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Note: Compiled by Gervace Meyer Ewald. "History of Mary Ardner Pirrung wife of Theobald Pirrung. Mary Ardner born in or near Ashland, Pa. June 12, 1847 died of old age on March 24, 1939. Also she was born near mining district of Pottsville, Pa. Her Parents: Father, Jacob Ardner from Germany, mother--_______. Mary died on a Friday at 11:11 P.M. at 91 years old. Mary's mother died when Mary was five years old, mother had a baby girl and died and both mother and baby died. Mary had an Uncle on her mother's side, do not know name but he left home and no one knew his whereabouts. Mary's father was a kind man, he was not a strong man and he worked above the mine. Sometime later, father, Jacob Ardner married again. At the age of 12, which was the last of whatever schooling Mary had, before that they drove overland to Indiana where he bought a farm which was close to the Ohio line near Coldwater, Ohio. They lived in a log house, they lived there three years at the time of the Civil War. Mary carried a two handled basket with eggs., etc. to a general store three miles distant and came back with matches and a little something else and her step mother used to scold about what little they got in return. Mary climbed a ladder to the second floor to bed, the snow used to flow under the eves, cover the comfort white by morning. She led the oxen while her father held the plow going around the stumps the plow used to catch in the roots and he would get thrown. The land was not drained and the waster used to stand in pools a long time become stagnant and they became sick with what she called ague. They sold the farm and they stopped at Fostoria, Ohio. Mary stayed there about a year, but her father and step mother and children went on a farm a Richfield Center, west of Toledo, Ohio. The half brothers and sisters of Mary were Jake, Pete, Anna, Lena, Cal, Clara and Kate Ardner. The next year when Mary was 16 she did housework in Toledo. She used to tell about making coffee in a wash boiler for the soldiers going away and those returning. Next couple years are hazy, she must have returned to Fostoria; either her first or second trip to Fostoria, she worked at the Kingseed's boarding house cooking, baking, cleaning and whatnot. Do not know how Mary come to be married in Tiffin, Ohio or met her husband Theobald Pirrung."
Jacob Ardner was also Theobald's cousin's name ( Barbara Pirrung's son) and if same Jacob, Mary would have been first cousin once removed. One source on Ardner lists this relation but Jacob Ardner was common name and this Jacob may have been a son of Philip or other brother to Barbara's husband also Jacob Ardner. Need to research more.
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