John Shoup and Rachel Karns

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Husband John Shoup ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Dec 1819 - Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co, PA 1 2 3
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         Father: Jacob Shoup (      -      ) 1 3
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       Marriage: 1842 1

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Wife Rachel Karns ^{1 3}

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           Born: 11 Jan 1826 - Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Capt. William Karns (      -      ) 1 4
         Mother: Anna Sullinger (      -Bef 1890) 4

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Children

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1 F Frances "Fanny" Shoup ⁵

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         Spouse: Joseph Shaffer (      -      )
           Marr: 31 Mar 1860 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6

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2 M Jacob Shoup ⁵

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3 M Charles E. Shoup ²

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           Born: 8 Aug 1855 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Klepfer (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 6 Mar 1883 5

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4 F Luella Shoup ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - John Shoup

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He kept the "Venango House" in Franklin, Pennsylvania, for many years. He and his wife had three more children who died in infancy.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 501.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 819.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 923.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 606.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 820.

6 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 218.