Henry Sites
(1767-1814)
Maria Shultz
(1769-1814)
John Sites
(1787-1869)
Mary Pinkstaff
(1781-1860)
John Sites
(1813-1881)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Henrietta B. Herr

John Sites 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 11 May 1813, , Franklin, PA 1 6
  • Marriage (1): Henrietta B. Herr
  • Died: 20 Aug 1881, , Franklin, PA at age 68 3
  • Buried: Saint Thomas: Trinity United Church of Christ, Franklin, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: K8Z9-XVY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Antrim Twp., Franklin, PA. 6 The 1850 census recorded John Seits, farmer, 37, living with wife Hetty, 23; Mary, 6; John, 5; and an unamed female Infant, 9 months old when the census was recorded 16 Sep 1850.
In the same home is Henry Seits, farmer, 31, with his wife Mary, 23; and son Joseph, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Antrim Twp., Franklin, PA. 1 The 1860 census recorded John Sites, farmer, 48, living with wife Henrietta, 39; daughter Elizabeth, 17; son John, 15; and daughter Emma, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Greencastle.

3. Census in 1870 in Hamilton Township, Franklin, PA. 7 The 1870 census recorded John Sites, farmer, 57, living with wife Henrietta, 49; Calvin, 10; Amelia, 2, and Edmond, 1. Also in the home is Conrad Sites, 28, and his wife Catharine, 29, who are likely the parents of Amelia and Edmond. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office is Chambersburg.

4. Census in 1880 in Saint Thomas, Franklin, PA. 8 The 1880 census recorded Levi Brant, 34, living with wife Emma Brant, 29; Mary, 11; Carry, 4; Florence, 1. Also in the home are Emma's parents, John Sites, 67, and Henrietta Sites, 59; and Levi's nephew, Andrew C. Brant, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.


John married Henrietta B. Herr, daughter of Conrad Herr and Catharine Biegler. (Henrietta B. Herr was born on 3 Jul 1821 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA,1 9 10 11 died on 26 Oct 1885 in , Franklin, PA 9 and was buried in Saint Thomas: Trinity United Church of Christ, Franklin, PA 9.)


Sources


1 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1111; Page: 71; Image: 76; Family History Library Film: 805111.

2 Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : containing genealogical records of representative families, including many of the early settlers, and biographical sketches of prominent citizens. (Chicago: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1905, 778 pgs.), Volume 2, page 574, citing John and Henrietta (Herr) Sites of Franklin county.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107306146.

4 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHND-384 John and Henrietta Sites in marriage record for Calvin E Sites and Nettie Fennel, 20 Oct 1886; citing Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, ; FHL microfilm 323900.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 82343. Mary Elizabeth Beecher Feger. Father John Sites. Hettie Herr.

6 1850 United States Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_782; Page: 477A; Image: 451.

7 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZP7-1H5 John Sites, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. , family 127, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552845.

8 1880 United States Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Saint Thomas, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1131; Family History Film: 1255131; Page: 268D; Enumeration District: 099; Image: 0540.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107306147.

10 Fendick, Virginia Shannon, American Revolutionary Soliders of Franklin County Pennsylvania (Franklin County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Chambersburg, Penna. 1944.), Page 257, John Herr.

11 Zion German Reformed Church (Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States), https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/249949 Zion German Reformed Church and East Conococheague Church Records, 1818-1864, Family HIstory Library Microfilm 382822.



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