Family/Spouse: Katurah, Ellen. Ellen was born on 4 Oct 1884; died on 14 May 1973 in Snydertown, PA; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Bastress, Sarah Alice on 3 Sep 1881. Sarah (daughter of Bastress, Milton E and Broscious, Catharine Ann) was born on 12 Apr 1864; died on 7 Aug 1945 in Snydertown, PA; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for MILTON E BASTRESS:
Milton was born April 16, 1833, probably in New Hanover Twp., Montgomery County, PA. In the 1850 PA
census, he is listed as living in Pottsgrove Twp., Montgomery County, PA. On April 26, 1857, he married
Catharine Ann Broscious (born October 11, 1837), in Lower Mahantongo Twp., Northumberland County, PA.
They lived briefly in Schuylkill County where their first child, Minerva, was born.
By 1860 they had moved to Northumberland County, PA where they remained for the rest of their lives. They
located in Rush Township where Milton followed his trade at Wolverton's Tannery, near Snydertown. He was
also a rural mail carrier in Rush Township and became well known. He was a member of the Reformed Church
and in politics a Republican. Milton served briefly in the Civil War as a Private at age 29 (mustered in
8/14/1862 at Harrisburgh; mustered out 5/23/1863) and shortly before his death received a Veteran's Pension
which was continued for his wife. Milton died May 25, 1900 followed by Catharine in 1917. Both are buried in
St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Church Cemetery in Snydertown,
Northumberland County, PA (40°52'46.90"N, 76°40'59.20"W).
Also buried in this cemetery were two sons, John Elmer and George. Milton's mother, Rachel is also buried
here.

Milton married Broscious, Catharine Ann on 26 Apr 1857. Catharine was born on 11 Oct 1837 in Lower Mahantongo Twp, Northumberland County, PA; died in 1917 in Snydertown, PA; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Solomon is listed in the 1830 PA census (on microfilm), as living in New Hanover Twp., Montgomery County,
PA. The household included one male and one female between 16 and 29 years of age. Solomon is listed on the
tax list of New Hanover Twp. for 1831 and 1832. He was confirmed in 1823 at the New Hanover Lutheran
Church.
Much of the following information is based on written statements found in the family Bible of Milton E.
Bastress. Solomon and Rachel T. Miller or Tuckenmiller were married on April 6, 1830 by Rev. Conrad Miller,
who served as Pastor of the New Hanover Lutheran Church (near Pottstown) from 1829 to 1852.
It is probably safe to assume that Solomon died between 1833 and 1847.


Solomon Bastress, Associate Judge of Lycoming County, PA
Posted 28 Dec 2019 by havensc64
Associate Lay Judge Solomon Bastress

Among the early representative men of Jersey Shore was Solomon Bastress. He was born at Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pa., January 20, 1788, and died at Jersey Shore, May 12, 1872.

A furnace to make pig iron was erected on Upper Fine Bottom in 1814 by Mark Slonaker, Benjamin and Henry Tomb, John Turk, George Tomb, Solomon Bastress and Philip Krebbs. But the iron ore proved to be too costly to manufacture as it took one or two days hauling to bring it from near the Coudersport Pike. About 1817, after losing $7,000 in the enterprise, they gave it up.

Mr. Bastress was a weaver and dyer by trade, but soon after settling here he became a surveyor and scrivener also. He was elected to the legislature in 1827, and re-elected in 1828, 1829, and 1830. He was also a Justice of the Peace, and Burgess of Jersey Shore, 1827. In 1846, he was chosen an Associate Judge and served two terms of five years each. When Susquehanna Township was divided in 1854, his friends insisted that the new township be named after him, and it was done.

When Cummings Township, named for Associate Judge John Cummings, was laid out in 1832, from Mifflin and Brown Townships, Solomon Bastress made the survey.


HISTORICAL SKETCHES, Lycoming Law Association (www.lycolaw.org/history/sketches)

Solomon married Miller, Rachel Turcken on 06 Apr 1830 in New Hanover Luthern Church, Pottstown, PA. Rachel was born on 20 Nov 1806 in Bucks County, PA; died on 18 Aug 1892 in Snydertown, PA; was buried in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for RACHEL MILLER OR TURCKENMILLER:
After her first husband Solomon Bastress died, Rachael later married John Bordner sometime after 1845 (The death of his first wife Susanna Romberger). Rachel is buried next to her
son, Milton, at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery aka Snydertown Reformed Cemetery (40°52'46.90"N,
76°40'59.20"W).