Abraham Staffer, Biography
Porter County biographical sketches . . . .
Transcribed biography of Abraham Staffer
ABRAHAM STAFFER was born January 14, 1822 in Pennsylvania; he is one of eight children born to Abraham and Rebecca (Krider) Staffer of Pennsylvania. Young Staffer lived with his father until about twenty-seven years of age, receiving a common school education; he was married September, 1848, to Emily Brumbaugh, a native of Maryland; he now began running a threshing machine, and soon after, with his brother, bought a carding machine, carding wool for about three years. They now bought the Gosset Mill, owning that for about six years. Since that Mr. S. has built and ran threshing machines. In the spring of 1882, he bought three acres of land, his present home; he also owns a saw-mill in the Hughart settlement; he was Township Trustee and Postmaster for some time; he is a Greenback Democrat and is an intelligent man and good citizen; he has three children - Laura Gustafson, Mary E. Harris and Francis L. Blachly. Mr. S. has considerable inventive talent, and great taste for machinery, and has had three inventions patented - a saw gummer, the concave, and the cleaning apparatus of a thresher and a flour cooler; he engaged in steam boating on the Calumet River with three barges and a tug boat, but on account of a sand bar in the river the enterprise proved a failure; he is now running a saw-mill and a threshing machine.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p.
Page(s): 368
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Biographies transcribed by Steven R. Shook
Abram Staffer, Obituary/Death Notice
Porter County obituaries and death notices . . . .
Abram Staffer
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Died -- On Sunday, May 15, Abram Staffer, at his home near Salt Creek, of conjestion of the lungs, at the age of 65 years, 4 months, and 1 day. He was taken sick last Friday. The funeral took place Tuesday, from Robbins' Chapel, Rev. Linkletter, pastor of the Christian church, Valparaiso, officiating. Abram Staffer was one of the early settlers of this county, and was widely known as a kind, honest and industrious man. He leaves a wife and three grown daughters to mourn his loss.
Newspaper: The Tribune
Date of Publication: May 19, 1887
Volume Number: 4
Issue Number: 7
Page: 4
Column(s): 2
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Key to Publication Locations:
Newspapers Published in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana
Chesterton Tribune
The Tribune
Westchester Tribune
Newspapers Published in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Porter County Vidette
Practical Observer
Valparaiso Practical Observer
Vidette and Republic
Western Ranger
The obituaries and death notices appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the newspaper. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of obituaries and death notices appearing on this website.
Obituaries and death notices transcribed by Steven R. Shook
∼"... At the age of twenty-five years, Charles H. Johnson was married at McCool, Porter county, Indiana, on January 13, 1891, to Miss Olive M. Robbins, who was then twenty years of age. She was the only child of Amos and Laura E. (Stauffer) Robbins, and was born November 20, 1870.
,,, Abraham Stauffer was born in Pennsylvania about 1825, and his wife, Emily Brombaugh Stauffer, was born near Baltimore, Maryland, about 1828. They were married in Maryland about 1849 and emigrated to La Porte county, Indiana, the following year, and soon after to Porter county, Indiana, where they both died, Abraham's death occurring in March, 1887, and that of his wife on September 15, 1891. Both he and his wife rest in the Robbins cemetery near McCool, Indiana. He invented and built the first threshing machine used in Porter county, Indiana."
SOURCE: "Memorial and Biographical Record", Geo. A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1899
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/mbrcd/pages/mbrd0641.htm
Porter County biographical sketches . . . .
Transcribed biography of Abraham Staffer
ABRAHAM STAFFER was born January 14, 1822 in Pennsylvania; he is one of eight children born to Abraham and Rebecca (Krider) Staffer of Pennsylvania. Young Staffer lived with his father until about twenty-seven years of age, receiving a common school education; he was married September, 1848, to Emily Brumbaugh, a native of Maryland; he now began running a threshing machine, and soon after, with his brother, bought a carding machine, carding wool for about three years. They now bought the Gosset Mill, owning that for about six years. Since that Mr. S. has built and ran threshing machines. In the spring of 1882, he bought three acres of land, his present home; he also owns a saw-mill in the Hughart settlement; he was Township Trustee and Postmaster for some time; he is a Greenback Democrat and is an intelligent man and good citizen; he has three children - Laura Gustafson, Mary E. Harris and Francis L. Blachly. Mr. S. has considerable inventive talent, and great taste for machinery, and has had three inventions patented - a saw gummer, the concave, and the cleaning apparatus of a thresher and a flour cooler; he engaged in steam boating on the Calumet River with three barges and a tug boat, but on account of a sand bar in the river the enterprise proved a failure; he is now running a saw-mill and a threshing machine.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p.
