STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1904, page 1, column 6 ISAAC KRATZER, 12 May 1818 - 04 Mar 1904 Isaac Kratzer was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1818; and died at the home of his daughter in Ashley, Ind., Friday, March 4, 1904, aged 85 years, 9 months and 22 days. Funeral services were held in the Angola Congregational church on Sunday, March 6. (Picture included with obituary) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Isaac Kratzer, 12 May 1818 - 04 Mar 1904, on 10 Sep 1838 in Columbiana, Ohio, married Susannah (Redman) Kratzer, 13 Feb 1818 - 17 Dec 1902. They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. Susannah was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Redman. CHILDREN: Emanuel Kratzer, 1839 - 1911, on 19 Apr 1868, married Lucinda (Thayer) Kratzer, 1846 - 1926. They are buried at Circle Hlll Cemetery. Joseph Kratzer, 06 May 1845 - 05 Nov 1920, on 28 Aug 1870, married Margaret/Maggie (Zabst) Kratzer, 1849 - 1913. They are buried at Circle Hlll Cemetery. Catherine/Katherine M. Kratzer, born about 27 Oct 1848 - died 27/28 Feb 1866, buried at Circle Hill Cemetery. The Steuben Republican, 07 Jun 1893, page 1, columns 3 and 4, "City of the Dead" article listing the persons buried at Old Angola Cemetery, has this item, "Katharine M., daughter of I. and S. Kratzer died, Feb 17, 1866, aged 17. The Cemetery Book also has a listing for Katherine M. at Old Angola in addition to the listing for Catherine M. at Circle Hill Cemetery. The mother's obituary states she died in her eighth year but all the others state that she was 17. Martha Kratzer, born about 1852, no other information. Philena (Kratzer) Kennedy, born about 1859, married William A. Kennedy, no other information. Possible daughter could be Estella A. (Kratzer) Miller, 1853 - 1923, on 06 Feb 1878, married Charles H. Miller, 1855 - 1914. They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery. Steuben Republican, 31 Dec 1902, page 1, column 6, obituary of Susannah (Redman) Kratzer. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 2, pages 1072, 1073, 1265, 1268. www.familysearch.org - 1880 United States Census, Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library 1254312, NA Film Number T9-0312, page number 304B shows Isaac and Susan Anna Kratzer living next door to their son, Joseph Kratzer and his family. Submitted by: Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net