Peter Brosius

  General Notes:

Peter Brosius, the other son of Peter and Anna Margaretha (Hepler)Brosius, passed all his life in the Swabian creek district, near Greenbrier, in what is now Washington township, Washington and UpperMahanoy townships forming the Swabian Creek Valley. He owned over two hundred acres of land (the farm now owned by Wesley Snyder), and was an enterprising and successful man, in addition to farming being engaged in milling, in which he prospered as in his other work. Heoperated an oil mill, sawmill and gristmill. He was succeeded by his son Andrew. Peter Brosius died Feb. 2, 1854, aged forty-three years,five months, nineteen days, and was buried at the Himmel Church, of which he was a Lutheran member. His wife, Catharine Gonsor, daughter of Daniel Gonsor, of Washington township, died Oct. 6, 1895, aged eighty-five years, eleven months, twenty-nine days. They had a large family, viz.: Andrew G. is mentioned below; Eve married John Hetrich;Maria (deceased) married a Mr. Beissel; Catharine (deceased) married William Hetrich; Daniel (deceased) lived on part of the homestead,where Charles Brosius now lives; Mary married John Houten (or Houden);Emanuel G. is mentioned below; James died when about eleven years old.

Peter married Catharine Gonser. (Catharine Gonser was born on 7 Oct 1809 in Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania,⁴ died on 6 Oct 1895 in Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania ³ and was buried in Himmel Church Cemetery, Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.)