Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Henry SYDENSTRICKER, Sr. 

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Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, <darbush @wizrealm.com>,
April 1998.
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HENRY SYDENSTRICKER, Sr. - son of Philip and Elizabeth SYDENSTRICKER,
was born in Pennsylvania, February 17, 1785.  In Greenbrier County,
December 21, 1808, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter
of Samuel FLESHMAN, who was born in Pennsylvania, her nativity on the
day of his birth.  The record of their children is: Michael, born
October 16, 1809, died in 1869; Samuel, December 11, 1810, lives in
Vinton County, Ohio; Lewis, May 30, 1812, lives at Irish Corners,
this county; Henry, January 18, 1814, lives at home or in Alvon;
Catherine, January 3, 1816, lives at home;  James, January, 27, 1818,
died in 1862; John, January 17, 1821, died August 15, 1837.  James was
a soldier of the Confederacy in the opening months of the war between
the States, and died in the service, in Mercer County, (now) West Virginia.
Henry SYDENSTRICKER owns a farm of 260 acres, 80 acres fenced, the soil
good and well improved, located on Anthonys Creek, in the district of
that name, and about two and a half miles from Alvon.  The farm not under
cultivation is well timbered with excellent oak and plenty of white pine;
iron ore of good quality, and probably coal, abounds.  The family post
office address is Alvon, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.

Transcribed and submitted by Darla Ruebush, <darbush @wizrealm.com>,
April 1998.