Hontz, Josiah

1829 - 1889  (60 years)

• Name	Hontz, Josiah
  Birth	1829
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1889	Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
  Person ID	I79450	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Hontz, Jacob,   b. 27 Mar 1806, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA d. 18 Jan 1891 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Krotzer, Hester,   b. 09 Jun 1807   d. 02 Dec 1887 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F5774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 16 Mar 1889 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Hontz, Josiah Obituary The Carbon Advocate (Pennsylvania) 23 March 1889, p. 3, col. 2.

  
  

• Notes

  From the Carbon County (Pennsylvania) Advocate: Volume 17, Number 19, Saturday, March 23, 1889 Mauch Chunk Letter. Josiah Hontz, an old resident, and one of the oldest employees of the Lehigh Valley car shops, died suddenly of paralysis on Saturday morning a short distance below the Valley station, while on his way to work. Deceased was a soldier in the late rebellion, and was a brother of Daniel Hontz, of Packerton.