| DFA President, Bob Kendrick: Thinking about my heritage, I’m reminded how lucky I am to be part of such an interesting family. I was born in Allentown, PA. and I have 2 younger sisters. I well remember Saturdays at the Allentown farmers market and waiting for that late-summer Fair Week to arrive. I live in St. Charles, IL, near Chicago, with my wife and college sweetheart, Patti. We enjoy being outside, reading, travel, golf – we have fun.
I can trace my ancestry to Simon Dreisbach Jr. Here is the story:
Simon Jr’s daughter, Mary Catharine Dreisbach, married George Butz. (See DFA Newsletter 2015 - Taverns and Inn Keepers – thank you Marcia and Ardis). Their daughter, Lydia, married Joseph Keller. They had a son Samuel Stokes who served in the Civil War as a Captain commanding Co. H, 176th Regiment, Penna. Samuel married Mary Ann Dech. They had a daughter Clara, who married the Hon. Marcus C. L. Kline, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1903-07. They had 2 children, Edwin and Althea Lucille. Althea Lucille married Claude Grim Shankweiler and they had 2 children, Kathryn Kline and Lewis Kline. Kathryn Kline Shankweiler married Melvin Leroy Heydt. They had 2 children, Sally Ann and Patricia Ann.
I am Sally Ann’s son.
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