John Sheffer and Barbara Best

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Husband John Sheffer ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: John Scheffer 4
           Born: Abt 1784 - Dauphin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1863 - ? Clarion Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salem, Clarion Co, PA

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         Father: John Adam Scheffer (1751-1840) 4
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Barbara Best ^{1 4}

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            AKA: [Unk] Best 3
           Born: Abt 1791
     Christened: 
           Died: 1874 - Clarion Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Best (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Margaret Eberhart (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Jacob B. Sheffer ⁵

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           Born: 20 Jan 1814 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Feb 1900
         Buried:  - Georgeville Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Sarah Linn (1824-1890)

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2 M William Sheffer ^{2 4}

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           Born: 26 May 1819 - Westmoreland Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1912
         Buried:  - Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Salem, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Priscilla Kribbs (      -      ) 4 7
           Marr: 22 Oct 1844 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Sheffer

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He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1822 and settled in the area that later became part of Clarion County.

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

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1009.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1036.

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xlviii.

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

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.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1447.