1806 giving birth to a daughter: Mary Elizabeth Muhlenberg (1806–1838), who married the Rev. Ehrgott Jonathan Deininger (1801–1881). After her death, he remarried to Rebecca Hiester (1781–1841) on June 7, 1808. Rebecca was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Witman) Hiester and Joseph Hiester, the 5th governor of Pennsylvania. Together, they were the parents of: Emma Elizabeth Muhlenberg, who died in infancy. Hiester Henry Muhlenberg (1812–1886), who married Amelia Howard (1817–1852). After her death, he married Katharine Spang Hunter (1835–1913). Emma Elizabeth Muhlenberg (1817–1833), who died unmarried. Rosa Catharine Muhlenberg (1821–1867), who married Gustavus Anthony Nicolls (1817–1886). Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), who was elected to Congress and married his cousin, Ann Hall Muhlenberg. Muhlenberg died in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1844 and is interred at the Charles Evans Cemetery. Descendants Through his son Henry, he was the grandfather of Henry Augustus Muhlenberg III, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1892. References External links 1782 births 1844 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Austria American Lutherans American people of German descent Burials at Charles Evans Cemetery Muhlenberg family Politicians from Lancaster, Pennsylvania 19th-century American diplomats Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the American Antiquarian Society 19th-century American politicians