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Sophia (Alford) Schenck (1811 - 1868)

Sophia Schenck formerly Alford
Born in Lyons, Wayne, New York, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 5 May 1829 in Jersey Hill, Allegheny, New York, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 56 in Saline City, Saline, Missouri, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 1 Oct 2019
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Biography

Sophia was born in 1811 in New York. She married William Schenck probably around 1820, but this is an estimate based on the birth of their first child. She had nine children with William Schenck. They briefly lived in Pennsylvania, between 1832 and 1840, probably Crawford, Pennsylvania where her father-in-law Ephraim Loree Schenck lived.

In 1840 Sophia's husband William and her father John Alford are living in Genoa, Delaware, Ohio.

The family cannot be found in the 1850 census except for Sarah Schenck listed with the Miesner family in 1850 in Genoa, Ohio. By 1860 the whole family was living in Liberty, Delaware County, Ohio. Sophia passed away in Missouri in 1868.

Research Notes

5/27/2023 Searching Ancestry unable to find a will for her or her father in Missouri or Ohio. Unable to find any other Alfords in Miller county Missouri, or even records of Sophia beyond her gravestone. A search of Newspapers.com from 1960-1968 in Missouri for Sophia Schenck, and Ohio and New York from 1930-1960 yields no relevant results.

Sources

  • "History of the Schanck Family, 1650-1909", page 6.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165917709/louis-sophia-schanck: accessed 27 May 2023), memorial page for Louis Sophia Alford Schanck (30 Jun 1811–24 May 1868), Find a Grave Memorial ID 165917709, citing Mount Vernon Cemetery, Eldon, Miller County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Casey (contributor 48404279).
  • "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL2-BV2 : 18 February 2021), Sophia Schenck in entry for William Schenck, 1860.




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DNA Connections
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