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Levi Schreckengost
LEVI SCHRECKENGOST, of Mahoning township, Armstrong county, has the largest
apiary in the county, and has been engaged in bee culture for over forty
years. He has a fine farm near Putneyville.Mr. Schreckengost was
born in Mahoning township Dec. 4, 1840, son of William Schreckengost. His
grandfather was a native of Germany and settled in Armstrong county in
pioneer days. William Schreckengost was an early settler in Mahoning
township. He was a gunsmith, and followed his trade at Pntneyville for many
years, attaining wide renown as the manufacturer of the best muzzle loading
rifles in his day in the United States. He himself was a crack shot. He died
at Putneyville Sept. 11, 1897, aged about seventy-seven years. He was thrice
married, his first wife, whose maiden name was Nulph, being the mother of
Levi Schreckengost. His second marriage was to Priscilla Potts, and his
third wife was Mary Heller. Of the children born to the second union six are
now living: Mrs. Jesse Hoffman; Jennie, who married Thomas Ballentine;
Clara, who married Charles Devener; Urias; Lincoln G, and Harry F.Levi Schreckengost spent his early life at Putneyville and obtained a common
school education there. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union army, becoming a
member of Company D, 103d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and saw
considerable active service. He was taken prisoner on or about April 20,
1864, and was confined at Andersonville and Milan, Ga., and Charleston and
Florence, S. C., being paroled March 1, 1865, at Goldsboro, N. C. He was
honorably discharged after three years of service, and returned home with
health so impaired by his imprisonment that it was several years before he
could resume work regularly. He then entered the employ of G. S. Putney &
Sons, at Putneyville, remaining with them for several years, until he
purchased the tract of 124 acres near that place upon which he has since
made his home. He finished clearing the land, and has been improving it
continually, having a very attractive property as the result of his
unceasing efforts. For over forty years he has carried on bee culture, of
which he makes a specialty in his work, at present having over one hundred
hives. He is an in ustrious and highly respected citizen of his township,
and deserves the substantial position he enjoys.On March 4, 1868,
Mr. Schreckengost was married to Mary Shaffer, daughter of Samuel and Julia
A. (Milliron) Shaffer, of Red Bank township, and granddaughter of John
Milliron, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was one of the early
settlers of Mahoning township. Of the children born to this union nine have
reached maturity: Clark E., who is engaged as a lumberman and farmer; Homer,
who was killed March 21, 1912, at the Fort Pitt Powder Works; Mamie, wife of
James Sargent; Edward, now deceased; Clara, wife of Rev. V. Long; Olive,
wife of James Smith; Boyd, who is employed as engineer by the Fort Pitt
Powder Company; Harry K., and Ernest. The two last named are coal miners.Mr. Schreckengost is a life member of the Andersonville Survivors’
Association. In politics he is a Republican.Source: Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed January 2012 by Sara Stewart for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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