Rev. Christian S. Shantz^[1]

1839 - 1918  (79 years)

• Name	Christian S. Shantz
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	21 Aug 1839	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00110-6637
  Died	13 Dec 1918	Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States   [2]
  	Cause: stomach cancer
  Buried	Prairie Street Mennonite Church Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I19028	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac C. Shantz,   b. 13 Jul 1803, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Sep 1885, , Livingstone Co., Illinois  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Schneider,   b. 6 Mar 1806, , Franklin Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Dec 1891  (Age 85 years)
  Married	3 Apr 1827  [1, 4]
  Family ID	F4880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Harshbarger,   b. Abt 1840,   d. 25 Sep 1911  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1866	Livingston Co., Illinois, U.S.   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Milton Shantz,   d. 13 Jan 1918
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F4884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Christian S. Shantz, "was born August 21st, 1839 and was married in Livingston County, Illinois, November 22nd, 1866, to Elizabeth Harshbarger. He follows farming. Their family consists of four sons and three daughters. In the year 1887 he was ordained as a minister of the old Mennonite body." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _______________________ Shantz. - Christian S. Shantz was born in Waterloo Co., Ontario, August 21, 1839. With his parents, he moved to Grundy Co., Ill., when about 19 years of age. On Nov. 22, 1866, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Harshbarger in Livingston Co., Ill., and together they lived near or in Cullom until their removal to Elkhart, Ind., in the fall of 1901 where he resided until his death on Dec. 13, 1918, following an operation for cancerous growth in the stomach, being 79 y. 3 m. 23 d. of age. He united with the Mennonite Church in the spring of 1871. To this union was born 7 children. His wife preceded him in death Sept. 25, 1911. Three children died in infancy, and Milton on Jan. 13, 1918, leaving Charlie, Mrs. Minnie Horning and Cora, eight grandchildren, two brothers and a sister. Funeral services were conducted at the Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind., on the 17th by the brethren, David A. Yoder and Jacob K. Bixler. Interment in the Prairie Street Cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume XI, Number 40 - January 2, 1919 - pages 718, 719

  
  

• 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..., 386. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, January 2, 1919 obituary of Christian Shantz. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 3. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 306. [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..., 387.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Aug 1839 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 22 Nov 1866 - Livingston Co., Illinois, U.S. Died - Cause: stomach cancer - 13 Dec 1918 - Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States Buried - - Prairie Street Mennonite Church Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth