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trom tue nouse auo ciuck.Married-Seventy Years-Ago.- —Mr. Shaner was born in Lycoming, -Penns*4vama^Anril-14. lSHrbeing theOf~JSCOtJ—Shaner; a-*native of.Germany, who came to America, with his parents, when a young man nine* teen years old. On leaving the old homestead in Pennsylvania, at the age of seventeen years, Philip Shaner wentto Cattaraugus count \\ New YorkTwhere he worked upon a farm for afew years and where he was married January 18, 1S35, his bride being Miss Melinda JacKSon. who was born-near*Wilkesbarrc, Pa., in ISIS ’Came West by Team.TcTrlTW^rorscrafter his-marriageMr. Shaner engaged in farming upon rented ground, in the county, whereSe~l ivedrhu rin~18:i8=he^ami^westr=b\-i • « X _ *team, the Journey occupying about a month. * ' Ho located in what is now Starkcounty, where he followed fanning for about eight years. In 1S46 he came to Henry county and purchased eighty acres of land m Wethersfield township, on which was erected a small frame f-house and~stab1—To lt;the further im-proyement ‘and cultivation of his place he at pnce turned all his attention. He experienced/ in his pioneer home* all the* hardships and-privations of frqnt-ier^ife.—— —------- ----Prosperity at-1 sst”crowrred-iris-tvell-directed'efforts and-he-added* to his original purchase until he finally had 320 acres of fine land*. He erected thereon two sets of good buildings, planted shade and fruit trees and own, ed a very valuable and well-improved farm.Eight Children Survive.,Mr. and'Mrs. Shaner were the parents of ten children, eight of whom survive They are: ’ John, living in Nebraska; Charles, of Saxon; William of Saxons—^Washington. of Wethersfield; Oliver, of Kewanee; Albert of Saxon^Ei i ia.-=how-=ALrs^L=J^T^Peter»son, of~ Kewaneer Electa,eorge^_Pattersori. of Wyoming. Two gdaTmhter^MTixyrwSoAlexander Johnson and Sarah Jane,who married Draper Hitchcock;- died ~ In Methodist Church.ln~lS40 Mr. Shaner voted for Tippecanoe aBd~~TylerJ!oo, and continued to support the Whig party until the organization of the republican party? when he joined ,its ranks and eiucf that time he had .advocated Us principles.* He and his-wife were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. Mr. Shaner enjoyed the highest regard of all his neighbors.and-the-hdst^ofiifriends; he_had made.1 during his* long residence in this vicinity,r — —-
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Sterling Semi Weekly Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 30, 1905
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