Reverend James Washington Fyock

Male 1879 - 1957  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Reverend James Washington Fyock was born on 10 Aug 1879 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Abraham Fyock and Nancy Varner); died in 1957 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    James married Annie Strayer on 28 Aug 1898 in Pennsylvania, USA. Annie was born in 0Oct 1878 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1972 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Catherine Alberta Fyock was born in 1904 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Erma DeRoy Fyock was born on 19 Feb 1906 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 May 1996 in Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, USA.
    3. Milford H. Fyock was born on 18 Jul 1908 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 0Jan 1987 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Abraham Fyock was born on 30 Nov 1844 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Jacob George Fyock and Barbara Reinhard); died on 14 Feb 1919 in Dunnings Creek, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.534
    ABRAHAM FYOCK, a retired farmer of Johnstown, Cambria county Pennsylvania, who has achieved prominence and veneration for his work in the interests of the Dunkard church of Walnut Grove, is a descendant of German ancestry.

    Jacob Fyock, father of Abraham Fyock, was born about the year 1812. He purchased a large tract of land in Conemaugh township, near the Frankstown road, and this he cleared of timber, proceeded to cultivate, and it is at the present day the Fyock family homestead, and in the possession of his son David. The greater part of his life was spent on this homestead, and he was very successful in its cultivation. He married Barbara Reichard, and had children: 1. Samuel, married Mary Lehman, had nine children, all now deceased, eight of them being carried off in early youth by diphtheria. 2. Jacob, married Susannah Berkebeil, and had children: John, George, Richard, Ida, Clara and Mary. 3. Abraham, see forward. 4. Daniel, married Annie Wissinger, and had children: Ezra, George, Jerome, Henry, Cyrus, Andrew, Harvey, James, Rose and Sevilla. 5. David, married Lizzie Williams, and had children Frank, Ephraim, Ella and Pearl. 6. Barbara, married John Keiper, and had children: Elmer, Emery, John, Ettie, Annie, Gertrude, Bertha and Ida. 7. Annie, married George Keiper, and had children: Sevilla and Emma.

    Abraham Fyock, third son and child of Jacob and Barbara (Reichard) Fyock, was born on the Fyock homestead, November 30, 1844. His early years were spent on the farm of his father, assisting the latter in its management and thus acquiring a practical working knowledge of the details of farm life. Upon the death of his father he resided with his brother, who had assumed the management of affairs, until he had attained his eighteenth year, when he removed to Johnstown and obtained a position with the Cambria Steel Company in the rolling mill. He enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1864, Captain Stackhouse, commanding. He served in all ten months, taking an active part in the battles of Petersburg, Five Points, and several others. He was present with his regiment at the surrender of Lee. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged, and returned to Johnstown, where he found employment with John Tieter, a farmer. Later he married and went with his wife to live on the Fyock homestead, remaining there until 1869, when he purchased a farm in that vicinity. He cultivated this successfully until 1892, when he sold it to advantage and retired from active work. He removed to Walnut Grove, where he purchased a comfortable dwelling, with some adjoining land, and devoted all his time and attention to the Dunkard church of Walnut Grove, to which he had been elected minister in 1889. Ten years later the congregation elected him an elder, and at the present time (1906) he is filling both these offices in an eminently satisfactory manner. He has also charge of the Bolivar Dunkard church, at Bolivar, Pennsylvania, where he preaches twice each month. His long and faithful services in the interests of this church have been fully appreciated.

    Mr. Fyock married, November 23, 1865, Nancy Varner, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Good) Varner. Samuel Varner was a son of George and Christina (Horner) Varner, was a farmer by occupation, and proprietor of a farm of sixty-nine acres. George Varner was a son of Nicholas Varner, who emigrated from Germany to this country in the early part of the nineteenth century. Abraham and Nancy (Varner) Fyock had children: 1. Samuel H., born October 21, 1866. 2. Clarissa J., born February 15, 1868, married, May 26, 1889, Scott Wilson. 3. Sarah A., born September 13, 1870, married, November 10, 1895, Benjamin Strayer. 4. Rachel E., born September 15, 1873, married, October 3, 1893, John Mills. 5. Emma C., born October 10, 1875, died May 28, 1880. 6. James W., born August 10, 1879. 7. Lucy E., born February 9, 1883, died November 16, 1887. 8. John C., born June 29, 1885.

