Daniel Schrock
1828 - 1890 (62 years)-
Name Daniel Schrock [1] Birth 4 Jun 1828 Gender Male CLER Y Religion Old Order Amish Residence 1863 IA 
- Sold Ohio farm and moved to Iowa in April
Residence 1864 OH - Returned to Mt. Hope, Ohio
Residence 1870 IL - Moved to Arthur and purchased the Harve Schrock farm.
USR1 Fell into a ravine. Death 10 Sep 1890 KS [1] - Records kept by family members show that in 1890, Daniel Schrock, then an Old Order Amish minister, traveled to Kansas with Joe Helmuth. While walking across a railroad bridge, Daniel fell fifteen feet to the bottom of a ravine, breaking his neck. Daniel had purchased a round trip ticket, and the railroad honored it to transport his body home.
Person ID I5423 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 13 Dec 2022
Father Jost Schrock, b. 7 Apr 1792 d. 12 Dec 1846, Holmes Co., OH (Age 54 years) Family ID F3806 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Miller Marriage 27 Nov 1847 Children 1. Faronia Schrock 2. David D. Schrock, b. 14 Sep 1850 d. 22 Apr 1906 (Age 55 years) 3. Jonas Schrock 4. Magdalena Schrock 5. Benjamin D. Schrock 6. Jacob Schrock 7. Lydia Schrock 8. Joseph Schrock d. 1938 9. Elizabeth Schrock 10. Catherine Schrock Family ID F3807 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Oct 2007
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Notes - Daniel lived in Somerset Co., PA, and Ohio before arriving in Arthur Illinois.
“In 1890, Daniel Schrock, then an Old Order Amish minister, traveled to Kansas with Joe Helmuth. While walking across a railroad bridge, Daniel fell fifteen feet to the bottom of a ravine, breaking his neck. Daniel had purchased a round trip ticket, and the railroad honored it to transport his body home.”
Daniel was living at Arthur, Illinois at the time of his death. In 2016, his 1882 house was moved to the newly established Illinois Amish H eritage Center near Arthur, to be restored and included in the Center’s preserved heritage and culture of the Illinois Amish. [1, 2]
- Daniel lived in Somerset Co., PA, and Ohio before arriving in Arthur Illinois.
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