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_Herbert Evans CROSSAN Jr._|
| m 1953 |
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| _Samuel Lee PARSON __+
| | (1896 - 1975) m 1926
|_Name Withheld_____________|
m 1953 |
|_Anne Rose MURPHY ___
(1907 - 1954) m 1926
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| _Ebert(Eber) Allen(Alem) PARSON _+
| | (1911 - 1991) m 1931
|_Name Withheld_______|
m 1949 |
|_Sarah Jane LONG ________________+
(1913 - 2004) m 1931
_Name Withheld_______+
| m 1932
_Bryan BLAND ________|
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| |_Ona Austie JUDY ____
| m 1932
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|--Gary Allen BLAND
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| m 1939 |
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| _Raymond Archer LOGAN _______+
| | (1890 - 1956) m 1911
|_Ellen Jane LOGAN ____|
(1916 - 1966) m 1939 |
|_Edith Augusta LAUTZENHIZER _
(1894 - 1988) m 1911
[1249] In 1992, resides at 17410 Huntersglen / Humble, TX 77396-1622.
_Jason G. GERBERICH _+
| (1868 - 1943)
_Living GARVERICK ___|
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| (1865 - ....) m 1887 |
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| (1890 - ....)
| _Abraham HOKE _______+
| | (1838 - 1921)
|_Susie Elmira HOKE _______|
(1868 - ....) m 1887 |
|_Margaret MENGES ____
(1840 - 1917)
Date of Import: Apr 10, 2000
[14752] Book: In the Name of God Almighty, Amen. I . . . Hoke, bequeth . . ." written by Jean Stiger Berlekamp, Hope Hoke McConnell, pg. 391.
Date of Import: Apr 10, 2000
_Jacob HALDEMAN Sr.__+
| (1783 - 1870) m 1805
_John H. HALDEMAN ___|
| (1806 - 1871) |
| |_Anna Maria MINECH __
| (1781 - 1877) m 1805
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|--Isaac HALDEMAN
| (1847 - 1848)
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Date of Import: Apr 10, 2000
Date of Import: Apr 10, 2000
Date of Import: Apr 10, 2000
Date of Import: Apr 10, 2000
_William Lyman PARSON _+
| (1817 - 1895)
_John Lewis PARSON __|
| (1846 - 1927) m 1867|
| |_Margaret J. JONES ____+
| (1818 - 1899)
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|--Mary Rozella PARSONS
| (1878 - 1963)
| _Benjamin BRIGGS ______+
| | (1812 - 1866)
|_Rose A. BRIGGS _____|
(1845 - 1926) m 1867|
|_Mary WATTERS _________+
(1811 - ....)
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_ANDREW ROBINSON __________|
| (1887 - 1979) m 1908 |
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| _DAVID H. LAHR _________+
| | (1861 - 1931) m 1881
|_EDNA ( EDITH )IRENE LAHR _|
(1887 - 1962) m 1908 |
|_EMMA JANE AUGHENBAUGH _+
(1861 - 1926) m 1881
_John Alexander RUTTER _+
| (1828 - 1895) m 1849
_Amasa Wilson RUTTER _|
| (1861 - 1938) m 1880 |
| |_Magdelena June CARTER _
| (1827 - 1889) m 1849
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| (1888 - 1964)
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|_Clara Frances BELL __|
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_Robert M. SEIBERT __+
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|_Iona _______________|
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_Lorenzo D. SHAMBAUGH _+
| (1870 - 1938) m 1893
_William Simon SHAMBAUGH _|
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_Peter SHAMBAUGH 1st_+
| (.... - 1823)
_Jacob SHAMBAUGH Rev._|
| (1818 - 1898) m 1838 |
| |_ MARY ______________
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| (1844 - 1862)
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|_Susannah THUMA ______|
(1811 - 1892) m 1838 |
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[2274]
Obituary
Johnsville, Ohio Thomas A. Shambaugh was born Aug., 10, 1844 and died May 16, 1862, age 17 years, eight months and 26 days. He volunteered Nov. 1, in Company A, Third Division, Regular Virginia Calvary. He died very suddenly in camp. He was much beloved by his officers and soldiers and leaves a large circle of relatives to mourn his loss. He has two other brothers in the field.
