The Kauffman Family

Our Kauffman heritage is of German origin.  John Phillip Kauffman and his wife and two young children emigrated from Sersheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 1830.  They arrived in Cleveland, Ohio when Kauffman was 39 years old.  
The Kauffman Family in Europe is summarized in Ralph and Jerry Morton’s book: Morton Family History 1751-1999 Descendants of Thomas Morton of Northern Ireland.  An excerpt, provided by fellow researcher Cyndi Newman, follows:

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One of the immigrant’s sons, also named John Phillip, was born in 1834.  Son John married Sarah Hickman, and they moved to Jay County, Indiana.  In this county Anna Minerva, a daughter of John and Sarah, was born and at the age of 17 married Samuel Perry Ball.  Anna and Samuel Ball had four children, all daughters:  Mearl, Vera, Thelma, and Opha.  Mearl is the one who married the educator John W Elwell.  (More about John W Elwell can be found on this website by clicking here.)
Here is Mearl Ball’s pedigree chart showing the Kauffmans and Balls.
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