Cambria-York County PA Archives Obituaries.....Folkener, Adam Henry November 12, 
1831

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Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania
14 Nov 1931
Page 2


Folkener Services Sunday

Funeral services for Adam Henry Folkener, 69 years old, Belsano justice of the peace and 
prominent resident of that section of Cambria county, whose death occurred at 4:30 
o'clock Thursday afternoon at his home, will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow 
afternoon in the Belsano United Brethren Church, with interment in the church cemetery.

Mr. Folkener's death was attributed to a complication of diseases. He had served as 
justice of the peace at Belsano for the last 12 years. He was a member of the Belsano 
United Brethren Church.

He leaves his widow and these children:
William F. Folkner, 
H. Folkner,
M. D. Folkner, 
Mrs. William Bracken
and Joseph F. Folkner, all of Belsano;
Mrs. Winifred Wagner, of Nettleton; 
Mrs. A. J. Rager, of Conemaugh;
H. T. Folkener, of Commodore,
and Roy Folkener, of Johnstown.
The deceased also leaves these stepchildren:
Mrs. John Weyland, of Johnstown; 
Mrs. W. J. Palmer, of Wellsville, 0.; 
Mrs. N. Vuster, of East Liverpool, 0.; 
Arthur Rager, of Belsano; 
Chester Rager, of Colver,
and Adam Rager, whose whereabouts is not known.
He was a half-brother of 
D. T. Rager, of Greensburg; 
Barbara Rager, of Ebensburg; 
Richard Rager, 
Mrs. G. F. Colbert and 
Martin Rager, all of Vintondale.


Additional Comments:
Adam Henry Folckemer's father was Rudolph S Folckemer, Adam Folekemer and 
Susanna Zeigler, who died 1 April 1865 as a result of the Civil War. He was 
from York county, Pennsylvania, His mother was Martha Folckemer, daughter of 
Jacob Folkemer and Barbara McCoy of Cambria County. Martha and Rudolph were 
first cousins. Martha married Hezekiah Rager following Rudolph's death. His 
grandparents Jacob Folckemer and Barbara McCoy became his legal guardians.
   Adam Henry Folkener had three wives. 
1. Nancy Jane Miller (mother of his children) died 1905
2. Emma Caroline Johnson - died 1919
3. Jemima Dearmin, the widow of Adam's half-brother Frank Rager

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