BIO: Henry STAGNER, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 724 & 725.
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  HENRY STAGNER, general farmer and representative citizen in Bell township, 
where he is serving on the school board, was born at Troutville, in Brady 
township, Clearfield county, Pa., November 28, 1850, and is a son of Jacob and 
Phillipina (Alleman) Stagner.
  The parents of Mr. Stagner were born in Germany and they came to America on 
the same ship.  The father died September 1, 1879, at the age of sixty-seven 
years.  He bought wild land in Brady township, Clearfield county, which he 
cleared and later cultivated until the close of his life.  He was a man of 
honest impulses and was worthy in every way.  He married Phillipina Alleman, a 
daughter of Philip Alleman, and the following members of their family still 
survive:  Henry; Daniel, who lives at Newtonburg; Jacob, who lives at Banner 
Ridge; and Samuel, who lives in Bell township.
  Henry Stagner went to school in the neighborhood of his father's farm and 
afterward helped in its clearing and cultivating.  He then learned the 
shoemaking trade and worked at the same until 1877, when he purchased his 
present farm.  He had the land to clear of timber and for a number of years was 
obliged to work early and late, giving attention to the improving of his 
property and when farm work was not possible, continued to follow shoemaking.  
In the panic of 1873 he had lost all his savings, but through his knowledge of 
this excellent trade he was able to again become independent.  He sold shingles 
in order to buy leather which he made up into substantial footwear and peddled 
the same in the lumber and logging camps, walking with his product from camp to 
camp.  Mr. Stagner displayed the resourcefulness in rebuilding his fortunes that 
has characterized him through life and since 1882 has been able to take things 
much easier.
  Mr. Stagner married Miss Theresa Parrish, who was born in Cambria county, Pa., 
a daughter of L. J. and Martha (Kuntz) Parrish, and a granddaughter of John 
Parrish and his wife, Mary McKenzie, who were early settlers in Cambria county.  
The mother of Mrs. Stagner was born in Germany and was three years old when her 
parents settled in Cambria county.  She died August 22, 1901, aged seventy-five 
years.  Mr. Parrish was born February 13, 1823, and died in October, 1908.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Stagner have six children living and two dead:  Martha, who is the wife 
of J. C. Withrow and they live at Beaverdale and have five children; Rose, who 
married I. Faust, of Beaverdale, and they have two children; Stella, who is the 
wife of Robert Nelson, of Beaverdale, and they have two children; Sabina, who is 
a trained nurse, at Pittsburg; Eva, who is a teacher; Ruth, who is the youngest, 
lives at home; and Mary Emma and Bessie Ann are deceased.  Mrs. Stagner is a 
member of the Catholic church.  In politics he is a Democrat.