Landis Family History & Genealogy

Mabel Freed (Landis) Ziegler of Souderton, Montgomery County, PA was born on March 22, 1901, and died at age 83 years old on May 7, 1984 in Souderton. Mabel Ziegler was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Souderton.

Harold Warren Jefferson Landis Sr of 826 SW 26th Ct, in Ft Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida USA was born on September 10, 1896, and died at age 69 years old in May 1966.

US Congressman. He was born one of seven children to John Dean Landis (1852-1940), and his wife Nettie Criss Oliphant Landis (1857-1917). He was educated locally and attended the common public schools of Linton, Indiana. During World War I, he was drafted and served with the rank of Lieutenant in the Infantry of the United States Army from 1918 to 1919. Following his military service, he returned home to the United States and attended and graduated from the prestigious Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1923. While attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, he also played the position of quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers Football Team during the early 1920s. He then taught school in high schools in Linton, Indiana, from 1923 to 1938. He also received a Master's Degree from Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1938. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Arthur Herbert Greenwood (1880-1963), on January 3, 1939. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Indiana's 7th District (Seventy-Sixth Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses), in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1949. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to represent the Eighty-Fourth Congress in 1948. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative James Ellsworth Noland (1920-1992), on January 3, 1949. He also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Indiana in 1944, Assistant to the Administrator, Commodity Stabilization Service, Department of Agriculture from April 1954, to January 1961, and lastly as a Delegate to the Indiana State Convention in 1964. He retired from politics shortly thereafter. He was married to Vera Helen Wilson Landis (1902-1973), with whom he had a daughter named Mary. He was a longtime member of several clubs and organizations including the Disciples of Christ, American Legion, Forty and Eight, Delta Upsilon, Freemasons, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Moose.

Rebecca Z (Landis) Snavely of Sterling, Illinois United States was born on November 18, 1832 in PA, and died at age 84 years old on October 16, 1917 in Sterling, IL.

OBIT: Funeral Rites of Old resident Will Be Sunday Mrs Anna Snavely 95 Came to Sterling with Her Family in 1848. . . .Anna Snavely, 95 one of the oldest residents of Sterling, who died at her late home, 601 Seventh Avenue, Friday at 6:45a.m., will consist of a brief family service at the Melvin Funeral home Sunday at 2:15 p.m. and from the Church of the Brethren, 616 Sixth avenue, Sunday, at 2:30p.m., Rev Behard King, pastor, officiating. The committal will be in Science Ridge cemetery, where graveside service will be assisted in by Bishop A. C. Good, pastor of the Science Ridge Mennonite church. Mrs. Snavely passed away quietly. Her death had been expected for several weeks, as her life was gradually ebbing away. She was born Nov. 28, 1842, in Lancaster county, PA., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. henry Landis, at the age of six years she was brought by her family to Sterling. The family settled on a farm just east of Sterling, near what is now the Lincoln highway. There she was reared and attended district schools in the country. On 8 Jan 1860, she was married to Levi Snavely. The young couple began housekeeping on a farm about four miles north of Sterling on the Hoover road. Ten children were born of the union of whom three preceded her in death, as did her husband, who passed away several years ago. Mr. and mrs. Sanvely observed their diamond wedding anniversary in 1935. Surviving children are Mrs. H W (Alice) Book, Mrs. E. M. (Anna) Wilson, Jacob N and Henry L. Snavely (twins), I. B. Snavely, Dr. J.L Snavely and Mrs. Harry (mabel) Myers, all living in Sterling. There are 21 grandchildren and a number of great=grandchildren. Brothers who survive are Henry, Emanuel, Rueben and Fremont Landis. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Henry Hein of Sterling, and Mrs. John Stauffer of Lancaster, PA. Mrs. Snavely was a member of the Church of the Brethren. She was one of the last of the earliest living pioneers in this section. To the last illness her mind was clear and she retained memories of those early days, and was a real "Mother in Israel" in her manner of life.

Loretta A Blosser was born on Feb 12, 1934 in Montgomery, Ohio, United State to parents Samuel Victor Blosser (1897-1975) and Treva C Copp (1897-1960). She had siblings Annabell (1922-1994), Samuel (1924-2000), Charles (1927-2015), Dale (1919-1943), Mary (1920-1991), Robert (born 1932), and Roger Blosser (1932-2011). She lived in Dayton, Ohio, USA and retired after many years with NCR and GM. Loretta was married to Paul R Landis and they divorced on Jan 12, 1963. See Loretta Ann (Blosser) Landis: Obituary.

Platt Walker Landis of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina United States was born on April 2, 1909 in Charlotte, and died at age 34 years old on July 8, 1943 at Lost At Sea aboard the liberty ship SS Samuel Heintzelman..

Ruth Mae (Lefever) Landis of Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA was born on May 20, 1934, and died at age 59 years old on December 22, 1993. Ruth Landis was buried on December 23, 1993 at Conestoga Memorial Park 95 Second Lock Road, in Lancaster.

William B Landis of New York, New York County, NY was born on August 15, 1917, and died at age 84 years old on July 6, 2002.

William F Landis of Napa, Napa County, CA was born on June 7, 1912, and died at age 82 years old on January 20, 1995.

William Richard Landis of Visalia, Tulare County, California was born on June 3, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on October 19, 2009.

William F Landis of Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County, CA was born on January 28, 1921, and died at age 67 years old on October 17, 1988.

William M Landis of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland was born on August 7, 1911, and died at age 75 years old in September 1986.

William G Landis of Hollywood, Broward County, FL was born on April 15, 1913, and died at age 83 years old on May 18, 1996.

William J Landis of Lemasters, Franklin County, PA was born on July 31, 1920, and died at age 84 years old on January 3, 2005.

William T Landis of Mifflintown, Juniata County, PA was born on December 14, 1908, and died at age 77 years old in August 1986.

William L Landis of McAlisterville, Juniata County, PA was born on July 18, 1922, and died at age 81 years old on September 3, 2003.

William Richard Landis of Pensacola, Escambia County, FL was born on June 19, 1920, and died at age 63 years old on December 31, 1983. William Landis was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery Section 35 Site 4231 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola.

William H Landis of West Chester, Chester County, PA was born on August 19, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on March 4, 2008.

Eldon E Landis of Dayton, Montgomery County, OH was born on August 27, 1914, and died at age 81 years old on July 7, 1996.