Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Aukerman, John December 11, 1848

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JOHN R. AUKERMAN, a reliable citizen and a thrifty farmer of Unity township, is
a son of Henry and Catharine (Smith) Aukerman, and was born in Unity township,
Westmoreland county, Pa., December 11, 1848. The present generation in this
county knows but little of the hardships endured by the early settlers of the
territory between Chestnut Ridge and the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers. Among
those pioneers who settled in Unity township when it was an almost unbroken
stretch of forest were three brothers by the name of Aukerman. They were natives
of Lancaster county and came west of the Alleghenies at the close of the
Revolution. One of these brothers was Philip Aukerman (grandfather), who took up
a large tract of land and spent many years in clearing out a farm, lie lived to
be quite an old man and reared a family of industrious and respectable children.
His widow survived him for several years and passed away in the ninety-third
year of her age. She was a woman of strong mind, remarkable courage and great
fortitude (see sketch of Joseph Aukerman). Henry Aukerman (father) was born in
1801 and died in 1885, aged eighty-three years. He was a democrat and a
Lutheran. He was a man who was kind to the poor and needy and his word was as
good as his bond wherever he was known. He married Catharine Smith, who was a
native of this county.

   John R. Aukerman was reared on a farm and received a fair education in the
common schools of his native township. Leaving school he engaged in farming
which he has pursued ever since. His present farm of fifty-three acres of
well-improved land is four miles south of Latrobe. In addition to farming he is
engaged in stock-raising.

   In 1874 he married Anna C. Shirv, daughter of Jacob Shiry, of Unity township.
They are the parents of five (sic) children, two sons and four daughters: Mary
C., Ada C., Minnie B., John H., Olive and Henry.

   Politically he is a democrat of the Jacksonian type and is a very strong
believer in the principles of his party. John R. Aukerman served his township as
tax collector in 1884, and is now a member of the Unity township school board,
He is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and Patrons of Husbandry.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890

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