Some More on Susanna Tucker Shanstrom

From a Standard History of Kansas.

JOHN A. SANDSTROM

He was born in Sweden March 3, 1842, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1852.  Susanna was his second wife.

John grew up in Iowa and later moved to Kansas where he had a large ranch.

On October 15, 1871, he married Susan Tucker of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a daughter of John Tucker.  His mother was the sister of Robert Morris, a prominent Pennsylvania  merchant who financed the Continental government through the Revolution.

She was the youngest of eight children.

Among her brothers were three who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

--Brock-Perry