• Born: January 1, 1821
• Died: December 6, 1891
• Buried: Friedens Union Cemetery, Sumneytown, Montgomery Co
• Spouse: Sophia Drace
  • Born: May 8, 1827
  • Died: January 22, 1878
  • Parents: Michael and Sarah (Fox) Drace
• Married: September 19, 1847
• Children: Milton, Henry, Nathaniel, Amandus, Daniel, Emma, and unconfirmed others

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Like his forefathers, Henry Erb seems to have led a simple life in the mid-nineteenth century.

According to the 1860 through 1880 censuses, Henry was a stonemason and lived in Frederick.

Henry married Sophia Drace on September 19, 1847 in New Hanover – likely at either the New Hanover or Faulkner Swamp churches. Sophia’s parents were Michael Drace and Sarah Fox (yes, another Fox).

Both Henry and Sophia are buried at Friedens Union Cemetery, Sumneytown.

Children of Henry & Sophia

1. Milton was born on February 4, 1848 and died on October 27, 1900. He married Susan Kulp (1846-1931) in 1872. According to the 1900 census, at the time of his death he lived at 614 East Philadelphia Ave, Boyertown, and was a cigarmaker. Milton and Susan are both buried at Fairview Cemetery in Boyertown.

2. Henry was born on July 27, 1850 and died on January 12, 1909. He married Emma Fenstermacher in 1870. At the time of the 1900 census, he was a mason and lived in Pennsburg. Prior to this, he was a police officer, according to his death certificate. Henry died and was buried in Bethlehem’s Nisky Hill Cemetery. His son the Rev. Henry Erb married a descendant of the Fox line on my maternal side, also related to Laura Radner Fox (wife of Daniel, listed below). See the Connections & Questions page for more details on this.

3. Nathaniel was born on July 10, 1858 and died on February 19, 1914. He married Emma Ellen Engel (1864-1949) in 1881. According to his death certificate, Nathaniel was a grocer. The couple had at least two children, Charles and Bertha. Nathaniel and Emma Ellen are buried with an impressive grave stone in Pottstown Cemetery.

4. Amandus was born on August 4, 1862 and died on March 30, 1918. He married Emma Slonecker (1869-1928) on January 21, 1888 in Pennsburg. There is record of only one child, a Stillborn Son born August 6, 1897. In 1910, Amandus and Emma lived at 153 Main Street in Pennsburg, and Amandus was a carpenter at a planing mill. Following Amandus’s death, Emma remarried John Rosenberger in 1922 (Who had been married once before, and married again after Emma’s death. He died of suicide in 1940 and is buried in Pottstown). Amandus, Emma, and their son are buried at Pennsburg UCC.

5. Daniel is discussed here.

6. Emma was born in 1870. No other information is known at this time.

7. Additional children may have been Catharine, Annie, Anna, and Alice.