Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry Overholt Stauffer and Eliza J. Culler


Husband Henry Overholt Stauffer 1 

           Born: 26 Oct 1832 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 24 May 1898 1
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         Father: Christian Stauffer (1809-1886) 2 3
         Mother: Susan Overholt (1808-1863) 2 4


       Marriage: 1 Dec 1853 1

Wife Eliza J. Culler 1 

           Born: 1 Jun 1837 - Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA 1
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Children
1 F Ella C. Stauffer 5 

           Born: 14 Mar 1855 5
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2  F  Susan Stauffer 5





           Born: 22 Apr 1856 - Alverton, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Lyman S. Stoner (      -1900) 5
           Marr: 10 Nov 1881 5






3  F  Emma Stauffer 5





           Born: 30 Jun 1857 5
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         Spouse: Otto Klapp (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 13 Dec 1879 5






4  F  Ida May Stauffer 5





           Born: 8 Nov 1858 5
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           Died: 2 Jan 1864 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry






5  M  Christian C. Stauffer 5





           Born: 27 Apr 1860 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Addie M. Vroman (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 28 Dec 1892 5






6  M  John Stauffer 5





           Born: 18 Nov 1861 5
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7  F  Bettie Stauffer 5





           Born: 20 Aug 1863 5
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           Died: 20 Jan 1867 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry






8  M  Harry Stauffer 5





           Born: 18 Aug 1865 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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9  F  Addie E. Stauffer 5





           Born: 31 May 1867 - Nemaha Co, KS 5
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         Spouse: John T. Bartley (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1 Dec 1898 5






10  M  George Domer Stauffer 5





           Born: 27 Jan 1869 - Nemaha Co, KS 5
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         Spouse: Jennie Mills (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 28 Aug 1896 5






11  F  Hallie Stauffer 6





           Born: 5 Sep 1872 - Nemaha Co, KS 6
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         Spouse: N. W. Price (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 8 Oct 1891 6









General Notes: Husband - Henry Overholt Stauffer




1867 he sold his farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled on a large farm in Nemaha County, Kansas. Here he was for two terms chairman of the Board of county commissioners, and during the ravages of the "grasshoppers" when many poor people were trying to support their families and keep their homesteads\emdash Mr. Stauffer fought the Railroad Bonds in that county and saved it from paying $125,000 of bonds - enabling it to get out of debt, and become one of the wealthiest counties in the state. In 1885 he moved to Pottawatomie County, where he remained until his death. He died at Manhattan, Kansas, where he had gone to receive medical treatment for one of his eyes. Shortly after retiring for the night he was taken suddenly with heart trouble and died in a short time. His daughter, Miss Ella, was the only one of the family with him when he died.
"Mr. Stauffer, all through life, exhibited traits of character and a spirit of social deportment which attracted scores of men, women and children to him as earnest confiding friends, whom no doubt will deck his eternal brow with wreaths of undying love." He was firm and confiding in his belief of divine power in Almighty God, and all through the many adversities he encountered through life, he never lost sight of his obligations to God. This fact was clearly shown only a few moments before he closed his eyes in death, when he knelt beside his bed in the presence of his daughter and there offered prayer to God, and there committed himself to His care. He was a devoted husband, a kind father, loved and respected by all.



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Sources






1
Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 143.

2
George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 685.

3
Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 141.

4
Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 73.

5
Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 145.

6
Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 146.







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