Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Stauffer, John E 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John E. Stauffer has been a farmer in Sterling Township since 1858. He was 
born Aug. 2, 1827, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and is the son of John and Barbara 
(Eby) Stauffer, who were natives of the same county where their son was born. 
They had nine children, as follows: Benjamin, Francis, Peter, Christian, 
Henry, John E., Margaret, Ann and Barbara. The senior Stauffer was a miller by 
profession, and when the son was of suitable age he was instructed in the same 
pursuit, in which he passed 15 years, at the end of which time he came, as 
stated, to Whiteside County. He first bought 60 acres in Sterling Township, 
located on sections 3 and 4. He fixed his residence on the former, where he 
has since lived. He is at present the owner of 100 acres of improved land. He 
is an apiarist, and his yard is stocked with 66 stands of bees. He is 
operating in that line with satisfactory results. Mr. Stauffer has officiated 
several years as School Director. He is a believer in the principles of the 
Republican party. He was united in marriage in Lancaster Co., Pa., Dec. 14, 
1848, to Catherine, daughter of Isaac and Frances (Neff) Bressler, natives of 
Pennsylvania and the parents of 11 children who grew to be men and women. They 
were born in the following order: Eliza, Levi, Ann, Henry, Catherine, Peter, 
Isaac, Benjamin, Lydia, Mary and Frances. Mrs. Stauffer was born June 2, 1827, 
in Lancaster Co., Pa., and she has become the mother of five children, as 
follows: Ema F., Isaac, Arthur F. and Mary F.; one child died in infancy.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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