Abram L. Shenk
Biography from Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, PA pages 380-381
Submitted by Wanda CampbellABRAM L. SHENK. For four generations the family of SHENK has lived in the old homestead in which Abram L. SHENK was born Oct. 12, 1826. The farm was first settled by the great-grandfather of the present owner, who died at the age of ninety-seven years, and there his grandfather, Henry, and his father, Abram, were born.
Abram SHENK, Sr., was a farmer by occupation. He was a Republican in politics and a Mennonite in religious faith. He died in 1841, at the age of forty-six. He married Anne LANDIS, daughter of John LANDIS, and she survived him for many years, dying in the spring of 1861, at the home of her son. They were the parents of six children, of whom Abram L., is the eldest. The others were: Lizzie (deceased), the wife of Jacob LUTZ; Christian, a farmer of Manor township; Annie (deceased), who married Benjamin NEFF; Daniel, a resident of Safe Harbor; and Mary, who died in early childhood.
Abram L. SHENK remained at home, assisting his mother in the care and management of the farm, until he reached the age of thirty, when he was married to Fannie, daughter of Peter MUSSER. She died in 1873, the mother of four children, namely: Lizzie, Fannie and Mary and Abram M., (twins). Lizzie married David DAMBACH, and Fannie married Albert M. STONER, both of Manor township. Mary became the wife of Samuel RODKEY, of Columbia. Abram M. lives in the old homestead and conducts the old Shenk farm; he married Katie ROHRER, daughter of Christian ROHRER, a successful farmer.
After the death of his first wife Abram L. SHENK married Lizzie, daughter of Christian RODKEY, and to this marriage came one daughter, Martha, who is now the wife of Charles MYERS, a machinist, of Columbia. Mr. SHENK continued to live in the old homestead until 1892, when he removed to his present farm, situated a half mile north of Central Manor. There he cultivates thirty-three acres, with marked success, and, despite his seventy-six years, is able to devote his entire time to farm work. He is held in high esteem by his neighbors for his many admirable qualities, and is one of the influential farmers of Lancaster county. His political and religious faiths are the same to which is father held; he upholds Republican policies and is a member of the Mennonite Church. His old age is cheered by memories of a life well spent, and he looks forward to the future without fear.
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