Page(s): 368
The biographies appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the source. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of biographies appearing on this website.
Biographies transcribed by Steven R. Shook
Abram Staffer, Obituary/Death Notice
Porter County obituaries and death notices . . . .
Abram Staffer
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Died -- On Sunday, May 15, Abram Staffer, at his home near Salt Creek, of conjestion of the lungs, at the age of 65 years, 4 months, and 1 day. He was taken sick last Friday. The funeral took place Tuesday, from Robbins' Chapel, Rev. Linkletter, pastor of the Christian church, Valparaiso, officiating. Abram Staffer was one of the early settlers of this county, and was widely known as a kind, honest and industrious man. He leaves a wife and three grown daughters to mourn his loss.
Newspaper: The Tribune
Date of Publication: May 19, 1887
Volume Number: 4
Issue Number: 7
Page: 4
Column(s): 2
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Key to Publication Locations:
Newspapers Published in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana
Chesterton Tribune
The Tribune
Westchester Tribune
Newspapers Published in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Porter County Vidette
Practical Observer
Valparaiso Practical Observer
Vidette and Republic
Western Ranger
The obituaries and death notices appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the newspaper. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of obituaries and death notices appearing on this website.
Obituaries and death notices transcribed by Steven R. Shook
∼"... At the age of twenty-five years, Charles H. Johnson was married at McCool, Porter county, Indiana, on January 13, 1891, to Miss Olive M. Robbins, who was then twenty years of age. She was the only child of Amos and Laura E. (Stauffer) Robbins, and was born November 20, 1870.
,,, Abraham Stauffer was born in Pennsylvania about 1825, and his wife, Emily Brombaugh Stauffer, was born near Baltimore, Maryland, about 1828. They were married in Maryland about 1849 and emigrated to La Porte county, Indiana, the following year, and soon after to Porter county, Indiana, where they both died, Abraham's death occurring in March, 1887, and that of his wife on September 15, 1891. Both he and his wife rest in the Robbins cemetery near McCool, Indiana. He invented and built the first threshing machine used in Porter county, Indiana."
SOURCE: "Memorial and Biographical Record", Geo. A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1899
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/mbrcd/pages/mbrd0641.htm
Abraham Staffer, Biography
Porter County biographical sketches . . . .
Transcribed biography of Abraham Staffer
ABRAHAM STAFFER was born January 14, 1822 in Pennsylvania; he is one of eight children born to Abraham and Rebecca (Krider) Staffer of Pennsylvania. Young Staffer lived with his father until about twenty-seven years of age, receiving a common school education; he was married September, 1848, to Emily Brumbaugh, a native of Maryland; he now began running a threshing machine, and soon after, with his brother, bought a carding machine, carding wool for about three years. They now bought the Gosset Mill, owning that for about six years. Since that Mr. S. has built and ran threshing machines. In the spring of 1882, he bought three acres of land, his present home; he also owns a saw-mill in the Hughart settlement; he was Township Trustee and Postmaster for some time; he is a Greenback Democrat and is an intelligent man and good citizen; he has three children - Laura Gustafson, Mary E. Harris and Francis L. Blachly. Mr. S. has considerable inventive talent, and great taste for machinery, and has had three inventions patented - a saw gummer, the concave, and the cleaning apparatus of a thresher and a flour cooler; he engaged in steam boating on the Calumet River with three barges and a tug boat, but on account of a sand bar in the river the enterprise proved a failure; he is now running a saw-mill and a threshing machine.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p.
Page(s): 368
The biographies appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the source. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of biographies appearing on this website.
Biographies transcribed by Steven R. Shook
Abram Staffer, Obituary/Death Notice
Porter County obituaries and death notices . . . .
Abram Staffer
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Died -- On Sunday, May 15, Abram Staffer, at his home near Salt Creek, of conjestion of the lungs, at the age of 65 years, 4 months, and 1 day. He was taken sick last Friday. The funeral took place Tuesday, from Robbins' Chapel, Rev. Linkletter, pastor of the Christian church, Valparaiso, officiating. Abram Staffer was one of the early settlers of this county, and was widely known as a kind, honest and industrious man. He leaves a wife and three grown daughters to mourn his loss.
Newspaper: The Tribune
Date of Publication: May 19, 1887
Volume Number: 4
Issue Number: 7
Page: 4
Column(s): 2
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Key to Publication Locations:
Newspapers Published in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana
Chesterton Tribune
The Tribune
Westchester Tribune
Newspapers Published in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Porter County Vidette
Practical Observer
Valparaiso Practical Observer
Vidette and Republic
Western Ranger
The obituaries and death notices appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the newspaper. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of obituaries and death notices appearing on this website.
