Henrich IMMEL

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ID: I2908
Name: Jacob Imel
Sex: M
Note:
JACOB IMEL - Probably born ca 1785 or before. Died in 1816 or 1817. (Was listed in the 1816 tax records of Saltlick Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. but his wife, Martha was listed in the 1817 tax records of same township, which means that Jacob died after the 1816 taxes were recorded. I have no idea of his age, but since his wife was born 1788, Jacob must have been older than she. Married MARTHA - b. 1788. D. Jan. 14, 1875, Fayette Co., Penna., age 87 years. Martha is buried in the Mill Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Fayette Co., Pa. Jacob is probably buried there, too, but has no stone. After Jacob died, Martha married LEONARD HARBAUGH. I believe that Jacob had two children:

2. Henry Imel. Born ca 1811 or earlier.
2. Susannah Imel. Born ca 1816.

I found an item of a Jacob Imel who died in Westmoreland Co., Pa. and left two children, Henry and Susannah in 1835. Since the estate of Jacob Imel of Fayette Co., Pa. was finally settled in 1835, and he had a daughter Susannah, I believe there was a mix-up in the date of Jacob's death, since there was no Jacob Imel who died 1835 in Westmoreland Co., leaving a son Henry and daughter Susannah.

The first record we have of Susannah Imel was in 1826, when Jacob Knable was appointed her guardian. She had had two guardians before this date: the first one had died and another man named Peter had been appointed. However, September 1, 1826, he declined the guardianship and we find Leonard Harbaugh, Susannah's stepfather, making application for the appointment of a third guardian for his stepdaughter, Susannah Imel, daughter of Jacob Imel. Jacob Knable was appointed and served from September, 1826 to December 28, 1836. Susannah married James Knight about 1836.

The family of Leonard Harbaugh is listed in the 1830 census of Saltlick Twp., Fayette Co., Pa. with two children: a son and a daughter, both under five years of age. Therefore, Martha Imel had two or more children after she married Leonard Harbaugh. The 1880 census of Springfield Twp., Fayette Co., Pa. lists a Leonard Harbaugh, age 55, born in Pa. who could be the son listed in the 1830 census under five years of age. He had a wife Elizabeth and son Ulysses, age 15.

If the son HENRY IMEL, born ca 1811 or earlier, was over the age of 14 when Jacob Knable was appointed guardian of Susannah in 1826, then he would not have needed a guardian. The first guardian, Nicholas Knight, appointed when Jacob Imel died, could have been guardian for both children.

SOMERSET COUNTY (PA.) COURTHOUSE.
Estate No. 34 - 1837. (Dated Sept., 1826 and settled February 2, 1837.

LEONARD HARBAUGH makes application for a guardian for his step-daughter, SUSANNAH IMEL, saying that her first guardian, NICHOLAS KNIGHT, is now dead and that PETER ____. Appointed guardian to replace Nicholas Knight, has declined to serve as guardian. He states that Susannah Imel is still under the age of 14 and is without any person to take care of her person or estate. On Sept. 7, 1826, JACOB KNABLE is appointed to serve as Susannah's guardian, who is the daughter of JACOB IMEL, deceased.

On Dec. 28, 1836, Jacob Knable turned over the account for settlement and the settlement on Feb 2, 1837 showed a balance due Susannah Imel of $91.74.

On Feb. 11, 1850, JAMES KNIGHT (husband of Susannah Imel) Petitions the court for a guardian for his minor children. Susannah died about 1845 and James Knight remarried ca 1846 to Hannah Harbaugh.

SOMERSET COUNTY, PA. COURTHOUSE. No. 17, 1850. Dated Feb. 11, 1850, Docket 11. (Petition of James Knight for a guardian for his minor children).

"To the Honorable Judge of the Orphan's Court of Somerset County:
The Petition of JAMES KNIGHT respectfully requests that his children: CATHERINE ANN, NORMAN, DANIEL, MARTHA and ZOLMAN KNIGHT are all minors under the age of 14 years - that they are entitled to a share in right of their mother, now deceased, in the estate of their grandfather, HENRY IMEL, deceased, and that they have no person legally authorized to take charge of their interests. He therefore prays your honor to appoint a suitable person as guardian for that purpose and he will be obliged."
(Signed) JAMES KNIGHT

DANIEL KNIGHT was appointed their guardian by the court on Feb. 11, 1850 and posted bond in the amount of $120."

