The Beatrice M. (Schlagel) Parkers of West Sunbury, PA
| I am researching Henry Schlagel b: 1799 Henry Schlagel, father of Samuel, was born east of the Allegheny Mountains and in his youth learned the shoemaking trade.After some years he started for Western Pennsylvania, accompanied by his wife (Catherine Schutt) and four children, and they drove their wagon into Butler Township, Butler County, and came to their pioneer farm.The land was then all covered with brush and in order to find a place on which to erect his little log cabin, he had first to clear a spot.This was about 1827.He went into debtfor his land, but cleared off all incumbrances, working on the roads through Allegheny County in order to earh the money.He raised grain and grew stock and became a man in prosperous circumstances.Of sterling honesty and intelligent mind, he was often chosen by his fellow citizens to serve in local offices, and was one of the early supervisors and school directors inButler Township.He died in 1886, aged eighty-eight years.WIth his wife he belonged to the German Reformed Church and was a deacon and elder.They were among the founders of Zion Reformed Church on Harmony Road.She died in 1872, aged seventy-two years.They had the following children:Julia Ann, Finney, Gideon and Sarah, all deceased, the last named the wife of Andrew Croup; Theresa, who is the wideo of Joseph Manny, of Butler Township; Thomas and Eliza, both deceased, the latter of whom was the wife of William Martin; Catherine, who is the widow of John Duffy; Samuel; Susan, who is the wife of John King, of Donegal Township; and Maria, who is the wife of William Rea of Beaver Falls. | The Beatrice M. (Schlagel) Parkers of West Sunbury, PA Updated January 9, 2008 |
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