Edward H. Staman
Biography from Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA pages 1193-1524
Submitted by Suzanne Noble
EDWARD H. STAMAN, the well know dairyman and farmer and proprietor of Shawnee Farm in West Hempfield township, Lancaster county, was born near Marietta, in East Hempfield township, Dec. 14, 1849, and is a son of John P. and Mary E. (House) Staman, of Manor township.
John P. Staman, who has been twice married, was born in October, 1821, and now resides in Columbia, Pa., having removed from the old homestead to that city in 1891, in order to live retired from the cares and duties of active life. To his marriage with Mary E. House there were born four children, viz: Anna E., wife of Dr. S. A. Bockius, of Columbia, Edward H.; Hester, wife of Marion Zook, of Lancaster; and John, also of Lancaster. Mrs. Mary E.( House) Staman was called away in 1858, when but thirty-seven years old, and her remains were taken to Columbia for interment. The second marriage of John P. Staman took place June 1, 1859, to Susan K. Zook, who bore him two children, Abraham, deceased, and Harry, now of Marietta. Mrs. Susan K. ( Zook ) Staman was a daughter of Abraham Zook, of Lancaster county, and died in 1888, at the age of sixty-four years.
Edward H. Staman was transferred when an infant from one estate to another, or from one farm to another, and in childhood it was much the same for him. At the age of two years he was taken from the homestead to the J. M. Stickler farm, thence to the J. I. Wright farm, and thence to the J. H. Mifflin estate, all in West Hempfield township, and from the latter in 1868, he came to his present farm, then the property of his father, and there remained until shortly after his marriage, when he went to Columbia and engaged in mercantile business, continued there until 1891, and then bought his present farm form his father. He belongs to the Masonic order, and in politics is a Republican. The family is connected with the Presbyterian Church.
January 28, 1875, in Philadelphia, Edward H. Staman married Anna E. Wright, and this union has been blessed with seven children, viz: Emily E., Bessie C., Nellie, John P. Jr., James M. , Edward and Harold. Mrs. Anna E. ( Wright ) Staman was born in Columbia in 1850 and is a daughter of James and Rebecca ( Curry ) Wright, the former of whom was a merchant and died in Columbia, May 30, 1878, when sixty-four years old, his widow dying March 28, 1898, at the age of seventy-seven years, both in the faith of Presbyterian Church, and the remains of both being interred in Mount Bethel cemetery, Columbia. There were born to this couple six children, as follows: Emily, who died in infancy; J. Davis, who died in Philadelphia in 1866, Anna E., Mrs. Staman; Sally S., who married William Blackward, of Philadelphia, and died in 1879; Lillian W., widow of Herbert B. Smith, of the same city; and Emily G., of Lansdown, Pennsylvania.
The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Anna E. ( Wright ) Staman were Thomas J. and Nancy ( Sinsenick ) Wright, of Columbia and Lancaster, respectively; and the maternal grandparents were Martin and Elizabeth ( Woodbridge ) Curry, respectively of Philadelphia, Pa., and Bangor, Me., but were married in Columbia, where Mr. Curry was a tobacconist and passed the remainder of his days, and where Mrs. Curry later married a Mr. Evans.
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