Adam Steffee and Sarah Jane Stroup

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Husband Adam Steffee ¹

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           Born: Abt 1797 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1878 1
         Buried:  - Pine Hill Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

       Marriage: 

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Wife Sarah Jane Stroup ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1796 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Mar 1883 - ? Crawford Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Pine Hill Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Adam Stroup (1750/1759-1813/1814) 4
         Mother: Eva [Unk] (1760/1769-1843/1844) 5

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Children

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1 F [Unk] Steffee

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           Born: 
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         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Brandon (      -      )

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2 M Adam Steffee ¹

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           Born: 17 Dec 1833 - Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Catharine Dougherty (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Jun 1858 1

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Steffee

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The name Steffee is of German extraction. Adam Steffee, who had been engaged in farming all his days, was located in a rich oil region, and he finally sold his farm of 280 acres for oil purposes. He and his wife were parents of nine children, five were still living in 1885; members of the Church of God.

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 838.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 43.

3 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 213.

4 D. Kipp Melat, The Ancestry and Descendents of John Carner and his Wife Susan Stroup Carner, Pioneer Settlers of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1985), Pg 8.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 131.