Salina Minervia Neff

(1833 - December 26, 1909)
Salina Minervia Neff|b. 1833\nd. Dec 26, 1909|p19.htm|John Neff|b. about 1798|p315.htm|Mary|b. about 1803\nd. between 1852 and 1856|p5224.htm|||||||||||||

Relationship=Great-grandmother of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
Charts on which this person appears:
Rev. Don E. Smith, Sr. Family Tree
Peter & Salina Lenhart's Gravestone, Harmony Church Cemetery, Zwingle, Iowa
     Salina Minervia Neff was born in 1833 in Pennsylvania, daughter of John Neff and Mary.2

She appeared on the Indiana Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, census of September 28, 1850 living at home with her parents. She was 16 years old.3

Salina married Peter Lenhart on Monday, November 28, 1859 in Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa. The ceremony was performed by the Justice of the Peace, J. C. Barky.2 After their marriage, Salina and Peter lived on what later became the Avery West Farm, 1 1/2 mile south of in Zwingle, Jackson County, Iowa.1

Salina appeared on the Otter Creek Township, Jackson County, Iowa, US census of June 13, 1900living with Avery West. She was listed as a boarder even though she was his mother-in-law. She a 66 year old widow. She was the mother of 5 children of which only 4 were living at the time of this census. She and her parents had been born in Pennsylvania.4

Salina died on Sunday, December 26, 1909 in Zwingle. All that Grace could remember about her grandma was that they went to see her and she was lying on a couch and was very sick. (Grace never got to enjoy any of her grandparents and felt like she missed out on the love from them.).1 She was laid to rest in the Harmony United Reform Church Cemetery in Zwingle, Jackson County, Iowa.1

Children of Salina Minervia Neff and Peter Lenhart

Citations

  1. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  2. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn: FGS. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  3. [S127] 1850 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1850 Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Indiana Twp; Series: M432 Roll: 747 Page: 83.
  4. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900, Iowa, Jackson, Otter Creek, Series: T623 Roll: 438 Page: 139.
 


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