John Isaac "Red" Kaufman ¹⁴¹⁶

   Another name for John was Kauffman.¹⁴⁰⁴

  General Notes:

OBITUARY

July 22nd, near Davidville, Somerset Co., Pa., Bro. JOHN I. KAUFFMAN, aged 50 years, 4 months and 16 days. Bro. Kauffman was a faithful member of the Amish church about 28 years. His death was unexpected, as he had worked in the harvest the 21st, but in the night was taken with pains in the region of the heart from which he suffered until 5 P. M. of the next day. The funeral services were conducted by Moses Miller, Jonas Harshberger and Isaac Miller, from John 5:24-30. He leaves a sorrowing widow and seven children, who have the sympathies of many.

Source: Herald of Truth, Vol. XVII, No. 9, September, 1880, pages 171,172
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NOTES

For several terms he served as assessor and collector of the township. During the Civil war he was twice drafted, the first time paying a fine of three hundred dollars and the second time furnishing a substitute. His action in the matter was determined by the objection to the war, which forms part of the tenets of the Amish church, of which he was a member. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Republican. ¹³⁷⁹

  Life Events:

1. Church Affiliation: Amish. ¹³⁷⁹

2. Occupation: Farmer. ¹⁴²²

John married Margaret Wingard, daughter of Jacob P. Wingard and Mary "Maria" J. Lehman, in 1850 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹⁴¹³ (Margaret Wingard was born on 20 Mar 1834 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA,⁷¹⁹ died on 11 Jun 1891 ¹⁴¹⁴ and was buried in Kaufman Mennonite Cemetery (Davidsville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA) ¹⁴¹⁵.)