Samuel Sterrett and Jemima Jane Sigler

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Husband Samuel Sterrett ¹

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           Born: 25 Aug 1839 - Decatur Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 2
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         Father: Timothy Green Sterrett (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret McManigal (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 2 Mar 1871 2

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Wife Jemima Jane Sigler ¹

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           Born: 16 Mar 1842 3
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         Father: Jacob V. Sigler (1808/1810-1875) 2 4
         Mother: Mary Hunter (1812-Aft 1897) 2 4

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Children

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1 F Mary Margaret Sterrett ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1 Nov 1873 5
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         Spouse: William Clark Bell (1866-1923) 2 5
           Marr: 25 Apr 1895 5

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2 F Frances Martha Sterrett ²

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3 M Brice Woods Sterrett ²

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4 M Ralph Green Sterrett ²

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5 F Effie Genevieve Sterrett ²

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6 M Frank Hunter Sterrett ²

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7 F Laura Elizabeth Sterrett ²

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Sterrett

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He was brought up on the home farm and attended the district schools. When he was fifteen he entered the Airy View Academy, in Juniata County, Pennsylvania. Having made the necessary preparation, he began to teach school, and taught successfully several terms. In 1864 he went to Venango County, where he remained four years. He returned home in September, 1868, and resumed teaching; in the following spring he began farming, which occupation he followed successfully up to 1890. He then removed to Lilleyville, later Alfarata, where he then resided, finding great comfort in the many improvements he had made on his place. He was very progressive and was largely instrumental in securing the establishment of the graded schools at Alfarata. Mr. Sterrett exerted his influence in the establishment of the postoffice at Alfarata, in Decatur township, in 1891, and was the first postmaster there, appointed during President Harrison's administration; he held the office four years and a half. He was a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church at Vira, of which he was an elder.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 703, 737.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 703.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 737.

4 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 43.

5 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 62.