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Note: EXTRACTS FROM "THE ERA" (A periodical from the Winder Area Geneological Society) PUBLISHED TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1987 The Faust/Foust families of Paint Township, Somerset County have descended from an ancestor named Balthser, or Baltzer, Faust who was the son of Johnannes and Catherine Wilkes Faust and was born in 1758 in Lancaster County, pennsylvania. The two sons of Balthazar Faust who came in the PaintTwp region were John and Frederick Faust and from these two sprang those bearing the Faust name today. John Faust was the oldest of the sons and born on Nov 26, 1875. He married Dorothy Cable whose parents were among the earliest settlers in Somerset County, Abraham and Susanna (Stahl) Cable. This young couple resided near present day Scalp Level where John died in 1861 and his widow died in 1865. Both are buried in what was once known as the Kunkle Cemetery on the edge of the Windber Borough above Fourth Street. Seven children were born to John and Dorothy Faust and raised in the Scalp level area. Susanna-wife of John Menser, Eve-wife of Joseph Orris; whose father Adam Orris was one of the first settlers of the Scalp Level area; and Mary-wife of Thomas Gahagen. Two children are believed to have died young. The sons of John Faust were George, Jacob, Ebenezer, and John. The family surname began to change from Faust to Foust and future generations used the different spellings as they felt best. ******************************************************************* John and Nicholas Foust (his brother?) were very early settlers of the Berlin area of Brother's Valley, Somerset County as were Dorothy Cable's family, arriving here in the 1770's. Grave marker states he was a Private 5 Bn; 1 Brig PA Inf; War of 1812 Children of Dorothy CABLE and John FOUST are: George Washington FOUST was born 11 Jul 1817 in .York (Adams) CO, PA, and died 11 Mar 1874. He married Susan METZGER 18 Aug 1850. She was born 8 May 1825, and died 8 Apr 1878. Jacob Edgar FOUST was born 4 May 1819 in Somerset County PA, was christened 11 Jul 1819 in Stoyestown, Somerset, PA, and died 29 Sep 1894 in Scalp Level, Cambria, PA. He married Elizabeth "Eliza" CLARK 28 Sep 1841 in Somerset County PA. She was born 13 Jan 1823 in Hooversville, Somerset CO, PA, and died 10 Feb 1910 in Scalp Level. Cambria CO, PA. Susannah FOUST was born 21 Jul 1821 in Scalp Level, Cambria, PA, and died 1851. She married John Joseph MENSER OR MINSAR. Eva Ann FOUST was born 11 Jan 1824 in Scalp Level. Cambria CO, PA, and died 21 Aug 1908 in Conemaugh Twp, Somerset CO, PA. She married Joseph ORRIS 1847. He was born 23 Mar 1827 in Scalp Level. Cambria CO, PA, and died 20 Jul 1903 in Scalp Level. Cambria CO, PA. Sarah(Sally) FOUST was born 1826 in , Somerset, PA, and died 26 Mar 1893 in Scalp Level. Cambria CO, PA. She married David STUFFT. He was born 1826 in Stoystown, Somerset CO, PA, and died 1896 in Scalp Level. Cambria CO, PA. John A FOUST was born 25 Jun 1828 in , Somerset, PA, and died 12 Sep 1889. He married Elizabeth EASH 29 Apr 1849. She was born 1 May 1829 in Somerset CO PA, and died 26 May 1872. He married Catharine LOWERY 1872. Ebenezer FOUST was born 21 Nov 1830 in Scalp Level, Cambria, PA, and died 31 May 1892 in New Cambria Twp, Saline, KS. He married Anna Marie GIERSH 1857 in Cambria CO PA. He married Sarah DONMYER 10 Mar 1861 in , Cambria, PA, daughter of Lewis DONMYER and Catherine SHAFFER. She was born 10 Feb 1836 in Salix, Cambria, PA, and died 17 Oct 1912 in New Cambria Twp, Saline, KS. Mary Jane FOUST was born 10 Oct 1832 in , Somerset, PA, and died 11 Aug 1913 in PA. She married Thomas Keefer GAHAGEN. Elizabeth FOUST was born 1836, and died 18 Dec 1883 in South Fork, Cambria CO, PA. She married Cyrus BRUBAKER. He was born 1836, and died 1864 in Spotsylvania CO, VA. She married Samuel VARNER. He was born 1837 in Cambria CO, PA, and died 1891 in South Fork, Cambria CO, PA.
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