George Mansfield Sheffer and Sarah Eleanor Myers

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Husband George Mansfield Sheffer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Jun 1847 - Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1937
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob B. Sheffer (1814-1900) 1
         Mother: Sarah Linn (1824-1890)

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       Marriage: 22 Apr 1875 3

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Wife Sarah Eleanor Myers ^{2 3}

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           Born: 11 Feb 1853
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jul 1910
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Nelson Myers (1816-1884) 4 5
         Mother: Jane Armstrong (1820-1901) 4 5

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Children

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1 F Hattie L. Sheffer ³

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           Born: 14 Aug 1877
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1878
         Buried:  - Georgeville Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Bertha Florence Sheffer ³

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           Born: 13 Feb 1879
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jun 1892
         Buried:  - Georgeville Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M James Austin G. Sheffer ³

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           Born: 11 Jun 1880
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1960
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Anna C. Kline (1885-1939)
           Marr: 1908 - Venango Co, PA

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4 F Stella Sheffer ³

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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5 M Plumer N. Sheffer ³

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           Born: 1885
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Nov 1920
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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6 M William Otis B. Sheffer ³

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           Born: 1887
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Oct 1922
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Beulah Gladys Kline (1890-1925)
           Marr: 1916 - Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - George Mansfield Sheffer

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He was reared a farmer and received his education in the country schools. February 17, 1864, he enlisted in Company L, Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and joined the Army of the Potomac at Arlington, in June following. Before getting into active service he was taken down with typhoid fever and sent to the hospital at Gysborough Point. Recovering he spent some time at home on furlough, and re-turned to his command, and was put on duty in Washington. He was discharged in June, 1865. After the war he worked on a farm for several years, then engaged in drilling oil wells until 1878, when he began the business of engine repairing, first at Pickwick, Clarion county, whence he removed in 1882 to Emlenton. Mr. and Mrs. Sheffer were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and also of the Royal Templars of Temperance. He was an Odd Fellow, and in politics a Prohibitionist. [HVC 1890, 943]

In 1882, G. M. Sheffer placed the Emlenton Machine Works in opera-tion, having removed the plant from Pickwick, Clarion county. General repairing and machine work was given exclusive attention for several years. November 10, 1885, William Conver, a local mechanical genius, patented the Daisy engine, in which Mr. Sheffer at once secured an interest, and the Daisy Engine Company was organized. It was a rotary engine, with vibrating piston; journals and packing block of such a nature as to make a steam joint between the piston case and bottom of cylinder were patented November 5, 1887, and other new features were tested. The engine was a curiosity in its way; one of fifteen horse power weighed only five hundred and fifty pounds, for which reason it would have been well adapted for use on street cars, etc. [HVC 1890, 516]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 942.

2 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 123.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 943.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 943, 1126.

5 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 122.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 16.