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Joseph Myers Kifer

3 Aug 1838 – 31 Mar 1919

Birth	3 Aug 1838
Death	31 Mar 1919
Cemetery	Union Dale Cemetery Pittsburgh , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania , USA
Added by	Sincerely Yours on 12 Feb 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13703612

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Son of John Adam Kifer and Susannah Drumheller, husband of Margaret Dow Thompson. Served in the Civil War Co. H. 155th PVI Source: Clarion Democrat - April 10, 1919 Kifer, Joseph Myers -- April 10, 1919 - Joseph Myers Kifer died on Monday evening, March 31st, at the residence of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Donaldson, Johnstown, Pa., in his 80th year. Funeral services were held on Wednesday evening at the Donaldson home by Rev. George Dono Brooks, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Interment on Thursday afternoon in Uniondale Cemetery, Northside, Pittsburg. Joseph Myers Kifer was born in Reidsburg, Clarion County, Pa., on August 3, 1838, and served in Co. H, 155th Regt. Penna. Vol. Infantry, from August 1862 until after the surrender of Lee, under Col. Edward Allen. He was wounded at Petersburg, Va. The deceased and Margaret D. Thompson of Greenville, Clarion Co., were married in September 1870. Mrs Kifer survives her husband with the following children: Mrs Jesse Wilson, Knox; C. E. Kifer, Grove City; M.O. Kifer, Ashland, KY; Mrs Kathryn Reese, Aspinwall and Mrs. Ruth Donaldson, Johnstown. He was an upright, honorable and patriotic citizen, a loving husband and a father, a noble friend and neighbor, and is revered by all who knew him. Many friends in his native county mourn his passing.

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Family

Parents

• John Adam Kifer 1784–1856
• Susannah Drumheller Kifer 1804–1874 FaG

Spouse

• Margaret Dow Thompson Kifer 1840–1925 FaG

Siblings

• Samuel A. Kifer 1810–1881
• Abraham Kifer 1811–1881
• Mary Kifer Edmonds 1814–1885
• Henry W. Kifer 1819–1902
• Andrew Jackson Kifer 1821–1905
• Esther Kifer Klingensmith 1825–1906
• Sarah Kifer Lloyd Reid 1827–1888
• Lucy Kifer Elder 1828–1906
• Catherine A. "Kate" Kifer 1832–1929
• Amanda Kifer Kuhns 1834–1919
• Jacob Kifer 1838–?
• Susannah "Susan" Keifer Mills 1840–1897
• Adam Miles Keifer 1842–1925
• Susan Ellen Kifer Parker 1845–1925
• Nancy Elizabeth Kifer Finefrock 1846–1935
• Clara Narcipia Kifer 1849–1874

Children

• Charles Edgar Kifer 1873–1939 FaG
• Miles Orrin Kifer 1875–1959 FaG
• Kathryn Kifer Reese 1878–1974 FaG
• Ruth Thompson Kifer Donaldson 1883–1966 FaG

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