James Shoaf
(Abt 1816-)
Mary Malinda Bowell
(Abt 1816-)
Jacob Harvey Shoaf
(1846-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sarah Catherine Musgrove

Jacob Harvey Shoaf 1 2 3

  • Born: 8 June 1846, Georges Township, Fayette, PA 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Sarah Catherine Musgrove on 29 May 1871 1 2 3
  • Died: August 1903, , Fayette County, PA at age 57 2
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Georges Township, Fayette, PA on 17 June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 221A, District 40, Dwelling 539, Family 539, Roll 1129
George Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Shoaf..Self..33..PA..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 daughters.)
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Jacob married Sarah Catherine Musgrove, daughter of James A. Musgrove and Mary Rebecca Stentz, on 29 May 1871.1 2 3 The marriage ended in divorce. (Sarah Catherine Musgrove was born on 21 January 1856 in Pennsylvania 2 3 4 and died on 2 June 1938 in Smithfield, PA 2.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorced: Unknown.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Georges Township, Fayette, PA on 17 June 1880. 3

1880 US Census
Page 221A, District 40, Dwelling 540, Family 540, Roll 1129
George Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Jacob Shoaf..Self..33..PA..Farmer
Sarah Shoaf..Wife..24..PA..Housekeeper
Doah Shoaf..Dau..8..PA
Malinda Shoaf..Dau..5..PA
Rosa Shoaf..Dau..3..PA
Sarah Shoaf..Dau..1m..PA..Apr
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Sources

1 William Arthur Richards, Jr., "Richards Family Group" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=123654; Updated: Tue Mar 30 19:21:02 2004).

2 James and Martha McMullen Robinson, "James and Martha McMullen Robinson Family Tree," database and images, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14850110/ : accessed 1 Aug 2012).

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, George Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 40, p. 221A, dwelling 539, family 539, Jacob Harvey Shoaf and Sarah Catherine Musgrove; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 6 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1129.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, George Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, p. 168, family 1183, James A. Musgrove and Mary Rebecca Stentz; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 7 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 1109.

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