Henry Sheaffer
(1810-1880)
Elizabeth Edenbaugh
(1816-1860)
Rudolph Dubbs Sheaffer
(1855-1926)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leah Jane Beecher

Rudolph Dubbs Sheaffer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 18 Jun 1855, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA 3 8
  • Marriage (1): Leah Jane Beecher on 15 Apr 1880 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 31 Dec 1926, Quincy, Franklin, PA at age 71 1 3 8 9
  • Buried: 3 Jan 1927, Shippensburg: Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 3 10

   FamilySearch ID: L66D-SLP.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 11 Several Beecher families are on the same page in the 1880 Census in Penn Township.

Jesse Beecher, cooper, 55, was living with wife Elizabeth, 60; and Rudolph Shaeffer, mason, 25; and his wife, Mary, 23 [Jesse's daughter].

Edward Beecher, works on farm, 15, was living in the household of Martin Long, huckster, 61, and his wife Susan, 48.

Phillip Beecher, laborer, 45, was living with wife Maria, 45; and "mother" Rebecca, 82, boarding.

Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Residence: on 20 Dec 1894 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 5


Rudolph married Leah Jane Beecher, daughter of Jesse B. Beecher and Elizabeth Foust, on 15 Apr 1880 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA.1 (Leah Jane Beecher was born on 4 Nov 1856 in Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA 1 12 13 14, christened on 14 Nov 1875 in Shippensburg: United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA,15 died on 1 Jan 1912 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA 1 13 14 and was buried on 4 Jan 1912 in Shippensburg: Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 13 14.)

Sources

1 Sheaffer, Ed, Family Notes of Sheaffer Family (Shippensburg, PA. 1977.).

2 Records of Sharon Nickol Swope (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=nickol).

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54471493.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54470890.

5 Shippensburg News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 20 Dec 1894, page 3. Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Beecher.

6 Shippensburg News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 26 Oct 1948, page 1. Obituary of O. C. Sheaffer.

7 Shippensburg News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 14 May 1954, page 3. Obituary of James Sheaffer.

8 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 122236. Randolph Sheaffer. Father Henry Shaeffer. Mother Mia Edenbaugh.

9 Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Indices (Pennsylvania Division of Vital Records, New Castle, PA, 16103. Online at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/public_records/20686 .), 1926, death certificate 122236.

10 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 122236. Randolph [sic] Sheaffer. Father Henry Shaeffer. Mother Mia Edenbaugh.

11 1880 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Penn Township, Series: T9 Roll: 1122 Page: 372.

12 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Upper Dickinson Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1102 Page: 922.

13 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54471569.

14 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 6080. Leah Jane Shaffer. Father Josiah Beacher. Mother Elizabeth Foust.

15 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 282. Cumberland, Shippensburg, United Methodist Church, printed page 194, online image 29 of 131.


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