Harry J. Shoff and Ruby Z. Rowles
Husband Harry J. Shoff 1
Born: 3 Jun 1883 - Ferguson Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Christopher James Shoff (1843- ) 1 2 Mother: Anna E. "Annie" Glasgow (1847- ) 1 3
Marriage: 9 Jun 1904 4
Wife Ruby Z. Rowles 4
Born: 28 Mar 1883 - Greenwood Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John A. Rowles ( -1897) 4 Mother: Eleanor [Unk] ( -1904) 4
Children
1 F Mary Lenore Shoff 4
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2 F Anna Glasgow Shoff 4
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General Notes: Husband - Harry J. Shoff
He obtained his education in the public schools of Ferguson township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, after which he was in the lumber business with his father and for three years they operated together in Clearfield County. Thereafter he devoted himself to farming, purchasing 100 acres of the homestead, his father retaining 100 acres, which remained his home. He also owned several tracts of valuable coal land in Clearfield County. Mr. Shoff also operated fifty acres of farm land owned by his wife. He kept high grade cattle and carried on dairying on a small scale. He was an active member of Kerrmoor Grange, in which he held the office of overseer. He was a Democrat in politics but never accepted any township office except that of school director. He was a stockholder in the Ferguson & La Jose Telephone Company.
1 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 719.
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.
3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 769, 778, 1026.
4
Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 720.
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