Person:George Neiferd (1)

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George S. Neiferd
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Name[2] George S. Neiferd
Alt Name[1] George Neiferd
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 16 Apr 1799 Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Mary Swank
Emigration[1] 1828 Sugar Creek (township), Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
Emigration[1] 1847 Van Wert, Ohio, United States
Occupation[2] Farmer
Death[1][2] 21 Jan 1871 Liberty, Van Wert, Ohio, United StatesGeorge S. Neifert, 72, married
Burial[1] Greenbriar Cemetery, Willshire (township), Van Wert, Ohio, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 George Neiferd, in Find A Grave.

    Magdalena Petri. He married Salome Grunewald and Mary Swank.

    As a Lutheran, he is found on the confirmation list of the Allemangel Records (Vol. 1-B), New Jerusalem Church (later called the Red Church), for the years 1817-1822. In 1828, George and John Miller were administrators of his father's estate worth $1,473.03. They sold the Neiferd property and distributed the proceeds to his mother and the three surviving children - George, Jacob and Isaac.

    After receiving his inheritance, George migrated to Sugar Creek township, Stark Co., Ohio. In 1847, the year that his grandson Daniel Whitmore was born, he moved the family to Van Wert Co., Ohio.

    George was a farmer, a Democrat, and belonged to the Dunkard Church of the Brethren. He died of consumption. There is a "Neiferd Road" in Van Wert County.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Neifert, George S., in Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
    v 1 p 28, 21 Jan 1871.

    GEORGE S. NEIFERT, 72, married, farmer, b. 1799 in Burks County [Berks County, Pennsylvania]; d. 21 Jan 1871 in Liberty Township, Van Wert County, Ohio.