Samuel Allshouse (father) was born about 1808. He accompanied his parents to Armstrong county, where he was reared to manhood. He then returned to Westmoreland and located on the farm now owned by his son Adam B., and on which he died November 5, 1886. He was a strict lutheran, held that denomination and was one of the originators and early directors of Brush Creek cemetery. He was married to Lydia Ann Baughman, a daughter of Adam Baughman, of North Huntingdon township, whose father came from Holland and owned some eight hundred acres of land. They had eight children, of whom seven are living: Eliza Jane, wife of Solomon Harman; Sarah, wife of Jonas Gongaware, of Harrison City; Albert S., of Kittanning; Lydia Ann, Josiah, Priscilla, wife of John Rumbaugh, and Adam B.
