Robert Absalom Shoff and Hannah M. Dewitt
Husband Robert Absalom Shoff 1
AKA: Robert M. Shoff 2 3 Born: 27 Nov 1847 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Samuel Shoff (1806-1881) 1 5 6 Mother: Jane Hegarty (1812-1883) 5 7
Marriage: 4 Apr 1878 3
Wife Hannah M. Dewitt 3 5
Born: 8 Mar 1856 - Chest Twp, Clearfield Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: George Gale Dewitt (1831- ) 8 Mother: Rachel Bloom ( - ) 4
Children
1 F Jane E. Shoff 4 9
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: William S. Moore (1878- ) 9 Marr: 1898 10
2 F May Shoff 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Milton Shaffer ( - ) 3
3 M Samuel A. Shoff 3 4
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4 M George Clyde Shoff 3 4
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5 M Cam W. Shoff 3 4
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6 F Myrtle F. Shoff 3 4
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7 M Everett D. Shoff 3 4
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8 F Nellie Shoff 3 4
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9 M Thomas Jefferson Shoff 3 4
Born: 12 Feb 1898 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Robert Absalom Shoff
Bigler Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
He left school and went into business, devoting himself to farming and looking after his coal interests. He carried on general farming and raised stock for his own use. For at least five years coal was taken out from under the surface of his farm and still the vein was not exhausted.
He and his family attended the Presbyterian church. He served his township as school director and road superintendent. Beginning in 1873 he was identified with Glen Hope Lodge, No. 669, Odd Fellows.
1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 733.
2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 693, 777.
3 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 844.
4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 694.
5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 694, 777.
6 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 452, 844.
7 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 452.
8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 654, 694.
9 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 625, 844.
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Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 625.
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