Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George A. Shallenberger and Artilissa Hull




Husband George A. Shallenberger 1 2

           Born: 27 Apr 1827 1
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           Died: 1903 or 1904 - ? Washington, D. C. 1
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         Father: Abraham Shallenberger (1797-1868) 1 2 3
         Mother: Rachel Newmyer (1801-1870) 1 2 4


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Wife Artilissa Hull 1

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1 F Ella Shallenberger 1

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2 F Georgia Shallenberger 1

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3 M James Shallenberger 1

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General Notes: Husband - George A. Shallenberger


After being educated in the public schools of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he entered upon a business career; for a time he was in the dry goods business in Munntown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, then came to Rochester, Beaver County, about 1853, and there became interested in the manufacture of Dr. Shallenberger's Fever and Ague Antidote; for some years he was superintendent of the Morganza Reform School, and warden in the Western Penitentiary; at the time of the Civil War he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, holding the rank of second lieutenant, and was advanced to brigade quartermaster; later he became quartermaster of the Second Corps under General Hancock; at the close of the war he was appointed warden of the Reform School at Washington, District of Columbia, and was still in office there at the time of his death.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 127.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 582.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 809.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 489.


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