Person:Jonas Kistler (1)

Jonas lived with his parents during the 1860, 1870 and 1880 US Federal Censuses.

"JONAS MECHLING KISTLER, of Homestead, Pa., assistant superintendent of the Prudential insurance company of America, was born in Franklin township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., Aug 29, 1858; son of Samuel and Eva S. (Loughner) Kistler, both natives of Westmoreland county, Pa., his father having been born in Franklin township and his mother at Greensburg. His father lived for nearly seventy years on one farm in Franklin township, where he died in 1883, at the mature age of eighty five years. Samuel Kistler was twice married, first to Miss Fink, who bore him eighteen children, thirteen of whom grew to maturity ... His second marriage was with Eva S. Klingensmith, widow of Lewis Klingensmith and daughter of John Loughner, who, by her former marriage, had two children, Cyrus and Lewis, and who bore Mr. Kistler five children, viz.: Jonas M.; Phoebe R., wife of James P. Heckman; Fannie R., wife of J. S. Stotler; Emma S., wife of Jesse B. Klingensmith, and Eli L. Jonas M. Kistler was reared on the home farm in Westmoreland county, there educated in the common schools, and when seventeen years old left home for Iowa and Nebraska, in which states he worked as a farm hand for two years. In the fall of 1879, Mr. Kistler returned to Pennsylvania and in the following spring became a locomotive fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad, being promoted to an engineer in the fall of 1885, and for ten years continued with that company as engineman. In 1895 Mr. Kistler engaged in the butcher and dairy business at Derry Station, near Latrobe, Pa., where he remained for eighteen months; then for two years was manager of a grocery business at Irwin, Pa.; in March, 1899, located at Homestead, where he conducted a variety store for nine months, then entered the employ of the Prudential insurance company as a solicitor and six months later was appointed to his present position of assistant superintendent, with headquarters at Homestead, and since has ably discharged the complex duties of that important office. Mr. Kistler was married, on Sept. 19, 1883, to Flora E., daughter of John C. and Matilda J. (McGuire) Spear, of Derry Station, Pa., and they have three children, viz.: Robert L., Harry A. and Mildred M. Mr. Kistler and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he is a member of Hiram lodge, No. 69, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Irwin Station; Shidle lodge, No. 601, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and of the republican party." ---Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Personal and Genealogical, Volume 1, 1904, pp.313-314

1.   Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database online] . (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).

   Name: Janas Mechling Kistler
   [Jonas Mechling Kistler]
   Gender: Male
   Race: White
   Age: 59
   Birth Date: 29 Aug 1858
   Birth Place: Pennsylvania
   Death Date: 10 Jul 1918
   Death Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
   Father Name: Samuel Kistler
   Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
   Mother Name: Eva Sanghner
   [Eva Loughner]
   Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
   Certificate Number: 72260

2.   Jonas Mechling Kistler, in Find A Grave.

   He married Flora Edith Spear on September 19, 1883.
   
   Family Members
   Parents
   Samuel Kistler
   1799–1884
   Eva Susanna Loughner Kistler
   1824–1895
   
   Spouse
   Flora Edith Spear Kistler
   1864–1945
   
   Siblings
   Phoebe Johanna Kistler Heckman
   1860–1944
   Fanny Rebecca Louisa Kistler Stotler
   1862–1951
   Eli Loughner Kistler
   1866–1931
   
   Half Siblings
   Elizabeth Kistler
   1821–1827
   Michael Fink Kistler
   1824–1909
   Samuel Kistler
   1825–1854
   Jacob Borland Kistler
   1826–1892
   Josiah B Kistler
   1827–1911
   Catherine Kistler
   1829–1829
   Henry J Kistler
   1830–1908
   Infant Kistler
   1831–1831
   Paul Sebastian Kistler
   1832–1912
   Margaret Kistler
   1833–1899
   Catherine Christina Kistler Waugaman
   1835–1891
   Lydia S. Kistler Friesell
   1837–1916
   Sarah Pricilla Kistler McCormick
   1839–1893
   Agnes Maria Kistler Glunt
   1840–1910
   Elizabeth L Kistler Oburn
   1841–1920
   Infant Kistler
   1842–1842
   Annie L Kistler Carroll
   1843–1910
   Cyrus M. Klingensmith
   1847–1913
   Louis Ludwig Klingensmith
   1848–1918
   
   Gravesite Details Interment 13 JUL 1918

3.   Jonas Mechling Kistler 28 August 1858 – 16 July 1918 • LX9Q-4SX, in FamilySearch Family Tree.

   Jonas Mechling Kistler
   1858–1918 • LX9Q-4SX​​
   Marriage: 19 September 1883
   
   Flora Edith Spear
   1864–1945 • LY3B-T7C​​
   
   Children of Flora Edith Spear and Jonas Mechling Kistler (3)
   Robert L Histler
   1887–Deceased • LYHW-BBN​​
   Harry A Histler
   1890–Deceased • LYHW-TTX​​
   Mildred
   1898–Deceased • MVXS-VYG
   
   https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX9Q-4SX

4.   Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule . (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T624)
   Homestead Ward 5.

   Jonas M Histler 51
   Flora E Histler 46
   Robert L Histler 23
   Harry A Histler 20
   Mildred M Histler 12