Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Abraham Stauffer and Elizabeth Myers




Husband Abraham Stauffer 1 2 3

           Born: 25 Feb 1786 - Lancaster Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jul 1851 or 31 May 1853 - Tyrone Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Rev. Abraham Stauffer (1752-1826) 2 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Ann Nicely (1752-1817) 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth Myers 1 3

           Born: Cal 5 Dec 1782 - eastern Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Nov 1878 - Scottdale, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Nancy Stauffer 9 10 11

           Born: 9 Feb 1808 - Fayette Co, PA 11 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1900 11 13
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. Martin Loucks (1798-1869) 9 10 11 14
           Marr: 15 Jun 1826 11 12


2 F Mary Stauffer 4

           Born: 2 Feb 1810 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jacob Tintsman (      -      ) 4


3 M John M. Stauffer 4

           Born: 24 May 1813 - Fayette Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jan 1862 or 15 Jun 1862 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Katrina Sherrick (1812-1887) 4


4 M Martin B. Stauffer 3 4 15 16 17 18

           Born: 27 Feb 1817 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Mar 1876 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Charlotte Hough (      -      ) 3 18
           Marr: Jan 1839 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3


5 M Abraham Stauffer 4

           Born: 1 Mar 1820 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1822 4
         Buried: 



6 F Elizabeth Stauffer 4 5

           Born: 22 Mar 1822 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1900 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jacob Harkless (      -      ) 5



General Notes: Husband - Abraham Stauffer


About the year 1800 he settled in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

He continued his residence in Scottdale, was a farmer, fought the Indians, and was engaged in the Whiskey Insurrection.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 679, 694.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 257.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 145.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 258.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 679.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 309.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 342.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 136.

9 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 253.

11 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 79.

12 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 694.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 444.

14 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 141.

16 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 101.

17 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 660.

18 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 256.


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