The Stambaugh Family: Westward from Pennsylvania to Missouri - Paperback

by Barbara L. Gingerich Rivas (Author)

After the Civil War (1860-1865), many new areas of the country were opened up for settlement. The Stambaugh family, and various allied families, were among the ones who migrated West between 1865 and 1870. John George Snyder and his wife, Sarah Stambaugh, were among the new settlers who arrived in Callaway County, Missouri. The migrants prospered, and their children married and raised families of their own. Over the passage of time, the ties to family back in Pennsylvania became blurred and often forgotten. Such was the case with Sarah Stambaugh Snyder. The information remembered about her by later generations was confused and often misleading. This book is an attempt to clarify the family ties and to show just where Sarah belonged within the Stambaugh family tree. In addition, a brief outline of her children and their marriages and descendants has also been presented.

Author Biography

Barbara Gingerich-Rivas has been researching her own family trees for the last five decades. Her graduate studies in cultural anthropology and history at the University of Oklahoma have been instrumental in the manner in which she approachs and presents her genealogical research. Barbara Gingerich-Rivas is also the author of two other books about her Pennsylvania Dutch families who went West to Missouri, and points beyond.