Stambaugh, Kentucky

A visit to Stambaugh, Kentucky to photograph the Post Office which is being preserved and painted.  The community received its name when Stambaugh's post office was established on February, 28, 1905, in honor of Bessie  Stambaugh, postmaster.   Bessie's relatives Samuel and Philip Stambaugh were two of the area's first settlers. My Great, Great Grandfather Samuel Stambaugh and my Great, Great Grandmother Charlotte Rogers Stambaugh are buried on a hill behind the post office.  You can see the cemetery in the photos below.  I believe Samuel's father , John Philip Stambaugh is also buried there.   John Philip brought his family to Kentucky in the early 1800's.  John Philp Stambaugh was born  Sept.17, 1760 in North Codorus. Pa.  He died in Floyd County in 1840.   He was married to Elizebeth Scheibly who was born in 1760 in Franklin, Pa. and died in Kentucky.   John Philip Stambaugh was the son of  
Lawrence Lorentz Stambach b. Dec 8,1725 in Kutzenhausen Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
d. 1805 in Strasberg, PA
Lawrence imigrated to America with his widowed mother, Maria Catharina Meyer Stambach in 1739.   I wish I knew more about this intrepid woman who chose to leave France with her young son and in so doing was the mother creater of the Stambaugh family in Kentucky. She supposedly did not live long after arriving in Pennsylvania and died Nov. 17, 1739 in York, PA.  I suspect she may have been a Huguenot as many imigrated to PA during that period.
Lawrence's father was Johannes Stambach born in 1676 Kutezenhausen Bas-Rhin, Alsace France and died in 1733 and married Maria Catharina Meyer b. 1680 Merckweyler, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
Lawrence married Ann Catherine Brieter b.1730 in York, PA d.1807 in Strasberg. PA. I have no research on Ann Catherine Brieter or to whether they had more children than John Philip Stambaugh.  That is for another day.
John Philip Stambaugh b. Sept 17, 1760 in North Codorus, York, PA d. 1840 Floyd Co, KY
married Elizabeth Scheibly b. 1760 in Franklin, PA  Their Children Lawrence Stambaugh
Philip Stambaugh
Elizabeth Betty Stambaugh 1784 – 1859
John Stambaugh 1786 –
Samuel Stambaugh 1796 –
Frederick Stambaugh 1810 –
Now we are back to Samuel Stambaugh  Samuel Stambaugh b. 1796 in York, PA d. Jan 12, 1865
Married Charlotte Rogers b. 1800 in Delaware d.1859 in Stambaugh, Ky
Married Eliza Hagar in 1860  who is the father of my Great Grandfather Robert Jefferson Stambaugh who is the father of my Grandfather Philip Stambaugh who is the father of my mother Gladys Bernice Stambaugh Waller.   Now the photos below will make some sense.



Stambaugh, Ky,  Post Office





Cemetery





Homesite of Robert Jefferson Stambaugh and Philip Stambaugh at Horse Picture Branch



Grandfather Philip Stambaugh buried on the hill on this corner.



Buriel Site





excerpt from John Haden Rice's book