Fifth Generation

189. James PRUTZMAN^1,6,43 was born on 27 Sep 1829 in Exeter Township, Berks Co., PA. He was baptized on 12 Oct 1830 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. He died on 10 Mar 1904 in Hamburg, PA. He was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg, PA. James started work with the Reading Railway Company in 1849 as a section laborer. In 1850 he was made foreman and laid track in Philadelphia from Columbia bridge to Broad Street. In 1853 he went to Richmond, VA to supervise laying of all tracks and switchs. He returned to Reading, than Hamburg, back to Philadelphia and finally returned to Hamburg as a supervisor, a position he held till he retired in 1887. He was in poor health for four years and bedfast for eight weeks before dieing at home. He was the oldest member of Vaux Lodge No. 406, Free and Accepted Masons, Hamburg Encampment No. 106, I.O.O.F. and the First Reformed Church. I had died 1902 but Berks County death records have 1904.

James PRUTZMAN and Elizabeth BECKER were married on 5 Feb 1854 in First Reformed Church, Reading, PA. Elizabeth BECKER^1,25,43 (daughter of Johannes BECKER and Elizabeth ROHRBACH) was born on 1 Jun 1832 in Alsace Township, Berks Co., PA. She was baptized on 22 Jul 1832 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. She died on 6 May 1894. She was buried in St. John's Union Church, Kutztown, PA. Went by Lizzie. 1870 Census supports she was born in 1832 James PRUTZMAN and Elizabeth BECKER had the following children:

341	i.	Emma B. PRUTZMAN1,6,43 was born on 10 Jan 1855 in Reading, PA. She was baptized on 29 Jul 1855 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, PA. She died on 23 Nov 1879 in Hamburg, PA. She was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.
342	ii.	Oliver PRUTZMAN was born on 28 Sep 1856. He died on 31 Jan 1858 in Hamburg, PA. He was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.
+343	iii.	Katherine B. PRUTZMAN.
+344	iv.	James Franklin PRUTZMAN.
345	v.	Mary Ann PRUTZMAN43 was born on 19 Dec 1859. She died on 11 Jul 1861 in Hamburg, PA. She was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg, PA.
346	vi.	Elizabeth B. PRUTZMAN1,26 was born in 1861. She died in Reading, PA. Married Mr. Seidel, lived in Reading.
+347	vii.	William E. PRUTZMAN.