Rev. Christian S. Shantz

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• Eby ID Number: 00110-6637

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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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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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

Christian married Elizabeth Harshbarger 22 Nov 1866, Livingston Co., Illinois, U.S.. Elizabeth was born Abt 1840; died 25 Sep 1911. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-22164