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Samuel Justinus Sturgis

Birth: 23 Jul 1781
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 21 Dec 1844 (aged 63)
Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Moravian Cemetery

Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.153862, Longitude: -76.2978439
Plot: Burial #541, God's Acre, Avenue 1, Right side, Row 2, Lot 6
Memorial ID: 111588113 View Source

Source: google.com books - Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society, Vol. 7, published 1905 (pg. 274).

Summary: Son of Joseph Sturgis and Margaret (Stoehr). By trade a potter. Worked as a potter - his day pipe-heads were in wide-spread use. For many years he was a grave-digger here. Married Susanna (Correll) on Aug. 19, 1804, in York, PA. Seven sons and seven daughters were born to them.

Names of children are from contributor Jean Doherty:

1. Susan M. 1805
2. Henry 1807
3. Jacob Correll 1808
4. Maria Charlotte 1810
5. James Alexander 1814
6. Augustus Justinus 1815
7. Charles William 1817
8. Sarah Margaret - twin 1822
9. Caroline Sophia - twin 1822
10. Catherine Charlotte - twin 1824
11. Josephine Matilda - twin 1824
12. Andrew Jackson 1827
13. Edward Samuel 1828
14. daughter

Source: google.com books - Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society, Vol. 7, published 1905 (pg. 274).

Summary: Son of Joseph Sturgis and Margaret (Stoehr). By trade a potter. Worked as a potter - his day pipe-heads were in wide-spread use. For many years he was a grave-digger here. Married Susanna (Correll) on Aug. 19, 1804, in York, PA. Seven sons and seven daughters were born to them.

Names of children are from contributor Jean Doherty:

1. Susan M. 1805
2. Henry 1807
3. Jacob Correll 1808
4. Maria Charlotte 1810
5. James Alexander 1814
6. Augustus Justinus 1815
7. Charles William 1817
8. Sarah Margaret - twin 1822
9. Caroline Sophia - twin 1822
10. Catherine Charlotte - twin 1824
11. Josephine Matilda - twin 1824
12. Andrew Jackson 1827
13. Edward Samuel 1828
14. daughter

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Susanna Correll Sturgis

1786–1873

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Created by: Dana Dancy
Added: May 31, 2013
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111588113/samuel_justinus-sturgis: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Justinus Sturgis (23 Jul 1781–21 Dec 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111588113, citing Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Dana Dancy (contributor 46998072).

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