[66-3] CHRISTOPHER MESCHTER, b July 7, 1779; d Mar. 7, 1853; s Christopher and Rosina (Kriebel) Meschter [66-1]: m May 20, 1807, CATHARINE ANDERS, b Aug. 18, 1785; d May 23, 1842; dau Abraham and Esther (Yeakel) Anders [161-4]. He is said to have built a threshing machine (vid. Sketches Hist. Soc. Montg. Co., Pa. Vol. I1T.).
One child: [66-7] George, 6 Mar. 28, 1808; d June 29, 1887; m Sophia Kriebel:
“About the year 1841 or 1842 I saw a threshing machine made by Christopher Master of this place to thresh with flails, in which you had to hold the sheaves over a frame and by some power the flails were made to revolve and strike the grain. I never saw the machine in operation. Master’s father-in-law, Abraham Anders, riveted harness and leather together as early as 1800.” [John C. Boorse; Montg. Co. Hist. Soc., 1905, Vol., VITI, p. 271.]
Parents’ family: [66-1] Christopher Meschter and Rosina Kriebel