Simon Wehr ⁵

  General Notes:

Married by Rev Johannes Heinrich Hellrich they were members of Ben Salem Church near Andreas Pennsylvania married Salome Peter dua of Jacob Peter.
Some time around 1800 he moved across the Blue Mountain to Penn Twp. Here his family were members of the Ben Salem Church near Andreas, Pennsylvania. Sponsored baptisms at Ben Salem, years 1810-1815, 1818, 1826, 1828, and 1831, before moving to Ohio. It appears he had 16 children.

From an email from Sgentree@aol.com

Simon WEHR, s/o Lorenz WEHR and Juliana BURGER, b. 12 September 1780 Heidelberg Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., Pennsylvania, d. 16 May 1848 Canfield Twp., Mahoning Co., OH, bur. Old North Church Cemetery, Canfield, OH; m. 6 September 1797 Salome PETER, d/o Jacob PETER and Susanna --?--, b. 31 July 1780 Pennsylvania, d. 27 September 1838 OH, bur. Old North Church Cemetery, Canfield. Salome was baptized at Schlossers Reformed Church, Neffs, Pennsylvania; Martin Andreas Jr. and Salome Rex sponsored.

Tombstone inscription from page 8 of Canfield Twp., Cemetery and Death Records, Mahoning Co., Ohio, compiled 1983 by Margaret Miller Simon for Mahoning County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society. Salome's complete dates were on the inscription. Simon's tombstone had only the date of death and age 67y 8m 4d.


On Ancestry.com the Moffat Famly Tree lists a daughter of Simon as Susanna born 6 Apr 1813 Heidelberg, Northampton, PA died 6 June 1885, Mulberry, Clinton, Indiana.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Born Alternate: Heidelberg Twp. Northampton (Now Lehigh) Co., Pennsylvania. ⁶

• Died Alternate: East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

Simon married Salome Peter, daughter of Jacob Peter and Susanna Rex, on 6 Sep 1797 in Heidelberg Pennsylvania Rev Johannes Heinrich Helffrich.^{1 2 3 4} (Salome Peter was born on 31 Jul 1780 in Neffs, Pennsylvania,⁶ died on 27 Sep 1838 in Canfield Twp. Mahoning Co. Ohio ⁶ and was buried in Old North Cemetery, Canfield Ohio ⁷.)