John Shoup and Catherine Keffer

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Husband John Shoup ¹

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           Born: 1812 1
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           Died: 6 May 1876 1
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       Marriage: Feb 1845 1

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Wife Catherine Keffer ¹

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           Born: 1815 2
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           Died: 12 Mar 1872 1
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         Father: Michael Keffer (1777-1851) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Lachman (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: William Churns (      -Bef 1845) 2

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Children

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1 M Michael Shoup ¹

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           Born: 7 Feb 1846 1
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           Died: Aft 1918
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2 M John W. Shoup ¹

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           Born: 24 Jul 1849 1
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           Died: Aft 1918
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3 M Henry A. Shoup ^{1 4}

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           Born: 3 Aug 1852 - near Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 28 Apr 1916 - ? Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McFarland Elder (1849-1914) 1 4
           Marr: 2 Oct 1873 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Shoup

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When sixteen years of age [about 1828], he came to America with his parents from Prussia, Germany. They sailed from Hamburg and on landing in the United States settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After remaining there for a time they removed to Ligonier township, Westmoreland County.

He was a farmer all his life, but never a landowner. In politics he was a Democrat. He and his wife were members of the German Evangelical Lutheran church of Ligonier.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 217.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 218.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 218, 1059.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 266.