Daniel Sturm

Daniel Sturm BIRTH 11 Aug 1798 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 17 Apr 1880 (aged 81) Littleton, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Sturm Cemetery Big Run, Marion County, West Virginia

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10. DANIEL STURM (3) JACOB (2) JACOB (1) Daniel Sturm, third son of Jacob and Catherine (Frushour) Sturm, was born on Scotts Mill Run, Monongalia County, Virginia, August 11, 1798.

When he was five years old the family moved to a farm on Teverbaugh Creek, near Worthington, Harrison County, West Virginia., He lived on this farm most of his life and patented several tracts of land on the waters of Teverbaugh Creek.

He married, February 5, 1821, Elizabeth Martin, who was born October 8, 1798 and died May 7, 1869. She was a daughter of Spencer Martin by his first wife, Mary (Snider) Martin. After the death of his father, he bought the old farm and lived there until the death of his wife, when he went to live with his son, Charles W., at Littleton, West Virginia, and lived there until his death, April 17, 1880.

Children of Daniel and Elizabeth (Martin) Sturm:

70 (1) Peggy, b. 12-3-1821; d. 3-..__-1823

71 (2) Alpheus W., b. 3-3-1823; m. 6-2-1842; d. 8-11-1892 mar. Martha C. Bowman, b. 7-1-1823; d. 6-1-1896

72 (3) Jesse, b. 8-22-1824; d. 7-22-1825

73 (4) Washington, b. 6-3-1826; d. 7-2-1826

74 (5) Asbury P., b. 7-3-1827; m. 8-3-1848; d. 4-20-1906 mar. Mary Hardesty, b. 4-4-1830; d. 3-1-1892 mar: Eiza Jane Ridge

75 (6) Perrygreen B., b. 7-9-1829; m. (1) 8-25-1850, (2) 3-31-1853; d. 1-29-1880 mar. Amy Freeland, d. 7-19-1852 mar. Elizabeth Barnhouse, b. 3-31-1833; d. 4-30-1901

76 (7) Mary Jane, b. 11-28-1831; m. 11-11-1852; d. 6-10-1870 mar. Francis M. Robey, b. 8-17-1832

77 (8) Francis Marion, b. 3-28-1834; m. (1) 10-12-1854, (2) 6-17-1871, (3) 5-27-1888; d. 9-23-1905 mar. Mary Martin, b. 1831, d. 11-22-1869 mar. Margaret Rose mar. Amanda Gill

78 (9) Augustine, b. 8-24-1835; m. 6-8-1856; d. 3-23-1910 mar. Mary Robey, b. 1-16-1837; d. 1-31-1911

79 (10) Charles W., b. 10-3-1839; m. 4-26-1868; d. 6-18-1918 mar. Lydia A. Black, b. 10-8-1849

11. ISAAC STURM (3) JACOB (2) JACOB (1) Isaac Sturm, fourth son of Jacob and Catherine (Frushour) Sturm, was born on Scotts Mill Run, in Monongalia County, W. Va., October 6, 1802. Within a year the family moved to Teverbaugh Creek, in what was then Harrison County. He received his education in the schools of that region. The time necessary for obtaining an education was limited, even if the schools had been of the best. The struggle for existence in those pioneer days was w intense and the terms of the schools were-only two to three months each year. He, therefore, received a rather meager common school education. A higher education could only

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