    Abraham married Nancy Varner on 23 Nov 1865 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA. Nancy was born on 27 Jan 1844 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Mar 1914 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nancy Varner was born on 27 Jan 1844 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 29 Mar 1914 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Harrison Fyock was born on 21 Oct 1866 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 Aug 1957 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Clarissa Jane Fyock was born on 15 Feb 1868 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1921.
    3. Sarah Ann Fyock was born on 10 Sep 1870 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 1943 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Maple Springs Cemetery, Jerome, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Rachel Elizabeth Fyock was born on 5 Sep 1873 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Dec 1936 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 21 Dec 1936.
    5. Emma Catherine Fyock was born on 10 Oct 1875 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 May 1880 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. 1. Reverend James Washington Fyock was born on 10 Aug 1879 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1957 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Lucy E. Fyock was born on 9 Feb 1883 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Nov 1887 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    8. John Calvin Fyock was born on 29 Jun 1884 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jacob George Fyock was born on 5 Nov 1809 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of John Fyock and Susannah Messerbaugh); died on 30 Apr 1858 in Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Jacob married Barbara Reinhard. Barbara (daughter of Peter Reinhardt and Franzisca Unknown) was born on 6 Mar 1811 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Oct 1899 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Barbara Reinhard was born on 6 Mar 1811 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Peter Reinhardt and Franzisca Unknown); died on 13 Oct 1899 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Samuel J. Fyock was born on 17 Jul 1835 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Aug 1893 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Old Fyock Farm Cemetery, Central City, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Jacob B. Fyock was born on 17 Feb 1839 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Aug 1914 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. 2. Abraham Fyock was born on 30 Nov 1844 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 14 Feb 1919 in Dunnings Creek, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Daniel D. Fyock was born on 31 Aug 1847 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Oct 1927 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. David Fyock was born on 10 Mar 1850 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 Dec 1914 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Barbara Fyock was born on 22 May 1853 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Jul 1925 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Anna Agnes Fyock was born on 30 Jan 1856 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 Oct 1945 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Fyock was born on 23 Aug 1772 in Pennsylvania, USA (son of Georg Jakob Veiock and Barbara Butterbach); died on 13 Dec 1852 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in UNKNOWN.

    Notes:

    BIOGRAPHY:
    http://gedcomindex.com/Towns/uspa1331.html
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cranefamily/Fyock.html

    John married Susannah Messerbaugh about 1798 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. Susannah (daughter of Unknown Messerbach) was born on 19 Jul 1778 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 26 Jun 1870 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Susannah Messerbaugh was born on 19 Jul 1778 in Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Unknown Messerbach); died on 26 Jun 1870 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. Catherine Fyock was born on 1 Mar 1799 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Jul 1882 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Fyock was born on 10 Jul 1800 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Apr 1884 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    3. Frances Fyock was born in Oct 1804 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Jan 1867 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    4. Barbara Fyock was born on 5 Jul 1808 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 14 Oct 1884 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    5. 4. Jacob George Fyock was born on 5 Nov 1809 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 Apr 1858 in Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.
    6. Daniel Fyock was born on 17 Mar 1817 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Dec 1891 in Pennsylvania, USA.
    7. Samuel Fyock was born in 1819 in Paint Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1893 in South Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 10.  Peter Reinhardt was born in 1782; died in in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Peter married Franzisca Unknown. Franzisca was born in 1784; died in in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Franzisca Unknown was born in 1784; died in in Pennsylvania, USA.
    Children:
    1. 5. Barbara Reinhard was born on 6 Mar 1811 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 13 Oct 1899 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Locust Grove Brethren Cemetery, Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.