Enoch Schultz (68-11) 1816-1885

Born: 31 Mar 1816
Died: 31 Aug 1885
Buried: Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery
Spouse: Leah Neuman (daughter of Samuel Neuman [48-11] & Regina Krauss)
- Born: 27 Sep 1821
- Died: 30 Mar 1907
Married: 14 Nov 1841
Children:
- Sarah (11-142)
- Lydia (149-76)
- Levi (68-26)
- Erwin (68-27)
- Regina (149-59)
- Susanna (149-78)
- Esther
- Daniel (68-28)
- Mary (43-226)
- Emma

Enoch Schultz was a farmer, continuing to live on and tend the property which had been owned by his father, Adam. He married Leah Neuman, daughter of Samuel & Regina (Krauss) Neuman on November 14, 1841, and the couple had ten children. Fortunately, I have come into possession of several items that were owned and/or crafted by a few of these children, namely Lydia and Susanna.

Enoch and Leah are both buried at the Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery.

children of enoch & leah (Neuman) schultz

First, a note: the Genealogical Record assigns numbers to most family members. This is how numbers are assigned to sons and daughters:

Sons, and daughters who marry outside the Schwenkfelder community, are given the number of their father’s lineage; thus, the sons listed here begin with 68, because they are descended from E68, the immigrant Melchior Schultz.
Daughters who marry within the Schwenkfelder community, on the other hand, are given the number of their husband.

Looking at this list of Enoch and Leah’s children, it is thus easy to surmise that Lydia, Regina, and Susanna all married men of the same line: 149. A bit more research into this line is necessary to determine the exact relation of these men. If I were to harbor a guess, Enos and William Schultz are likely brothers, and Nathan likely a cousin.

Sarah (11-142) was born on January 8, 1843 and died on April 17 or 18, 1906. She married Abraham Krauss (11-142), a descendant of Anna Krauss (E11). Sarah and Abraham are buried at the Kraussdale Cemetery, though Sarah’s headstone may be lost.

Lydia (149-76) was born on April 19, 1844 and died on May 24, 1929 at the age of 85. She married Enos Schultz, and they are both buried at Palm Schwenkfelder Church.

Levi (68-26) was born on December 15, 1845 and died on October 16, 1933 at the age of 87. He married Sarah Reiff, and they are both buried at Worchester Schwenkfelder Cemetery.

Erwin (68-27) was born on July 26, 1847 and died on June 23, 1927. At one point in his life, he was a proprietor of a planing mill and sash factory. He was first married to Susanna Schultz (1842-1904) and the couple had three children. Susanna is buried at Palm Schwenkfelder. After her death, Edwin remarried in 1907 the widow Emma (Schultz) Yeakel (1859-1940). Emma is buried at the Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery. Edwin is buried at Palm.

Regina (149-59) was born on Aug 6, 1849 and died on June 14, 1930. She married Nathan Schultz, and they are both buried at Hosensack Schwenkfelder Cemetery.

Susanna (149-78) is discussed here.

Esther was born on March 27, 1854 and died on April 28, 1876 at the age of 21. She is buried at Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery.

Daniel (68-28) was born on November 9, 1855 and died on May 28, 1930. He married Susan Schultz, and they are both buried at Palm Schwenkfelder. Below is the text of a Town and Country article about his life, work, and passing:

Hereford Man Dies Day After Resigning As Bank Director
Daniel N. Schultz, Succumbs Following Several Weeks’ Illness
Was Retired Farmer
Served Long Period of Time as Official of Farmers National Bank

Daniel N. Schultz, retired Hereford township farmer, died at 5:30 o’clock Wednesday eveing, a day after ill health had prompted him to tender his resignation as a member of the board of directors of the Farmers National Bank, Pennsburg, on which body he had served for a period of 30 years. He was aged 74 years, 6 months and 19 days.

Death resulted from a complication of ailments, from which he had been suffering since Spring, although having ailed at times for two years. A week ago Saturday, his condition became more serious and from that time until his death he was confined to bed.

Mr. Schultz was prominent in the upper Periomen Valley section and through his long connection with the local bank, was a well known figure in the borough here.

His years of service as a director of the Farmers National Bank, which began following an eight-year period of service as a director of the Perkiomen National Bank in East Greenville, won for him a host of friends and acquaintances, and earned for him the respect of all with whom the business brought him in contact.

Mr. Schultz severed his business connections here only when he deemed it advisable to do so because of general declining health, but survived by tendering of his resignation by but a few more than twenty-four hours.

Mr. Schultz was born in Hereford township, Berks County, on November 9, 1865, a son of the late Enoch and his wife Leah, nee Schultz, Schultz, and resided on the old Schultz homestead all his life.

The Schultz farm is located just off the Hereford-Allentown highway, a short distance from the junction of that road and the Hereford-East Greenville route.

Mr. Schultz was educated in the public schools of the township, and following the death of his father, took over operation of his farm. He conducted the farm successfully until about fourteen years ago, when he retired.

He was one of a family of ten children, six of whom preceded him in death, and the surviving three, all older than he.

His wife, Susan G., nee Schultz, preceded him in death on June 25 last.

He was a life-long member of the Palm Schwenkfelder church, and in his younger days served as a deacon there.

Deceased is survived by two daughters, and one son, Clara at home; Mrs. Owen S. Gerhart, of Clayton, and Adam, at home. Two sisters and one brother survive, Levi N. Schultz, Norristown; Mrs. Nathan M. Schultz and Mrs. Susanna N. Schultz, both of Palm, six grandsons and three granddaughters also survive.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. daylight saving time, at the Palm Schwenkfelder church. Internment will take place on the adjoining cemetery. Funeral Director W. H. Dimmig, of East Greenville, has charge.

[Source: Town and Country, Friday May 30, 1930)

Mary (43-226) was born on June 6, 1859, and died on September 1, 1902 at the age of 43. She married Samuel R Seibert (1860-1880). Both are buried at the Hosensack Schwenkfelder Cemetery.

Emma was born on February 12, 1863 and died on January 24, 1885, at the age of almost 22. She is buried at Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery, though there is no photo of her stone on Find-a-Grave.