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Mount Varnum Cemetery, North Washington, Butler, Pennsylvania
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Brothers, Samuel Shira and Alfred L. Shira married sisters, Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf and Mary Anetta Steintorf.
On 23 Aug 1903 William David Shira and Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira were riding in their buggy, the horses were spooked by a threshing machine on the roadside. Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira was thrown from the buggy and her skull was fractured and her hip and side were injured. This accident caused her become crippled for the rest of her life.
In a letter that William David Shira wrote to Ruth's brother, Henry Franklin "Harry" Steintorf, he said that his mother had fallen off of her back porch and dislocated her shoulder and broke her arm. Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira died 5 months later.
9. Thomas Plummer Shira, b. 5 Aug 1874, Butler County, Pennsylvania , d. 4 Dec 1939, Barksdale Air Force Base, Lafayette County, Louisiana (Age 65 years)
Shira Group Back: Thomas Plummer Shira, Calvin Curtis Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira holding Donald Brown Shira, Unknown, Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael holding son Kenneth; Front, Samuel Shira and Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
Samuel Shira Family in front of Shira Home 1. Unknown 2. Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael holding Kenneth S. McMichael 3. Unknown 4. Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf 5. Samuel Shira 6. Unknown 7. Thomas Plummer Shira 8. Eleanor Elizabeth Shira Caldwell; Butler, Pennsylvania. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
75th Birthday Party for Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira 1 Back, Left to Right: William David Shira, Ida Mary Shira Glenn, Calvin Curtis Shira, and Anna Elizabeth Shira Bell. Front, Left to Right: Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael, Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira and Eleanor Elizabeth Shira Caldwell
75th Birthday Party for Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira 2 Back row, Left to Right: William David Shira, Fannie Campbell Shira, John Horace Glenn, Ida Mary Shira Glenn, Unknown, Calvin Curtis Shira, Unknown, and Unknown. Front row: Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael, Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira, Anna Elizabeth Shira Bell, and Eleanor Shira Caldwell. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
Shira Family Front Row, Left to Right: William David Shira; Robert Bruce Shira, Agnes E. Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira. Second Row, Left to Right: Edwin Edward Bell, Margaret (Madge) A. Shira McMichael, Kenneth Shira McMichael, Unknown, Fannie Campbell Shira, and Elizabeth Ruth Steintorf. Third Row, Left to Right: Unknown, Unknown, and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Shira Bell. Person standing on the far Left: John Everett Brown.
Shira, Samuel and Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Headstone Mount Varnum Cemetery, North Washington, Butler, Pennsylvania. The cemetery is located in North Washington, Pennsylvania on Hilliard Road just west of Highway 38.
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