John married Maria Sarah Schaffer in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1816. They had 7 children: Susannah (b. 1/17/1818), Elizabeth (b. 1820), Joseph Jacob (b. 9/7/1822), Henry M. (b. 9/17/1827), Rebecca (b. 2/17/1830), Savilla (b. 11/1834) & Jonathan (b. 5/6/1837)
Sarah and John moved to a 73 acre farm in Whetstone Twp. in Crawford County, OH in 1829. They took a 3-horse wagon from their home in Pennsylvania to the farm in Ohio and it took them a month to get to this farm. This information came from the obituary for their son Henry.
John died from a beating from robbers at his farm in 1866.
Age at death: 72y, 6m, 21d
John and Sarah have one tall stone with their names on opposite sides of each other in the Whetstone cemetery across the street from the Whetstone Baptist Church on Poe Road.
John married Maria Sarah Schaffer in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1816. They had 7 children: Susannah (b. 1/17/1818), Elizabeth (b. 1820), Joseph Jacob (b. 9/7/1822), Henry M. (b. 9/17/1827), Rebecca (b. 2/17/1830), Savilla (b. 11/1834) & Jonathan (b. 5/6/1837)
Sarah and John moved to a 73 acre farm in Whetstone Twp. in Crawford County, OH in 1829. They took a 3-horse wagon from their home in Pennsylvania to the farm in Ohio and it took them a month to get to this farm. This information came from the obituary for their son Henry.
John died from a beating from robbers at his farm in 1866.
Age at death: 72y, 6m, 21d
John and Sarah have one tall stone with their names on opposite sides of each other in the Whetstone cemetery across the street from the Whetstone Baptist Church on Poe Road.
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