My Genealogy Hound

JESSE S. KRIEBLE, a life-long resident of Worcester township, was born October 11, 1842, on the farm of fifty acres on which he now resides. He attended the schools of the neighborhood until he attained the age of eighteen years. He then spent two years at the academy at North Wales and at Freeland Seminary, now Ursinus College, at Collegeville, for one term.

Having acquired sufficient knowledge for the purpose, he taught school at Gwynedd Square, known as the Weslem School. He also taught three years at Anders’ School in Worcester. After working for some time for his father on the home farm, he took a farm on his own account, and has been engaged in this occupation ever since.

Mr. Krieble is of the Schwenkfelder denomination. In politics he is a Republican, but has strong independence inclinations. He has been school director in Worcester for a period of twenty-four years, a very unusual circumstance. He is a very active member of the Farmers’ Union, of Worcester, one of the most influential farmers’ clubs in eastern Pennsylvania, being its president. He is president of the board of directors of the Centre Point creamery, of which board he has been a member since 1881. He is a director of the National Bank of North Wales, and is a director of the Lansdale Water Company. He is a trustee of the Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, a member of the executive committee and one of the vice-presidents of the School Directors’ Association of Montgomery county.

In 1870 Mr. Krieble married Susan, daughter of William Krieble, also of Worcester. The couple have had five children, of whom four are deceased. Vernon K., who survives, attended Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he took the scientific course, having first graduated from the public schools of the township and from the Perkiomen Seminary at Pennsburg. He was born March 4, 1885. Of the deceased children of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Krieble, Malinda died at the age of six years; Ida, at the age of fifteen months; Harvey, at the age of seven months.

Isaac S. Krieble (father) was the son of Isaac and Regina Schultz Krieble. He was their only child and was born April 22, 1806. He married May 5, 1831, Christiana, daughter of William Schultz. Their children: William, born June 8, 1832; a son born October 10, 1833, lived but two days; Carolinia, born September 28, 1834, died October 24, 1851; Phoebe, born January 20, 1837; Noah, born December 4, 1838, died August 16, 1839; Sarah, born September 24, 1840; Jesse S. (subject of this sketch); Daniel, born December 2, 1845; Enos, born February 1, 1847, died February 12, 1847; Amanda, born May 20, 1850; Selina, born May 30, 1853, married Amandas S. Rothenberger; a son born died November 15, 1856. Isaac S. Krieble was a well-known farmer of Worcester. Christiana Schultz, wife of Isaac S. Krieble, was born December 6, 1812, was the eldest child of William and Salome (Krieble) Schultz, whose other children were: Samuel, born September 13, 1814; Maria, born October 6, 1816, died February 27, 1833; William Schultz, died on Christmas day, 1817, his widow died November 4, 1869. William and Salome were married November 14, 1811. William Schultz was born November 11, 1786, being the son of David and Anna Krieble Schultz, who were married May 17, 1781, and had in all ten children. David Schultz was the son of Rev. Christopher Schultz, a native of Silesia and son of Melchior Schultz, Rev. Christopher Schultz was a scholar of rare acquirements, a friend of Count Zinzandorf, and one of the leaders in the movement for emigration to America, being an active spirit among the Schwenkfelders. He settled with his two brothers near what is now the borough of East Greenville. He died May 9, 1789, aged seventy-one, his wife, Rosina, daughter of Baltzer Yeakel, and four children, Regina, Andrew, David and Susanna, surviving him.

Isaac Krieble (grandfather), born February 5, 1779, was the eldest child of Abraham and Rosina (Hartranft) Krieble, whose other children were Christina, 1780; Maria, 1788; Susanna, 1796. Isaac Krieble married Regina, daughter of Melchior Schultz, grandson of Melchior Schultz who was a brother of the Rev. Christopher Schultz. Isaac and Regina Krieble had but one child: Isaac S.

Abraham Krieble (great-grandfather), born March 30, 1750, was the eldest child of Christopher and Maria (Dresher) Krieble. He died December 16, 1818, aged sixty-eight years, his wife having died four years previously. They were married February 12, 1778.

Christopher Krieble (great-great-grandfather) was the son of Christopher Krieble, who with his wife Maria came in 1734 to Pennsylvania with their children, the others being George, Susanna, Anna, Maria and Rosina. The children of the younger Christopher were: Abraham; Rosina, born 1751; Jeremiah, 1755; Anna, 1758; Susanna, 1762. He died December 31, 1800, aged eighty years, his wife, December 30, 1772, aged forty-nine years. (Many more particulars of the Krieble and Schultz families are given in the “Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelders,” by Rev. Reuben Krieble, published in 1879.)

Amandas S. Rothenberger, who married Selina, sister of Jesse S. Krieble, was born in Horsensack township, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1854. He attended the ordinary schools until the age of seventeen years. He then engaged in farming and was employed on that of Mr. Krieble for twenty-eight years. He then bought the farm and resides on it at the present time.

Mr. Rothenberger is a member of the Schwenkfelders. He is a Republican in politics, and is an active member of the Farmers’ Union.

Mr. Rothenberger’s marriage with Miss Krieble occurred in 1879. They have had a family of six children, three being deceased. They are: Ada, born January 1, 1886, residing with her parents. In 1901 she graduated in the public schools of Worcester. She then attended the Perkiomen Seminary, where she graduated in June, 1904, making specialties of music and elocution. Amos, born September 20, 1891, is attending Anders’ School. Marvin was born January 21, 1897. Ella, born June 25, 1880, died at the age of four and a half years. Nora, born July 3, 1882, died at the age of two and a half years. Minie, born September 17, 1893, died at the age of three and a half years.

Mr. Rothenberger is the son of David and Susanna (Schultz) Rothenberger. He is one of a family of seven children, of whom he is the eldest. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Rothenberger: Edwin, married Amanda Krieble, daughter of Ephraim Krieble. He is a farmer of Worcester. They have a family of six children: Emma, Alvin, deceased, Irene, James, Lawrence, and Oscar. Sarah Ann died at the age of thirty-three years unmarried. Thomas married Ellen K. Heebner, daughter of John S. Heebner. Thomas is a farmer of Worcester. They had two children: Wayne and Lillie. The mother died in March, 1893. Thomas then married Ellen K. Krieble, daughter of Abraham K. Krieble. They have had two children, Mabel and Irma. Asa married Amanda Merkel, daughter of Solomon Merkel, of Lehigh county. He is a farmer of Montgomery county. They have two children, Elmer and Frank. Elmira died at the age of two years. Levi married Andora Shoenly, daughter of Samuel Shoenly. He was a clerk in Philadelphia, and is now deceased. His wife and child, Ida, survive. A son, Clarence, is deceased.

Amanda Krieble, another sister of Jesse S. Krieble, married Noah Seibert, son of Jonas Seibert, of Upper Milford township, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Her husband was a farmer by occupation. Their son, William K. Seibert, born March 20, 1879, took a course in the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia. He received his early education in the public schools in Worcester, graduating in 1895. He also graduated from Perkiomen Seminary in 1898, and from Lafayette College in 1902. On September 15, 1903, he married Miss Elsie M. Bechtel. Noah Seibert died January 30, 1891. He was kicked by a horse and lived only two hours after being injured. He was born December 15, 1849.