BIO:  Peter STALLSMITH, Straban, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 511

PETER STALLSMITH, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Gettysburg, was born near that 
place September 23, 1813, to John and Catherine (Knop) Stallsmith, natives of 
Pennsylvania; the former a cooper in early life, but later a farmer; he reared a 
family of ten children, of whom Peter is the fourth.  Our subject was educated 
at the country school, grew to manhood on the farm, and engaged in agricultural 
pursuits, which he still follows.  In 1839 he married Rebecca Rinehart, a 
daughter of John Rinehart and of German descent.  Mr. and Mrs. Stallsmith were 
the parents of the following children:  Mary Jane, wife of Emanuel Reed; William 
Henry, died in 1862; Rebecca, wife of E. W. Deardorff; John A., married to Sally 
Blair.  Mrs. Stallsmith died in 1868, and in 1869 Mr. Stallsmith married Mrs. 
Hannah Herr, a daughter of George and Mary (Bream) Hartzel.  Mrs. Stallsmith had 
one child by her first husband:  Freddie Anna Herr, now the wife of George 
Stallsmith.  The family are members of the German Reformed Church, in which Mr. 
Stallsmith has been deacon and elder.  He votes for the man, not for the party, 
on political questions.  He is a useful, influential citizen.