Samuel Croft and Anna Mary Embich

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Husband Samuel Croft ¹

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           Born: 16 Nov 1836 - St. Thomas Twp, Franklin Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Croft (1815-1892) 3
         Mother: Martha Wertz (1816-1903) 1

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Wife Anna Mary Embich ²

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         Father: Henry Embich (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Charles L. Croft ²

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           Born: 17 Dec 1862 2
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         Spouse: Amanda Smucker (      -      ) 2

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2 F Carrie L. Croft ²

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           Born: 21 Aug 1865 2
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         Spouse: Irvin Croft (      -      ) 2

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3 F Sarah E. Croft ²

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           Born: 10 Apr 1867 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M George A. Croft ²

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           Born: 16 Aug 1869 2
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5 F Martha Blanche Croft ²

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           Born: 21 Feb 1871 2
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         Spouse: Frisby S. Brake (      -      ) 2

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6 M William H. Croft ²

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           Born: 2 Apr 1873 2
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         Spouse: Verna Creary (      -      ) 2

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7 M John C. Croft ²

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           Born: 17 Jan 1876 2
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8 M Walter S. Croft ²

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           Born: 7 Jul 1878 2
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Croft

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He was educated in the public schools of St. Thomas township, and studied at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 1857-58. He afterward studied medicine, and was graduated M. D. at the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1863. He began the practice of his profession at St. Thomas, but enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Company H, 126th P. V. I., in which he served until his discharge, May 20, 1863. After his return from the army he resumed the practice of medicine at St. Thomas, which he continued until 1865, when he entered the Susquehanna University at Selinsgrove for a theological course. He was graduated in 1868, and was licensed in June, of that year, when he entered the ministry of the Lutheran Church at Pinegrove, Centre County. He served the Greenwood mission in Perry County, 1868-69; the charge at Karthaus, Clearfield county, 1869-72; at Wilmore, Cambria county, 1872-73; at Cassville, Huntingdon county, 1875-80; and at McAlavey's Fort, 1880-81, where he also practiced medicine. He was afterward at the Stone Valley charge, Huntingdon County, where he remained five years, where he also practiced medicine; he was called to the Grafton charge, Huntingdon County, but owing to failing health he resigned in 1892, and returned to his father's farm in St. Thomas township-then a part of the undivided estate. In 1895, he removed to the village of St. Thomas, where he engaged in mercantile business in partnership with his brother John, until 1899, when he came to Chambersburg where he engaged in the same business with his son William H. Croft.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 246.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 247.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 246, 604.