Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameAbraham Martin SHEAFFER 
[1975]
[1975]Birthabt 1852 [8403]
Memodied aged 78 years
Birth1850 [4281, p 6]
Death14 Mar 1930, Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [8403], [4281, p 6; year only] Age: 78
BurialSt. John’s Cemetery, Camp Hill, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [8446]
Census
• 1900 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 49, fish peddler. [5648]
• 1910 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 59, farmer. [5648]
• 1910 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 59, farmer. [5648]
Individual Notes
• Abraham M. Sheaffer, of Shiremanstown, died yesterday morning at a local hospital. He was 78 years old.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sadie Sheaffer, of Shiremanstown; five sons, C. W., George A. and Clayton, all of Shiremanstown, and J. M. and N. C. Sheaffer, both of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Miller, of Shiremanstown, and Mrs. Ben Harmon, of Chambersburg. [8403]
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sadie Sheaffer, of Shiremanstown; five sons, C. W., George A. and Clayton, all of Shiremanstown, and J. M. and N. C. Sheaffer, both of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Miller, of Shiremanstown, and Mrs. Ben Harmon, of Chambersburg. [8403]
Spouses
Individual Notes
Headstone reads: Wife of Abraham M. [8442]
ChildrenHarry E. (1872-1927)
John (~1881-)
Norman (1885-)
Mary (1888-)
Charles W. (1875-1959)
Birth20 Sep 1859, Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [1250], [1976], [4284, p 2; date only], [4294, date & state only], [8441], [8821]
Death22 Jul 1940, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania [1976, date only], [4284, p 2; date only], [4294] Age: 80
MemoHarrisburg State Hospital
Burial25 Jul 1940, St. John’s Cemetery, Camp Hill, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [4281, p 5; place only], [4294], [5751]
FatherIsrael MOHLER (1810-1897)
MotherSarah WEIGHTMAN (1821-1891)
Individual Notes
• No record of parents’ names. [4294]
Census
• 1860 Census: Greene, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Age 1, b PA. [5619]
• 1870 Census: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 11, b PA. [5620]
• 1880 Census: Penn, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 20, b PA. Parents b PA. [3821]
• 1900 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 40. [5648]
• 1910 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 50. [5648]
• 1940 Census: Lower Allen, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 80, b PA. Mother in household of Clayton B. Sheaffer. [6805]
• 1870 Census: Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 11, b PA. [5620]
• 1880 Census: Penn, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 20, b PA. Parents b PA. [3821]
• 1900 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 40. [5648]
• 1910 Census: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 50. [5648]
• 1940 Census: Lower Allen, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Age 80, b PA. Mother in household of Clayton B. Sheaffer. [6805]
Marriage18 May 1897, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania [1975]
Family Notes
• “Miss Sadie Mohler and Mr. Abraham Sheaffer of Shiremanstown were quietly married yesterday afternoon at the resident of Rev John W. Deshong 202 Llerr St. Mr. and Mrs. Sheaffer will reside at Shiremanstown”
From the Harrisburg Daily Independent [8433]
• 7 children; 5 sons, 2 daughters. [8403]
From the Harrisburg Daily Independent [8433]
• 7 children; 5 sons, 2 daughters. [8403]
ChildrenAnna E. (1897-1996)
Clayton B. (1900-1980)