Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Henry Stauffer MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 16 Jul 1820 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 17 Jan 1901 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob MUSSER Birth: 16 Nov 1797 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 19 Dec 1831 in East Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Magdalena STAUFFER Birth: 13 Aug 1802 Death: 7 Jun 1885

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth MUSSER
  2. Ada MUSSER
  3. Stanton MUSSER
  4. Lincoln MUSSER
  5. Henry L MUSSER
  6. Stephen G MUSSER Birth: 8 Aug 1853 Death: 17 Mar 1900
  7. Franklin G MUSSER Birth: 1856 Death: 1864
  8. Ana MUSSER Birth: 1861 Death: 1874

Bibliography
  1. Ellis, Franklin, History of Lancaster County. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. M-LH UMI LH571. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288388. Volume 2 available at http://archive.org/details/historyoflancast02elli Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p[0-9]*].
  2. Kriebel, H W, A Musser Family Record, in Pennsylvania German, vol X no 8 (Aug 1909). LHMS. Available at http://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniagermv10p2leba images 193-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p[0-9]*].
  3. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  4. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  5. Recker, Charles, People of the Marsh, Newsletter of the Musser Family 1972-75. Grenada Hills, CA: author, 1972-5. NYPL APV (Moser) 87-2041. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh [IVX]*#[0-9]p[0-9]].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785, Kriebel MUSSER p395, LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p500, MusserEA MUSSER p19+]
1820 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
place:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785, LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p500, MusserEA MUSSER p19+],
parents:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785, Kriebel MUSSER p395, LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p500, MusserEA MUSSER p19+, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p501, MusserEA MUSSER p19+]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna Mary GRIESINGER
date:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p501, MusserEA MUSSER p19+]
1847 [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785],
place:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p501],
names:
[Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
child:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785, LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p501, MusserEA MUSSER p19+]
Research Notes:
member of firm of Musser and Miller, lumbermen and manufacturers, of East Donegal Township [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p19+1]

on death of father, went to live in West Hempfield Twp with an uncle, Rev Hostetter [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p500]

1841: when he came of age and inherited his share of his father's estate, he invested it in connection with his step-father in the lumber business [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p500]

went into lumber business with step-father, John Miller [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785]

1863: joined in business by step-brother [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, LancasterCoPA Biog p501]

owned ground in Marietta, which he laid out in town lots [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, MusserEA MUSSER p19+1]

Director of First National Bank, of Marietta [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785, LancasterCoPA Biog p1263, MusserEA MUSSER p19+1]

Director of the Marietta Turnpike Company [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p1264]

served as school director, and held office of inspector of county prisons for two terms [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p785]



Pedigree of Henry Stauffer MUSSER
                                                                /-----Peter MOSER
                                                       /-----Peter MOSER
                                                      |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                                              /-----Peter MOSER
                                             |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                                             |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                                             |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
                                     /-----John MUSSER
                            /-----Jacob MUSSER
                           |         \-----Veronica (MUSSER)
                   /-----Jacob MUSSER
                  |        |                                    /-----Isaac HIRSHI
                  |        |                           /-----Christian HERSHI
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
                  |        |                  /-----Christian HERSHEY
                  |        |         /-----Benjamin HERSHEY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
                  |        |        |         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
                  |         \-----Maria HERSHEY
                  |                  \-----Mary (HERSHEY)
          /-----Henry MUSSER
         |        |         /-----Ulrich ENGLE
         |         \-----Christina ENGEL
         |                 |         /-----Ulrich BRECKBILL
         |                  \-----Anna BRECKBILL
         |                           \-----Fannie HERR
 /-----Jacob MUSSER
|        |         /-----Jacob SEITZ
|         \-----Elizabeth SEITZ
|                 |                                             /-----Hans WITMER
|                 |                                    /-----Jacob WITMER
|                 |                           /-----Heinrich WITMER
|                 |                          |         \-----Regula HAUSLER
|                 |                  /-----Hans WIDMER
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Conrad HEISTAND
|                 |                 |         \-----Margareth HEISTAND
|                 |                 |                  \-----Anna GLATMAN
|                 |         /-----Michael WITMER
|                  \-----Elizabeth WITMER
|                           \-----Barbara (WITMER)
Henry Stauffer MUSSER
|         /-----Abraham STAUFFER
 \-----Magdalena STAUFFER
         |                  /-----Ulrich ENGLE
         |         /-----Ulrich Jr ENGLE
         |        |        |         /-----Ulrich BRECKBILL
         |        |         \-----Anna BRECKBILL
         |        |                  \-----Fannie HERR
          \-----Magdalena ENGLE
                   \-----Martha BIXLER



Descendants of Henry Stauffer MUSSER
1. Henry Stauffer MUSSER m. Anna Mary GRIESINGER
m. Anna Mary GRIESINGER father: Jacob GRIESINGER mother: Anna M LINDERSMITH