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The Stahl Family: 6 Generations From Henry Stahl of Pennsylvania to Frank Stahl of Kansas and his family Visit www.frankstahlbio.net for a collection of digital documents on Frank’s branch of the family. Prepared by John D. Meredith 10501 Mint Lane Flagstaff, AZ 86004 [email protected] Table of Contents Page number Table of contents ………………..…. ii Abstract of research methods …… iii Generation 1…….………………… 1 Generation 2 ……………………… 3 Generation 3 ……………………… 11 Generation 4 ……………………… 23 Generation 5 ……………………… 51 Generation 6 ………………...…… 76 Sources …………………………… 99 Index ……………………………... 124 ii Research methods The material outlined in the following pages covers work that has been carried out over the course of more than 30 years. Much of it has involved site visits to county courthouses, libraries, local and state historical societies, archives, and cemeteries in places where the people actually lived. This includes counties in Pennsylvania (Franklin, Bedford, Somerset, Westmoreland, York), Ohio (Darke, Miami), Kentucky (Warren, Marshall), Missouri (Johnson), Maryland (Washington), Indiana (Blackford, Wells), Kansas (Shawnee, Wabaunsee, Osage), Oklahoma (Stephens), Texas (Armstrong) and Colorado (Chaffee, Eagle). Additional documentation has been gleaned from other family members, some family bible records and correspondence, the National Genealogical Society library, the DAR library and the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and online sources, as noted in the list of sources. Whenever possible, physical copies of actual records have been made and digitized. The types of records consulted have been: censuses, tax records, military service and pension records, probate/estate records and wills, naturalization records, land records, vital records (birth, marriage, death), historical newspapers, and personal diaries. Secondary sources consulted have usually been state or county published histories from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The information collected has been processed for presentation via Family Tree Maker software. iii Descendants of Henry STAHL Generation 1 1. HENRY1 STAHL . He died before 05 Mar 1790 in Franklin Co., PA1. He married Anne UNKNOWN before 1745. She died before 17902. Notes for Henry STAHL: Lillian Elder Hull published a book in 1945 that contains many erroneous claims about Henry: that his middle name was Eugene, that his family were Mennonites, and that they settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1712. No documentary evidence has been found to back up any of those claims and she provided no proof for any of them in her book. Henry's branch of the Stahls was affiliated with the German Reformed church or the Lutheran church. In addition, pacifist Mennonites would be unlikely to serve in the military, which virtually all of his sons did. No document has ever been found with a middle name of Eugene (either for him or his son Henry), and no records have surfaced in Lancaster county with his name. Her publication should not be trusted, despite the fact that her unsupported assertions have been copied verbatim by many researchers over the years. As to records that do exist, the first ones appear in about 1750 in Pennsylvania and Maryland, but he may have arrived earlier. The book Pennsylvania German Pioneers (1934) records a Henrich Stahl as arriving at Philadelphia from Rotterdam on 26 September 1741, quite possibly him, but there is not enough evidence to be certain. Henry first appears in official records for Cumberland County (now Franklin County) as a person holding taxable property in Antrim township in 1751 and 1753, and is thereafter well represented in public records. In 1756 he purchased about 5 acres of land in Frederick County, Maryland. He purchased more land in Frederick county in 1761. His naturalization oath took place on 21 September 1764 in Maryland. At about that same time he also appears as a taxable in Antrim township (1762, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1769, and 1770, at which time he is listed as having 260 acres warranted to him, 40 acres cleared, and possessing 3 horses, 4 cows, and 5 sheep). In 1770 he purchased another parcel in Frederick County. The earliest land records available in the Pennsylvania State Archives and county records date to the early 1760s and show him to be actively engaged in obtaining patents (original titles granted by Pennsylvania) and in buying and selling land through the years (1762, 1765, 1768, 1770, 1772, 1779, 1788). The 3rd Series of Pennsylvania Archives shows him as a taxable in Antrim township in 1778 (96 acres, 4 horses, and 4 cattle) In that same year he also appears on the Freemen list (vol. 20, pages 9 and 11). The 1779 records show his Antrim Township holding to have increased to 350 