John Poundstone    

JOHN POUNDSTONE.  John Poundstone, of Nicholson, is of German descent. His grandfather, Philip Poundstone, came from Germany and settled in Nicholson township at an early day. Nicholas Poundstone, father of John, was born in Fayette County, and spent his life here as a farmer. He married Elizabeth Everly, and they had eight children. Their son John was born in Nicholson township, Aug. 30, 1804, and was educated at the public schools, and growing up learned the trade of cabinet-making, and followed it for about four years in Masontown. In 1830 he moved to where he now lives, and has ever since “farmed it.”

Aug. 12, 1827, he married Susanna Rider, of German township, who died in June, 1869. They had ten children, seven of whom are now living. June 4, 1871, Mr. Poundstone took to himself another wife in the person of Barbara A. Hunsaker. Of his children, one, a son, is living in California, another son is a hotel-keeper, and the others are farmers. He has but one daughter living, Louisa, who married a farmer by the name of Law.

Mr. Poundstone has held important township offices, that of school director, etc., and is a member of the Lutheran Church, in which he has held the office of elder for many years. His possessions consist chiefly of lands. Mr. Poundstone is a gentleman of unassuming modest manners. His neighbors speak highly of him as an honest, honorable man, whose life is gentle, and whose good deeds, quietly done, are numerous.

History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1882, page 705. View the image of this page online - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.