Individual Details
Michael Georg EHRHART
(Abt 1824 - Jan 1886)
At The Perry Historians is a small book called The Pauper School Children Lists by Harry A. Focht. The names were found in the tax assessment records for the years 1820 to 1840 and show names of children whose parents were not able to pay for their schooling. In 1831 in Centre Township, with no parent named were:
David Erehart aged 9 years
Michael Erehart aged 6 years
Sarah Erehart aged 5 years
This matches names and ages of three of Michael's children.
Much info this family per Perry Historians. Per note in Perry County Democrat, son Thompson resided in Roanoke, VA.
According to the bio of D.M. Ehrhart, Michael was a Lutheran minister.
"Churches Between the Mountains" a History of the Lutheran Church,Rev. D.H. Focht, published 1862. Copied at Lenig Library 27 May 1992,on page 251 states that Michael G. Earhart was confirmed on May 1,1842.
1860 Selinsgrove Borough, Snyder, Pennsylvania, pg. 167:
Michael Earhart, head, 35 (1824-25), born PA, Student of Divinity, no real estate, $200 personal property
Lucy Earhart, 35 [per index-write-over is hard to read] (1824-25), born PA.
Thompson Earhart, 9 (1850-51), born PA
George Earhart, 7 (1852-53), born PA
Margaret Patterson, 17 (1842-43), born PA, servant.
1870, P.O. Hollidaysburg, Blair Twp., Blair Co., Pennsylvania
VERY poor, light copy. Took most information from the ancestry.com index
M. G. Earhart, 48 (1821-1822), born PA, clergyman.
Lucy Earhart, 44 (1825-26), born PA
Thompson Earhart, 22 (1847-48), born PA
George Earhart, 18 (1851-52), born PA
1880, Fayetteville Village, Wilmington Twp., Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania, ED 230 pg. 1:
Michael G. Earhart, head, 55 (1824-25), born PA both parents born PA, Clergyman
Lucy A. Earhart, wife, 55 (1824-25), born PA father born Maryland mother born PA
John M. Earhart, grandson, 8 (1871-72), born PA both parents born PA. [He appears to be the son of Thompson and his wife and also appears with his parents this year.]
David Erehart aged 9 years
Michael Erehart aged 6 years
Sarah Erehart aged 5 years
This matches names and ages of three of Michael's children.
Much info this family per Perry Historians. Per note in Perry County Democrat, son Thompson resided in Roanoke, VA.
According to the bio of D.M. Ehrhart, Michael was a Lutheran minister.
"Churches Between the Mountains" a History of the Lutheran Church,Rev. D.H. Focht, published 1862. Copied at Lenig Library 27 May 1992,on page 251 states that Michael G. Earhart was confirmed on May 1,1842.
1860 Selinsgrove Borough, Snyder, Pennsylvania, pg. 167:
Michael Earhart, head, 35 (1824-25), born PA, Student of Divinity, no real estate, $200 personal property
Lucy Earhart, 35 [per index-write-over is hard to read] (1824-25), born PA.
Thompson Earhart, 9 (1850-51), born PA
George Earhart, 7 (1852-53), born PA
Margaret Patterson, 17 (1842-43), born PA, servant.
1870, P.O. Hollidaysburg, Blair Twp., Blair Co., Pennsylvania
VERY poor, light copy. Took most information from the ancestry.com index
M. G. Earhart, 48 (1821-1822), born PA, clergyman.
Lucy Earhart, 44 (1825-26), born PA
Thompson Earhart, 22 (1847-48), born PA
George Earhart, 18 (1851-52), born PA
1880, Fayetteville Village, Wilmington Twp., Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania, ED 230 pg. 1:
Michael G. Earhart, head, 55 (1824-25), born PA both parents born PA, Clergyman
Lucy A. Earhart, wife, 55 (1824-25), born PA father born Maryland mother born PA
John M. Earhart, grandson, 8 (1871-72), born PA both parents born PA. [He appears to be the son of Thompson and his wife and also appears with his parents this year.]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1824 | Centre Twp., Perry Co., PA | |||
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1846 | Pennsylvania - Lucy Ann THOMPSON |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Blair Twp., Blair Co., Pennsylvania | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Fayetteville, Wilmington Twp., Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania | |||
| Death | Jan 1886 | Steelton, Dauphin Co., PA | |||
| Reference No | 588 |
Families
| Spouse | Lucy Ann THOMPSON (1824 - 1880) |
| Child | Thompson Dill EHRHART (1850 - 1910) |
| Child | George EHRHART (1852 - 1870) |
| Father | Michael EHRHART (1794 - 1859) |
| Mother | Sarah WOLF (1794 - 1875) |
| Sibling | John Solomon EHRHART (1818 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Mary EHRHART (1819 - 1887) |
| Sibling | David EHRHART (1822 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Sarah E EHRHART (1827 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Susanna EHRHART (1830 - 1900) |
| Sibling | William EHRHART (1833 - 1839) |
| Sibling | George Thomas EHRHART (1834 - 1880) |
Endnotes
1. Earhart/Thompson marriage.