acres, 5 horses, and 8 cattle (vol. 20, p. 122). In 1780 his property was almost unchanged: 359 acres, 6 horses, and 7 cattle (vol. 20, p. 255). In 1781 he was evidently also taxed on 200 acres in Greenwood Township (vol. 20, p. 529). In 1782 he was taxed in both Antrim Township on 335 acres, 5 horses, and 8 cattle (vol. 20, p. 540) and in Montgomery Township on 150 acres (vol. 20, p. 624). In 1783 he was taxed on 370 acres in Bethel Township (vol. 22, p. 235). In 1785 he is listed as owning 100 acres is Milford township, Bedford County, and in that same year he also appears as a taxable in Belfast township, with property valued at 650 pounds. He also appears as a grantee in several land transactions in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1779 (record numbers 313 and 314, for parcels in Air Township), 1785 (record number 658, for a parcel in Bethel Township), and 1789 (record number 535, also for a parcel in Bethel Township). The Beers history lists him as a taxable in Antrim Township in 1786. He also appears on the 1 Generation 1 (con't) yppp 1789 tax book of Bedford county for 555 acres he owned in Belfast Township. It is possible that he participated in the Revolutionary War, but it is not clear that the Henry Stahl mentioned in various sources is him, as opposed to his son, Henry, so caution is urged. The book American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Virginia Fendrick, 1969) mentions that a Henry Stahl "was in service 1777-78-80-81, under Captains James Young and William Berryhill.." (p. 250). The entry for Henry also notes that, on 17 Dec 1772, he was "granted a tract of 219 acres in what is now Montgomery Twp. (vicinity of Welsh Run) called "Nonesuch," by Conococheague Creek, by the Meeting-house land, John Shelby, William McWhorter, and John Mayse. On July 28, 1777, Henry Stall and Anne, his wife, sold the above land to Frederick Darkiss." This source seems to suggest that it is indeed the elder Henry being discussed since his wife was named Anne. He died intestate in 1790. Letters of administration for his estate were granted to his sons Jacob and Michael on 5 March 1790 (Estate Book A, page 167, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Recorder's Office). Records of the Bedford County Orphan's Court contain the following entry for 19 November 1791: "Upon the petition of Michael Stall, eldest son of Henry, late of Franklin Co., dec'd, that his father died intestate, seized of 3 tracts of land lying in Belfast Twp., that petitioner's father left 6 sons and 2 daughters & 1 grandson, namely: Michael, your petitioner; Leonard; Henry; John; Daniel; Jacob; Susannah & Barbara, intermarried with John Hicks; & Henry Hockersmith, grandson and that petitioner is entitled to 2 tracts of 10 tracts owned and that if the tracts cannot be divided, to make just appraisement thereof for distribution." Bedford County deed number 3990 (Book IJ, pages 161-163, signed in 1796 and recorded in 1814), in which Michael Stahl sells his share in the estate to his siblings, is also explicit about Henry's children, referring to "Leonard Stall, Henry Stall, John Stall, Jacob Stall, Daniel Stall, and Susana Stall and Barbara Stall, late Barbara wife of her husband Jacob Hicks, and Henry Hockersmith, heir to Magdalena Hockersmith, formerly Magdalena Stall." This points out that there was in fact probably a third daughter, Magdalena, who died sometime prior to 1791. Henry STAHL and Anne UNKNOWN had the following children: 2. i. LEONARD2 STAHL. He died in Nov 1829 in Westmoreland county, PA3-4. He married ELIZABETH KING. She died about 1835 in Westmoreland county, PA. 3. ii. MICHAEL STAHL was born in Dec 17455. He died on 24 Aug 1822 in Washington Co., MD6. He married Esther KENSINGER on 12 May 17775. She was born on 10 Nov 17585. She died on 13 Mar 18325. 4. iii. HENRY STAHL was born in 17527-8. He died before 10 Apr 1816 in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA9. He married Rosina STEMPLE on 14 Apr 1780 in Washington county, MD7, 10. She was born in 17657-8. She died in 18157-8. 5. iv. DANIEL STAHL was born on 20 Sep 176411-12. He died on 17 Jun 1837 in Antrim twp, Franklin Co., PA12-14. He married MARY MAGDALENE UNKNOWN. She was born on 18 Jan 1771. She died on 07 Jul 1832 in Antrim twp, Frankin county, PA15. 6. v. JACOB STAHL was born on 02 Feb 176216. He died on 06 Sep 1831 in Washington Co., MD17. He married MARY UNKNOWN. She was born on 12 Nov 176418. She died on 22 Apr 1860 in Washington Co., MD13, 16, 19. 7. vi. BARBARA STAHL. She married JOHN HICKS. 8. vii. MAGDALENE STAHL. She died before 179113. She married UNKNOWN HAWKERMSITH. 2 Generation 1 (con't) 9. viii. JOHN STAHL. He died in 1815 in Warren County, KY20. He married MAGDALENE VIZZIARD. She was born about 1765 in Huntingdon County, PA21.

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