Rev. Abraham Stauffer, Pvt. Rev. War

• Rev Abraham Stauffer
• BIRTH 1752
• DEATH 5 Sep 1826 (aged 73–74)
• BURIAL
• Pennsville Mennonite Cemetery
• Pennsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16702513/abraham-stauffer

Mennonites settled in the Jacobs Creek Valley in the late eighteenth century. They chose this place for a burial ground and meetinghouse. The first building was built of logs before 1800. It was replaced by a brick meetinghouse in 1852. Abraham Stauffer (1752 - 1826), the first minister, and his wife, Anna Nissley Stauffer (1752 - 1817), were buried here.

Children: Barbara Stauffer Smith 1773–1847 Nancy Ann Stauffer Sherrick 1775–1857

Martin Stauffer 1780–1869 Maria Stauffer Overholt 1790–1874 Elizabeth Stauffer Overholt 1794–1887

DAR Anncestor A11814

• STOVER, ABRAHAM Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PRIVATE
• Birth: 1752 LANCASTER CO PA. Death: 9-3-1826 TYRONE TWP FAYETTE CO PA.
• Service Description: 1) CAPTS ASHTON, HOLLINGER, LCOL BOWER, 2) COL HUBER; 3RD & 9TH BTNS, LANCASTER CO MILITIA

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There are no official church records known to be in existence for the first one hundred years of the Mennonite settlement in northern Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Land was acquired in this western Pennsylvania county by four Mennonite families in 1789-1791. The first minister and bishop was Abraham Stauffer, who came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and in 1790 purchased 278 acres of land in Tyrone Township, Fayette County.

Stoltzfus, Grant M. "Fayette County (Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 4 Mar 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fayette_County_(Pennsylvania,_USA...