Joseph SCHROCK

                   "Joseph was born in Waterloo Co., Ontario, When four years old his father, Eli Schrock, died leaving a family of seven small children. Joseph was adopted into the home of his uncle Jonas Wenger, living near Elmira, Waterloo Co., Ont., for board and clothing until he was 16 years old. Then starting out for his own he labored for a few years. He went to Elkhart County, Indiana in 1858. Here he married Margaret Stauffer June 23, 1861. In the spring of 1872 he moved his family to McPherson County, Kansas. They attended the Spring Valley Church, 2 miles east and 3 miles south of Canton, KS. The farm just north of the church is where two of their children were born, Harvey and Ida. The first Post Office in that part of the county was the top drawer of the dresser which was Joseph's and Margaret's wedding gift from her brother, which he made. Then in March of 1876 they moved to Harvey County, Kansas and in 1899 as a retired farmer moved to the town of Newton, Harvey County, Kansas. He died April 30, 1909, she Dec 30, 1922. They are buried in the cemetery which was beside the Pennsylvania Mennonite Church (This was dismantled in 1973.) The cemetery is now East Lawn and is 2 miles east and 13 miles south of Canton. After Joseph's death, Margaret made her home with her children. She passed away in the home of a son, Harvey, in Wilmore, KS. She was a great grandmother on her 80th birthday and named for her, Margaret Webb Sangster." (wrote by Margaret Webb Sangster, family #3133, Oct 10, 1991).

"Joseph going out on his own and after laboring a few years under adverse circumstances, he went to Elkhart Co., Indiana in 1858. By being industrious and saving, he soon procured a home and married Margaret Stauffer on June 23, 1861. She was the daughter of Jacob Stauffer who was born in Pa. In
the spring of 1872, Joseph moved with his family to Kansas and lived in McPherson and Harvey counties. II