History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . en, Mrs. Gertrude Gib-son, of New York City, and Mrs. May Dittlebach, of Santa Fe,X. M. The second marriage, with Miss Emma Jane Laub, wasblessed with seven children, of whom one died in infancy. Theothers are Mrs. Alice Scharf, of Cumberland, Md.; Harry,of Harrisburg; Mrs. Anna Cline, Mrs. Bessie Capp, Frank andMary, of Biglerville, Pa. 810 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES David Henlein Focht was born on a farm near Williams-burg
History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran synod of Pennsylvania, together with a topical handbook of the Evangelical Lutheran church, its ancestry, origin and development . en, Mrs. Gertrude Gib-son, of New York City, and Mrs. May Dittlebach, of Santa Fe,X. M. The second marriage, with Miss Emma Jane Laub, wasblessed with seven children, of whom one died in infancy. Theothers are Mrs. Alice Scharf, of Cumberland, Md.; Harry,of Harrisburg; Mrs. Anna Cline, Mrs. Bessie Capp, Frank andMary, of Biglerville, Pa. 810 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES David Henlein Focht was born on a farm near Williams-burg, then in Huntingdon County, in 1820. He was descendedfrom ancestors who settled on the big Antietam Creek, in Frank-lin County, in 1720. His grandfather moved to HuntingdonCounty, in 1800. Rev. Focht walked across the mountains, fromHuntingdon County to Gettysburg, to attend school, where hewas educated in the Pennsylvania College and TheologicalSeminary. After graduation and ordination, he preached atChambersburg, Marion, Scotland, Fayetteville and GrindstoneHill Church, Franklin County, later serving the New Bloomfield,Perry County, pastorate, where he died, in REV. DAVID HENLEIN FOCHT His grandsire was a descendant of German ancestors, whosedevotion to the cause of humanity was inspired in the Reforma-tion of the sixteenth century, which found its expression in thepulpit, in the school and on the battlefield. One of his ancestorswas identified with the American Revolution of 1776. At StonyPoint, with General Wayne; at Germantown, and through theentire struggle he stood with his American fellow-citizens. This spirit was reflected in the whole life of Rev. David Hen-lein Focht. Unable to take the field in the stirring times of 1861to 1865, he was a most loyal supporter of the National Govern- 811 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ment. An avowed abolitionist and Unionist, he received not alittle of the obloquy once given advocates of human freedom andsturdy champions of a perpetua
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