Isaac Shatto ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Biographical Encyclopedia of Juniata Valley, 1897. ⁹
ISAAC SHATTO, Shermansville, Perry county, Pa., was born October 28, 1845, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Lackey) Shatto. His great-grandfather, Nicholas Shatto, was a native of York county, but came to Perry county and was one of the first settlers there. He live in Tyrone township, and spent his life farming. He married and had the following named children: Joseph; David; Benjamin; and Jacob. He died at an advanced age. Jacob Shatto was born in York county; he farmed and operated a saw-mill. He married Miss Rensberger. Their children are: Samuel: Joseph: Sarah and Susan, twins; Hester; and Hettie. All are dead but Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shatto were members of the Dunkard church. He died March 8, 1856, aged eighty-eight years. His wife died February 17, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Lackey, Mr. Shatto's maternal grandparents, were both natives of Perry county. Mr. Lackey was a farmer: he married Margaret Renbright: their children are: Elizabeth (Mrs. Shatto); William; Sarah; Nancy; Benjamin; Alexander; Mary (Mrs. Enoch Young); Henry; John; and Margaret (Mrs. Andrew S. Loy). All are deceased but Mrs. Shatto. Mr. and Mrs. Lackey were members of the United Brethren church in which Mr. Lackey served as local preacher. They are both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shatto are natives of Perry county; Mr. Shatto, who was a farmer, was born October 21, 1808, in Tyrone township. Mrs. Shatto was born November 22, 1821. Samuel Shatto was married in 1836, to Eliza, daughter of Jacob Hair. Their children are: Levi; and Jacob, who died April 17,1850, aged eleven years. Mrs. Shatto died August 10, 1840. Mr. Shatto was married in 1842, to Annie Shade. Their only child died in infancy. She died July 10, 1843. Mr. Shatto was married January 9, 1845, to Elizabeth, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs Alexander Lackey. Their children are: Isaac; John L.; Benjamin F.; Mary E. (Mrs. Daniel Comp); Maria, first wife of Daniel Comp, died in June, 1889, aged thirty-eight.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shatto reside with their son, Isaac. Isaac Shatto attended the public schools and learned farming with his father. At the age of twenty-three years he began to farm for himself. He farmed in Dellville and Cumberland until 1877, when he returned to the homestead, and has cultivated it to the present time.

Isaac Shatto was married May 25, 1869, to Elmira A., daughter of Peter and Catharine (Aultland) Beacher. Their children are: Benjamin F.; and Mary E. (Mrs David Hamman). Mrs. Shatto died May 8, 1877, aged twenty-seven years, eleven months and nine days. Isaac Shatto was again married, January 8, 1884, to Susan, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Myers) Drawbaugh. Mr. Shatto and his family are members of the United Brethren church; Mr. Shatto has been steward for several years.

2. He has conflicting death information of His death certificate states 12 Sep 1911, his tombstone 11 Sep 1911., 12 Sep 1911 and Shermans Dale, Perry, PA. ⁸

Isaac married Ellenora Amanda Beecher, daughter of Peter Beecher Jr. and Catharine Altland, on 25 May 1869 in , , PA.^{1 2} (Ellenora Amanda Beecher was born on 29 May 1849 in Carroll Twp., Perry, PA,^{10 11 12} died on 8 May 1877 in Carroll Twp., Perry, PA ¹² and was buried in Shermans Dale: Youngs Church Cemetery, Perry, PA ¹².)

Isaac next married Susannah Drawbaugh, daughter of Jacob Drawbaugh and Elizabeth Myers, on 8 Jan 1884.¹ (Susannah Drawbaugh was born on 10 Oct 1847 ¹ and died on 27 Jun 1917 ¹.)