Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher
Family Group Record
William Garrett Shuster and Mary Sophia Smail
Husband William Garrett Shuster 1 2 3 4
Born: 5 Mar or 5 Apr 1834 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3 4 5
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Died: Dec 1907 4
Buried:
Father: Isaac Shuster (1788-1859) 1 2 6 7 8
Mother: Ann(a) Blose (1786-1882) 2 5 6 7 8
Marriage: 1 Mar or 17 Mar 1855 3 4 5 9
Wife Mary Sophia Smail 2 3 4 5
Born: 5 Sep 1830 - Pennsylvania 4
Christened:
Died: 22 Jan 1914 4
Buried:
Father: Capt. John Marion Smail (1804-1894) 2 10 11 12
Mother: Catherine Uber (1807-1862) 12
Children
1 M William Irwin Shuster 2 4 5 14
AKA: W. J. Shuster 13
Born: 11 Mar 1859 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
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Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Jane Sarver (1861- ) 2 4 14
Marr: 14 Feb 1884 2 14
2 M Emery M. Shuster 2 5 14 15
Born: Apr 1864 - Pennsylvania 15
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Willamenia [Unk] (1870- ) 15
3 F Anna M. Shuster 14 15 16 17
Born: Feb 1867 15
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Albert M. Hoey (1857- ) 14 15 17 18
Marr: 22 Feb 1887 19
4 M Solomon George Shuster 5 14 15 20
Born: Mar 1870 - Pennsylvania 15
Christened:
Died: 1932 15
Buried:
Spouse: Neva Blanche Hines (1874/1875-1935) 15 21
General Notes: Husband - William Garrett Shuster
He was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, and began his active career as a farmer, later engaging in stock dealing and butchering, all of which lines he pursued successfully for about two decades. In 1864 he removed to Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased forty acres of land underlaid with coal and limestone, a tannery, two dwelling houses, and a general mercantile store which he successfully conducted. He also engaged in the undertaking business for twenty years, and in all these varied enterprises achieved a large degree of financial prosperity. He served fifteen years as school director, three terms as assessor, a similar period as treasurer, twice as tax collector of Penn township, county auditor, to which office he was elected in 1875, and poor house director, serving from 1883 to 1886. He was a deacon in Brush Creek Lutheran church for eighteen years, and later became a member of the Lutheran church at Harrison City. He was a member of Manor Lodge, No. 90, A. O. of U. W., and Harrison City Lodge, No. 112, K. and L. of H.
He and his wife had six children; two died while young.
Sources
1
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 376.
2
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 171.
3
Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 442.
4
Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 416.
5
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 377.
6
Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1122.
7
Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 343, 442.
8
Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 178.
9
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 172.
10
George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 532.
11
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 116.
12
Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 415.
13
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 508.
14
Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 443.
15
Marlin A. Field, Peter Smail of Pennsylvania & His Descendants (Ozark, MO: Dogwood Printing, Sept., 1990), Pg 417.
16
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 364, 377.
17
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 99, 171.
18
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 363.
19
Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 364.
20
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 104, 171.
21
John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 104.