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1820 Jacob Stoner lived in Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (16 thru 25); and females: 1 (16 thru 25). [1] The adjacent listings were for father Abraham and brothers John and Abraham. In-laws Jacob and Emmanuel Bossler had nearby listings.

1822 Jacob Stoner was on the duplicate tax list for Woodberry Twp, Bedford County. [2]

1834 Jacob Stoner was on the tax list for North Woodberry Twp, Blair County, when it was first founded. [3]

There were 4 census listings for Jacob Stoner in Bedford County:

1840 Jacob Stoner lived in North Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (under 5), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (40 thru 49); and females: 1 (under 5) and 1 (30 thru 39). [4]

1840 Jacob Stoner lived in Martinsburg Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (40 thru 49); and females: 1 (under 5), 2 (5 thru 9), and 1 (40 thru 49). [5]

1840 Jacob Stoner lived in Mc Connels Borough Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (under 5), 3 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (40 thru 49); and females: 1 (under 5), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (30 thru 39). [6]

1840 Jacob Stoner lived in South Woodbury Twp, Bedford County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (20 thru 29); and females: 1 (20 thru 29). [7]

1846 Jacob Stoner was taxed for 125 acres, 75 acres barren, 3 horses, and 4 cows in North Woodberry Twp, Pennsylvania.

1850 Jacob Stoner (age 55, born in Pennsylvania) lived in North Woodbury Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Barbara Stoner (age 49), David Stoner (age 17), Rebecca Stoner (age 10), Susanah Stoner (age 8), Sarah C Stoner (age 5), John Kaufman (age 22), and Mary Miller (age 19). [8]

1859 The home of Jacob Stoner was shown on a map of North Woodberry Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania, near a graveyard. [9]

1860 Jacob Stoner (age 65, born in Pennsylvania) lived in North Woodbury Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Barbara Stoner (age 57), David Stoner (age 27), Susanah Stoner (age 28), Rebecca Stoner (age 20), Susan Stoner (age 17), Sarah Stoner (age 15), and May Stoner (age 1). [10]

1865 The will of Jacob Stoner, N. Woodbury Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania was dated March 7, 1858 and was affirmed October 20, 1865. The will mentioned a farm west of Martinsburg and named wife Barbara, and children Mary wife of Rudolph Eshelman, Abraham B, Elizabeth wife of Henry Rice, Ann wife of John Kauffman, David B, Rebecca, Susan, and Sarah, the last of which are yet minors. David B Stoner and John Kauffman were named executotors. [11]

1865 Jacob Stoner died on September 30, at age 70y 7m 10d, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Martinsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. [12] [13]

1870 Barbara Stoner (age 67, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Martinsburg Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Sarah Stoner (age 25), and Annie Rice (age 3). [14]

1877 Barbara Stoner, wife of Jacob Stoner, died, at age 75y 5m 2d, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Martinsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania [15] [16]

1877 A Proof of Death memorandum was filed for Barbara Stoner. Dated December 18. Letters of administration were granted to D. B. Stoner [son], Administration of Barbara Stoner Dec'd. Bond given for $800 with Andrew Stoner [perhaps nephew, son of Abraham] and D.L. Keagey as sureties. [17]

1903 David B. Stoner and Rebecca M. Mrs. Miller were married on June 23 in Ore Hill, Blair County, Pennsylvania. David B. Stoner, son of Jacob Stoner and Barbara Stoner, was born on abt 1834. (FHL film 001293326). [18]

1909 Mrs Anna Kauffman died on May 27, at age 78, in Martinsburg Twp, Blair County, Pennsylvania. She was born on November 5, 1830, in Martinsburg, daughter of Jacob Stoner and Barbara Bassler. [19]

Research Notes:

Jacob Stoner was a son of John Stoner and Elizabeth Herr. [20]


Footnotes:

[1] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[2] Bedford County Genealogy Project, Taxation Lists, [Bedford_County_Genealogy].

[3] J Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania, [Blair] (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883), 186, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].

[4] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[5] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[6] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[7] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[8] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[9] Isaac G Freed and Rufus L. Barnes, Map of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Thomas S Wagner Lithography, 1859), [LibraryOfCongress], [LibraryOfCongress Catalog].

[10] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[11] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Blair, Will B-357, [FamilySearchImage].

[12] Find A Grave Memorial 51699785, [FindAGrave].

[13] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[14] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[15] Find A Grave Memorial 51699737, [FindAGrave].

[16] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[17] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Blair, Will D-184, [FamilySearchImage].

[18] Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[19] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[20] Samuel S. Wenger, "An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (January, 1988), 16-36, at 18, S1314.