by Lucy Eash and Mes Chris Yoder. 1959. 201p

Peter Bitsche emigrated from Switzerland to America in 1767, settling in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he had three sons—Abraham, Moses, and a daughter, Anna. Abraham married Barbara Lichty and had one son, while Moses, married to Barbara Yoder, had four sons. Their daughter Anna married Peter Livengut and had nine children, contributing to the extensive Beachy lineage, which includes Samuel J. Beachy, born in 1825, who had 456 descendants at the time of his death in 1921, showcasing a rich family history intertwined with the Amish and Mennonite communities across several states.