John De Alva Sheakley and Anna Mary Philips

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Husband John De Alva Sheakley ¹

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           Born: 11 Sep 1858 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: George Sheakley (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Malinda Ross (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 29 Dec 1880 4

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Wife Anna Mary Philips ⁴

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           Born: 6 Dec 1861 - Allegheny Co, PA 4
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         Father: Jesse W. Philips (Abt 1832-1900) 5
         Mother: Adeline Boyer (Abt 1840-Aft 1909) 5

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Children

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1 M James A. Sheakley ⁴

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           Born: 21 Jan 1882 4
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           Died: 1905 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4
 Cause of Death: Accidental fall
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2 M Fred Leroy Sheakley ⁴

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           Born: 16 May 1884 4
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         Spouse: Etta Pittinger (      -      ) 4

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3 M Clarence Sheakley ⁴

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Laura Bell Sheakley ⁶

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           Born: 1 May 1888 6
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5 M Anderson H. Sheakley ⁶

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           Born: 30 Jan 1896 6
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         Status: Twin

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6 M Leonard D. Sheakley ⁶

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           Born: 30 Jan 1896 6
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         Status: Twin

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General Notes: Husband - John De Alva Sheakley

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He attended the neighborhood district schools until he was eighteen years of age, remaining on the home farm until he attained his majority, when he left for a California prospecting tour. After a year, however, he returned to Sheakleyville and after remaining here on the home farm for another year he married. In 1882 his father made him a gift of the old farm, upon which he continued to reside until 1893, when he succeeded to the auctioneering business of M. Wheeler. This was the oldest and most substantial business of its kind in the county and was materially increased through the persistency, shrewdness and ability of Mr. Sheakley, his operations covering not only Mercer but several adjoining counties in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. In politics he was a Democrat and served for two terms as a member of the village school board. His fraternal relations were with the Odd Fellows, Misbeth Lodge No. 59, of South Sharon, Pennsylvania, and with the Knights of the Maccabees, of New Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was a stanch member of the Baptist church of Sheakleyville.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 987.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1106.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1106, 1117.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 988.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 988, 1010.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 989.