William b Sinking Valley Huntingdon Blair Co PA c1798
William STOOPS was born in Sinking Valley, Huntingdon (now Blair) County, Penn., and in 1798 settled near Franklin, Venango County, where he followed shoe-making. He was married twice; had a large family. One of the sons of William STOOPS was Philip, a blacksmith, who married Elizabeth VANDERLIN, and settled soon after that event near what is now known as Annandah Station, on the Shenango & Alleghany Railroad. The iron used by him at an early day was brought over the Alleghany Mountains on horseback. He had twelve children--John, William, Stephen, James, Josiah, Philip, Jr., Henry, Mary, Catherine, Sarah, Elizabeth and Nancy, all of whom arrived at years of maturity and married, except Josiah, who died when eight years old. The family located on the premises in Washington Township lately owned by John STOOPS, about the year 1840.