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• Alias-Name: Magthalina Willyard

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Magthalina heiratete Ruff, Friedrich geschätzt 1740. Friedrich wurde geboren geschätzt 1714; und gestorben. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Four Generations of the Immigrant Christian Rodabaugh by Kem Luther:
Sophia Maria, who apparently went by Mary, as she is referenced in her husband's will, probably met and married Valentine Whitehead (Weisskopf) in the 1770's in Westmoreland County. Her maiden name is gleaned from the birth record of her daughter Susanna, which identified Mary's parents as Friedrich Ruff and Magthalina Wilgard (or Willyard).
Mary and Valentine had 11 children, including Valentine, Jr., Mary, Barbara, Susanna, Elizabetha (called Elizabeth in her father's will), Magdalena, Catherine, Sarah, Christianna (called Christina in her father's will), Christopher ("Stoffel," after his grandfather) and Peter. A more detailed listing, including birth and death dates and spouses, is available in Kem Luther's work.
Although little is known about my 5x great-grandmother Mary, without her pioneering spirit and obvious physical, emotional and spiritual fortitude, I wouldn't be around to write about her. She is buried next to her husband.

Sophia heiratete Weisskopf, Valentine Sr. geschätzt 1767. Valentine (Sohn von Weisskopf, Christoffel und Reidenbach, Elisabeth Barbara) wurde geboren am 2 Sep 1743 in At Sea; gestorben am 28 Feb 1829 in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Brush Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Four Generations of the Immigrant Christian Rodabaugh by Kem Luther:
Valentine was the eldest son of Valentine, Sr. and Mary (Ruff) Whitehead (Weisskopf). He was born and grew up in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, where his father had joined Gen. Forbes and Col. Washington in their campaign to recapture Ft. Duquesne (Ft. Pitt) from the French in 1758.
The younger Valentine married Mary Kemrie (or Kemmerer), probably in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on April 26, 1800. Mary's father may have been Johann Ludwig Cammerer.
In 1801 Valentine, Jr. and his new wife moved from Westmoreland County to Butler County, Pennsylvania. In 1812 he followed other family members pushing west into the Old Northwest Territory, settling in Montgomery County, Ohio near Dayton.
Nine of Valentine's twelve children moved to Elkhart County, Indiana in the 1840's. Although some of the land patents are dated as early as 1833, the 1840 census finds the Whiteheads still in Montgomery County. This would suggest that the Elkhart County land was purchased several years prior to the Whitehead migration to Indiana which actually occurred in the 1840's. This would have allowed time to prepare the land for farming and to build cabins.
The Whiteheads were instrumental in developing the Church of the Brethren in southeastern Elkhart County. One of the earliest Dunkard churches in the county was built in 1854 with timbers donated by Valentine, Jr.'s son Samuel on land donated by Samuel's brothers. Long known as The Whitehead Church, the original building still stands as the Maple Grove Church across from the Whitehead Cemetery. Many additions and remodeling has made the original timber frame no longer visible, but it is there nonetheless.
Whether Valentine, Jr. actually moved onto and worked his land in Elkhart County seems unlikely. The evidence is that, although he made mutliple trips to Elkhart County in the 1830's and 1840's, he did not move there until sometime between 1855 and 1860. We also know that by 1855 he was nearly blind. He doesn't show up on the Elkhart County census until 1860.
Valentine, Jr. died in 1865 at the age of 85. Coincidentally, Valentine, Sr. also lived to be 85. That is, of course a ripe old age, but particularly so for American pioneers.

Valentine heiratete Kemrie, Mary geschätzt 1800. Mary wurde geboren in 1780 in ,,, USA; gestorben am 29 Okt 1847 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Fort McKinley Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Samuel heiratete Frantz, Sarah geschätzt 1830. Sarah (Tochter von Frantz, Henry und Kinsey, Mary) wurde geboren am 27 Jul 1808 in , Franklin County, Virginia, USA; gestorben am 29 Okt 1886 in , Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

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Valentine Frantz Whitehead was one of eight children of Samuel and Sarah [Frantz] Whitehead. He grew up in Elkhart County and married Christina Smith whose parents had moved to Indiana from Canada. Valentine taught school briefly in Syracuse, IN in 1861, then married and committed himself to farming. He and Tena had eight children of their own, one of whom was Samuel Elmer Whitehead, my great-grandfather. Valentine and Tena bought 80 acres of the Ott farm west of New Paris, Indiana in 1885 when their son, Samuel E., was fifteen years old. Christina's brother Samuel purchased the adjoining 80 acres which he later sold to his brother-in-law Valentine. These two 80 acre plats formed what is now the 160 acre quarter-section owned by Dick Whitehead, one of Valentine's great-grandsons.
Valentine F. died in 1898 and Samuel E. and his wife, Doshia [Peters] Whitehead, raised four children on the family farm, Merl, Cecil, Harold, and Russell. All three boys farmed the land for a few years while their father was ill and for a short time thereafter. Seeing that the farm would not be able to support three familes, Merl sold his share to his brothers and purchased a milk route. Russell and Harold farmed together for a while, but Harold eventually sold out to Russell, who passed it on to his son, Dick.
The original barn burned in 1927 and Doshia replaced it in 1929 with lumber from the woods on the property. The 1929 barn was dismantled and sold in 2002. The beautiful white farmhouse burned on February 6, 2007. Dick and Doris Whitehead have since built a new house on the site of the old. Their sons and grandsons continue to work the farm.

Valentine heiratete Smith, Christina am 7 Apr 1861. Christina (Tochter von Smith, John und Snyder, Catharine) wurde geboren am 13 Okt 1845 in Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; gestorben am 20 Feb 1911 in , Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; wurde beigesetzt in Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]