Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.III, p.133

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History of Cambria County, V.3

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 133

was a soldier of the American army in the second war with Great Britain, and was one of the defenders of Baltimore when that city was attacked by the British army. Children of Peter and Sarah (Braddock) Goff: John Goff, born January 6, 1875; married Henrietta Davis; Mr. Goff is a machinist in the employ of the Cambria Steel Company. Frances Goff, born August 6, 1877; married Dr. John L. Sagerson, a practicing physician of Johnstown, and of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Agnes Goff, born March 12, 1880; married C. Arden Yinkey, night editor of the Pittsburg Dispatch. William Goff, born in 1883, killed in an accident when three and one-half years old. Joseph Goff, born September 14, 1885; died in infancy. George Goff, born October 30, 1887. Leo Goff, born March 11, 1890. Helen Goff, born December 2, 1894.

    CARL FABER. Johann Faber, of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, was a dealer in crockery, a man of quiet habits, and much respected among the townsmen in Hesse; but this same quite tradesman at an earlier period in life was an intrepid soldier of the German army. With his brother, John Philip Faber, he belonged to the First Hesse Darmstadt Regiment and fought under Prince Emil in the Napoleonic wars of 1807-1813. These brothers took part in the dreadful march to Moscow, the later retreat, and afterward fought at Waterloo. John Philip Faber died at his old home in Hesse, at the advanced age of nearly ninety-nine years; he never married. Johann Faber married Katherine Robb, who bore him four children: John (or Johann), Philip, Margaretta and Katherine Elizabeth Faber.
    Johann Faber, son of Johann and Katherine, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, at Steiheim, in 1815, and by occupation was a house framer. He served ten years in the German army, and was in service during the Revolution of 1848. About 1842 he married Margaretta Fritz, daughter of George Fritz, of Hesse Darmstadt. Johann Faber died in 1893, having survived his wife by seven years. She died in 1886. They were devout members of the Lutheran church. They had six children: 1. Katherine Faber, widow of Henry Seibel, and still living at the old home in Hesse. 2. Katherina Elizabeth Faber, died unmarried, at the age of forty-five years. 3. Bertha Faber, died in childhood. 4. Carl Faber, of Johnstown, the only member of this family living in America: 5. Elizabeth Faber, married John Schily, lives in Hesse. 6. Bertha Faber, married Herman Reberg, lives in Hesse.
    Carl Faber, son of Johann Faber, and great-grandson of Johann Faber, of Prince Emil's army, is the only member of the Faber family of Hesse Darmstadt who left the Fatherland to make his home in America, and that he did soon after having given his government the required army service. He was born in Hesse Darmstadt, at Steiheim, September 19, 1849, and like the German youth of that period he was given a good education at school. He also learned the trade of house framer, as his father had done before him, and in 1869, then being twenty years old, he entered the army, served in the Third Battery of Artillery, and during his three years' term took part in many battles of the Franco-German war. His battery was a part of the North Army, under command of Prince Ludwig, and was known as the Twenty-fifth Division. He was in the battle of Causse, on August 16, 1869, and the great battle of Gravelotte, where the artillery suffered heavy losses, and where he was wounded in the leg and in the thigh, but refused to quit his post. He was in the three days' heavy fighting about Metz, and afterward joined

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	133
was a soldier of the American army in the second war with Great Britain, and was one of the defenders of Baltimore when that city was attacked by the British army. Children of Peter and Sarah (Braddock) Goff: John Goff, born January 6, 1875; married Henrietta Davis; Mr. Goff is a machinist in the employ of the Cambria Steel Company. Frances Goff, born August 6, 1877; married Dr. John L. Sagerson, a practicing physician of Johnstown, and of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. Agnes Goff, born March 12, 1880; married C. Arden Yinkey, night editor of the Pittsburg Dispatch. William Goff, born in 1883, killed in an accident when three and one-half years old. Joseph Goff, born September 14, 1885; died in infancy. George Goff, born October 30, 1887. Leo Goff, born March 11, 1890. Helen Goff, born December 2, 1894. CARL FABER. Johann Faber, of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, was a dealer in crockery, a man of quiet habits, and much respected among the townsmen in Hesse; but this same quite tradesman at an earlier period in life was an intrepid soldier of the German army. With his brother, John Philip Faber, he belonged to the First Hesse Darmstadt Regiment and fought under Prince Emil in the Napoleonic wars of 1807-1813. These brothers took part in the dreadful march to Moscow, the later retreat, and afterward fought at Waterloo. John Philip Faber died at his old home in Hesse, at the advanced age of nearly ninety-nine years; he never married. Johann Faber married Katherine Robb, who bore him four children: John (or Johann), Philip, Margaretta and Katherine Elizabeth Faber. Johann Faber, son of Johann and Katherine, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, at Steiheim, in 1815, and by occupation was a house framer. He served ten years in the German army, and was in service during the Revolution of 1848. About 1842 he married Margaretta Fritz, daughter of George Fritz, of Hesse Darmstadt. Johann Faber died in 1893, having survived his wife by seven years. She died in 1886. They were devout members of the Lutheran church. They had six children: 1. Katherine Faber, widow of Henry Seibel, and still living at the old home in Hesse. 2. Katherina Elizabeth Faber, died unmarried, at the age of forty-five years. 3. Bertha Faber, died in childhood. 4. Carl Faber, of Johnstown, the only member of this family living in America: 5. Elizabeth Faber, married John Schily, lives in Hesse. 6. Bertha Faber, married Herman Reberg, lives in Hesse. Carl Faber, son of Johann Faber, and great-grandson of Johann Faber, of Prince Emil's army, is the only member of the Faber family of Hesse Darmstadt who left the Fatherland to make his home in America, and that he did soon after having given his government the required army service. He was born in Hesse Darmstadt, at Steiheim, September 19, 1849, and like the German youth of that period he was given a good education at school. He also learned the trade of house framer, as his father had done before him, and in 1869, then being twenty years old, he entered the army, served in the Third Battery of Artillery, and during his three years' term took part in many battles of the Franco-German war. His battery was a part of the North Army, under command of Prince Ludwig, and was known as the Twenty-fifth Division. He was in the battle of Causse, on August 16, 1869, and the great battle of Gravelotte, where the artillery suffered heavy losses, and where he was wounded in the leg and in the thigh, but refused to quit his post. He was in the three days' heavy fighting about Metz, and afterward joined