A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Round Hill, Adams County, August 8, 1862, overstating his age by four years, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 13 as a private with Co. I, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1863.
He married Caroline Hartzell and fathered Henry Calvin (b. 10/03/64), Mary Elizabeth (b. 10/21/66 - married George Zeigler), Emma Catherine (b. 01/05/69 - married Charles U. S. G. Gordon), Martha Jane (b. 01/20/71 - married Ammon Henry Binner), Willis Owen (b. 10/14/72), Ella Margaret (b. 09/18/74 - married Lemuel David Heikes), Sarah Luetta (b. 03/08/77 - married Samuel J. Pressel), Clara Alice (b. 04/29/79 - John Bowman Freey), Anna Rebecca (b. 11/10/81), Charles Luther (b. 03/05/84), Maurice Oscar (b. 03/05/84, d. 1896), Miley Tolbert (b. 03/14/89), and Milton Robert (b. 03/14/89). Cause of death is listed as "carcinoma of lower jaw."
courtesy of Dennis Brandt #47232334
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Round Hill, Adams County, August 8, 1862, overstating his age by four years, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 13 as a private with Co. I, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1863.
He married Caroline Hartzell and fathered Henry Calvin (b. 10/03/64), Mary Elizabeth (b. 10/21/66 - married George Zeigler), Emma Catherine (b. 01/05/69 - married Charles U. S. G. Gordon), Martha Jane (b. 01/20/71 - married Ammon Henry Binner), Willis Owen (b. 10/14/72), Ella Margaret (b. 09/18/74 - married Lemuel David Heikes), Sarah Luetta (b. 03/08/77 - married Samuel J. Pressel), Clara Alice (b. 04/29/79 - John Bowman Freey), Anna Rebecca (b. 11/10/81), Charles Luther (b. 03/05/84), Maurice Oscar (b. 03/05/84, d. 1896), Miley Tolbert (b. 03/14/89), and Milton Robert (b. 03/14/89). Cause of death is listed as "carcinoma of lower jaw."
courtesy of Dennis Brandt #47232334
Family Members
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Henry Calvin Sheaffer
1864–1939
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Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sheaffer Ziegler
1866–1937
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Emma Catherine Sheaffer Coulson
1869–1942
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Martha Jane Sheaffer Binner
1871–1957
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Willis Owen Sheaffer
1872–1958
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Ella Margaret Sheaffer Banks
1874–1949
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Sarah Luetta Sheaffer Pressel
1877–1963
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Anna Rebecca Sheaffer Thompson
1881–1942
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Luther Charles Sheaffer
1884–1951
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Maurice O Sheaffer
1885–1896
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Miley T Sheaffer Sr
1889–1978
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Milton Robert Sheaffer
1889–1979
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