Note: The death certificate of Daniel Knight (one of the above children) dated March 20, 1917, stated that his mother was "SUSAN IMEL".

Before continuing with the family of Susannah Imel, I am listing below a short history of the KNIGHT family, since the Knights intermarried with Imels on many occasions and the following history may be helpful.

From "KNIGHT TO REMEMBER" by Fannie Knight Geise, 11518 East 10th Street, Spokane, Washington 99206:

JAMES KNIGHT (1774 - 1832) came to Somerset Co., Pa. in the late 1700's and married CATHERINE KING in Somerset Co., ca 1799. Catherine was the daughter of PHILIP KING, JR. (1748 - 1818) and ANNE BROOKE (1751 - 1843). Their children were:
1. Rosa Knight, b. ca 1800. Married Christopher King.
2. Nancy Ann Knight. Married Joseph Mountain.
3. William Knight. Married Margaret Connor.
4. DANIEL KNIGHT, b. July 27, 1809. Married Mary Marietta. (Daniel was the guardian of Susannah Imel Knight's children above).
5. David Knight, b. Dec. 5, 1812. Married Catherine Crossen.
6. JAMES KNIGHT, b. 1814. Married (1) SUSANNAH IMEL and (2) HANNAH HARBAUGH?
7. Mary Knight. Listed in father's Will.

Note: Catherine King above was a sister HANNAH KING, who married the REV. NATHANIEL SKINNER, whose daughter, SARAH SKINNER, married my ancestor, JOHN IMEL, b. 1789, son of HENRY IMEL and MARGARET DISHER.
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Birth: ABT 1785 1
Death: 1816/17 1

Father: Henry Imel b: 5 JAN 1756 in Germany
Mother: Margaret Disher b: 29 SEP 1756 in NJ

Marriage 1 Martha [surname unknown] b: 1788
Married: 1
Children
   Henry Imel b: ABT 1811
   Susannah Imel b: ABT 1816

Sources:
Author: Keller, Velma Byrum (1894-1975)
Publication: Allentown, PA: Schlechter's, 1974
                  

                   NAME:
    IMMEL aka IMEL
                  

                   ID: I2913
Name: John Imel
Sex: M
Note:
JOHN IMEL - b. November 23, 1789, Maryland. d. May 16, 1861, SaltLick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio age 71 y, 5 m, 23 d.* Name of first wife, married ca 1810 in Fayette Co., Penna. is unknown. One son. m. (2) Sarah Skinner - b. April 23, 1788, Somerset Co., Pa. d. Oct. 12, 1847, Saltlick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio, age 59 y, 5 m, 19 d (daughter of the Reverend Nathaniel Skinner and Elizabeth Harned). Seven children. M. (3) March 24, 1850, Perry Co., Ohio to Rosanna Reynolds Henderson (widow) b. 1810, Pa. John and Rosanna had two children. John and Sarah Imel are buried in the Hazleton Cemetery, Saltlick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio.

In the Fall of 1970, Jimmie Imel and family of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, made a trip to Perry Co., Ohio to visit the Hazleton cemetery. A couple other descendents had tried to find this cemetery in Saltlick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio without success. When Jimmie and Shirley arrived and started making inquiry as to its location it seemed that none of the local people had ever heard of it. Finally, in the courthouse at New Lexington they ran across an old lawyer who knew where it was located and gave them instructions as to where to find it. It was located in a wild, overgrown section of trees and bruchwood on the summit of a large hill. As Jimmie described it: "We drove down to Saltlick Twp., and climbed through the wilderness to the top of a high hill and found the Hazleton Cemetery. There were about 40 or 50 tombstones, some standing and some knocked over, but after some digging we found the tombstones of John Imel and Sarah. The entire area has been strip-mined all around the graveyard, but someone had gotten a court order which stopped the mining company from strip-mining the graveyard area. . ."

