Documents for the Stahl family. (Individuals with ** symbol are lineal ancestors of Frank Stahl.)

General reference

Quick graphic reference to Frank Stahl's ancestors (The earliest documented relative is his G-G-grandfather, Henry Stahl, of Franklin County, PA, who died in 1790.)

"Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there...": Henry Eugene Stahl never existed!!! (A case study in dealing with wrong information)

Where did Henry Stahl come from? (Probably around Siegen, Germany)

Detailed, indexed account of Henry Stahl's descendants (large PDF, latest version from December 2022)

Family births, marriages, and deaths, from the Stahl / Stephenson bible, Garst Museum, Darke County, OH: 1) image; 2) transcription

Family births and deaths, from an 1880 letter by Simon Stahl: 1) image; 2) transcription

Graphic showing migrations of the sons of Michael (Henry's son) to Ohio and Indiana. The red line highights Frank Stahl's ancestors.

Generations 1 and 2 - Henry Stahl of Pennsylvania and his sons
 

** Henry Stahl (died 1790)

1) Naturalization, Maryland, 1764 (Liber DD-6, pp. 285-286; image);
2) Naturalization, Maryland, 1764 (transcription)
3) Summary of land transactions in PA and MD;
4) 1789 tax record, Franklin Co., PA;
5) Probate 1791 - request from heirs for land appraisal, Bedford Co., PA;
6) Estate papers and inventory Franklin Co., PA (images);
7) Transcription of estate inventory


John Stahl (died 1815, KY)

1) Will abstract, Warren Co. KY, from Burns, 1936;
2) Estate inventory image , Warren Co., KY;
3) Estate inventory transcription;
4) Death record for Magdalene Vizziard Stahl, Warren Co., KY, 1852

 

Henry Stahl (1752 - 1816)

1) Probate - letters of administration, Somerset Co., PA;
2) Transcription, probate letters of administration;
3) Estate inventory, Somerset Co., PA;
4) Transcription of estate inventory;
5) Tombstone, Somerset, PA

 

** Michael Stahl (1745 - 1822)

1) Will, Washington Co., MD;
2) Abstract and transcription of will


Leonard Stahl (died 1829)

1) Will, Westmoreland Co., PA;
2) Abstract of will,
3)Tombstone, Stahlstown, PA


Jacob Stahl (1762 - 1831)

1) Estate inventory, image;
2) Transcription of estate inventory, Washington Co., MD;
3) Mary Stahl will, image, 1860
4) Transcription, Mary Stahl will, 1860;
5) Family burial plot, Hagerstown, MD

 

Daniel Stahl (1764 -1837)

1) Will image, 1837;
2) Will, complete transcription;
3) Tombstone, Greencastle, PA

Generation 3 - Children of Michael Stahl (1745 - 1822) who moved to Ohio and Indiana
 

Henry Stahl (1778 - 1845)

1) Patents for Ohio land - 1817, 1823, 1840;
2) Tombstone, Darke Co., OH


** Jacob Stahl (1780 - 1854)

1) Patent for Indiana land, 1818;
2) Will, Blackford Co., IN, image;
3) Transcription of 1854 will;
4) Biography,
5) Tombstone, Hartford City, IN


Abraham Stahl (1787 - 1856)

1) Land patent, 1839;
2) Tombstone, Petroleum, IN


Traceable daughters of Michael Stahl

1) Mary (1782 - 1827);
2) Anna (1792 - 1855)

Generation 4 - Traceable children of Jacob Stahl (1780 - 1854)
 

Abraham Stahl (1809-1889)

1) Tombstone, Hartford City, IN
2) Death notice, Indianoplis Journal, 7 November 1889

 
 

Simon Stahl (1811 - 1899)

1) Transcription of letter written in 1880 with detailed family information;
2) Death certificate, Fulton Co., IN

 

** Michael Stahl (1813 - 1862)

1) Ohio land patents, 1840;
2) 1859 land sales in OH in preparation for move to KS;
3) Note on Susan Moore Stahl from Connelley's Standard History of Kansas and Kansans;
 4) Tombstone, Auburn, KS


