Elizabeth (Seitz) Shoff (1775 - 1837)

Born 6 Mar 1775 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Wife of Christian Shoff Sr. — married 1 Sep 1796 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1837 at age 62 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

ELIZABETH SEITZ born Mar 6, 1775 at Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania or born Mar 6, 1775 at Lampter Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania;

married Christopher Shoff Sr. son of Frederick Shoff and Magdelena Böehm, Sep 1, 1796 at Lancaster, Lancaster,

^[1]; died Oct 17, 1837 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania, at age 62; she was buried at Crossroads Cemetery, Beccaria Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. Find A Grave: Memorial #37237933

^[2] Note: This surname is also often entered as: Sides.

They had eleven children:

1. Abram born 1797, died at Mill Hall, Clinton County, PA, presumably in childhood

2. Christopher (aka Christian) born 1797 at Mill Hall, Clinton Co., PA. He married Lydia Packer in 1820. He died March 19, 1856 and is buried in the Crossroads Cemetery, Becaria Twp, near Glen Hope, Clearfield Co., PA.

3. Susanna E born 1799, died 1891, married John McCord

4. Martha 1799-1891 married Benjamin Wright

5. Elizabeth born Dec 17, 1800, married Abram Stoner Keagy and had 14 children. 3 sets of twins, two children died in infancy. She also helped to raise her granddaughter Ella Jane Mullen, whose mother Sophia Sides Keagy Mullen, died when she was just 2 years old. Elizabeth died July 23, 1882 and is buried in the Keagy Family Cemetery in Glen Hope, Clearfield Co., PA.

6. Samuel 1806-1883 married Jane Hegarty

7. John Sides Shoff, 1809-1866 married Hannah Glasgow

8. Fannie Shoff, 1813-1873 married Joseph Smith

9. Sarah Shoff, born 1813

10. Frederick Levi, 1815-1888, married Wilhemina Ginter

11. Andrew, 1817-1892 married Sarah Ginter

She may have been the daughter of Andrew/Andreas & Susanna [Miller/Muller] Seitz^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 37237933 [1]
3. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M3HZ-G4V : accessed 2018-01-17), entry for Elizabeth Seitz.

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records:

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014

• Commemorative biographical record of central Pennsylvania page 698 Robert M. Shoff

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37237933/elizabeth-shoff : accessed 26 August 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Seitz Shoff (6 Mar 1775–17 Oct 1837), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37237933, citing Crossroads Cemetery, Beccaria, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by M J (contributor 50324428) .