Brigadier General William High

1786 - 1851  (65 years)

• Name	William High
  Title	Brigadier General
  Birth	14 Jan 1786
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Mar 1851
  Burial	Hoch Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I31993	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Catharine (Yost) Van Reed,   b. 21 Jan 1788, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Mar 1822, Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 34 years)
  Children	+ 1. Daniel V R High,   b. 19 Aug 1808   d. 4 Sep 1839 (Age 31 years) + 2. Sarah Van Reed High,   b. 30 Apr 1818   d. 14 Apr 1849, Berne, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F11638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Catharine (Hiester) Van Reed,   b. 27 Apr 1786   d. 4 Jun 1857, Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F11639	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Brigadier General William High was born Jan. 14, 1786, and was one of the best-known men of Berks county of his time. He was county commissioner from 1816 to 1819; a member of the State Legislature in 1832; served as one of five delegates from Berks county to the Constitutional Convention in 1828; and was associate judge of Berks county from 1846 to 1851. He was most prominently identified with the State militia, holding the office of brigadier-general by election for fifteen years. In 1816, he was elected captain of the Reading Cavalry, of which he had become a member in 1809. He died March 29,1851, with honor untarnished and integrity undefiled. General High was a man of many sterling qualities of character, being able to draw the line between right and wrong, and never faltered in carrying his convictions into execution. He was twice married, his first wife being Catherine Van Reed, daughter of John Van Reed, and his second wife the daughter of Jacob Van Reed, of Amity township. Ezra High and his wife were buried in the High private cemetery at Poplar Neck, on the High homestead, where rest also the remains of Gen. William High. (© copyright 2004-2008 Nancy J. Freehafer for the Berks County PAGenWeb Project unless explicitly otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Unless indicated otherwise in a particular page carrying this copyright notice, permission to use, copy, and distribute documents and related graphics delivered from this World Wide Web server (http://berks.pa-roots.com/) for non-commercial use is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear. All other rights reserved. Nancy J. Freehafer disclaims all warranties with regard to this information. The information described herein is provided as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62874465/william-high.