Daniel Wideman and Catherine Shanks

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Husband Daniel Wideman ¹

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         Buried:  - Westmoreland Co, PA

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Wife Catherine Shanks ¹

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           Died:  - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried:  - Westmoreland Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Benjamin Wideman ¹

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           Born: Abt 1806
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           Died: 1897 - Nebraska 1
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2 M Daniel Wideman ¹

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3 F Barbara Wideman ¹

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         Spouse: Jacob Woods (      -      ) 1

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4 F Caroline Wideman ¹

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         Spouse: David Baum (      -      ) 1

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5 M Michael Wideman ¹

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6 M Philip Wideman ¹

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7 F Harriet Wideman ¹

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         Spouse: John Troxell (      -      ) 1

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8 F Lydia Wideman ¹

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         Spouse: William Squires (      -      ) 1

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9 M Jacob Wideman ¹

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10 F Catherine Wideman ¹

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         Spouse: Joseph Baum (      -      ) 1

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11 M Joseph Wideman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Daniel Wideman

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He was of German birth, coming from Paulse, on the Rhine, and he was educated for the Lutheran ministry, in which his father and several brothers spent their lives. He left Germany to escape conscription, settled in Pennsylvania, and married. They were farming people in Westmoreland County, PA, and always remained in the Lutheran Church.

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General Notes: Wife - Catherine Shanks

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from Lancaster Co, PA
She died when eighty-six years of age.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 548.