Peter Humrickhouse, Jr

1783-1839

Peter Humrickhouse Jr was born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 26th August 1773, eight days before the signing of the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the American Revolution. His father, Peter Sr, had served under George Washington in America's fight for independence.

Due to an epidemic of Yellow Fever, Peter Sr moved the family to Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1798.

At the start of 1808, Peter Jr entered into a partnership with his father in the carriage-making business. Two months later, he married Sarah Shuman, the daughter of Thomas Shuman, a well-to-do Hagerstown property investor.

Sarah had family in the frontier town of Brownsville in southwest Pennsylvania. Her uncle, Jacob Bowman, had opened Brownsville's first trading post in 1787 and was well established there. America was expanding westward and Brownsville was a gateway to the West. Peter put his house on the market. The "Peter Humrickhouse and Son" partnership of six years was officially dissolved, and Peter moved his young family to Brownsville. His father remained in Hagerstown and continued with the carriage-making business.

In Brownsville, Peter became involved in business ventures—a dry goods store and coppersmith shop—with his wife's relatives. Brownsville became the home for Peter's family for 20 years.

In 1833, Peter purchased from his father two bounty-land warrants for grants of land in Coshocton County, Ohio. Peter Sr had not received them as payment for his service in the Revolutionary War as some writings suggest—his name is not on the original warrants.

Peter Jr's eldest son, Thomas, moved to Coshocton in 1832. Peter and the rest of his family followed in 1834. He was there for only five years before dying just days before his 56th birthday, but his family remained and became one of the most prominent families in Coshocton County in the 1800s.

Father: Peter Humrickhouse Sr (1753-1837)
Mother: Mary Margaret Stadleman (1756-1839)

Spouse: Sarah Shuman (1788-1854)

Children:
  • Thomas Shuman Humrickhouse (1809-1891
  • George Augustus Humrickhouse (1811-1850)
  • Mary Susan Humrickhouse (1814-1890)
  • Samuel Humrickhouse (1816-1843)
  • Elizabeth Humrickhouse (1819-1907)
  • Harriett Bowman Humrickhouse (1821-1915)
  • John Humrickhouse (1823-1890)
  • Margaret Humrickhouse (1824-1912)
  • Sarah Humrickhouse (1826-1906)
  • Anna Isabella Humrickhouse (1828-1920)
  • William Humrickhouse (1830-1895)

Timeline

  1. 1783

    August 26 - Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The 4th of 13 children of Peter and Mary (nee Stadleman) Humrickhouse, Sr.[1]

  2. 1798

    June - Due to a series of Yellow Fever epidemics, Peter Sr moves the family to Hagerstown, Maryland.[2]

  3. 1808

    January 1 - Goes into partnership with his father as carriage makers in Hagerstown, Maryland. Business is called, "Peter Humrickhouse and Son".[3]

  4. 1808

    March 1 - Marries Sarah Shuman in Washington County, Maryland.[4]

  5. 1809

    April 25 - Son Thomas born in Hagerstown, Maryland.[5]

  6. 1811

    September 2 - Son George born.[6]

  7. 1814

    January 24 - Daughter Mary born. She is christened on March 2 in the Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Maryland.[7]

  8. 1814

    March 7 - Partnership with his father in Hagerstown is dissolved, but his father continues the carriage-making business.[8]

  9. 1814

    Moves to Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.[9]

  10. 1819

    August 7 - Daughter Elizabeth born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.[10]

  11. 1821

    September 29 - Daughter Harriett born.[11]

  12. 1823

    March 16 - Son John born.[12]

  13. 1824

    December 24 - Daughter Margaret born.[13]

  14. 1826

    June 1 - Daughter Sarah born.[14]

  15. 1828

    March 12 - Daughter Anna born.[15]

  16. 1830

    June 29 - Son William born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.[16]

  17. 1833

    May 25 - Purchases 400 acres of land in Keene Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, from his father.[17]

  18. 1834

    Moves to Coshocton, Ohio. Admitted into the Presbyterian Church of Coshocton.[18]

  19. 1839

    August 23 - Dies Coshocton, Ohio.[19]

Ad in the Hagers-Town Gazette (Hagerstown MD), Jan 22, 1811.
Note the 'long s' (an 's' that looks similar to an 'f') in the typeface. What looks like 'fubfcriber' is actually 'subscriber' and "fhe' is 'she', etc.
1811 newspaper ad for a runaway indenture servant

Ad in the Hagerstown Maryland Herald And Hagerstown Weekly Advertiser (Hagerstown MD), Sept 22, 181:3
1813 house for sale ad

Ad in the American Telegraph (Brownsville PA), Nov 23, 1814:
1814 Shuman and Humrickhouse coppersmiths ad

Ad in the American Telegraph (Brownsville PA), May 10, 1815:
1815 William Moffet and Peter Humrickhouse shop ad

Footnotes and Sources

  1. [1] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family (Place and publisher unknown, 1913), pp. 23 & 24. https://archive.org/details/revchristianfred00humr
  2. [2] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p17 & p45.
  3. [3] The Maryland Herald And Hagerstown Weekly Advertiser (Hagerstown MD), 8 January 1808, p1. Newspaperarchive.com
  4. [4] "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940", p33, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q297-N5BD : Sun Mar 10 02:36:45 UTC 2024), Entry for Sarah Shuman and Peter Humrickhouse, 01 Mar 1808.
  5. [5] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p24.
  6. [6] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p24.
  7. [7] Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYP9-3V6Z : 12 February 2020), Maria Susana Humrickhouse, 1814.
  8. [8] The Maryland Herald And Hagerstown Weekly Advertiser(Hagerstown MD), 16 March 1814, p1. Newspaperarchive.com
  9. [9] William E. Hunt, Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio: a complete panorama of the county, from the time of the earliest known occupants of the territory unto the present time, 1764-1876 (Cincinnati OH: Robert Clarke & Co, Printers; 1876; facsimile reprint, Salem MA: Higginson Book Co; 1995), p. 252.
  10. [10] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p25.
  11. [11] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  12. [12] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  13. [13] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  14. [14] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  15. [15] Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
  16. [16] Sources:
    • Date of birth: Harry H. Humrichouse, Rev. Christian Frederick Post and Peter Humrickhouse, and Some of the Latter's Family, p26.
    • Place of birth: Coshocton, Ohio, United States records, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6M87-W3N?view=explore : Jun 7, 2026), image 267 of 364; Ohio. County Court (Coshocton County). Image Group Number: 004260563
  17. [17] “Indenture between (1) Peter Humrickhouse Sr & his wife Mary of Washington Co. MD and (2) Peter Humrickhouse Jr of Fayette Co. PA,” 25 May 1833; for lots no. 5, 6, 7 & 8 in 2nd quarter, 6T, 6R, in Coshocton Co. OH; MS1385, Box 1, Folder 1; Humrickhouse Family Papers; Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland OH.
  18. [18] Sources:
    • William E. Hunt, Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio, p. 252.
    • "Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio: Session Records, 1836-1879," Vol. 3, pp221-222, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia PA. FHL microfilm #0906168, items 2-5.
  19. [19] Sources:
    • William E. Hunt, Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio, p.252.
    • Presbyterian Church, Coshocton, Ohio: Session Records, 1836-1879, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia PA. FHL microfilm #0906168, items 2-5, Vol. 3, pp. 221-222.

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