*The inscription on the tombstone of John Imel, which Jimmie and Shirley found, was "JOHN IMEL, died May 8, 1861, aged 72 yr, 6 mo, 15 da".

ROSANNA REYNOLDS - b. 1810 in Penna. was married Nov. 22, 1838 to Samuel Henderson and had children. On March 24, 1850 she married John Imel. The 1850 census of Perry Co., Ohio lists two Henderson children living with John and Rosanna Imel: Daniel Henderson age 15 and Lydia Henderson age 13. (Perry Co., Ohio Marriages 1818-1878, p. 92). Lydia Henderson is believed to have married Joshua Skinner (1832-1907), son of James King Skinner and Elizabeth Jump. James King Skinner was a half-brother to Sara Skinner, 2nd wife of John Imel. The last record we have of Rosanna Imel is Jan. 29, 1885. She was living in Miami Co., Ohio at the time and sold for $40 a parcel of land which she still owned in Saltlick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio to William C. Schofield.

JOHN IMEL - b. 1789 was listed in the 1816 tax records of Saltlick Twp., Fayette Co., Penna. but was missing from the 1817 tax records of that area. On July 6, 1816, he bought of James and Catharine Comley, for $19, a tract of land in Fairfield County, Ohio in the town of New Lexington. This gives us the approximate time he left Penna. His two sisters, Mary Imel Bailey and Phoebe Imel Strait had gone to Ohio a few years earlier.

HIS CHILDREN: The three Bible records that I found listed only the children of SARAH SKINNER. They did not include Gabriel and Sarah Jane (children of Rosanna) nor any children of a first wife. But the DAVID IMEL listed in the 1840 census would be a son of John Imel as the 1830 census of Saltlick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio lists six sons and two daughters: 1 son under 5; 2 sons 5-10; 2 sons 10-15; and 1 son 20-30. 1 daughter 5-10 and 1 daughter 20-30. The daughter 20-30 would be Margaret, Sarah's oldest child. The son 20-30 would be an older child since Sarah had no sons of that age in 1830.

Careful research has proved that there were no other Imels in Perry Co., Ohio in those early years except John Imel in Pike and Saltlick Twps. And Paul Immel in Reading Twp. Paul was the son of a John Immel and Elizabeth Feitner of Westmoreland Co., Penna. who went to Perry Co., Ohio about the same time as our John and Sarah. However, I have been unable to find any relation between them - and they do spell their name differently. Paul apparently is descended from the Lancaster, Penna. Immels. Luckily, I have a pretty complete list of Paul's descendents and anyone not descended from Paul is surely a descendant of John. Paul had no son David.

There is the tradition in the line of Henry William Imel (Son of John and Sarah) that three brothers left Ohio for the West. One settled in Illinois, one in Missouri and one in Iowa. I found the descendants of Henry William in Illinois, a son of Samuel in Missouri, so it must have been David who went to Iowa.

DAVID IMEL is listed in the 1840 census of Saltlick Twp. He and a wife are 20-30 years of age. They have a son age between 10-15. This would be their son Nathaniel who would be just 10 years of age, since his father David was still living home in the 1830 census. David must have been married later in 1830 to have a son age 10 in the 1840 census.

The 1840 census of Saltlick Twp., lists four sons living home with John and Sarah Imel (David and Nathaniel were married). But the puzzling thing about this census is that it lists a "female under 5 yrs." Their daughter Margaret was 27 and Nancy was 15. No Bible record of Sarah Skinner's children list a third daughter. This must be a daughter of David Imel who was enumerated with the children of John and Sarah. In the 1850 census of Thom Twp., Perry Co., Ohio, there is a Barbara Imel age 16(b. ca 1835) living with the family of Samuel and Mary Chaffent. Since there is no "Barbara" of this age in the family of Paul Immel, this must be the "female under 5 yrs." listed with the family of John and Sarah Imel in 1840 - a daughter of David Imel.

WILL OF JOHN IMEL
My great, great grandfather

(On file in the courthouse at New Lexington, Ohio, County of Perry. Record of Wills, Vol. I, page 284. Made May 6, 1861. Proved July 30, 1861)

In the Name of the Benevolent Father of All, I, JOHN IMEL of the County of Perry and State of Ohio do make and Publish this my Last Will and Testament.

