Wood County, Ohio Biographical, Page 759, Henry and
> Sarah Royer Shanabarger) had a family of eleven
> children: ...Lavina, wife of Solomon Peterson, of
> Richland County, Ohio. (Leah Greeley)
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Henry and Sarah are the two that died together and all their children had to be farmed out, Robert being one of them. He and sister Lovina appear on the 1850 census, living with the Petersons, next door to John L. Shanabarger. Lovina later married Solomon Peterson.
1850 Census Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
District 127, Enumerated 28 Aug. 1850, Page 333b
#198 William Peterson, age 30, male, farmer, real estate value 4,000, birthplace Ohio
Ester Peterson, age 25, female, birthplace Ohio
Phillip Peterson, age 7, male, birthplace Ohio
Aaron E. Peterson, age 4, male, birthplace Ohio
Ersula Peterson, age 1, female, birthplace Ohio
ROBERT SHONEBARGER, age 23, male, laborer, birthplace Ohio
LOVINA SHONEBARGER, age 18, female, birthplace Ohio
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(Ref: Article on Ephriam Shanabarger in Wood County Biographical, Page 759). Henry and Sarah (Royer) Shanabarger were natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. They were married in Richland County, Ohio, and there they both died in 1844. They had a family of eleven children: Robert of Lucas, Ohio; Ephraim; Isaac, a shoemaker, who died in Missouri, Albert, a farmer of Whitley County, Indiana, Thomas Jefferson, a soldier of the 49th Q.V.I.; Wilson Shannon, who died on the banks of the Mississippi River with camp diarrhea, and was buried there; Lavina, wife of Solomon Peterson of Richland County, Ohio; Eleanor, who died at the home of her brother Ephraim and was the widow of Thomas Reed...; Lucinda, wife of Ephraim Klink of Mt. Zion, Ohio; Brageta, who died in 1844; and Leah, wife of James Marks of Lucas, Ohio. After their death and not long after the farm was sold, the administrator of the estate bound the children out to farmers. (Leah Greeley)

• Married: ABT 1824

1. ROBERT W. SHANABARGER b: 24 JAN 1827 in OHIO
2. EPHRAIM SHANABARGER b: 16 APR 1828 in RICHLAND CO., OHIO
3. ISAAC JESSE SHANABARGER b: 31 MAY 1829 in OHIO
4. LOVINA SHANABARGER b: 14 MAR 1832 in OHIO
5. ALBERT SHANABARGER b: OCT 1832 in OHIO
6. ELEANOR (ELLEN) SHANABARGER b: ABT 1833 in OHIO
7. LUCINDA SHANABARGER b: NOV 1836 in OHIO
8. THOMAS JEFFERSON SHANABARGER b: ABT 1838 in RICHLAND CO., OHIO
9. LEAH SHANABARGER b: ABT 1841 in OHIO
10. WILSON SHANNON SHANABARGER b: 1843
11. BERGATTA SHANABARGER b: 1844