Absalom Spitler

Abt 1802 - 1889  (~ 87 years)

• Name	Absalom Spitler  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1802	Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jan 1889  [1]
  Notes	(Research): Census Listings: 1850 CENSUS: Ohio, Trumbull, Bristol Enumerated 19 Aug 1850 Stamped 227 969-995 Spitler, Absolom 47 m Farmer 1500 Ba Sarah 47 f VA, Belinda C 20 F Oh TR, Christina 18 f Oh TR, Noah 16 m Oh TR farmer, Adaline 14 f Oh TR, Susannah S. 12 f Oh TR, Abraham 10 m OH Tr, Elizabeth 7 f Oh TR, Joseph B. 5 M Oh TR. 1860 CENSUS: Spitler, A 56 m VA farmer, Sarah 56 f VA, Balinda 31 F Oh, Susana 27 f Oh, Elizabeth 18 f OH, Joseph B. 17 m farmer, Owen B. 11 m OH (Is Owen a son or grandson?) 1870 CENSUS: Spitler, Absalom 67 m Va farmer, Sarah 67 f VA, Susanna 34 f OH, Belinda 41 f OH, Joseph B 26 m farmer labor, Owen 19 m OH 1880 CENSUS: Spitler, Joseph B. 36 OH farmer, Ella 2 26 OH, Absalom f 76 VA, Sarah 76 VA Probably the son of John and Catherine Spitler of Virginia, ages 78 and 75, who were also living in Trumbull County at the time of the 1850 census.
  Person ID	I20907	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Sarah Bowers,   b. Abt 1802, Virginia d. 19 Oct 1885 (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	In the biography of H. W. Spitler, published in "Portrait Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawasse Counties, Mich", it was noted that he was the godson of Absalom Spitler, "a farmer whose native place was Virginia in which State he was born in 1802. He came to Ohio in 1827 where he purchased one hundred acres in Bristol Township, Trumbull County. He married in Virginia in 1825 to Sarah Bowers, a daughter of John and Anna (Miller) Bowers. Sarah was born in 1802. She and her husband were the parents of thirteen children, of who our subject's father was the third son and ninth child. Sarah died in 1887 and Absalom died in 1889.
  Children	1. Belinda Spitler,   b. Abt 1830, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   2. Christina Spitler,   b. Abt 1832, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   3. Noah Spitler,   b. Abt 1834, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   4. Adaline Spitler,   b. Abt 1836, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   5. Susannah Spitler,   b. Abt 1838, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   6. Abraham Spitler,   b. Abt 1840, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   7. Florella Spitler,   b. Abt 1840, Trumbull County, Ohio d. 15 Jul 1849, Trumbull County, Ohio (Age ~ 9 years)   8. Elizabeth Spitler,   b. Abt 1843, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   9. Joseph Spitler,   b. Abt 1845, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown   10. Owen Spitler,   b. Abt 1850, Trumbull County, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2010

  
  

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• Sources

  [S440] Trumbull County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Ohio, Trumbull, Bristol Enumerated 19 Aug 1850 Stamped 227 969-995 (Reliability: 3).