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| Joseph Poffenberger farm |
m. Mary Ann Coffman m: February 7, 1838 b: July 24, 1817 d: August 13, 1864
Home used as hospital, Battle of Antietam
Samuel Poffenberger b December 14, 1835 son of Jacob Poffenberger and Amelia Stouffer
married January 24, 1861 to Catherine Doub b. 1838 b: 1838 in Keedysville d: June 9, 1897
children: Cora A. Edward E.
Ida May Zola E.
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| John Poffenberger farm area |
note: Home used as hospital-Battle of Antietam
married: Nancy Miller on October 23, 1824 in Washington, Maryland b: October 4, 1804 d: December 13, 1842 in Washington, Maryland buried: Bakersville Cem, Washington, Maryland
children:
•Henry Poffenberger b: October 6, 1825 d: in California buried: Woodland Cem.
•William Poffenberger b: April 13, 1827 d: in Iowa
m. Emily Butz
•Barbara Ann Poffenberger b: April 10, 1829 d: June 24, 1839 buried: Bakersville Cem, Washington, Maryland
•Lawson W. Poffenberger b: August 31, 1831 d: June 26, 1904 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
m. Annie Knode m: May 12, 1857 b: September 7, 1836
•Alfred Poffenberger b: January 1, 1834 d: in Iowa
m.Harriet Hutzel
•Susan Poffenberger b: February 12, 1836 in Washington, Maryland d: January 15, 1906 in Colo, Story, Iowa buried: Colo, Story, Iowa
m. Christian C Welty m: February 26, 1862 in Washington, Maryland b: November 21, 1826 in Washington, Maryland d: April 15, 1906 in Colo, Story, Iowa buried: Colo, Story, Iowa
•Emanuel Poffenberger b: March 10, 1838
m.Mattie Thorp
•Josiah Poffenberger b: October 5, 1839
m. Ann
• Hezekiah Poffenberger b: July 3, 1841
m. Sallie Middlekauff m: March 24, 1870 in Adeline, Illinois b: February 14, 1844 in Washington, Maryland d: February 17, 1906 in Freeport, Illinois
*2nd Wife of John Poffenberger:
Margaret Weck m: April 7, 1848 in Washington, Maryland b: 1818 d: 1906
• Otho J. Poffenberger b: February 24, 1845 in Sharpsburg Dist, Maryland
m.Elizabeth Welsh b: June 6, 1848 in Tilghmanton Dist, Washington, Maryland
• Cournelius Poffenberger b: March 13, 1849 d: August 13, 1872
• Laura Poffenberger b: May 20, 1851 d: October 1851
• John A. Poffenberger b: February 12, 1853
m. Sallie Taylor
• Adam E. Poffenberger b: February 2, 1855
m. Eliza Taylor
• George H. Poffenberger b: February 20, 1861 in Smoketown, Washington, Maryland
m. Urilla Myers b: November 22, 1868 in Smoketown, Washington, Maryland
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| Pry House - Now The National Museum of Civil War Medicine second site |
married to Elizabeth Cost, daughter of Samuel Cost & Barbara A. Keedy see Samuel Cost
Samuel Mumma (Occupied by Confederates). Samuel was son of Jacob Mumma.
