John Shira and Maria Ann Frifugle

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Husband John Shira ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Berks Co, PA
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Wife Maria Ann Frifugle ^{1 2}

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1 M Daniel Shira ^{1 2}

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2 F Susan Shira ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Adam Mooney (      -      ) 1 2

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3 F Polly Shira ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Jacob Hilliard (      -      ) 1 2

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4 M John Shira, Jr. ^{1 2}

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5 M William Shira ^{1 2}

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6 M Jacob Shira ^{1 2}

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7 M Peter Shira ^{3 4}

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           Born: 15 Oct 1800 - Butler Co, PA
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         Spouse: Jane Hutchison (1800-1892) 4 5

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8 M Lewis Shira ^{1 2}

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9 F Elizabeth Shira ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Robert Hanna (      -      ) 1 2

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10 M David Shira ^{1 2 4 6}

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           Born: 4 Mar 1805 - Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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         Spouse: Maria Hutchison (      -1890) 1 4 7

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General Notes: Husband - John Shira

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He was a native of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and during the long war waged for American independence, served three terms in the Continental army. He participated in the battle of Trenton, NJ, and various other engagements. After the close of that war, he married a young lady who, like himself, was of German origin, and about 1793, with three children, they settled in Westmoreland County. A removal from that locality was determined upon, however, and in the spring of 1798, with five children, they settled upon a tract of four hundred acres now in the township of Washington, Butler County. In the spring of 1814, the farm later occupied by his son David became the homestead, and there he resided until his death, which occurred at the age of sixty-five years.

He was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, of German origin, and served in the Revolutionary war. After its close he married and settled in Westmoreland County. About 1798 he removed to Butler County, accompanied by his wife and five children, and set-tled on what was later known as the Fletcher farm, in Washington township. He soon afterwards purchased a large tract of land in the southern part of the town-ship, of which, however, he was afterwards dispossessed by fraud. He then bought a tract of 300 acres near the center of the township, which was later owned by his grandsons, Alfred L. and David H. Shira. He reared a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters. He was one of the original members of the Lutheran church at North Washington, was an exemplary man and a good citizen.

Besides the children of John Shira enumerated here, there were two who died when small, in Westmoreland county, from the bite of a rabid cat, and one died in infancy after the removal to Butler county.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 438.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1293.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1025.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 296.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1019.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1086.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1019, 1293.