Sullivan-Pike-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....SCHOONOVER, Daniel 1837 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      DANIEL SCHOONOVER, the well-known foreman of the wood gang and also sawyer
  for the State Line & Sullivan Railroad Coal Company's mines, at Bernice,
  Pennsylvania, was born in Pike county, this state, September 25, 1837, a son of
  John and Mary (Rowley) Schoonover, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
  respectively. By trade the father was a carpenter. In the family were eleven
  children, of whom nine are now living (1898), namely: Daniel, our subject; John,
  a resident of Foot of Plane, Bradford county, Pennsylvania; Ann, wife of Lester
  Camp of Monroe township, Bradford county; Melvina, wife of Charles Van Loovin,
  of Barclay, Bradford county; Elizabeth, widow of Daniel Reed, of Walston,
  Pennsylvania; Manning, a resident of Monroe township, Bradford county; Lewis, of
  Towanda, Pennsylvania; and Mary Adelia, wife of Clayton Lewis, of Greenwood,
  Pennsylvania.
  
      Daniel Schoonover received a common-school education at Milford, Pike
  county, and when sixteen years of age went into the pine woods of New York
  state, where he worked for three years, after which he spent several years on a
  farm. His patriotism and loyalty to his country were manifested in August, 1862,
  by his enlistment in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-first Pennsylvania
  Volunteer Infantry, and for nearly three years he served with that famous
  regiment, participating in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the
  Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and many other fierce
  engagements. He was twice wounded, first at Chancellorsville and again at
  Strawberry Plains. The war being over, he was honorably discharged and mustered
  out at Bailey's Cross Roads, Virginia, May 28, 1865.
  
      Returning home, Mr. Schoonover entered the employ of M. C. Mercur as sawyer
  in a mill in Monroe township, Bradford county, and later held similar positions
  at Foot of Plane, Barclay and White Haven. In June, 1874, he accepted the
  position of night watchman with the State Line & Sullivan Railroad Coal Company,
  and has since remained with them, an honored and trusted employee, being
  promoted to his present position after being one year in their service. In his
  political affiliations he is an ardent Republican, and socially he is a
  prominent member of Sullivan Post, No. 388, G. A. R., the Improved Order of Red
  Men, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
  
      On the 17th of November, 1866, Mr. Schoonover was united in marriage with
  Mrs. Harriet Knowles, widow of Levi B. Knowles and daughter of Ambrose Garey.
  She was born in Windham, Wyoming, county, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1840, and by
  her marriage to our subject became the mother of the following children, namely:
  Addie E. M., who was born March 7, 1869, and died September 14, 1872; John A.,
  who was born May 14, 1871, and died April 14, 1872; Hattie A., who was born June
  9, 1874, and is now the wife of William Brown, of Bernice.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
          Extracted from: 
            
          History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
            
          Compendium of Biography
            
          The Lewis Publishing Company
          Chicago: 1899
    
    
  
  
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