52 Ancestors: Joel Wolf (1810-1895)

Kris Hocker on 3 Mar 2014

My 3x great-grandfather Joel Wolf died 18 November 1895 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He was 85 years, 5 months and 24 days old.1 He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Allentown on Thursday, 21 November 1895.

Obituary
Joel Wolf died at his home, No 130 South Penn Street, at 2 o’clock yesterday morning of enlargement of the heart and dropsy, from which he suffered a long time. He was born 85 years ago in Upper Hanover township, Montgomery County. Sixty years ago was married to Elizabeth Krauss. They were parents of sixteen children, five of whom died. The mother and the following children survive: Henry, of Philadelphia; Edwin, Joel and Horace of this city; Daniel of Salisbury, Jonathan of Newberry, Lycoming County, Carolyn, wife of Charles Gierlich, of East Greenville, Emeline, wife of Joseph Miller of Bucks County; Sarah, wife of Albert Lentz of Allentown and Leanne and Elmira, single who reside at home. Besides these there are twenty-two grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. The deceased was a laborer by occupation and was thirty-five years a resident of Allentown. His wife is 81 years of age. The funeral will take place on Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Services in Zion’s Reformed Church.2

Joel Wolf was born 25 May 1810 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania3, possibly the son of Jacob Wolf of Milford Township, Bucks County. He married Elizabeth Krauss, daughter of George and Christina (Schultz) Krauss, about 1831. Elizabeth was born 13 June 18144 and died in 1900.5

According to the Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, Joel and Elizabeth (Krauss) Wolf had children:

  1. David K. Wolf, d. Aug 1832
  2. Emeline K. Wolf, b. 30 Mar 1837, d. 18 Apr 1910, married Joseph S. Miller
  3. Henry Washington K. Wolf, b. 1 Apr 1839 married, but no children
  4. Christina M. K. Wolf, b. 23 Sep 1840, d. 10 May 1864
  5. Susanna K. Wolf, b. 9 Nov 1841, d. 3 Jun 1863, married Charles P. Greulich
  6. George K. Wolf, b. 1843, d. 7 Aug 1844
  7. Caroline K. Wolf, b. 17 Feb 1845, d. 24 Apr 1915, married Charles P. Greulich
  8. Mary Elizabeth K. Wolf, b. 15 Sep 1846, d. 12 Jan 1868
  9. Leanna K. Wolf, b. 12 Mar 1848
  10. Edwin K. Wolf, b. 5 Jul 1849, d. 31 Jan 1914, married Emma Bealer
  11. Sarah J. K. Wolf, b. 26 Dec 1850, married Albertus J. Lentz
  12. Oswin K. Wolf, b. 8 Apr 1852, d. 2 Oct 1852
  13. Joel K. Wolf, b. 30 Oct 1853 [, d. 12 Feb 1937]
  14. Jonathan K. Wolf, b. 4 Mar 1855
  15. Daniel K. Wolf, b. 21 Mar 1857, married Lizzie B. Smith
  16. Horace K. Wolf, b. 16 Jan 1860, married Alice Trumbower
  17. Elmira K. Wolf, b. 14 May 1861

Joel’s daughters Susanna Krauss Wolf and Caroline Krauss Wolf were each married to my 2x great-grandfather Karl Philipp “Charles” Greulich, a German-immigrant and shoemaker, who settled in East Greenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Charles and Susanna were married on 30 November 1861. Susanna (Wolf) Greulich died 3 Jun 18636 and Charles married her sister Caroline on 17 August 1864.7

The Krauss family can be traced back to immigrant Anna (Heidrig) Krauss, who came to Pennsylvania in 1733 as the widow of Melchoir Krauss, arriving with the second group of Schwenkfelder families.

This post is part of an ongoing, blogging challenge entitled 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, created by Amy Crow of No Story Too Small. Participants must write about one ancestor every week. This is my tenth 52 Ancestors post and part of week nine.