Article, December 14, 1990, The Summerville Journal
CIVIL WAR MEDAL COMES HOME
by Barbara Hill
Features Editor
It took 124 years of searching to do it, but a Civil War medal was finally awarded posthumously.
No matter that it came through the mail. No matter that the bright bronze hand aged to a rich mahogany tone. No matter that the vertically stripped wine, white and blue grosgrain ribbon its's been pinned to since Lincoln was president is a bit tattered and stained. The medal is home.
Lowell Shambaugh of Summerville took possession of it in March, going to the Post Office to pick up the white registered-mail envelope from the Archives and History division of the Cultural Center in Charleston, W.V.
The medal was intended for Lowell's great uncle Thomas, who at age 17, died while serving the Union cause in The War Between The States.
The medal couldn't have found better resting place than with Lowell who is an active practitioner in keeping his family history alive. He and his wife, Alma subscribe to the Shambaugh Family Newsletter and in the 1950's, Lowell compiled a family chronological history.
He now not only has the medal but the sword he believes Thomas carried into battle.
Both men and their stories began in Shauck, Ohio.
Thomas was born in 1844 and was a farm laborer when he volunteered to wear the Union blue.
Some 70 years later Lowell was born in the same area and remembers growing up in a home where a Civil War sword was displayed in a place of honor.
"It hung for years suspended by a couple of hooks under a mantle-type shelf right in the middle of our living room," Lowell said. "My dad always told us it belonged to an uncle killed in the Civil War. I've since found out Thomas was the only one of my grandfather's brothers to die in the conflict, so we feel it must have been his."
The journey to reunite these mementos to a Shambaugh began in West Virginia in 1866.
Since then the Mountain State has been searching for the most eligible descendants to claim the 26,099 medals awarded in the war. Approximately 5,000 still remained unclaimed two years ago.
Lowell first heard about the search in 1988 in a letter from 82-year old Junia Shambaugh of Silver Spring, Maryland. She sent him a copy of an article in the genealogical magazine Heritage Quest. The story detailed the search for medal claimants, and listed Thomas' name.
It took dozens of letters, forms, census paperwork from1860, birth certificates, authentications and a copy of a receipt from his great grandfather's farm to certify that Lowell was the rightful heir to this medal.
That was confirmed by a simple postcard on Sept. 6, 1989. The card also informed him that if no "superior" claim was heard in the following six months, the medal would be forwarded to him. It arrived on March 6, 1990.
An ironic twist to this story is that the Shambaugh's have four children, three daughters and one son, whom they named "Thomas."
It was not until much later that a Shambaugh relative pointed out that to his knowledge Lowell's son was the only other family member with that name since "the man who died in the Civil War."
Several months ago Lowell obtained the weapon from the widow of his last surviving brother, who had the sword.
The Shambaughs came to Summerville in 1972 and liked it so much they have made it their retirement home.
Lowell is planning a special display of the objects, probably in his family room.
The project will most likely involve positioning the medal so that it can be viewed front, back and edge.
Thomas' medal is a Class III type, given "For Liberty" and issued to those officers and soldiers who had died of disease and wounds received in battle. Thomas succumbed to typhoied (or camp) fever.
The description of the medal comes from West Virginia historian Frederick H. Armstrong.
On the front, the medal pictures a catafalque on which the words "Died in the Defense of his Country." To the right of this is the properly draped figure of Liberty holding a drum and to the left a soldier with his right arm in a sling.
The reverse of the medal shows a wreath of laurel inscribed within, with the words "Presented by the State of West Virginia," and the name "A Demarest, N.Y." The medal is suspended from the pin, which is a scroll, on which the words of the classification of the medal are inscribed and to which is attached the letters, "WV" interlaced. It is pinned to the tri-color ribbon.
In sunken letters along the milling edge of each medal is the soldier's name, rank, company and regiment.
When Lowell displays his Civil War memorabilia, he might consider a third segment --Thomas's obituary. It consists of some six dozen words which attempt to portray both the life lost as well as the life left.
Johnsville (now Shauck) Ohio
Thomas A. Shambaugh was born Aug, 20, 1844 and died May 16, 1862, age 17 years, eight months and 26 days. He volunteered Nov. 1, in Company A, Third Division, Regular Virginia Calvary. He died very suddenly in camp. He was much beloved by his officers and soldiers and leaves a large circle of relatives to mourn his loss. He has two other brothers in the field.