Arconti-King Family Tree

Joe Flaherty:

He almost never used his first name, but was always known as Daniel - as was his father before him. His wife Elizabeth, who was about eight years his senior, was a descendant of Christian Bauer, the surveyor who laid off the tracts of land that Jacob Bankert had bequeathed to his children in 1789. They lived near the old Stonesifer homestead in the general area of Mayberry and Uniontown in Carroll Co. MD. He apparently rented the land he lived on, farmed on a small scale, but was a shoemaker by trade. He was a life long member of the St. Mary's Reform congregation at Silver Run and according to tradition, he is said to have enjoyed his daily portion of "schnapps." He apparently lived not too far from his brother Peter The couple raised a family of 8 children. Their descendants are the most numerous family group of all the children of our immigrant ancestor John Daniel Stonesifer. When the 10 year legal battle over their father's estate erupted in the 1840's two suits were filed regarding grievance by the Stonesifers, one being known as Case in Equity No 61 by Daniel on Aug 3, 1843. At one time in the testimony it was said that it was believed that Daniel always signed his name in the old German way. However, a copy of his signature on a legal paper dated 1847 in this writer's possession does not seem to bear this out. He died Mar 8 1849 and the newspaper notice of this death "Hanover Spectator" of March 16, 1849 gave is first name as David - a mistake having been made in taking the "ni" in Daniel for the letters "vi". His estate could not be settled by his son Joseph till Feb 14, 1854 because of family lawsuits. The same year that Daniel died a first cousin of his died also. This was John Jacob Wildasin who died Nov 12 1849 near Hanover. Daniel Stonesifer's mother was Maria Elizabeth Yingling who married Samuel Wildasin. Susanna was the older sister of Maria Elizabeth. The writer of this family history is a direct descendant of John Daniel Stonesifer, JR and John Jacob Wildasin.- both of them being great, great, great, grandfathers to him. The writer is also a direct descendant of John Daniel Stonesifer, Jr's sister Barbara as her granddaughter became the wife of Joseph, one of four sons of John Daniel Stonesifer. This information not only shows us the complexity of our family relationships and genealogy, but it is also important in detailing family history.