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John Shivery Gearhart

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John Shivery Gearhart

Birth
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Mar 1903 (aged 84)
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
South Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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John S. Gearhart was born April 20th, 1818, on his father's farm near Philipsburg, Clearfield Co. He also was an agriculturist and spent the greater part of his life on his farm situated in Boggs Township, two miles northwest of Blue Ball, in Clearfield County, where his death occurred Mar. 26, 1903, at the age of eighty-four years. He was twice married, first to Lydia Showalter, whose death occurred July 3, 1850, when their youngest son, J.E. Gearhart, was fifteen months old. J.E. Gearhart was born April 22, 1849. There were three other children born to this union namely: William, who was a gallant soldier in the Civil War, a member of Co. E, 45th Pa. Vol. Inf., and who died of starvation in the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N. C., December 10, 1864; Ellis, who died at the age of twenty-one years; and Lloyd, who is a resident of Clearfield. The second marriage of John S. Gearhart was to Elizabeth Smith, whose death preceded that of her husband by four years, she dying Feb. 14, 1898. Eight children were born to this marriage, namely: George S., who lives in Clearfield; John W., who owns the home farm in Boggs Township; A. Clark, who lives in Blair County; Samuel, whose business is carried on at Clearfield; Lydia J., who is the wife of Charles Rickets, of Altoona; James, who is a resident of Braddock, Pa.; Charles, who died when seventeen years old; and Lewis, who lives at Pittsburgh, Pa.
20th Century History of Clearfield County
John S. Gearhart was born April 20th, 1818, on his father's farm near Philipsburg, Clearfield Co. He also was an agriculturist and spent the greater part of his life on his farm situated in Boggs Township, two miles northwest of Blue Ball, in Clearfield County, where his death occurred Mar. 26, 1903, at the age of eighty-four years. He was twice married, first to Lydia Showalter, whose death occurred July 3, 1850, when their youngest son, J.E. Gearhart, was fifteen months old. J.E. Gearhart was born April 22, 1849. There were three other children born to this union namely: William, who was a gallant soldier in the Civil War, a member of Co. E, 45th Pa. Vol. Inf., and who died of starvation in the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N. C., December 10, 1864; Ellis, who died at the age of twenty-one years; and Lloyd, who is a resident of Clearfield. The second marriage of John S. Gearhart was to Elizabeth Smith, whose death preceded that of her husband by four years, she dying Feb. 14, 1898. Eight children were born to this marriage, namely: George S., who lives in Clearfield; John W., who owns the home farm in Boggs Township; A. Clark, who lives in Blair County; Samuel, whose business is carried on at Clearfield; Lydia J., who is the wife of Charles Rickets, of Altoona; James, who is a resident of Braddock, Pa.; Charles, who died when seventeen years old; and Lewis, who lives at Pittsburgh, Pa.
20th Century History of Clearfield County

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