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.