Amos Shantz^[1]

1814 - 1884  (69 years)

• Name	Amos Shantz
  Born	23 Aug 1814	Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Amos Hunsberger Shontz
  Eby ID Number	00110-6591
  Died	7 Jun 1884	, Venango Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Congress Hill Cemetery, , Venango Co., Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I18908	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham Shantz,   b. 15 Dec 1776, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 28 Dec 1856, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Alice "Allie" Hunsberger,   b. 20 Jan 1775, Of, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1821, Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F4796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Latschaw,   b. 3 Nov 1817, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Dec 1870, Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 53 years)
  Married	18 May 1835  [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Jane Beatty,   b. 8 Jul 1832,   d. 1907  (Age 74 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1872  [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F4842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amos Shantz, "the fourth son of old Abraham Shantz, was born August 23rd, 1814. On May 18th, 1835, he was married to Catherine Latschaw who died December 17th 1870. On September 10th, 1872, he was again married to Margaret Jane Beatty who was born July 8th, 1832. He died June 7th, 1884. Of first wife there were twelve children, and of second wife there was one child." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 380. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94752619/amos-hunsberger-shontz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Aug 1814 - Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth