John Alferd Shoemaker and Frances L. Stake

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Husband John Alferd Shoemaker ¹

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           Born: 15 Feb 1848 - Franklin Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Shoemaker (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Hefflefinger (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 21 Oct 1868 2

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Wife Frances L. Stake ¹

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           Born: 23 Mar 1849 2
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         Father: Daniel Stake (1818-      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Culbertson (1814-      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Daniel H. Shoemaker ²

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           Born: 2 Sep 1869 2
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2 F Dora Shoemaker ²

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           Born: 23 Apr 1872 2
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3 M William O. Shoemaker ²

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           Born: 13 Oct 1875 2
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4 F Lulu P. Shoemaker ²

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           Born: 17 Sep 1878 2
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5 F Carrie M. Shoemaker ²

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           Born: 5 Nov 1881 2
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General Notes: Husband - John Alferd Shoemaker

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He was born about midway between Roxbury and Strasburg, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He remained at home on the farm until twenty years of age, and then went to learn his trade in the Franklin Tannery. In 1871 he entered mercantile business, buying out the interest of S. J. Eckenrode, and thereafter was engaged in this line. He was elected justice of the peace in the spring of 1885, and served as postmaster from 1873 to 1885; was also auditor and assessor of the township; was a director in the Path Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Company for ten years, and filled other positions of trust. He was prominently connected with the interests of the Methodist Protestant Church and Sunday-school, being officially connected with the same.
He was a member and Worshipful Master of the A. Y. M., No. 262; also I. O. O. F., No. 419, and Encampment, and Red Cloud Tribe, No. 150, I. O. R. M. He was a leading Democrat, and in 1887 was elected a member of the State convention.

1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 755, 758.

2 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 755.

3 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 758.