"William Eshelman, aged 76 years and for the past thirty years a resident of this community, passed away last Thursday, August 15, at the St. Francis Hospital in Kewanee, where he had been taken following a severe attack of influenza. He was born in Gettysburg, Pa., March 8, 1853.
In 1877 Mr. Eshelman was united in marriage to Miss Clara Beard, of Gettysburg, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom survive, as follows: Mrs. Cora Hand and Mrs. Margie Hand of Sheffield, Mrs. Virginia Peterson of Kewanee, Norman, Hiram, James, William and McKinley Eshelman, all of Kewanee. There are also three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Owens Sr. of Sheffield, Mrs. Angie Anderson of Mineral, and Mrs. Mary Alice Watson of McKeesport, Pa.; two brothers, Emory Eshelman of Sparta, Wis., and George Eshelman of Missouri. His wife preceded him in death twenty-six years ago and a daughter, Truza, passed away in 1916.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the M. E. Church, Rev. H. S. Davis in charge, and burial was in the Sheffield Cemetery."
"William Eshelman, aged 76 years and for the past thirty years a resident of this community, passed away last Thursday, August 15, at the St. Francis Hospital in Kewanee, where he had been taken following a severe attack of influenza. He was born in Gettysburg, Pa., March 8, 1853.
In 1877 Mr. Eshelman was united in marriage to Miss Clara Beard, of Gettysburg, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom survive, as follows: Mrs. Cora Hand and Mrs. Margie Hand of Sheffield, Mrs. Virginia Peterson of Kewanee, Norman, Hiram, James, William and McKinley Eshelman, all of Kewanee. There are also three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Owens Sr. of Sheffield, Mrs. Angie Anderson of Mineral, and Mrs. Mary Alice Watson of McKeesport, Pa.; two brothers, Emory Eshelman of Sparta, Wis., and George Eshelman of Missouri. His wife preceded him in death twenty-six years ago and a daughter, Truza, passed away in 1916.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the M. E. Church, Rev. H. S. Davis in charge, and burial was in the Sheffield Cemetery."
Family Members
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Norman David Eshelman
1878–1949
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Hiram Isaac Eshelman
1883–1959
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Cora Annabell Eshelman Hand
1884–1968
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Margie Mae Eshelman Hand
1887–1945
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Virginia Rue "Virgie" Eshelman Peterson
1890–1981
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James Ivan Eshelman
1893–1965
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William Alvin Eshelman
1893–1970
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McKinley Joseph Eshelman
1896–1972
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Truza C. Eshelman
1899–1916
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