Wingate Family Site

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These pages contain information about the:

Shuster * Tressel *Wingate

Families of Tuscarawas, Hardin, & Hancock Counties, Ohio.

Family History Information On

The Descendants Of

Daniel and Margaret Shuster

and related families

The History of Tuscarawas County

Warner, Beers & Co

1884

Warren Township - page 666

Daniel Shuster was one of the early settlers. He came to the township, an old man, from Washington County, Penn., and did not survive many years. His family consisted of two sons, Samuel and John, and nine daughters, and for each of his children he provided a quarter section of land. To Samuel was given the northwest quarter of Section 27, where he died. John occupied the northeast quarter of the same quarter. and afterward removed to Hardin County, where he died. John Yant, a brother-in-law of Daniel Shuster, removed from the same county to the southeast quarter of Section 22, which he had entered, and where he afterward died. George Tressel, with his wife Catherine (Shuster) and family, emigrated in 1808 from Pennsylvania to the northeast quarter of Section 36, entered by Daniel Shuster, where he raised a large family, and died at a good old age. Jacob Steese, in 1816, settled on the southeast quarter of Section 23. He had emigrated from Northumberland County, Penn., to Harrison County, Ohio, in 18116, and thence removed to Warren Township.

Daniel Shuster served in Captain George Sharp's Company, Washington County Militia, during the War of the Revolution and also as a Private in Captain James Wright's Company of Youghegenia Militia for the month of September 1778; battalion commanded by Colonel John Stewart. Daniel enlisted September 14, 1778 to January 1, 1779. For saving the life of his commanding officer in the Revolutionary War, he was cited for meritorious conduct.

The government awarded him a medal and twelve quarter-sections of land in Ohio with the privilege of choosing these quarter sections from lands not already deeded to someone else. These quarter sections of land were deeded to Daniel Shuster by the President of the United States.Daniel and his family chose land in beautiful Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

Some descendants still own land in the area. In 1904, it was decided to have an annual reunion of the descendants of Daniel and Margaret Shuster. The reunions originated in Ada, Ohio, however they were moved to Tuscarawas County around 1921, where they have been held since. This year’s reunion will be held in New Cumberland, which is a hop, skip and a jump from the original Shuster land! Plan to attend and visit the land of your ancestors!.