Samuel Wheeler Church^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

1785 - 1873  (87 years)

• Name	Samuel Wheeler Church  [1, 8, 9, 12]
  Birth	26 July 1785	Vermont, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA   [7]
  Residence	1840	Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA   [6]
  Residence	1850	Rock, Rock, Wisconsin, USA   [5]
  Residence	1860	Rock, Rock, Wisconsin, USA   [4]
  	Residence Post Office: Afton
  Residence	1870	Rock, Rock, Wisconsin, USA   [3]
  	Residence Post Office: Afton
  Burial	May 1873	Afton, Rock, Wisconsin, USA   [8]
  Death	25 May 1873	Rock County, Wisconsin, USA   [2, 8, 10, 11]
  Person ID	I342223128211	Tripp Family Genealogical Website

  
  

  Family	Harriet Tripp,   b. 7 Sep 1804, Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 May 1884, Linn County, Oregon, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1824  [11]
  Children	1. James Church,   b. 29 May 1825, Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Jan 1883, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, USA (Age 57 years)   2. Joseph Church,   b. 01 Jun 1829   d. May 1898 (Age 68 years)   3. Stephen Church,   b. 1 Jun 1829, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Mar 1871 (Age 41 years)   4. Nancy Church,   b. 26 Aug 1831, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jan 1874 (Age 42 years)   5. Sarah Church,   b. 16 Mar 1834   d. 25 Sep 1836 (Age 2 years)   6. Orpha Church,   b. 24 Jan 1837, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1911, Wisconsin, USA (Age 73 years)   7. Cynthia Church,   b. 2 Oct 1841, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Aug 1876, Linn County, Oregon, USA (Age 34 years)   8. William H. Church,   b. 16 Oct 1841, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Aug 1876 (Age 34 years)   9. Charles Pratt Church,   b. 24 Jan 1845, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Mar 1924, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA (Age 79 years)   10. Gilbert Wheeler Church,   b. 28 Apr 1849, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 June 1915, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F30382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Samuel Church from Find a Grave
  		Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, PA

  
  

• Notes

  The following is a copy of Samuel's obiturary notice provided by Myrtle Mae Church Jonasson: Janesville Daily Gazette, May 26, 1873.-Samuel Church of Rock County died last night at the advanced age of eighty-eight. Accumulated years was the cause of his death and he passed away gently and without pain. The deceased came to this county twenty-three years ago and has lived here ever since his arrival. During the sixty years of his life he had been a member of the Masonic order. He was ththe father of James Church of this city and W.H. Church of Afton. From a page in Harriet Tripp Church's family Bible: Grandfather Samuel Church was a native of Vermont, USA was married to Harriet Tripp a native of Pennsylvania and soon after made their home on a farm in Wisconsin 6 miles south of Janesville, Wisconsin and remained until a few years of his death in the year 1873 March 25 at the age of 88 years, the oldest man in the county of Rock, Wisconsin. They were the parents of nine children one of the dying in infancy. At this date October 26 1939, none are living. Grandmother, Harriet Church, after grandfather's death made her home with her daughter Mrs. laurence Flynn until her death in her 82 year and was buried at Albany, Oregon. Heart failure suddenly ended a very useful life. Belonged to the Presbyterian Church. Granddaughter of Grandma Harriet Church is Harriet Church in 1940 May."

  
  

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