ITEM, That all my just debts and funeral charges be all paid.

ITEM, I give and devise to my beloved wife in Lieu of her Waiver the farm on which we now Reside, Situated in Saltlick Township, Perry County and State of Ohio, containing about one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, so long as she remains my widow, for the support of my two minor children, Gabriel Imel and Sarah Jane Imel, and if my said wife should again Remarry, then my said two minor Children is to have their Liven and Supporte of my said farm aforesaid.

ITEM, that after the maturity of my two minor Children, I wish my Estate to be Equally divided amongst my Children, except Gabriel and Sarah Jane. They are each to Receive fifty dollars more than the Rest of my Children.

ITEM, I do hereby nominate and appoint my Beloved wife guardian of my son Gabriel and my daughter Sarah Jane.

ITEM, That Henry Imel, Nathaniel Imel, Samuel Imel and Thomas K. Imel has each Received the sum of fifty dollars which is to be Deducted from their Shairs.

ITEM, I do hereby nominate and appoint my Beloved wife and my son Henry Imel and Samuel Rugg Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.

ITEM, I desire that no Appraisement and no sale of my Personal Property be made and that the Court of Probate direct the omission of the same in Pursuance of the Statute. I do also authorize and empower my Executors to Sell my Personal Property at Private Sale or otherwise as they may think best and apply the same to the Payment of my just debts, hereby authorizing and empowering them compromise (?) and adjust Release and Discharge in such manner as they may deem proper the debts and claims due me.

I do hereby Revoke all former Wills by me made. In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th Day of May A.D. 1861.
his
John X Imel (Seal)
mark

Witnesses:
Zoeth W. Hammond
Robert Ragestar

Note: The following children are not mentioned in his Will: David, John, Margaret and Nancy.

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PERRY COUNTY, OHIO LAND RECORDS - NAME IMEL:

July 6, 1816: (Vol. K, p. 157). James and Catharine Comley sold Lot #4 in the town of New Lexington, Fairfield Co., Ohio. Price $19. Sold to John Imel.

Jan. 31, 1834: (Vol. F., p. 22). Michael F. Williams sold to John Imel for $100 land in Saltlick Twp., Perry Co., Ohio. The S.E. half of W. W.  of Section 10, 14th Twp., 15th Range.

April 30, 1835: (Vol. P, p. 518) John Imel, for payment of $4 receives Certificate No. 6121 for 39-96/100 acres in N.W.  of S.W. , Section 10, Twp. 14, Range 15. Certificate signed by Andrew Jackson, President of the U.S. Located in the District of Lands subject to sale at Zanesville, Ohio.

Oct. 5, 1835: (Vol. P., p. 518, #2). John Imel received Certificate No. 6813 for 38-54/100 acres in S.W.  of S.W.  of Section 10, Twp. 14, Range 15 in the District of Lands subject to sale at Zanesville, Ohio. Certificate signed by Andrew Jackson, President of the U.S.

Dec. 1, 1858: (Vol. 3, p. 233). John and Rosanna Imel sell 1 acres of land to Curtis Rugg for $21. Part of S.W.  of Section 10, Twp. 14, Range 15.

July 12, 1862: (Vol. 5, p. 540). James McClurg, Administrator de bonis non of John Imel, deceased, sold to Samuel Travis for $920 land in which widow, Rosanna Imel and children, Gabriel and Sarah Jane have interest. Land sold at public auction. S.W.  of Section 10, Twp. 14, Range 15: 45 acres, 9 acres of timber land, and 49 acres of homestead, leaving 155 acres.
"Administrator de bonis non" is a person appointed by the court of probate to administer on the effects of a deceased which have not been included in a former administration - that is, land that was not administered by the executives of John Imel's Will.

Sept. 21, 1863: (Vol. 8, p. 4). For $500, Rosanna Imel, widow of John Imel deceased, signs a "quit claim to Samuel Travis for the land listed above, sold to Samuel Travis on July 12, 1862.

