Jonas Beachy

1791 - 1878  (86 years)

• Name	Jonas Beachy
  Born	5 Nov 1791	Elklick, Somerset, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bishop
  Permanent Record Number	geni:6000000001212955477
  _MARNM	Beachy
  Died	23 Oct 1878
  	Address: Grantsville Grantsville, Maryland United States
  Person ID	I6000000001212955477	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 May 2018

  
  

  Family	Sarah Gnaegi,   b. 27 Jun 1798,   d. 22 Nov 1875  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1817	Somerset, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Benedict Beachy,   b. 1818,   d. 1894  (Age 76 years)   2. Daniel Beachy,   b. 20 Apr 1820,   d. 8 Jan 1897  (Age 76 years)   3. John Beachy,   b. 1824,   d. 1842  (Age 18 years)   4. Samuel Jonas Beachy,   b. 1 Nov 1825, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 May 1921  (Age 95 years)   5. Susanna J Beachy,   b. 4 Jun 1827, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Mar 1899, Bittinger, Garrett County, Maryland  (Age 71 years)   6. Noah Beachy,   b. 1828,   d. 1829  (Age 1 years)   7. Lydia Beachy,   b. 9 May 1830,   d. 9 Feb 1877  (Age 46 years)   8. Catherine Beachy,   b. Abt 1831,   d. Abt 12 Mar 1913  (Age 82 years)   9. Elizabeth Beachy,   b. 1833,   d. 1847  (Age 14 years)   10. Elizabeth Beachy,   b. 6 May 1833,   d. 17 Apr 1885  (Age 51 years)   11. Sarah Beachy,   b. 6 May 1833, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 9 Sep 1923, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 90 years)   12. Mary Beachy,   b. 1835,   d. 1840  (Age 5 years)   13. Manassas Jonas Beachy,   b. 14 Jun 1837,   d. 5 Jun 1895  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F6000000010145422106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  {geni:about_me} Jonas Beachy was of Pennsylvania birth,but his parents were natives of Germany. He lived the life of a Maryland farmer and was a minister and bishop of the Amish church. He died in Maryland (in which state his wife also died), aged eighty-six years, and when eighty-five he walked seven miles to preach to his people on the Sabbath. History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania" Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 203/4 "Rufus M. BEACHY.