Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Shanor and Catherine Stauffer




Husband Samuel Shanor 1

           Born: 7 Sep 1823 - Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Father: Daniel Shanor, Sr. (1793-1879) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Deborah Moyer (1795-1870) 1 4


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Wife Catherine Stauffer 5

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         Father: Henry Stauffer (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 F Ellen Shanor 5

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         Spouse: Madison Davis (      -      ) 5


2 M Campbell Shanor 5

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3 M Daniel Shanor 5

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Shanor


He grew to manhood on his father's farm in Lancaster township, Butler County, PA. He resided on the old home­stead until 1881, when he purchased another farm of 121 acres in Muddy Creek township, and erected buildings on it. Politically, he was a Democrat, served two terms as supervisor and overseer of the poor in Lancaster town­ship, and held the office of supervisor in Muddy Creek township beginnin in 1890. He was a member of the German Reformed church of Harmony, in which society he filled the offices of deacon and elder.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1257.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 728.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 80.

4 Gertrude Mohlin Ziegler, The Ziegler Family and Related Families in Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA: Charles Campbell Printing Co., 1970), Pg 414.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1258.


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