John Sheffer

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John Sheffer is not in my direct ancestry. He 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: Brother of Winnifred May Kline Son of John Abram Kline and Elizabeth Anna Frederick

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1784
Marriage			To Barbara Bescht/Best
Death
Burial

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 Barbara Bescht)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Susannah Sheffer	F	1812
Jacob Best Sheffer	M	1814
Adam Sheffer	M	1815
John Sheffer	M	1817
William Sheffer	M	1819
Mary Ann Sheffer	F	1821

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Blair's Corners, Beaver Twp., Venango Co. (now Clarion) PA	1810-1822
Salem Twp.,Venango Co. (now Clarion) PA	1822- ??

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.

Source notes

• Around 1810, William Bescht (Best) Jr., Barbara Best Sheffer’s father, purchased a track of land in Venango County near Blair’s Corners (present day Clarion County) and gave parcels to each of his children for relocation to the area. In 1822 John and Barbara purchased & moved onto land near Salem (now Lamartine, Salem Twp.).