Adam Sheffer

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Adam Sheffer is not in my direct ancestry. His father is the great-grandfather of James Austin Sheffer and Otis Branfield Sheffer who married Anna Catherine "Annie" Kline and Beulah Gladys Kline; the wives are 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Winnifred May Kline Daughter of John Abram Kline and Elizabeth Anna Frederick

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	24 Feb 1788	Westmoreland Co. PA
Marriage	1813		To Susannah Shaffer b. 12 Jan 1792 Green Co. PA; d. 24 Apr 1877 (dau. of John Phillip Shaffer (b. 1768;d. 19 Aug 1848) and Catherine Elizabeth Dornblaser (b. 5 Nov 1771; d. 31 May1855)
Death	24 Nov 1838
Burial	Nov 1838	Moundview Cemetery, Mount Vernon OH

= Ancestry chart segment

             Generation 3                 Generation 4              Generation 5      Generation 6            Generation 7
                                                                                                          +-- John Adam Schaeffer
                                                                                                          |    (~1751-1840)
                                                                                  +-- Adam Sheffer -------+
                                                                                  |   (1788-1838)         |
                                                                +-- Burr Sheffer--+                       +-- Catherine Dorothea Trope (Sipe)
                                                                |   (1833-1905)   |
                                      +-- Anna Sophia Sheffer --+                 +-- Susannah Shaffer
                                      |   (1869-1956  )         |                     (1792-1877)
         +--Catherine Izetta Breece --+                         +-- Catherine Bechtol
         |  (1893-1965)               |                             (1837-1897)
         |                            +-- Levi Newton Breece
         |                                (1864-1931)
         |
         +-- Cledith Gail McDonald
             (1892-1949) 
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Children

(all children with Susannah Shaffer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Lovina Sheffer	F	19 June 1792	Northampton Co. PA	m.16 Nov 1888 Knox Co. OH to Leonard S. Kinnard
Lemuel Sheffer	M	26 Jan 1822	Northampton Co. PA	m.Dec 1828 (?)to Christina unknown	died 26 aug. 1904; buried Mound View Cemetery
Lydia Sheffer	F		expect Northampton Co. PA
Burr Sheffer	M	1833	Northampton Co. PA	m. 18 Feb 1858 to Catharine Bechtel (b. 1 Mar 1837, d. 1 Feb 1897 age 59 y 11 mo, Pleasant Twp.	died 10 Sept 1905
Samuel Sheffer	M	9 May 1815
Catherine Sheffer	F			m.18 Mar 1852, to Fredrick Gorhers
Philip Sheffer	M		Knox Co., OH	m.14 Oct 1858 to unknown Pazie/Paazig	died 7 Mar 1873, age 43y,11 mo, 22 da., Clinton Twp. Knox Co. OH, St. John's Cem.
Lewis Sheffer	M				died 3 Sept 1853, age 19yr,2 mo. 23 da; Mount View Cem, Knox Co. OH
Sarah Ann Sheffer	F			m. 7 June 1854 to Simion Hildreth
Jackson Sheffer	M				died 3 Sept 1853, age 19 yr,2mo,23 da.; Mount View Cem., Knox Co. OH

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Greensburg, PA	1813	marriage
Licking Co. OH	shortly after 1813 - 1828
Knox Co. OH	1828
Clinton Twp., Knox Co. OH	1836

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
0	1790 United States Federal Census,
1	1800 United States Federal Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, page 17. Family headed by Adam Shaffer: 2 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 3 females <10, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >45. The ages are off by a few years from other records of this family, but the location and distribution of children are consistent. Adam should be 49 and John 16 in this census.
2	1810 United States Federal Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, page 8. Family headed by Adam Sheffer: 2 males 16-25, 1 male >45, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >45. The age for John Adam Sheffer ((59) matches. John (25) matches for one of the males. The other ages can be matched to other children of John Adam Sheffer.
3	1820 United States Federal Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, page 22. Family headed by John Schaffer: 4 males<10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females <10, 1 female 26-44. Previous enty: Adam Schaffer: 1 male <10, 1 male >45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female >45. The ages would appear consistent with the families of John Sheffer (36) and Barbara (29) and of John Adam Sheffer (69) and Catherine. There is one extra female under 10 in the John Schaffer household. The other children are Susannah (8), Jacob (6), Adam (5), John (3) and William (1). The child and younger woman in the Adam Schaffer family are not identified.
4	1830 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, page 7. Family headed by John Sheffer: 1 male <5, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 male 70-80, 1 female <5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 50-60, 1 female 70-80. Note: The ages appear to correspond with other sources as follows: The two older males are John Adam Sheffer (79) and John Sheffer (46). The older females are Catherine Dorothea Trope and Barbara Bescht/Best(39) plus an unknown woman. The male children are Samuel(4), William(11) and Adam(15). John has died. The female children are Elizabeth(1), Anna(7), Polly(9), and Susannah(18).
5	1840 United States Federal Census,
6	1850 United States Federal Census,
7	1860 United States Federal Census,
8	Rick Sheffer personal correspondence Aug 2008. "Sheffer Family Journey, from the Rhineland to Venango County, Pa.", copyright 2008 by Rick Sheffer, a powerpoint presentation of data and photos,program presented in Emlenton PA Sept. 2008. Information based on Hazel Sheffer Crawford's collection of family and other photos to be donated to the Pumping Jack Museum (of the local oil industry), in the former Crawford High School building, Emlenton, Venango Co. PA. "It is my strong opinion that the farm of John Sheffer (son of John Adam Sheffer) is now under Kahle Lake, (Salem Twp. Clarion Co. PA)" Note: this location is corroborated by Nancy Beals & Charlie Walls, owners of a farm bordering Kahle Lake. The deed to their property notes that the land west of their property "is Sheffer land". However, Kahle Lake covers the land west of their property.
9	The John Adam Scheffer Family History and Lineage 1751-1958 compiled by Hazel Sheffer Crawford, Emlenton, PA 1958. Submitted to us by Nancy Beals Walls Oct 2008. See John Adam Schaeffer biography.
10	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Winnifred May Kline.