Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Schreckengost and Mary Heller




Husband William Schreckengost 1

           Born: Abt 1820
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Sep 1897 - Putneyville, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: [Unk] Nulph (      -      ) 1

   Other Spouse: Priscilla Potts (      -      ) 1



Wife Mary Heller 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children

General Notes: Husband - William Schreckengost


His father was a na­tive of Germany and settled in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, in pioneer days.

He was an early settler in Mahoning town­ship, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was a gunsmith, and followed his trade at Putneyville for many years, attaining wide renown as the manufacturer of the best muzzle loading rifles in his day in the United States. He himself was a crack shot.

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Sources


1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 833.


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