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ELIZABETH (SHENK) SOMMERS nee HERR

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ELIZABETH (SHENK) SOMMERS nee HERR (1848- aft.1900)
At right: Elizabeth (Shenk) Sommers nee Herr

Name: Elizabeth Shenk
Born: 14 Jan 1848, Pennsylvania.
Married 1: Abraham R. Herr, Pennsylvania, 16 May 1869.
Married 2: Henry Sommers.
Died: after 1900, Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas.
Father: John Shenk
Mother: Mary Gingrich

 
Sons, all born in Dauphin County, PA:
Allen Ethan (b. 17 May 1870, m. Malvina Taylor)Abraham Lincoln (b. 18 Oct 1871, m. Bertha Downtain/Dorrentain, d.abt 21 July 1960. "Linc" served as justice of Oklahoma Supreme Court
Uriah Clayton
John Nevin (b. 3 Mar 1875, m. Edith Potter)Daughters, born in Kiowa, KS:
Ada May (b. 17 July 1878, unmarried)Mercy Hope (b. 17 July 1878, died in infancy)


Also see:

Abraham Lincoln Herr
Elizabeth (Shenk) Sommers nee Herr
Lillian Vicury (Painter) Herr
Uriah Clayton Herr
Charles C. Painter
Cynthia (Morton) Painter
David Franklin Painter
Jewel Kathryn (Herr) West
Herr family photos

 

Thanks to Marilou West Ficklin for contributing the above genealogical information and image to this web site!

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