BIO: Joseph Minnich, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER LI.

                            MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP.

505 	MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP.

  JOSEPH MINNICH, farmer, P. O. Newville, is a son of Daniel Minnich, 
who came with his parents from Perry to Berks County, Penn., in 1808.  
There were a number of sturdy sons and daughters, and a farm was 
purchased, on which not only the grandparents but also the parents of 
our subject lived and died.  Daniel Minnich (son of George Minnich) was 
married to Mary Kozer, in 1823, and about that date purchased the 
homestead in this county.  Their children were as follows:  Jeremiah, 
John, Eliza, Daniel, William, Joseph, David, George, Andrew and 
Columbus.  Of these, Eliza is the wife of Daniel M. Derr, and she and 
our subject reside in this county; William was a soldier during the 
late war of the Rebellion, the others remaining on the farm.  Joseph 
Minnich was married, May 18, 1865, to Catharine A., daughter of Samuel 
and Mary Collor, of Perry County, Penn., the ceremony being performed 
by the Rev. Peter Song, a Lutheran divine.  They commenced house-
keeping, in 1869, on the Westhafer farm, near Green Spring.  The first 
years of wedded life were spent on the farm with his parents, and there 
Ida E. and Annie M. were born.  The only son, Daniel, was born on the 
Woodburn farm near Newville.  In 1880 Mr. Minnich purchased a nice farm 
near the pleasant village of Newville, and he is considered one of the 
prosperous farmers of Mifflin Township, ranking high in the estimation 
of the public as a good business manager.  The home is made pleasant by 
the comforts which come to those who make their money honestly, and by 
the good taste of mother and daughters.  The parents are worthy members 
of the Lutheran Church and have reared their children in that faith.