Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE1 RENSBERGER.
Child of GEORGE RENSBERGER is:
2. i. JACOB2 RENSBERGER, b. Apr 1, 1807, Somerset County, Pennsylvania;
d. Abt. 1888.
Generation No. 2
2. JACOB2 RENSBERGER (GEORGE1) was born Apr 1, 1807 in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania, and died Abt. 1888. He married (1) REBECCA
UNKNOWN. He married (2) VERONICA HOSTETLER Jul 1826 in Somerset County,
Pennsylvania.
Children of JACOB RENSBERGER and VERONICA HOSTETLER are:
i. CAROLINE3 RENSBERGER, b. Nov 8, 1827, Somerset County, Pennsylvania;
d. Sep 21, 1855, Elkhart County, Indiana; m. JACOB F. CRIPE.
ii. ELIZABETH RENSBERGER, b. Jan 8, 1829, Somerset County, Pennsylvania;
d. Jan 21, 1866, Elkhart County, Indiana; m. JOSEPH CRIPE.
3. iii. SAMUEL RENSBERGER, b. Jun 15, 1831, Summitsville, Somerset
County, Pennsylvania; d. Mar 3, 1910, Syracuse, Indiana.
iv. JOHN RENSBERGER, b. Sep 1, 1832, Holmes County, Ohio; d.
Feb 26, 1904, Marshall County; m. (1) LYDIA ANN BUZZARD; m. (2) ELIZABETH
ADALINE METCALFE.
v. JACOB RENSBERGER, b. Jan 6, 1834, Holmes County, Ohio; d.
Oct 1883, St. Joseph County, Indiana; m. ELIZABETH ULERY.
vi. JONAS RENSBERGER, b. Feb 19, 1835, Holmes County, Ohio; d.
Aug 17, 1864, Kosciusko County, Indiana; m. ELIZABETH CRIPE.
vii. EDWARD RENSBERGER, b. Jun 22, 1836, Holmes County, Ohio;
d. Feb 28, 1881; m. (1) ELLEN ANN BRADBURRY; m. (2) ROZELLA ANTOINETTA
DROLETTE, Mar 7, 1861.
4. viii. WILLIAM RENSBERGER, b. Jun 21, 1837, Holmes County, Ohio;
d. Apr 8, 1881, Elkhart County, Indiana.
ix. SUSANNA RENSBERGER, b. Nov 9, 1839, Holmes County, Ohio;
d. Nov 1862, Syracuse, Indiana; m. WASHINGTON GILBERT.
x. SON RENSBERGER, b. Feb 1841, Holmes County, Ohio; d. Feb 1841,
Holmes County, Ohio.
xi. LEWIS RENSBERGER, b. Oct 9, 1842, Holmes County, Ohio; m.
REBECCA AKERS.
Generation No. 3
3. SAMUEL3 RENSBERGER (JACOB2, GEORGE1) was born Jun 15, 1831
in Summitsville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and died Mar 3, 1910 in
Syracuse, Indiana. He married MARTHA HESS Mar 30, 1854 in Goshen,
Indiana, daughter of BALSER HESS and SARAH IMMELL.
Children of SAMUEL RENSBERGER and MARTHA HESS are:
i. ALBERT4 RENSBERGER.
ii. ALPHEUS RENSBERGER.
iii. CHLOE RENSBERGER.
iv. GRACE RENSBERGER.
v. HIRAM RENSBERGER.
vi. MELVIN N. RENSBERGER.
vii. WILLIAM RENSBERGER.
viii. JOSEPHINE RENSBERGER, b. Mar 3, 1855; m. JOHN M. HOOVER1,
Dec 17, 1874.
ix. CEPHAS RENSBERGER, b. Sep 26, 1867; d. Feb 27, 1910, Las
Animas, Colorado.
x. MARY AMELIA RENSBERGER, b. Oct 7, 1869; d. Nov 30, 1885, Goshen,
Indiana.
4. WILLIAM3 RENSBERGER (JACOB2, GEORGE1) was born Jun 21, 1837
in Holmes County, Ohio, and died Apr 8, 1881 in Elkhart County, Indiana.
He married RACHEL HOLSINGER Dec 6, 1860, daughter of BENJAMIN HOLTZINGER
and MARY STAUFFER.
Children of WILLIAM RENSBERGER and RACHEL HOLSINGER are:
i. SARA ANN4 RENSBERGER, b. Sep 6, 1861, Filllmore County, Minnesota;
d. Jul 21, 1921, Goshen, Indiana; m. HENRY B. HESS, Jan 1, 1888, Jackson
Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
ii. MILO ALLEN RENSBERGER, b. Jul 7, 1864, Preston, Minnesota;
d. Jan 1, 1914; m. FLORENCE HOUSE, Jul 13, 1889, Grundy Center, Iowa.
iii. MILTON HENRY RENSBERGER, b. Sep 13, 1865, Jackson Township,
Elkhart County, Indiana; d. Oct 4, 1941, New Paris, Indiana; m. ALVORETTA
BARRINGER, Dec 8, 1889, Milford Junction, Milford, Indiana.
iv. SAMUEL BENJAMIN RENSBERGER, b. Sep 7, 1867, New Paris, Indiana;
d. Mar 31, 1940, Marion, Indiana; m. ONA SCOTT.
v. ELLEN (ELLA) REBECCA RENSBERGER, b. Dec 17, 1869, Kosciusko
County, Indiana; d. Dec 23, 1920; m. JAMES W. MYERS, Dec 20, 1890.
vi. MARY ELIZABETH RENSBERGER, b. Mar 29, 1872, Elkhart County,
Indiana; d. Apr 17, 1919; m. DAVID K. GARMAN, Jul 5, 1893, Goshen, Indiana.
vii. SABINA FRANCIS RENSBERGER, b. May 6, 1874, Milford, Indiana;
d. Jan 15, 1944, Goshen, Indiana; m. CHARLES CHAPMAN, Nov 8, 1899, Elkhart,
Indiana.
viii. MARTHA ADDA RENSBERGER, b. Feb 10, 1877, Milford, Indiana;
d. Jan 16, 1951, Mishawaka, Indiana; m. CURTIS WARSTLER, May 5, 1900, Milford,
Indiana.
ix. AMANDA JOSEPHINE RENSBERGER, b. Sep 5, 1879, Millersburg,
Indiana; d. Jan 9, 1980, Goshen, Indiana; m. HARVEY W. CRIPE, Feb 9, 1901,
Goshen, Indiana.
Endnotes
1. West Goshen Cemetery, Birth and death dates are taken from the Elkhart County cemetery records at the Goshen Public Library