Samuel C. Stickle and Samantha Tompkins

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Husband Samuel C. Stickle ¹

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           Born: 6 Mar 1828 - Slippery Rock Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Stickle (1800-1882) 1
         Mother: Mary Sadler (1804-1882) 1

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       Marriage: 1850 2

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   Other Spouse: Sarah J. Kelley (1844-      ) 2 - 1876 2

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Wife Samantha Tompkins ²

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           Born: 1834 2
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           Died: 1873 2
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         Father: Richard Tompkins (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Enople [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Stickle ²

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           Born: 10 Jul 1851 2
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         Spouse: Harry Kline (      -      ) 2

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2 F Katherine Stickle ²

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           Born: 4 Dec 1852 2
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           Died: 1896 2
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3 M William J. Rohrer ²

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           Born: 1870 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Status: Foster Child

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel C. Stickle

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He spent his entire life in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, with the exception of a short time in California. The place where he received his first schooling was a log structure which had greased paper in place of glass for windows, while a large fireplace was built in the center. The school sessions covered about six weeks during the winter seasons, and Mr. Stickle attended until he was about eighteen years of age. On August 28, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, in a regiment known as the Roundheads, for three years, but on account of injuries received at the engagement on James Island, he was discharged December 22, 1862. He participated in a number of engagements and his disablement was caused when he assisted in moving a large gun. For a whole year after his return home he was unable to do anything, but after recovering slowly he resumed his ordinary employments. He purchased his farm at an administrator's sale and made all the improvements on the place and engaged in agricultural pursuits there as his many official duties permitted. In 1853 he went to California and remained there engaged in mining for nine months and then came home, on account of homesickness, and old Pennsylvania was thereafter his chosen place of residence. For four years he was a notary public, and in his official capacity as justice of the peace he married numerous happy couples. At one time he was an active member of the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order of American Mechanics, but in later years he took less interest in secret organizations. Politically, he was always identified with the Republican party.

In 1862 Mr. Stickle became a member of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, in which he was later a ruling elder. He took a deep interest in church work and held many official positions. He owned a picture of the first church of Slippery Rock Township, which was one of great interest, as under its roof once gathered the larger number of the old and representative people of that community.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 432.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 433.