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John Shoop
JOHN SHOOP was born in 1802 in Montgomery county, Pa., and received a
common school education. Coming to Armstrong county in 1818 or 1819, he
settled at the mouth of the Kiskiminetas river and commenced housekeeping.
Later he moved to what is now the site of Manorville, and in 1837, obtained
128 acres of the old Johnson tract. Here he first built a house on the river
bank which he occupied for eighteen years, in 1854 or 1855 building the
residence occupied by his widow until her death. He followed farming and dealt
in oil, followed work on the Allegheny river for several years, and was one of
the prosperous citizens of his locality. He was a Democrat in politics, held
local offices, and in religious connection was a Lutheran. He became well and
favorably known all over the county. Mr Shoop died at the old home in
February, 1872. He had a large family, his first wife, who�s maiden name was
Klingensmith, being the mother of eleven children: John R., now deceased, who
went to the Black Hills; Mary, who died in 1911; Elizabeth, deceased; Susan,
deceased; Jacob, deceased; Aaron, deceased; George W., who is in the oil
business at Perryville, Pa.; Jane, deceased; Samuel, deceased; Maggie,
deceased; and F.S. , deceased. The mother of this family died, and on Aug. 15,
1861, Mr. Shoop married (second) Elizabeth Shotts, of Armstrong county, Pa.,
who died on the old homestead Nov. 16, 1912. There were seven children by this
marriage: A daughter that died in infancy; Walter, who died in 1870; Ira;
Harvey, who is engaged as a railroad flagman at Hulton, Pa.; William, twin of
Harvey, living at home; Martin Luther, of San Jose, Cal., who has a bicycle
repair shop; and John El, a glass grinder by trade, who lives on part of the
old home place.Source: Pages 865, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed November 1998 by Pam Clark for the Armstrong County Beers Project
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