Obituaries and death notices transcribed by Steven R. Shook
∼"... At the age of twenty-five years, Charles H. Johnson was married at McCool, Porter county, Indiana, on January 13, 1891, to Miss Olive M. Robbins, who was then twenty years of age. She was the only child of Amos and Laura E. (Stauffer) Robbins, and was born November 20, 1870.
,,, Abraham Stauffer was born in Pennsylvania about 1825, and his wife, Emily Brombaugh Stauffer, was born near Baltimore, Maryland, about 1828. They were married in Maryland about 1849 and emigrated to La Porte county, Indiana, the following year, and soon after to Porter county, Indiana, where they both died, Abraham's death occurring in March, 1887, and that of his wife on September 15, 1891. Both he and his wife rest in the Robbins cemetery near McCool, Indiana. He invented and built the first threshing machine used in Porter county, Indiana."
SOURCE: "Memorial and Biographical Record", Geo. A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1899
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/mbrcd/pages/mbrd0641.htm
Porter County biographical sketches . . . .
Transcribed biography of Abraham Staffer
ABRAHAM STAFFER was born January 14, 1822 in Pennsylvania; he is one of eight children born to Abraham and Rebecca (Krider) Staffer of Pennsylvania. Young Staffer lived with his father until about twenty-seven years of age, receiving a common school education; he was married September, 1848, to Emily Brumbaugh, a native of Maryland; he now began running a threshing machine, and soon after, with his brother, bought a carding machine, carding wool for about three years. They now bought the Gosset Mill, owning that for about six years. Since that Mr. S. has built and ran threshing machines. In the spring of 1882, he bought three acres of land, his present home; he also owns a saw-mill in the Hughart settlement; he was Township Trustee and Postmaster for some time; he is a Greenback Democrat and is an intelligent man and good citizen; he has three children - Laura Gustafson, Mary E. Harris and Francis L. Blachly. Mr. S. has considerable inventive talent, and great taste for machinery, and has had three inventions patented - a saw gummer, the concave, and the cleaning apparatus of a thresher and a flour cooler; he engaged in steam boating on the Calumet River with three barges and a tug boat, but on account of a sand bar in the river the enterprise proved a failure; he is now running a saw-mill and a threshing machine.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p.
Page(s): 368
The biographies appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the source. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of biographies appearing on this website.
Biographies transcribed by Steven R. Shook
Abram Staffer, Obituary/Death Notice
Porter County obituaries and death notices . . . .
Abram Staffer
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Died -- On Sunday, May 15, Abram Staffer, at his home near Salt Creek, of conjestion of the lungs, at the age of 65 years, 4 months, and 1 day. He was taken sick last Friday. The funeral took place Tuesday, from Robbins' Chapel, Rev. Linkletter, pastor of the Christian church, Valparaiso, officiating. Abram Staffer was one of the early settlers of this county, and was widely known as a kind, honest and industrious man. He leaves a wife and three grown daughters to mourn his loss.
Newspaper: The Tribune
Date of Publication: May 19, 1887
Volume Number: 4
Issue Number: 7
Page: 4
Column(s): 2
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Key to Publication Locations:
Newspapers Published in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana
Chesterton Tribune
The Tribune
Westchester Tribune
Newspapers Published in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Porter County Vidette
Practical Observer
Valparaiso Practical Observer
Vidette and Republic
Western Ranger
The obituaries and death notices appearing on this website have been transcribed exactly as they were originally published in the newspaper. Please note that we do not provide photocopies or digital scans of obituaries and death notices appearing on this website.
Obituaries and death notices transcribed by Steven R. Shook
∼"... At the age of twenty-five years, Charles H. Johnson was married at McCool, Porter county, Indiana, on January 13, 1891, to Miss Olive M. Robbins, who was then twenty years of age. She was the only child of Amos and Laura E. (Stauffer) Robbins, and was born November 20, 1870.
,,, Abraham Stauffer was born in Pennsylvania about 1825, and his wife, Emily Brombaugh Stauffer, was born near Baltimore, Maryland, about 1828. They were married in Maryland about 1849 and emigrated to La Porte county, Indiana, the following year, and soon after to Porter county, Indiana, where they both died, Abraham's death occurring in March, 1887, and that of his wife on September 15, 1891. Both he and his wife rest in the Robbins cemetery near McCool, Indiana. He invented and built the first threshing machine used in Porter county, Indiana."
SOURCE: "Memorial and Biographical Record", Geo. A. Ogle & Co, Chicago, 1899
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/mbrcd/pages/mbrd0641.htm
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