March 13, 1867: (Vol. 10, p. 435). Rosanna Imel sells 39 acres of land to Thomas S. Mains for $750. N.E.  of S.W. , Section 9, Twp. 14, Range 15. Land which Rosanna bought of Henry and Matilda Imel for $500 on Sept. 21, 1863.

April 4, 1870: (Vol. 12, p. 142). Rosanna Imel buys of Asa S. and Ruth Davis a tract of land in Pike Twp. for $250. Being a part of S.E.  of S.E.  of Section 35, Twp. 15, Range 15, Perry Co., Ohio.

Jan. 29, 1885: (Vol. 31, p. 438). Rosanna Imel, now living in Miami Co., Ohio, sells for $40 to William C. Schofield the above land which she bought of the Davises in 1870.


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Birth: 23 NOV 1789 in MD 1
Death: 16 MAY 1861 in OH, Perry Co, Salt Lick Twp 1

Father: Henry Imel b: 5 JAN 1756 in Germany
Mother: Margaret Disher b: 29 SEP 1756 in NJ

Marriage 1 [given name unknown] [surname unknown]
Married: ABT 1810 in PA, Fayette Co 1

Marriage 2 Sarah Skinner b: 23 APR 1788 in PA, Somerset Co
Married: 1
Children
   Nathaniel Imel b: 29 AUG 1815 in PA, Fayette Co
   Henry William Imel b: 28 JAN 1818 in OH, Perry Co
   Thomas King Imel b: 29 OCT 1822 in OH, Perry Co, Salt Lick Twp
   Nancy Anna Imel b: 2 MAR 1825 in OH
   John Imel b: 12 OCT 1827 in OH, Perry Co

Marriage 3 Rosanna Reynolds b: 1810 in PA
Married: 24 MAR 1850 in OH, Perry Co 1

Sources:
Author: Keller, Velma Byrum (1894-1975)
Publication: Allentown, PA: Schlechter's, 1974
                  

                   4.  HENRY JR.3 IMEL (HENRY SR.2, IMEL1) was born January 15, 1792 in Bedford Co., Pa, and died September 07, 1888 in Blue Vale Cemetery, Exeter, Nebraska.  He married ANNA FULTON September 07, 1815 in Fayette Co., Pa, daughter of JAMES FULTON.  She was born September 02, 1797 in Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., Pa, and died May 01, 1860 in Imel Cemetery, Fayette County, PA.

Children of HENRY IMEL and ANNA FULTON are:
	i.	ELIZABETH4 IMEL.
	ii.	JOHN HENRY IMEL, b. January 28, 1816, Fayette Co., Pa; d. February 24, 1887, Imel Cemetery, Springfield Township, Fayette Co., PA.
	iii.	MARY IMEL, b. September 04, 1817, Fayette Co., Pa.
	iv.	JAMES IMEL, b. June 14, 1819, Fayette Co., Pa; d. February 16, 1913, Chadwick, Illinois.
	v.	HENRY IMEL, b. October 21, 1821, Fayette Co., Pa; d. January 01, 1906, Funk, Phelps, Ne, Magill Cemetery.
	vi.	MARGARET MAGGIE IMEL, b. August 19, 1826, Fayette Co., Pa; d. January 25, 1905, Fair Haven Cemetery, Carroll, Illinois.
	vii.	ANNA IMEL, b. March 22, 1829, Fayette Co., Pa; d. May 27, 1887.
	viii.	LEVI IMEL, b. September 01, 1831, Fayette Co., Pa; d. June 27, 1916, Exeter, Fillmore, Ne, Exeter Cemetery.
	ix.	HANNAH IMEL, b. January 19, 1834.
6.	x.	JACOB IMEL, b. June 19, 1836, Fayette Co., Pa; d. November 03, 1913.
	xi.	PHOEBE IMEL, b. September 16, 1839, Fayette Co., Pa; d. April 07, 1923; m. (1) GEORGE STEYER; m. (2) GEORGE STEYER.
	xii.	RACHEL IMEL, b. July 15, 1843, Fayette Co., Pa; d. March 06, 1899, Kearney, Buffalo, Ne, Kearney Cemetery.