Individual Details
Benjamin Michael WOLFGONG
(23 Mar 1814 - 8 Jun 1871)
Events
| Birth | 23 Mar 1814 |  | |||
| Marriage | Barbara WOLF | | |||
| Census | 1850 | Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Clarion Post Office, Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Shannondale Post Office, Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 8 Jun 1871 | | |||
| Burial | 1871 | Saint John's Reformed UCC Cemetery, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 10 Jul 1875 | for 119 acres in Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania to their brother Henry J. Wolfgong | | ||
| Probate | From Feb 1884 to Feb 1885 | Jefferson County, Pennsylvania |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara WOLF (1823 - 1913) |
| Child | Barbary WOLFGONG (1841 - 1842) |
| Child | Isaac WOLFGONG (1842 - 1843) |
| Child | Susanna WOLFGONG (1844 - 1924) |
| Child | Catharine "Katie" WOLFGONG (1845 - 1876) |
| Child | Henry WOLFGONG (1847 - 1916) |
| Child | Mary Ann WOLFGONG (1848 - ) |
| Child | George WOLFGONG (1850 - 1851) |
| Child | Salome WOLFGONG (1852 - ) |
| Child | Johan Dieter WOLFGONG (1854 - 1857) |
| Child | Jacob Benjamin WOLFGONG (1857 - 1934) |
| Child | Simon J. WOLFGONG (1859 - 1936) |
| Child | Christina Carolina WOLFGONG (1862 - 1943) |
| Father | John Dieter "Teter" WOLFGANG (1783 - 1850) |
| Mother | Elizabeth ( - ) |
| Sibling | George WOLFGANG (1812 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Catherine WOLFGANG (1817 - 1862) |
| Sibling | John Dieter "Teter" WOLFGANG (1820 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Jacob WOLFGANG (1826 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Susanna WOLFGANG (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine WOLFGANG (1833 - 1904) |
Notes
Probate
Barbara Wolfgong petitioned the Court as his widow in February 1884 to make a partition of the real estate that Michael Wolfgong owned in Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania when he died intestate on 8 June 1871. She was entitled to one third as his widow and his seven children to the other two thirds. The Court said the real estate could not be divided "without prejudice to or spoiling the whole." The 124 acres were valued at $22.50 per acre or $2790. The land was sold at a public sale to Michael and Barbara Wolfgong's son Simon J. Wolfgong for $2250. Barbara received the interest on her one third share during her lifetime.John Shaffer is also mentioned in the petition as one of the persons the sheriff served notice regarding the hearing to order sale of the property rather than divide it. He was the father of Frank Shaffer married to Barbara Wolfgong's daughter Caroline.
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2013), memorial page for Michael Benjamin Wolfgong, Find A Grave Memorial # 36524642, citing Saint Johns Reformed UCC Cemetery (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Kenneth Himes, photograph by Kenneth Himes.
2. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2013), memorial page for Barbara Wolf Wolfgong, Find A Grave Memorial # 45397126, citing Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery (Coolspring, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Barb Kopshina, photograph by Barb Kopshina.
3. 1850 U.S. census, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Redbank Township, page 138A, dwelling 1910, family 1951, Michael Woofgong; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 April 2013); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 767.
4. 1860 U.S. census, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Clarion Post Office, Redbank Township, page 556 (stamped), page 26 (penned), dwelling 175, family 183, Michael Wolfgong; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 April 2013); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1095.
5. 1870 U.S. census, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Shannondale Post Office, Redbank Township, page 622A (stamped), page 9 (penned), dwelling 74, family 72, Michael Wolfgong; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 April 2013); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1326.
6. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2013), memorial page for Michael Benjamin Wolfgong, Find A Grave Memorial # 36524642, citing Saint Johns Reformed UCC Cemetery (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Kenneth Himes, photograph by Kenneth Himes.
7. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 April 2013), memorial page for Michael Benjamin Wolfgong, Find A Grave Memorial # 36524642, citing Saint Johns Reformed UCC Cemetery (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Kenneth Himes, photograph by Kenneth Himes.
8. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson County Deed Records, :464 and 465, Susannah Himes, Mary A. Shaffer, and Catharine Reed to Henry J. Wolfgong, 10 July 1875; recorded 9 August 1876; Jefferson County Courthouse, Brookville, Pennsylvania.
9. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Jefferson County Probate Records, Partition Docket 1:262,263,272 , Petition of Barbara Wolfgong for partition of the Real Estate of Michael Wolfgong late of Oliver Township deceased, from February 1884 to February 1885; Jefferson County Courthouse, Brookville, Pennsylvania.