John P. Stentz ^{1 2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 8 August 1850, Springhill Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 84, Roll 779, Family 85
Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
John P. Stentz..45..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 5 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 6 Jan 1804, then his age should have been 46 instead of 45.

2. 1860 US Census, 20 July 1860, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 113, Family 867, Roll 930
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
J. P. Stentz..57..Pennsylvania..Tanner

(Living with wife, 3 children, and 1 married son with his wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 6 Jan 1804, then his age should have been 56 instead of 57.

3. 1870 US Census, 18 July 1870, Union Township, Marion, Iowa, United States. ³ 1870 US Census
Page 17, Farmily 126
Union Township, Marion, Iowa, United States
J. P. Stentz..66..Pennsylvania..Farmer

(Living with wife at the home of his married son and his family.)

4. Cemetery: Graceland Cemetery, After 1 June 1874, Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States. ⁴ Find a Grave Memorial 134987509

John married Clarissa Clear, daughter of Alexander Clear and Elizabeth Shay, on 5 April 1827 in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. (Clarissa Clear was born on 21 October 1808 in Pennsylvania, United States,^{1 4} died on 4 July 1891 in Marion, Ohio, United States ⁴ and was buried after 4 July 1891 in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1850 US Census, 8 August 1850, Springhill Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. ¹ 1850 US Census
Page 84, Roll 779, Dwelling 85, Family 85
Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
John P. Stentz..45..PA..Farmer
Clarissa Stentz..42..PA
Elizabeth Stentz..19..PA
Alfred D. Stentz..16..PA..Laborer
Edwin D. Stentz..14..PA
Mary A. Stentz..12..PA
Sarah A. Stentz..3..PA

NOTE - The son Alexander was married and living elsewhere by 1850. The son Daniel was either working and living elsewhere or had died by 1850. Daughter Katherine would have been only 10 years old for the 1850 census but she is not listed and may have died before the 1850 census.

2. 1860 US Census, 20 July 1860, Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. ² 1860 US Census
Page 113, Family 867, Roll 930
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
J. P. Stentz..57..Pennsylvania..Tanner
Clarissa Stentz..53..Pennsylvania
Edwin Stentz..22..Virginia..Farm Laborer
Sarah Stentz..12..Pennsylvania
John Stentz..10..Pennsylvania
Arlington Stentz..25..Virginia..Farmer
Margaret Stentz..18..Ireland