs for their declining years. We hope this grand couple may
live to enjoy many happy returns of the day. How many changes have take
place during the lives of these persons. The first coal stove he ever saw
he purchased at Stroudsburg some two or three years after his marriage;
he paid $45 for it, and it was as good as the stoves of the present day.
There were no matches at that day of the world. The fist lucifer match
he ever saw was while residing at Pocono. The first steam car he ever rode
in was from Utica to Albany, in 1837; he having made a trip from home to
Ohio, taking him eight days. The first kerosene lamp he bought since he
came to Bradford County. Mowing machines, and reapers were not in use until
after he came to his present residence. Butter was worth only six cents
in trade. A pound of nails could not be bought in Laceyville or Skinners
Eddy. The first money tax paid on the farm was between $6 and $7; it is
now between $46 and $47.
B.W. Wood, Charles Davidson, Mrs. Eliza Wakely and Mrs. Zermiah Gates
are the only persons now living in the neighborhood that were citizens
here when he came here. Submitted by Patty Shumway.
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 27 AUG 2007
By Joyce M. Tice
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