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

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)

Sources:

Children

(all children with Margaret Shaffer

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Annie Hockenberry	F			Jonathan Wimer
Joseph Hockenberry	M	1			resident of Butler
Catherine Hockenberry	F			J. J. Baker
Hannah Hockenberry	F			William Gallagher
Effie Hockenberry	F			Joseph forrester
Mahala Hockenberry	F			Sheplar Boston
William Hockenberry	M				died ~1895
Mary Hockenberry	F			Elijah Rolls

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895,p. 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 children & spouses. p. 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
2	Manuscript: Peter Hockenberry and Descendants of his Son, John Hockenberry by Edith and Horace Renick, 1975, p. 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. Secons 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)
3'	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."
4	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A