Casper Hockenberry

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Casper Hockenberry is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Jane Hockenberry who married Moses McCandless Son of John Hockenberry and Hannah Kelly

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1785	Cumberland (now Perry) Co., PA
Marriage			Margaret Shaffer
Death	29 Oct.1860	Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA	gravestone Zion Baptist Cemetery, Slippery Rock, Pa

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 7           Generation 8           Generation 9
  
                                           +-- Peter Hockenberry
                                           |   (~1718-~1811)
                    +-- John Hockenberry --+
                    |   (1741-1839)        |
 Casper Hockenberry --+                    +-- [unknown]
 (1798-1850-60)     |                           (????-????)
                    +-- Hannah Kelly
                        (????-~1803)
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Children

(all children with Margaret Shaffer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Annie Hockenberry	F			Jonathan Wimer
Joseph Hockenberry	M	b.16 Jan 1814 died 13 Mar 1905	1)Eliza Kennedy d. 1878 6 children 2)Mrs. Mary J. Lepley, d. 1883		"eldest son"; res. Worth Twp., Franklin Twp., Butler. (See biography)
Catherine Hockenberry	F			J. J. Baker
Hannah Hockenberry	F			William Gallagher
Effie Hockenberry	F			Joseph Forrester
Mahala Hockenberry	F			Sheplar Boston
William Hockenberry	M	30 March 1827		Mary Fisher Hockenberry (1832-1905)	died 15 Dec 1894
Mary Hockenberry	F			Elijah Rolls

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Perry Co. PA	born 1785
Butler Co. PA	with parents
land on Muddy Creek, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA	~1810 - death 1860

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of Casper Hockenberry ~1685-1760, Zion Baptist Cemetery

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1A	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA, p. 23. Casper Hockenberry, 1M age 15-20; 1M age 50-60. (In 1840, Casper would have been about age 55; the other male, marked age 15-20, could be son William who would have been about age 13, depending on month of census.
1	1850 United States Federal Census , Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA. Pgs. 25 & 26: In the two dwellings just prior to Jane McCandless, widow, and the household of her son John M. McCandless, are the households of Joseph Hockenberry and William Hockenberry. Joseph Hockenberry is age 64, married to Elizabeth. William Hockenberry is age 33, married to Delilah. Joseph Hockenberry is an uncle of Jane "Jennie" McCandless, who in this 1850 census appears as the widow of "Swamp" James McCandless. Joseph Hockenberry is the brother of her mother, Jane Hockenberry. William Hockenberry may be a cousin of Jane "Jennie" McCandless, a son of her uncle Casper Hockenberry.
2	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895. Pg. 1246 Casper Hockenberry, Sr., second son of John and Hannah Hockenberry, born in Perry county in 1785, came with his parents to Butler county, about 1810 located on Muddy creek, in Worth Twp.; 200 acres; died Oct. 29, 1860. Married Margaret Shaffer; lists 8 children: Annie who married Jonathan Wimer; Joseph, a resident of Butler; Catherine, wife of J. J. Baker; Hannah, deceased wife of William Gallagher; Effie, wife of Joseph Forrester; Mahala, wife of Sheplar Boston; William, who died recently in Worth township, and Mary, wife of Elijah Rolls. Pg. 1246 Joseph Hockenberry, eldest son of Casper & Margaret Hockenberry was born Jan 16, 1814...His first wife was Eliza Kennedy, a dau. of David Kennedy. She died in 1878 leaving 6 children (named); His second wife was Mrs. mary J. Lepely who died in 1883. See full text. Pg. 610 re. Worth township. "Robert Glenn and his large family settled on the Hockenberry claim in 1810, and Casper Hockenberry located on the north bank of Muddy Creek the same year."	transcript
3	Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry, research manuscript by Edith & Horace Renick, 1975. Pg. 14: Casper Hockenberry b. 1785 Cumberland Co., PA ( became Perry Co.,1830); d, 29 Oct. 1860 Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA; married Margaret Shaffer b. 1788, d. 1852. Both buried Lower Mt. Zion. Second son of John Hockenberry Sr., Casper was a farmer in Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. (Lists children & spouses, same as found in 1895 History of Butler Co. PA; see above)
4	1883 History of Butler County by Waterman, Watkins, & Co. Chicago. p. 365, re. Brady Township: "John Hockenberry came from Eastern Pennsylvania with his family about the year 1804. He died in the neighborhood where he first settled, in the ninety-ninth year of his age. Names of his children: John, Caspar, Joseph, Jonathan, Betsey (Buchanan), Jane (McCandless), Anna (Woolum), and Ellen Graham. Caspar married Margaret Shaffer. He died in Worth Township. Six of his children are living in this county."
5	Gravestone transcriptions, Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, Franklin township, Butler County Pennsylvania, Oct 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. Joseph Hockenberry Jan 16, 1814 - Mar. 13, 1905. Mary Jane wife of Jos. Hockenberry died Nov. 14, 1883 in the 50th year of her age. Gravestone transcriptions, Mt Zion Baptist Cemetery, June 2007: Casper A. Hockenberry June 11, 1870 - Aug 26, 1916. (This is a son of Joseph Hockenberry, and a grandson of Casper Hockenberry).
6	Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, book of transcriptions by Dwight Copper, RD #1 Box 100, E-Harlansburg Rd., New Castle, PA 16101. Note: this is NOT Mt. Zion Baptist Church, located nearby. Pg. 9: William Hockenberry 03/30/1827 - 12/15/1894 Mary Fisher Hockenberry 1832-1905 Mr. Copper notes that William Hockenberry is the son of Casper and Margaret Shaffer Hockenberry, and that the Butler Co. History places his death in 1893. Also that Mary Fisher Hockenberry is the daughter of Mr/Mrs Jacob Fisher, and the wife of William Hockenberry.
7	Gravestone of Casper Hockenberry, FindAGrave, Zion Baptist Cemetery, Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Transcribed from FindAGrave photo. Born May 18, 1785 - Died Oct 29,1869; plus small inscription.
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A