John Sherman and Anna Catherine "Aunt Kate" Runninger

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Husband John Sherman ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1884
         Buried:  - Nicklin Cemetery, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Anna Catherine "Aunt Kate" Runninger ²

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           Born: 7 Feb 1799 - Northumberland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 31 Mar 1799 - Himmel Lutheran and Reformed Church, Washington Twp, Northumberland Co, PA 2
           Died: 29 Nov or 11 Dec 1884 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Nicklin Cemetery, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Johan Jacob Runninger (      -1825) 4 5
         Mother: Margaretha Lowenguth (      -      ) 2

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - John Sherman

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He and his wife lived on a farm behind David Runninger's farm on the road to Polk. In their old age, they lived in a house on Jacob Runninger's farm, which he had built for them. He received the bulk of their estate for caring for them in their old age.
He and his wife were members of the Nicklin Methodist Church, which they joined in 1869.

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General Notes: Wife - Anna Catherine "Aunt Kate" Runninger

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Aunt Kate had a German Bible which she read faithfully; she also loved children.

1 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 6.

2 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 2.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 72.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 564.

5 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 1.