Barber County Kansas

ELIZABETH (SHENK) SOMMERS nee HERR (1848- aft.1900)

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

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