Sylvester Steiner and Mary Ann Miller

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Husband Sylvester Steiner ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1844 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Father: Philip Steiner (1812-1894) 2 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Fox (      -      ) 2 5

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       Marriage: 9 Dec 1869 3

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Wife Mary Ann Miller ³

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         Father: Jacob Miller (      -1884/1885) 3 6
         Mother: Mary Cribbs (1814-Abt 1877) 6 7

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Children

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1 F Clara Jane Steiner ³

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         Spouse: John H. Altman (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Sylvester Steiner

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His education was received in the schools of his native place, and he then applied himself to learn the shoemaker's trade as an apprentice of his brother, John C. Steiner, at New Stanton. He remained thus employed until he enlisted in the month of June, 1861, in Company B, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which was one of the first that was formed of volunteers for the three years' term of service. At the end of two and a half years he reenlisted in the same regiment and was raised to the rank of sergeant and held that office when finally discharged in July, 1865. He remained with his company all through the war and saw much active service, but was never sufficiently unfortunate to be either captured or wounded and came through the whole great struggle unscathed. His regiment was one of those to take part in the Grand Review held in Washington at the close of hostilities. In all Mr. Steiner took part in thirteen battles and for two days was in the tremendous struggle at Gettysburg. After the end of the war he returned North and settled at New Stanton about seven miles west of Greensburg, where he remained for two years. There he established himself on the West Newton road in business as a carpenter and continued there in the same occupation for forty-five years. Mr. Steiner was elected justice of the peace in 1899 and continued in that office until 1916, and resigned in the latter year. He was a Republican in politics. In religion, Mr. Steiner, his wife, daughter, and grandchildren, were members of the Lutheran Church and attend in Hempfield township what was known as Zion Lutheran Church.
He was a member of the George A. Cribbs Post, No. 276, Grand Army of the Republic, of Greensburg, the Post receiving the name "Cribbs," in honor of the uncle of Mrs. Sylvester Steiner. He attended National encampments at Washington, Louisville, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. He attended every year the reunion of his company at Mount Pleasant, there being about twenty left of the one hundred and fifty-six who served in it at various times in the war and only three or four of the original enlistments.
Often as a justice of the peace he refused to hear the cases brought before him in his official capacity, advising the litigants to settle outside of court. He constantly tried to avoid actual legal contests and was known far and wide as a peacemaker.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 158.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 939.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 940.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 158, 374.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 374.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 646.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176, 940.