1813 Amos W. Stauffer, son of Jacob Stauffer and Maria Weber, was born on November 20. [1]
1815 Anna Good, daughter of Peter Good and Mary Weber, was born on December 20. [2]
Anna Good married Amos Stauffer. [3]
1840 Amos Stofer (age 20-30) lived in West Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with female (age 20-30) and daughter (age 0-5). [4]
1850 On May 6, Anna Stauffer died [5]. Anna Stauffer, age 30, died in May in West Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania [6].
1850 Amos Stauffer (age 36) lived in Caernarvon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Mary (age 10), Anna (age 8), Magdalene (age 6), Jacob (age 5), and Henry (age 2). [7]
Research Notes:
We have not found a consistent set of census records linking Amos Stauffer in Pennsylvania (above) to Amos Stauffer, who died in 1889 in Indiana.
1865 Amos W. Stauffer, of Company A, Regiment 203, Pennsylvania Infantry, was listed in the US pension files for Civil War soldiers. [8] [9]
1889 Amos Stauffer died on January 7 and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. [10] [11]
1889 An obituary for Amos Stauffer reported [12]:
Stauffer. - On the 7th of Jan., in Harrison township, Elkhart county, Indiana, of Dropsy, Bro. Amos Stauffer, aged 75 years, 1 month and 18 days. Buried on the 9th at Yellow Creek. Services by Henry Shaum, Noah Metzler and S. Yoder. Bro Stauffer suffered for some time, and we trust that these afflictions may have worked in him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. The Lord bless the dear bereaved ones who mourn their deep loss.
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, spouse of GC335.
[2] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, person GC335.
[3] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, person GC335.
[4] United States Federal Census, 1840, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[5] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, GC335.
[6] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, 1850 mortality schedule, line 14, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] United States Federal Census, 1850, lines 7-12, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[8] United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[9] United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, [FamilySearchRecord].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial 13246112, [FindAGrave].
[11] Jane Evans Best, "Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 12 (July, 1989), 11-28, at 23, spouse of GC335.
[12] Mennonite Obituary Archives, Herald of Truth, Vol. XXVI, Number 2, January 15,1889, Page 30, 31, [MennObits].