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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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VANDERSAAL. The record of the Vandersaal family is as follows:

John Vandersaal, born Jan. 18, 1780, in Lancaster county, Pa., died Nov. 28, 1826. In 1806 he married Susanna Hershberger, born Aug. 3, 1782. They had children as follows: Mary, born Jan. 11, 1807; Elizabeth, born April 25, 1809; Jacob, born Oct. 10, 1810; Lydia, born March 5, 1812; and Susanna, born Aug. 5. 1818.

On Oct. 7, 1824, Mary Vandersaal married Samuel Kenegy, who was born Feb. 1, 1805, son of Joshua Kenegy, and they had the following family: Elizabeth, born Oct. 2, 1826; Susanna, born Dec. 23, 1829; Lydia, born Sept. 22, 1831; John, born Aug. 1, 1833, died Nov. 2, 1834; Jacob, born Sept. 2, 1833; Joshua, born Nov. 23, 1837; John Wesley, born Nov. 26, 1843, resides at Bluffton, Wells Co., Indiana.

Joshua Kenegy, father of Samuel, married (first) Ann Sharrick, who died June 15, 1828, near Shippensburg, Cumberland county. Later he married Susanna Vandersaal, and died April 26, 1843, aged eighty-seven years; his widow survived until Oct. 7, 1854, when she passed away aged seventy-two years, two months and four days.

On Oct. 2, 1843, Elizabeth Kenegy, daughter of Samuel, married Nathaniel Greenfield, and died Sept. 14, 1846, in her twentieth year, leaving Mary Elizabeth, born Sept. 13, 1846, who married John Wasson.

Susanna Kenegy, daughter of Samuel, married Samuel Goudy, and they had one child, Alice, born July 4, 1848. On Nov, 29, 1833, Susanna married (second) Thomas G. Blacklidge, a physician, born Jan. 23, 1809, and they had children: Frank Harris, born Oct. 21, 1856; Samuel Albert, born May 21, 1859; John Wesley, born Feb. 7, 1863. This branch of the family resides at Rockville Parke Co., Indiana.

On Sept. 14, 1831, Lydia Kenegy, daughter of Samuel, married Rev. George H, Harris, and died Nov. 14, 1862.

Jacob Kenegy, son of Samuel, married, Oct. 17, 1866, Mary Ann Johnston, born April 5, 1842, and they had a daughter, Kitty K., born Aug. 6, 1867. They are residents of Woodhull, Henry Co., Illinois.

Joshua Kenegy, son of Samuel, married, May 30, 1861, Jennie Peyton, born Dec. 28, 1844, and their children were: John Wesley, born April 30, 1862; Mary Alice, born Feb. 12, 1863, died Dec. 12, 1865. They reside at Woodhull, Henry Co., Illinois.

In August, 1828, Elizabeth Vandersaal, second daughter of John and Susanna, married Rev. John Hamilton and they had children: Mary Ann, born April 18, 1830, died May 19, 1865; John, born March 21, 1832; Louisa Maria, born in 1835; Luther Duncan, born June 26, 1837; Josephus M. M., born March 8, 1842; and Elizabeth Angeline, born Feb. 18, 1847. This branch of the family resides at Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio.

Mary Ann Hamilton married, Dec. 5, 1854, Isaiah Creamer, born July 22, 1827, and they had children: Franklin H., born Sept. 7, 1855, died March 23, 1861; Theodosia, born April 15, 1860, died June 19, 1860; and Clarence Howard, born June 3, 1862. This family’s post office address is Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio.

John Hamilton, Jr., married Helen M. Turner, Nov. 7, 1867, of Wadsworth, Medina, Co., Ohio.

Louisa Maria Hamilton married. Jan. 25, 1855, Daniel Hemperly, born June 1, 1830, and they had children: Clara Amelia, born Nov. 25, 1855; Mary Elizabeth, born Sept. 12, 1857; Emma Kate, born Dec. 12, 1859; Franklin Luther, born May 19, 1862; and Flora Alice, born Aug. 21, 1864. The location of this branch of the family is at Brookfield, Stark Co., Ohio.

Luther Duncan Hamilton married, March 21, 1860, Mary Ann Osby, born Dec. 25, 1836, and they had children: Frank Ellsworth, born July 5, 1861; David Manly, born July 26, 1862; and Ulysses Alvadere, born Nov. 27, 1863. Luther Duncan Hamilton married (second) April 19, 1866, Mary Springer, born May 27, 1834. All of these are of Brookfield, Ohio.

Josephus M. M. Hamilton married Nov. 9, 1862, Elizabeth Janet Reese, born Dec. 25, 1842, and they had issue: John Jacob, born Dec. 12, 1863; and Henry, born Nov. 29, 1865. All reside at Scottsville, Sullivan Co., Missouri.

Elizabeth Angeline Hamilton married, Oct. 7, 1863, Jeremiah Diehl, born Sept. 20, 1841, and they had one child: Alvadere, born July 28, 1866, who died young. Their home is at Manchester, Summit Co., Ohio.

Jacob Vandersaal, son of John and Susanna, married, Aug. 20, 1831, Maria Coover, born Oct. 15, 1812, and they had children: Susanna, born Aug. 7, 1832; Sarah Jane, born April 30, 1834, wife of John Clippinger; Mary Catherine, born Sept. 2, 1836; Elizabeth, born Nov. 12, 1838; John, born Feb. 17, 1841, died Jan. 8, 1853, aged eleven years, ten months, twenty-two days; Emma Lydia, born April 17, 1854; William Henry, born Jan. 10, 1847; and Jacob Coover, born Nov. 3, 1850. Jacob Vandersaal died Oct. 23, 1863, aged fifty-three years, and thirteen days, at Shippensburg.

Susanna Vandersaal married, Sept. 20, 1853, Nathan Ramsey Hutchinson, and they had children: John Albert, born Feb. 8, 1855; Ida Mary, born March 6, 1857; Clara Myra, born March 8, 1859, died Aug. 27, 1863; Emma Jane, born Feb. 12, 1861, died Sept. 12, 1864; Sallie Alma, born Jan. 5, 1863; Sue Ella, born June 16, 1866; and Mary Maud, born Feb. 27, 1869, all of Harrisburg.

Sarah Jane Vandersaal married May 26, 1857, Elias E. Thrush, born Oct. 24, 1832, who died May 28, 1860, aged twenty-seven years, seven months and four days. On March 22, 1864, Mrs. Thrush married John Clippinger, born Aug. 16, 1826. (The children of this union are named in the sketch of John Clippinger.)

Mary Catherine Vandersaal Sept. 30, 1856, married David Wingard, born April 13, 1835, and they had children: Charles Oscar, born Aug. 27. 1857, died May 9, 1862; John Albert, born May 5, 1862; and Harry Lincoln, born July 31, 1864, all residents of Martinsburg. West Virginia.

Elizabeth Vandersaal married, Dec. 20, 1860, Amos K. Hinkle, of Carlisle, born Jan. 22, 1839.

Emma Lydia Vandersaal married, Oct. 22, 1867, Benjamin Franklin Landis, born Nov. 27, 1843, and they have one child, Charles Ernest, born Nov. 23, 1868. They reside at Shippensburg, Cumberland county.

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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. 

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