David Shoaf Sr.

• Preferred Name: David Shoaf Sr.^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• Fact 7: 1826 in Moved from North Carolina to Parke County, Indiana.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Place of Burial: in Embury Cemetery, SW of Collison, Vermillion County, Illinois.^{[3] [1]}
  
• Fact 8: ABT 1856 in Moved from Indiana to Vermillion County, Illinois.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Birth: 2 OCT 1801 in Swearing Creek Community, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Occupation: in 8 children (1st marriage). 9 children (2nd marriage).^{[3] [1]}
  
• Occupation: in Farmer.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Fact 9: 4 MAR 1880 in Died in Pilot Township, Vermillion County, Illinois.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Cremation: in Lutheran Church.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Death: 4 MAR 1880 in Collison, Vermillion County, Illinois, USA.^{[4] [1]}
  
• Fact 6: 1801 in Born in Rowan County, North Carolina.^{[1] [2]}
  
• Notes:

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  David Shoaf, Sr. was born in 1801 in North Carolina, where he lived until after he was married. He married Mary C. Sowers, and eight sons were the result of this union: Michael, William, Philip, David, Jr., Jacob, Solomon, Alfred and Henry. About 1826, the father emigrated to Kentucky with his family, making the journey with a wagon, and four years later came to Parke County, Indiana, locating on Raccoon Creek. He after ward removed to Illinois, where he died at the age of eighty-oneyears. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and was, politically,a Democrat. David's wife, Mary C. died when Philip was only ten years, and David remarried to Mary's cousin, Mrs. Catherine Myers, nee Sowers, and to them were born nine children: Margaret, Mathias Samuel, Andrew, Viola, Joseph, Catherine I., Mary Ann, Susana M., and an infant daughter, who lived only 4 days. The above taken from Parke, Fountain, and Montgomery Counties of Indiana History published in 1893.
  David moved his family, except his older sons, to Pilot Township, Vermillion County, Illinois, after the birth of his youngest child, in 1855 and before 1860. David died March 4, 1880 at 78 years, 5 months, and 2 days; and was buried at Embury Cemetery, located south and westof Collison, in Vermillion County, Illinois.
  David Shoaf, Sr. received a land grant on July 2, 1832 in Parke County, Indiana. The 1832 land grant to David Shoaf of Putnam County, Indiana was #16746 issued from the general Land Office of the US of Crawfordsville, Indiana and dated June 7, 1833. This grant was for 40 acres(NW 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 8 Sugarcreek Township--just a section away from the northern border of the county). David received another grant on December 31, 1835 (NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 8, 40 acres) and still another on March 18, 1837 (SE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 8, 40 acres) in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  Bobbie F. Thornton discovered the following document that supports the belief that David Shoaf was the son of Jacob and that Jacob probably died in 1844: Know all men by these presents that I David Shoaf of Parke County in the State of Indiana, have appointed and do by these presents make ordain and Constitute Frederick Gardner of Randolph County in the State of North Carolina, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name, and for my use, to ask, demand and receive of the Administrator or Administrators of the Estate of Jacob Shoaf, Senr. Deceased lately of Davidson County North Carolina and also of Burrel Robertsor his successor or Administrators, he being late Sheriff of said Davidson County North Carolina all such sum or sums of money which is, ormay be due or in any wise belonging to me as one of the heirs & legalrepresentatives of the said Jacob Shoaf Sr. decd.; hereby giving my said Attorney full power and authority in and about the premises, to use all lawful ways and means in my name for the purpose aforesaid; andupon the receipt of any such distributrive share of said Estate as may be due or Collected, to give full and lawful receipts or acquittances therefore in my Name; and generally to do & perform whatsoever shall be necessary and lawful to do for me, in & about the premises by virtue of these presents; hereby ratifying & Confirming all lawful acts of my said Attorney in the Business aforesaid & I do hereby acknowledge the receipt of six dollars of my said portion of said estate. Witness by hand & Seal this the 1st day of September A.D. 1846. David (his-x- mark) Shoaf. Seal. Signed & Sealed in the presence of Jno. G. David and Henry Stavins.

• m. ABT 1819 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA.

1. E. Alfred Shoaf, b. 1834 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. 12 JUL 1921 in Elsa, Custer County, Colorado, USA.
2. William Shoaf, b. 17 SEP 1821 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA.     d. 14 DEC 1896 in Parke County, Indiana, USA.
3. Solomon Saul Shoaf, b. 11 NOV 1832 in Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. 27 APR 1910 in Franklin County, Kansas, USA
4. Michael Shoaf, b. 22 DEC 1820 in Davidson County, North Carolina, USA.     d. 6 SEP 1897 in Parke County, Indiana, USA.
5. Jacob Shoaf, b. 3 JAN 1829 in near Connersville, Indiana, at "White Water" USA.     d. 15 DEC 1901 in Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana, USA.
6. Philip Shoaf, b. 5 DEC 1824 in Davidson (old Rowan County), North Carolina, USA.     d. 26 MAR 1910 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.
7. Henry Shoaf, b. 15 SEP 1836 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. 16 MAR 1918 in Blue Rapids, Kansas, USA.
8. David Shoaf Jr., b. 1 NOV 1826 in Davidson (old Rowan County), North Carolina, USA.     d. 18 SEP 1911 in Jackson Township, Fountain County, Indiana, USA.

• m. 11 DEC 1838 in Fountain County, Indiana, USA.

1. Catherine L. Shoaf, b. 1847 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. BET 1871 AND 1941
2. Maria Emmaline Shoaf, b. 8 JUN 1854 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. 12 JUN 1854 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.
3. Joseph A. Shoaf, b. 1845 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. AFT 1892
4. Margaret Elizabeth Shoaf, b. 1843 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. BEF 1894 in Indiana, USA.
5. Andrew J. Shoaf, b. 18 JUL 1841 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. 8 NOV 1926 in Vermillion County, Illinois, USA.
6. Susanna M. Shoaf, b. 1852 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. BET 1881 AND 1946
7. Mary Ann Shoaf, b. 1849 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. BET 1871 AND 1943
8. Lola C. Shoaf, b. 1855 in Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. BET 1856 AND 1949
9. Mathias Samuel Shoaf, b. 1 OCT 1839 in Sugarcreek Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.     d. 25 NOV 1904 in Vassar, Osage County, Kansas, USA.

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2. Page: note: Keith Wolf, Oregon, 1983. Footnote: Keith Wolf, Oregon, 1983.Keith Wolf, Oregon, 1983.
   
3. Page: note: Marlene Shinkle, 1988. Footnote: Marlene Shinkle, 1988.Marlene Shinkle, 1988.
   
4. Page: note: Gravestone at Embury Cemetery, Collison, Illinois, 1988. Footnote: Gravestone at Embury Cemetery, Collison, Illinois, 1988.Gravestone at Embury Cemetery, Collison, Illinois, 1988.