Descendants of Samuel Mumma
1 Samuel Mumma b: November 8, 1801 in Washington, Maryland d: December 6, 1876
note: House occupied by Confederates, then burned-Antietam
married to: Elizabeth Miller
children:
... 2 Daniel S. Mumma b: July 12, 1835
... 2 Barbara Anne Mumma b: January 6, 1837
... 2 Samuel Mumma b: August 27, 1838
... 2 Elizabeth Mumma aka: Lizzie b: September 11, 1840
... 2 Susan Savilla Mumma b: September 1, 1842
... 2 Thomas Harris Mumma b: March 19, 1845
... 2 William Roulette Mumma b: August 27, 1846
... 2 Zachary Taylor Mumma b: September 26, 1848
... 2 Mary Alice Mumma aka: Allie b: January 5, 1851
... 2 John Clinton Mumma b: February 23, 1854
... 2 Cora Amelia Mumma b: February 15, 1859
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| Mumma Farm - Antietam National Battlefield |
*2nd Wife of Samuel Mumma:
.. +Barbara Hertzler b: January 22, 1807
... 2 George Mumma
... 2 Jacob H. Mumma b: December 27, 1824
... 2 Abraham Mumma b: September 9, 1827
... 2 John Thornton Mumma b: May 18, 1829
... 2 Henry Clay Mumma b: May 6, 1831
....... +Mary Jane Rohrbach b: July 18, 1837
... *2nd Wife of Henry Clay Mumma:
....... +Barbara Ann Keedy Married: November 10, 1864 b: May 28, 1842 d: 1925
... 2 Catherine Mumma b: June 7, 1833
Samuel Cost b: 1794 d: October 19, 1868
note: Home used as hospital-Battle of Antietam
m: March 21, 1823 Barbara A. Keedy b: 1806 d: November 6, 1854
children: Jacob Cost
Aaron Cost
Elizabeth Cost who married Philip Pry
note: House was headquarters of General McClellan-Battle of Antietam
note: October 1, 1862 Fixed breakfast for President Lincoln when he visited Antietam after the battle
Mary Cost married toSamuel Pry
Cost
Henry Piper
children: Elmer
Mary Ellen
possibly this family:
1 Henry Piper b: 1809
.. +Elizabeth Keedy aka: Betsy Married: November 18, 1828 b: 1810
... 2 Barbara Piper
... 2 Martha Piper
... 2 John A. Piper
... 2 Elizabeth Piper
... 2 Mary Ellen Piper
....... +David Smith
... 2 Catherine Piper
... 2 Susan S. Piper
... 2 Samuel D. Piper
Nicodemus
John Hoffman (Used as a hospital)
Henry Furry Neikirk (son of Henry Neikirk and Nancy Furry) b: March 19, 1820 in Sharpsville, Washington County Maryland d: August 15, 1895 in Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland note: House filled with Union casualties from Bloody Lane
m. Mary Miller m: February 20, 1845 in Washington County, Maryland b: July 24, 1818 in Washington County , Maryland d: August 25, 1899 in Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland
children:
• Elizabeth Neikirk aka: Lizzie b: November 30, 1845
• George Miller Neikirk b: April 24, 1847 in Washington County , Maryland
m. Emmas Myres
• Daniel M. Neikirk b: December 26, 1848 in Washington County , Maryland
m. Eugenia Deaner
• Mary Susan Neikirk b: December 17, 1850 in Washington County , Maryland
m. William O. Baker
• Barbara J. Neikirk b: June 6, 1853 in Washington County , Maryland
m. Simon P. Steele
• Samuel Henry Neikirk b: April 1, 1855 in Washington County , Maryland
m. Nancy Catherine Wolf m: December 13, 1881 b: December 27, 1856
• Joseph Clinton Neikirk b: September 2, 1857 in Washington County , Maryland d: 1857
• Annie K. Neikirk b: October 2, 1860 in Washington County , Maryland d: March 6, 1876
Mt Airy was the home of Stephen Philip Grove born 24 April 1810 and Maria
Dillon Robinson Grove they were married Feb 26, 1850
Six children were born of this union:
Otis b dec 14, 1850 died in infancy
Philip Edward born dec 23, 1851 died april 28, 1930
Lillie Anna Grove born March 29, 1854 died infancy
Louisa Catharine Grove born March 18, 1856 died 29 Sept 1834
Alva Dillon Grove born Jan 9, 1858 died March 23, 1939
Stephen Hays Grove born 23, 1861 died with in the year.
Mt Airy was used as a hospital during the civil war, for both Union and Confederate troops. On October 3, 1862 Lincoln left Wash and drove by horse drawn carriage to Mt. Airy. General George B. McClellan accompanied President Lincoln. He was coming to visit the Fifth Corps General Porter and the wounded.
Home of the Josiah Davis heirs. Josiah had died on August 18, 1850 at the age of 42. His widow was Eliza McCauley Davis who lived at the Bakersville intersection. The family had purchased the land from Daniel Fitzhugh on April 8, 1857. Where the family was actually living at the time of the battle is not known but it is known that the Union Army
destroyed 12 acres of corn and 5,886 rails probably after the battle.
In 1862, the family was as follows-
Eliza McCauley Davis- age 50
Josiah Ellsworth Davis- age 24
Theodore Hamilton Davis- age 22
Maria Elizabeth Davis- age 19
Anna Mary Davis- age 14
The oldest son, Francis MacCauley Davis had married and was a physician in West Virginia at the time of the battle