Rachel Stahl (1815 - 1868)..... 1) Tombstone, Ansonia, OH


Elizabeth Stahl (1817 - 1903)..... 1) Tombstone, Trenton, IN
 

Bethuel Stahl (1819 - 1908)

1) Death certificate, IA;
2) Tombstone, Council Bluffs, IA


Rebecca Stahl (1822 - 1891)..... 1) Tombstone, Hartford City, IN


Moses Stahl (1826 - 1901)

1) Short bio from Cutler's History of Kansas;
2) Widow's pension record, Indian Wars

Generation 5 - Traceable children of Michael Stahl
 

Frank Stahl (1841 - 1937) (photo with family)

1) Civil War service record;
2) Civil War pension record;
3) Indian Wars service record;
4) Program for 1909 temperance picnic in Auburn,
5) Will, Osage county, KS 1931;
6) Death certificate, 1937;
7) Death certificate for his wife, Jennie, 1917;
8) Kansas Territorial Pioneer certificate;
9) Certificate for Santa Fe Trail Association's Hall of Fame, 2017;
10) Tombstone, Auburn, KS
11) Program for 1935 annual temperance picnic, two years after repeal of the 18th amendment


Lavinah Stahl (1843 - 1919)

1) Marriage record, Shawnee Co., KS;
2) Death certificate, MO;
3) Tombstone, Johnson Co., MO


Jerome Stahl (1845 - 1915) (photo with family)

1) Bio from Connelley's Standard History of Kansas and Kansans;
2) Obituary in the Topeka Daily Capital, 24 April 1915;
3 ) Tombstone, Topeka, KS


Sarah Ann Stahl (1851 - 1920)... 1) Tombstone, Auburn, KS
 

Florence Jane Stahl (1853 - 1924)

1) Death certificate, OK;
2) Tombstone, Wannette, OK

 

Mary Belle Stahl (1858 - 1898)

1)Tombstone, Eagle Co., CO
2) Death notice, Eagle County Times (Red Cliff, Colorado), 12 November 1898

 


Martha Stahl (1862 - 1863) ..... 1) Tombstone, Auburn, KS

Generation 6 - Children of Frank Stahl


Alexander Stahl (1870 - 1959) (photo)

1) Notes on Alexander by his brother, Leon;
2) Marriage record to Mattie Bassett, 1895 Shawnee Co., KS;
3) Marriage record to Jean Phil, 1947;
4) Death certificate, CA;
5) Death notice, Modesto Bee, CA, 9 Oct 1959
6) Tombstone, Turlock, CA


Effie May Stahl (1872 - 1970) (photo at 60th anniversary)

1) Marriage record, Shawnee Co., KS;
2) Newspaper article from Duncan (OK) Banner;
3) Death certificate, OK;
4) Tombstone, Duncan, OK


Edgar Marion Stahl (1874 - 1955) (photo)

1) Death certificate, KS ;
2) Tombstone, Auburn, KS

 

Lloyd Lincoln Stahl (1876 - 1962) (photo)

1) Marriage record, Shawnee Co., KS;
2) Death certificate, KS,
3) Tombstone, Auburn, KS


Lewis Garfield Stahl (1876 - 1964) (photo)

1) Marriage record, Shawnee Co., KS;
2) Death certificate, KS;
3) Tombstone, Wakarusa, KS

 

Clare William Stahl (1878 - 1958) (photo)

1) Marriage record, Shawnee Co., KS;
2) Death certificate, KS;
3 ) Tombstone, Auburn, KS

 

Eva Irene Stahl (1881 - 1970) (photo)

1) Marriage record, Shawnee Co., KS;
2) Eva married Blanchard Meredith in 1907. Here are various documents about the Meredith family's early history;
3) Death certificate, KS;
4) Tombstone, Auburn, KS;



 

Francis Leon Stahl (1889 - 1975)

1) Death certificate, KS;
2) Tombstone, Auburn, KS