Samuel Stambaugh and Rebecca Ritter

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Husband Samuel Stambaugh ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1790 - Perry Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1860 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 

       Marriage:  - Ohio

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Hodge (      -1881) 2 3 - 1829 2 3

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Wife Rebecca Ritter ^{2 4}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 24 Dec 1827 - Mercer Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Daniel Stambaugh ⁵

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           Born: 14 Jul 1815 - Canfield, Mahoning Co, OH 5
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           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Castor (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 14 Jun 1836 6

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2 M Israel Stambaugh ⁵

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           Born:  - Ohio
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           Died: 
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3 F Maria Stambaugh ⁴

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           Born:  - Ohio
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Palmer (      -Bef 1888) 4

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4 F Catherine Stambaugh ⁵

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           Born:  - Ohio
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Sylvester (      -      ) 5

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5 F Julia Stambaugh ⁵

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           Born:  - ? Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Rebecca Stambaugh ⁶

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           Born:  - ? Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: when thirty years old
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Stambaugh

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He was a native of Sherman Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, at the age of sixteen. For seven years he was engaged in the transportation of goods from the eastern markets to the Western Reserve, and for a time during the War of 1812 served in the wagon train engaged in hauling army supplies from Detroit, Michigan. In 1824 he removed with his family to Mercer County and purchased the Hickman farm in Hickory township. About 1843 he sold this property and bought 350 acres adjoining Sharon on the east. Samuel Stokely, a lawyer of Steubenville, Ohio, laid a settlement claim to twenty-four tracts, of 400 acres each, lying in Mercer County, the land which Mr. Stambaugh purchased being included in this claim. Stokely frightened many of the pioneers into paying him for the lands upon which they were living, but Mr. Stambaugh refused to be swindled, declaring, "I will law him to h--l and back again before paying one cent." He fought the case through the courts to a successful issue, and after ten years' litigation beat Stokely, and though suffering a great deal of expense he nevertheless demonstrated the justice of his cause and saved many of his neighbors from being similarly annoyed and swindled by Stokely. This was one of the most celebrated land suits in the history of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
He had seven children with his first wife; nine children with his second wife.

He came from German ancestry. He left the parental home a "run-away boy" and went to Canfield, Ohio, with some early emigrants, and later for seven years was a driver of freighting teams between Baltimore and the mountains. During the War of 1812 he was, with his team, drafted into the service and was present at the surrender of Detroit. In 1824 he settled on the Frank Heckman farm [Mercer County, Pennsylvania?], but later sold out and purchased land on which now stands a portion of the city of Sharon. He was an extensive farmer and stock raiser and an excellent business man. Politically he was a Democrat.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 758, 911.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 610.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 758, 912.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 757, 911.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 911.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 912.