George Mansfield Sheffer

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR George Mansfield Sheffer is not in my direct ancestry. He is the father 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 of John Abram Kline and Elizabeth Anna Frederick

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1847
Marriage	22 Apr 1875		To Sarah Myers
Death		Emlenton PA
Burial		Emlenton Cemetery

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 3               Generation 4                   Generation 5            Generation 6            Generation 7
                                                                                                          +-- Adam Schaeffer
                                                                                                          |    (~1751-1840)
                                                                                  +-- John Sheffer -------+
                                                                                  |   (1784-  )           |
                                                          +-- Jacob Best Sheffer--+                       +-- Catherine Dorothea Trope (Sipe)
                                                          |   (1814-1900)         |
                           +-- George Mansfield Sheffer --+                       +-- Barbara Bescht/Best
                           |   (1847-1937 )               |
 +--James Austin Sheffer --+                              +-- Sarah Linn
 |  (1880-1960)            |                                  (1824-1890)
 |                         +-- Sarah Myers
 |                             (????-???? )
 |
 +-- Anna Catherine "Annie" Kline
     (1885-1939) 
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Children

(all children with Sarah Myers)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Hattie Loretta Sheffer	F	1878
Bertha Florence Sheffer	F	1879			Died 4 June 1892in explosion, New Kensington PA while residing at home of her aunt & uncle, M/M L.S. Watson.
James Austin Sheffer	M	1880
Stella Sheffer	M	1882
Plummer Nicholson Sheffer	M	1885
Otis Branfield Sheffer	M	1887

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Emlenton, Venango Co.PA

Photo Gallery

Emlenton Cemetery gravestone photos 1991 by E W Williams

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
7	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Winnifred May Kline.
8	Rick Sheffer personal correspondence Aug 2008-ongoing. "From the Rhineland to the Pennsylvania Oil Country,The Sheffer Family Journey", CD manuscript of powerpoint program presented in Emlenton, Sept 2008, on the 150th anniversary of the oil industry in Emlenton. His Aunt Hazel Sheffer Crawford's collection of family and other photos to be donated to the Pumping Jack Museum ( re. the local oil industry), Emlenton, Venango Co. PA. The museum is located in the former Crawford High School building.