"Samuel Steffy, a shoemaker and farmer, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia [sic], in 1792, and was of German lineage. This sterling pioneer came to Jefferson county in 1822 and settled in what is now Bell township.
In the midst of the forest wilds he erected a primitive log house and labored early and late in reclaiming his land to the uses of cultivation. He thus was concerned closely also with lumbering operations and was one of the resolute and
resourceful men who pushed forward the advance of civilization in this section.
As a lumberman he piloted the first raft of logs sent from the upper source of Mahoning Creek, and he was venerable in years at the time of his death, in 1875."
"His father, Philip Steffy, for his first wife married Mary Bowers, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bowers, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Virginia."
Note:-
The above quoted paragraph is incorrect, it should more correctly read....
"Samuel's father was Philip Steffy who married Elizabeth Zwecker/Swecker in Lancaster County, PA. Philip and Elizabeth Steffy moved to Rockingham Co. VA in the late 1700s and then to Wayne County, IN in 1849.
Samuel's first wife was Mary Bowers, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bowers; Mrs. Steffy was but thirty years of age at the time of her death, in 1823, shortly after the removal to Jefferson county, and her remains rest beside those of her husband in Mount Pleasant Cemetery."
~ This corrected information is courtesy of FindAGrave Contributor-Charlotte Greenfelder (#48658873)-24 August 2015.
~ Additional commentary states ,"Sam's descendants in Jefferson Co., PA were confusing where he moved to [in] Jefferson County from with where he was born. Sam himself testified to his birth in PA (where his parents first lived) on the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Census, and sure enough his parents are recorded baptizing him at Muddy Creek Church (per Humphrey, "Pennsylvania Births")."-shared by FindAGrave Contributor-ResearchingOfSingingMasters (#49068926)-20 June 2017.
" For his second wife, Samuel Steffy took Ann Cook, of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who was somewhat more than sixty years of age at the time of her death. The children of the first marriage were:
Elizabeth, wife of John Corey, of Punxsutawney;
Lena, became the wife of Isaac C. Jordan, both deceased; John died in Kansas;
and Simon Steffy, a veteran of the Civil war, was captured
and died in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia.
Of the children of the second marriage:
Mary became the wife of William Yost, of Millville, and survived him a number of years;
William is a resident of Punxsutawney;
Maria is the wife of Angus Miller, a farmer in Virginia;
Joseph and Anna are deceased.
Samuel was a Democrat in politics and his religious faith was that of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church."
Source:
Transcribed & extracted from "Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and
People," Vol. II, by Dr. William James
McKnight, published in 1917 by J.H.
Beers & Company, Chicago, page 669.
A burial marker was not found for Samuel,during the photo survey that was conducted here in June of 2013.Although,in 2001,I did personally see the broken remnants of a broken stone which were laying on the ground near the other Steffy markers at that time,but which were no longer visible in June of 2013.
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"Samuel Steffy, a shoemaker and farmer, was born in Rockingham county, Virginia [sic], in 1792, and was of German lineage. This sterling pioneer came to Jefferson county in 1822 and settled in what is now Bell township.
In the midst of the forest wilds he erected a primitive log house and labored early and late in reclaiming his land to the uses of cultivation. He thus was concerned closely also with lumbering operations and was one of the resolute and
resourceful men who pushed forward the advance of civilization in this section.
As a lumberman he piloted the first raft of logs sent from the upper source of Mahoning Creek, and he was venerable in years at the time of his death, in 1875."
"His father, Philip Steffy, for his first wife married Mary Bowers, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bowers, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Virginia."
Note:-
The above quoted paragraph is incorrect, it should more correctly read....
"Samuel's father was Philip Steffy who married Elizabeth Zwecker/Swecker in Lancaster County, PA. Philip and Elizabeth Steffy moved to Rockingham Co. VA in the late 1700s and then to Wayne County, IN in 1849.
Samuel's first wife was Mary Bowers, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bowers; Mrs. Steffy was but thirty years of age at the time of her death, in 1823, shortly after the removal to Jefferson county, and her remains rest beside those of her husband in Mount Pleasant Cemetery."
~ This corrected information is courtesy of FindAGrave Contributor-Charlotte Greenfelder (#48658873)-24 August 2015.
~ Additional commentary states ,"Sam's descendants in Jefferson Co., PA were confusing where he moved to [in] Jefferson County from with where he was born. Sam himself testified to his birth in PA (where his parents first lived) on the 1850, 1860 and 1870 Census, and sure enough his parents are recorded baptizing him at Muddy Creek Church (per Humphrey, "Pennsylvania Births")."-shared by FindAGrave Contributor-ResearchingOfSingingMasters (#49068926)-20 June 2017.
" For his second wife, Samuel Steffy took Ann Cook, of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who was somewhat more than sixty years of age at the time of her death. The children of the first marriage were:
Elizabeth, wife of John Corey, of Punxsutawney;
Lena, became the wife of Isaac C. Jordan, both deceased; John died in Kansas;
and Simon Steffy, a veteran of the Civil war, was captured
and died in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia.
Of the children of the second marriage:
Mary became the wife of William Yost, of Millville, and survived him a number of years;
William is a resident of Punxsutawney;
Maria is the wife of Angus Miller, a farmer in Virginia;
Joseph and Anna are deceased.
Samuel was a Democrat in politics and his religious faith was that of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church."
Source:
Transcribed & extracted from "Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and
People," Vol. II, by Dr. William James
McKnight, published in 1917 by J.H.
Beers & Company, Chicago, page 669.
A burial marker was not found for Samuel,during the photo survey that was conducted here in June of 2013.Although,in 2001,I did personally see the broken remnants of a broken stone which were laying on the ground near the other Steffy markers at that time,but which were no longer visible in June of 2013.
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Gravesite Details
Rubble of the remains of Samuel Steffy's original grave marker were seen in 2001.
In 2011 when this memorial was created for him nothing at all remained of his grave marker
Family Members
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Mary "Polly" Steffy Browne
1788 – unknown
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Elizabeth Steffy Weller
1795–1868
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Catarina Steffy
1798 – unknown
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Dorothy Steffy Roof
1799–1871
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John W. Steffy
1801–1879
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Rebecca Steffy
1804 – unknown
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Rachel A. Steffy Keyes
1806–1873
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Leah Steffy Stewart
1806 – unknown
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Hellen Steffy Rader
1809–1886
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Phebe Philopena Stephy Lyon Clarke
1812–1896
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William Steffy
1816–1880
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