3048480 - Davis Moebus Tree

JANUARY 1937 - THE Stiffler FAMILY TREE - LEAF TWO

Compiled by R. Ewing Stiffler, 816 12th Street, Denver, Col orado and Herbert Stiffler Karch, Road 2, Cuyahoga Falls, O h (The original "335 S. Charles Street, Lima, Oh" was marke d out in pencil).
(JAC: These names and addresses are no longer valid).

BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

In the region south of Altoona, PA and not far from where t he Pennsylvania R.R. now rounds the Horseshoe Curve to moun t the Alleghany divide, there were in the days previous t o the Revolution Stifflers located along the streams and i n the valleys. This region south to Bedford has been the re siding place of the ancestors of many branches of the famil y at some time during that past 160 years, altho (sic) ther e were those who remained in Maryland and York County, Penn sylvania, and others who settled north of Altoona.

Peter Stiffler had land on Dunning Creek in 1788, and Jaco b Stifler (sic) bought land near McKee Gap in 1783. These t wo brothers, reported to have come from Germany in 1742, ha d in accordance with their wills, 11 and 10 children, respe ctively, all of whom grew to have families, intermarrying w ith the Beegles, Wilts, Helsels, Wertz, Harle, Claar, Feath er, Clapper, Corl, Hollar, Holderbaum, Shaw, Sell, Koon, Le ighty, Yingling, Ticherhof, Brumbaugh, Hoover, Mauk, Deiber t, McCormick, and many others - all early settlers in thi s region before 1800.

Here are located early homestead of the fathers, grandfathe rs, great grandfathers, of a thousand or more Stiffler an d related descendants. To those of us farther removed, thi s region has a lure and a fascination as the testing ground s for the making of Stiffler pioneers. Here the wildernes s was conquered, the Indians outwitted, and an early histor y says, "until the completion of the Sarah furnace propert y in 1832, the residents were denied the advantages of mark ets for the sale of surplus products, and male alike were c lad in homespun, home-made garments. indeed, during those y ears, few young men and women could boast of having been in side a dry goods store."

For 25 years, annual reunions of the Stiffler Family of Cen tral Pennsylvania have been held in this region. It has bee n suggested that a National Reunion be held in 1942, celebr ating the 200th anniversary of the coming of the first Stif flers to America. Will this region from Altoona to Bedfor d see the return of hundreds of her children whose ancestr y had, a century before, gone forth to help make the new Na tion?
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Nine years old when he accompanied his brothers to Americ a [1742[. He settled in New Jersey and married Anna befor e moving to York County, PA. From 1779 to 1783 he was taxe d on 100 acres of land, 2 horses, and 2 cattle in Paradis e Township, York County, PA. Mill and house was burned by t he Tories during the Revolution, in 1777-1778 and he emigra ted to Washington County, MD in 1779. After four years he r emoved to McKees Gap, and bought 400 acres of land, the Mar tha Furnace property. He built a grist mill, and people cam e to see it from all around the region.

Jacob Stifler was born ca. 1733 in Wurtenberg, Germany. H e died on 2 Jul 1807 in Greenfield Twp., Bedford Co., PA . He came to the US about 1742 with brothers Peter and Hen dry/John. He was nine years old. He settled in NJ and mar ried Anna/Catherine Meyers. In 1783 he left there to buy l and and settle in Leamersville, a small community in Blai r Co. PA. (In Henry Heltzel's will it said he came from Lan caster Co, PA and settled in Leamersville (ap)). Later the y moved to York Co., PA, but their mill and house were burn ed by the Tories during the Revolution in 1777-1778. The y emigrated to Washington Co., MD in 1779. In 1783 came t o McKee's Gap and bought 400 acres, the Martha Furnace prop erty. He built a grist mill in Cumberland Co., PA. Two so ns died young and their names are not known. His