Isaac "Rich Isaac" Kaufman 1594
- Born: 30 Nov 1806, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA 1594
- Marriage (1): Mary "Polly" Lehman in 1829 1616
- Died: 17 Oct 1886, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 79 1594
- Buried: Kaufman Mennonite Cemetery (Davidsville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA) 1644
 General Notes:
Isaac Kauffman was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1806. His grandfather
Stephen and three brothers came from Germany in 1723, and settled in Berks
county. Stephen's son Jacob, father of Isaac, was born in 1751. In 1807 Jacob
came to Somerset county. Jacob raised a family of eight children. He died in
1844, aged ninety-three years.
Isaac was married, in 1829, to Polly Lehman, and they have twelve children. On
his marriage he purchased two hundred and fifty acres of land, to which he made
additions, until he has sixteen hundred acres in a body. As a financier he has
been quite successful, his estate being now worth two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, before he, in 1881, gave his children one hundred thousand dollars. He
was a member of the Amish church and an old-line Whig.
OBITUARY
Kauffman - On the 17th of October, in Conemaugh township, Somerset county, Pa.,
of cancer in the stomach, Isaac Kauffman, aged 79 years, 10 months and 17 days.
He was buried in the family graveyard at the Kauffman Meeting-house. Services
by Jonathan Harshberger, Emanuel Blough, and Hiram Musselman. He leaves a
helpless widow, 12 children, 75 grand-children, and 50 great-grandchildren.
Bro. Kauffman was for many years a member of the Amish Mennonite Church, and
took special interest in the church, being for many years one of the most
influential members. Two weeks before his death he wrote instructions giving
minute directions for all the particulars of his funeral.
Source: Herald of Truth, Vol. XXIII, Number 24, December 15, 1886, page 381 1616
Life Events:
1. Occupation: Farmer. 1616
2. Church Affiliation: Amish. 1616
Isaac married Mary "Polly" Lehman, daughter of Benedict Peter Lehman and Rachel Blough Berkey, in 1829.1616 (Mary "Polly" Lehman was born on 25 Feb 1810 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA,1594 died on 26 Sep 1889 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA 1594 and was buried in Kaufman Mennonite Cemetery (Davidsville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA) 1643.)
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