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Notes for DAVID C THURSTON:
DAVID C. THURSTON, farmer, Section 13, Township 31, Range 20, P. O. Parsons, settled here May 10,
1866. He is a native of Mt. Gilead, Morrow Co., Ohio, born March 11, 1843, a son of Levi and Elizabeth
(Bastress) Thurston, father, of Pottsville, Pa., the mother, of Jersey Shore. They married and settled in
Morrow County, Ohio, in about 1830, where they still reside. The above gentleman enlisted April 21, 1861, in
Company G, Twentieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served some three months. In West Virginia,
August 29, 1861, enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Served until the close
of the war, being mustered out in Texas, and discharged, December, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. He was united
in marriage, May 21, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Barns, a native of Shelby County, Ohio, born October 7, 1841.
She died February 19, 1869. Mr. T. married a second time, April 16, 1871, to Miss Christina Bilby, a native
of Indiana, born November 7, 1853, died June 12, 1877, leaving three children - Levi H., Edward C., Alfred
A. Mr. T. married a third time July 14, 1878, Miss Rebecca Chapman, of Kentucky, but raised in Warren
County, Ill., born June 14, 1854. Mr. Thurston's farm consists of eighty acres of fine improved land.

David married Barns, Elizabeth on 21 May 1868. Elizabeth was born on 7 Oct 1841; died on 19 Feb 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Bilby, Christina on 16 Apr 1871. Christina was born on 7 Nov 1853; died on 12 Jun 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thurston, Levi H
2. Thurston, Edward C
3. Thurston, Alfred A

David married Chapman, Rebecca on 14 Jul 1878. Rebecca was born on 14 Jun 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Bastress, Elizabeth Rhodes on 2 Jun 1836 in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, OH. Elizabeth (daughter of Bastress, Solomon and Sloanaker, Elizabeth) was born on 16 Mar 1814 in Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA; died on 28 Jan 1892 in Main Twp., Columbia County, PA; was buried in Fisher Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Solomon had moved to Jersey Shore, Lycoming County in 1817 where he became a prominent citizen and a lifelong
resident. He had six children.
Among the early representative of Jersey Shore was Solomon Bastress. Born in Pottstown, Montgomery County
PA. January 20, 1788 and died at Jersey Shore, May 12, 1872., in his Eight-fourth year. Before locating here he
became interested with a company in the furnace business on Pine Bottom run. This was before 1814.
According to his obituary, Solomon served in the War of 1812, holding the commission of Lieutenant.
Mr. Bastress was a weaver and dyer by trade, but soon after settling here he became a surveyor and Scrivner. He
was sent to the legislature in 1827 and re-elected in 1828, 1829 and 1830, serving four years in succession. In
1846 he was chosen an associate Judge and served two terms of five years each.
When Susquehanna township was divided in 1854, his friends insisted that the new township should be name
after him and it was named " Bastress Township".
Solomon Bastress is buried in Lot 303 in Jersey Shore Cemetery (41°11'54.12"N, 77°15'56.13"W).

Solomon married Sloanaker, Elizabeth on 22 Nov 1807. Elizabeth was born on 31 Aug 1788 in Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA; died on 27 Nov 1880 in Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA; was buried in Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes for ELIZABETH SLONAKER:
Elizabeth Bastress is buried in Lot 303 in Jersey Shore Cemetery (41°11'54.12"N, 77°15'56.13"W).

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Notes for PETER BASTRESS:
Born 7/9/1758. He and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Roth lived in and around Pottstown. They attended the
Emanuel Lutheran Church and were buried in the church cemetery. A number of references to Peter indicate that
he was a man of various skills; a blue dyer, a dealer in land, coal and lumber as well as probable lawyer.
Peter was a Berks County Solider in the Revolution but his name was given as Peter Bastery in one source as
Peter Bastres in another (see index oaths of Allegiance, Berks County, PA. Revolutionary War- on microfilm #
133. PA. State Library in Harrisburg.) According to the Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File - {series
#13.50}, Peter was considered inactive duty militia under the 4th Battalion, 7th Company because "The
circumstance of his family will not admit his going out..." He was subsequently ordered to pay a fine.
Peter died in Jonestown, Lebanon County, in 1837. Anna Elizabeth was born in 1753 and died in 1832 as far as
is known, both were buried in the Emanuel Church Cemetery. Peter and Anna Elizabeth were married in 1778 or
1779 and had three sons, John, Peter J., and Solomon.

Peter married Roth, Ann Elizabeth in 1778. Ann was born on 12 Jul 1761 in Colebrookdale Twp, Berks County, PA; died on 06 Feb 1832 in Pottstown, PA; was buried in Emanuel Church Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anna Elizabeth was the daughter of Matthias Roth who was born November 8, 1717 at sea, on the voyage to
America. died March 13, 1795 in Colebrookdale Twp., Berks County, PA. Matthias was the son of Johann
Jacob Roth and Maria Barbara Weber. He married Maria Elizabeth Beyer January 18, 1741. Maria Elizabeth
Beyer was born January 26, 1724 in Eppstein, Palatinate, Germany. Maria Elizabeth died November 14, 1809.
She was the daughter of John Philip Beyer born March 23,1701 in Flomersheim Palatinate, Germany and Maria
Elizabeth Beck born November 11, 1721 in Eppstein Germany.
Anna Elizabeth Bastress is buried in the Old Burial Ground, Zion Reformed Church (now UCC), in Pottstown,
Montgomery Co., PA. (40°14'51.94"N, 75°38'58.85"W) Her name is inscribed on a bronze plaque in the
memory garden in front of the church.
The plaque reads in part:
Site of Old Burial Ground
The Gift of John Potts Founder of Pottstown to
Early German Settler of the Lutheran and Reformed Faith, A.D. 1752
On the adjoining bronze tablets are inscribed the names and dates of persons whose graves were located in the
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Reformed portion of the graveyard. The monument was created by the congregation of Zion Reformed Church
(United Church of Christ) Rev. Howard A. Norman, Pastor, Oct 12 A.D. 1959 to perpetuate the memory of the
beloved dead whose graves are located here.
Anna Elizabeth's headstone reads as follows:
Elizabeth Bastress
w/o Peter Bastress
b. 7/12/1761
d. 2/6/1832