BIOS: Josiah W. FRITZ, Pine Hill, Somerset County, PA 

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 361/2

Josiah W. FRITZ.

Josiah W. Fritz, an excellent farmer of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was there 
born in Pine Hill, July 16, 1836, the son of Daniel and Mary A. (Chorpenning) 
Fritz.
William Fritz (grandfather) was a native of Ohio, who became one of the pioneer 
settlers in Pine Hill, Somerset county.  He married Hester Shaff.  Daniel Fritz 
(father) was born in Pine Hill, and followed the occupation of a farmer all his 
life.  He was a Republican in politics.  He and his wife, Mary A. Chorpenning, 
who was a native of Milford township, were the parents of the following 
children: J. Harry, Josiah W., Eliza V., Simon P., Jerome F., Frank A. and 
Urias, who was a soldier in the Civil war, was present at the battle of 
Fredericksburg, and died in Libby prison.
After receiving a good common school training, Josiah W. Fritz immediately 
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which occupatioon he has since 
very successfully and profitably engaged.  He is a loyal Republican in his 
political affiliations, and for six years was engaged in carrying the mail from 
Bedford to Somerset.  In religious faith he is a member of the Lutheran church. 
Josiah W. Fritz married, February 21, 1869, Emma Glessner.  (For ancestral 
record of Glessner family, see sketch in this work.)  Mrs. Fritz was born in 
Stony Creek township, June 4, 1848.  Mr. and Mrs. Fritz are the parents of the 
following named children: Sadie F., married Theodore Weber; Maggie B., married 
J. J. Blough, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Webster P.