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Chapter Three - Jacob
Jacob Shoenfelt, the first child and son of William and Margaret [Anna Maria] (Gessinger) Shaneyfelt; and Jacob's wife Elizabeth L. Baker.
JACOB SHOENFELT
Born: 25 January 1763 Washington County, Maryland
Died: 1837 - Snowberger Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Married: 24 April 1787
Wife: ELIZABETH L. BAKER
Born: 4 August 1763
Died: 1827 - Snowberger Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Father: William Shanefelt Mother: Margaret Gessinger
Father-in-Law: Peter Baker Mother-in-Law: Christine Lekron
Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Margaret Shoenfelt Washington Co., Md. b. 17 Aug 1787 d. 20 May 1875
m. Andrew Biddle, Jr. b. 11 Nov 1780 d. 28 Jan 1852 (Separate History)
2. Elizabeth Shoenfelt Washington Co., Md. b. 21 Oct 1790
m. Samuel Hainline [Hainley] Son of Tobias and Elizabeth Hainline
Elizabeth & Samuel are buried at Snowberger Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
1) Elizabeth Hainline
2) Jacob Hainline b. 16 Apr 1806 d. 14 Mar 1885 Blair Co., Pa.
m. Ellen Salliday Greenlawn Cemetery, Pa. b. 15 Mar 1812 d. 10 Apr 1879
3) Christian Hainline b. 15 May 1811 d. 01 Oct 1895
4) Susan Hainline
5) Margaret Hainline
6) John Hainline
7) Catherine Hainline b. 20 Nov 1821 d. 12 Feb 1887
8) Mary Hainline
9) David Hainline
10) Sarah Hainline
3. Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Washington Co., Md. b. 09 Sep 1792 d. 14 Apr 1884 Blair Co., Pa.
m. Elizabeth Marks (Separate History)
4. Susanna Shoenfelt Washington Co., Md. b. 17 Feb 1795 d. 08 Jan 1833
m. George Shiffler (They had two sons.)
5. John Shoenfelt Bedford Co., Pa. b. 1802
m. Sally Onstatt (Separate History)
6. Catherine Shoenfelt Bedford Co., Pa. b. 25 Dec 1805 d. 14 May 1857 b. Reformed, E. Sharpsburg
m. David Burger b. 28 Oct 1802 d. 14 Dec 1875
1) John Burger, m. Susan Bowser b. 26 Apr 1825 Somerset Co., Pa.
2) Susanna Burger, m. George Hazlet b. 22 Oct 1826 d. 09 Feb 1916
3) Jacob Burger, m. Margaret Appleman b. 15 Nov 1828
4) George Burger Somerset Co, Pa. b. 18 May 1831 d. 22 Mar 1912
m. Catherine Coor b. 1839 d. 1920 Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bedford Co.
5) Joseph S. Burger, m. Sarah Mosey Somerset Co, Pa. b. 24 Feb 1833 d. 1922
(Joseph in the Civil War, Pvt. F 77th Pa. Infantry; buried Salemville Cemetery, Blair Co. Pa)
6) David Burger, Jr., m. Catherine Winkler " b. 24 May 1836 d. 00 Aug 1919
7) Elizabeth Burger, m. Elias Holsinger b. 10 Jan 1839 d. 10 Oct 1934
8) Rebecca Burger, m. Joseph Cootes Somerset Co, Pa. b. 06 Dec 1841 d. 26 Nov 1919
9) Sarah Burger, m. Jerre Long Somerset Co, Pa. b. 19 Oct 1846 d. 26 May 1933
10) Mary Ellen Burger, m. Dan Long b. 09 Sep 1849
Jacob, the first born child of William and Margaret was born along Antietam Creek in 1763, the year after William's first land purchase there. Elizabeth L. Baker and Jacob Shoenfelt were married 24 April 1787. D.A.R. #58697, presented by Janis Miller, April 18, 1973. We find Jacob, Elizabeth, and daughters on page 122 of the 1790 Maryland Census, Elizabeth Hundred. In the newspaper on 20 January 1791, Jacob Shenifelt, on Antietam Creek, about 3 miles from Hagerstown, reports two strays. Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts, Vol. I, 1786-1798, #184. On 12 April 1795, Jacob and Elizabeth Schonefelt baptize their daughter Susanna at the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Elizabethtown (Hagerstown). Sponsor for this child is Christian (Christine) Beaker (Baker), the child's maternal Grandmother. Jacob's sister, Susanna and her husband Jacob Bauman (Bowman) also baptize their daughter Anna Maria, same place and date. Early Church Records, Washington Co., Maryland, p.12.
Around 1796, at the age of thirty-three years, Jacob moved his family to Woodberry Twp., Bedford County in Morrison's Cove where his father had purchased 400 acres owned by the Brumbaugh family. Jacob, wife, three daughters and son are listed on page 66:02 of the 1800 Bedford Co., Pa. census. Jacob built a stone house around 1802, adjoining the log house built by John Brumbaugh in 1780. On 15 March 1806, William Shenefelt "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath and beareth unto his son Jacob Shenefield", deeded 217 acres called Blooming Grove to Jacob. Office of Register and Recorder, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book G, p. 292. This land had originally been bought by Conrad Brumbaugh on 27 July 1795. Jacob became a lay minister of the Brethern Church and farmed on the rich land in North Woodberry, Morrison's Cove. Jacob's two youngest, Catherine and John were born in Morrison's Cove. Some insight on the Shoenfelt family:
"After peace and quietness had been restored, other families located in this part of the 'Cove,' and before the organization of Huntingdon County, in 1787, John Brumbach, . . . Peter Hoover, who built the old log house near Jacob Shoenfelt's present residence nearly 100 years ago, . . . were counted as residents. After them, but before the year 1800 came Jacob Shoenfelt, Sr., . . . and Tobias Shiffler, who operated a tannery prior to the year mentioned. Among other early settlers were . . . Jacob and John Snowberger, and George Shiffler, a son-in-law of Jacob Shoenfelt, Sr.
"The SHOENFELTS (or Shanefelds, as the name was written a century ago) are of German origin, and their ancestors of that name were among the first settlers of Washington County, Maryland. This is proven by the fact that Henry Shanefelt, [Henry, according to my research should be William. There is the possibility that William's name was Henry William or William Henry but it is clearly William, the father of Jacob and Grandfather of Jacob, Jr. that bought this land. On Deed previously cited William deeds land to Jacob] the grandfather of the present Jacob Shoenfelt, of Taylor Twp., was born in Maryland, However, the latter was born near the banks of Antietam Creek, three miles distant from Hagerstown, Maryland, September 9, 1792. His father's name was Jacob also, and in 1795 he (Jacob, Sr.) removed with his family from Maryland to the locality now known as Sharpsburg, and settled upon premises formerly occupied by John Brombach. The tract contained four hundred acres, and it had been purchased of Brombach previously by Henry Shanefelt for his son Jacob. The latter had a family of 2 sons, Jacob & John, & 4 daughters, all of whom are dead except Jacob, who was born, as before mentioned, in 1792.
"Jacob Shoenfelt, Sr., completed the stone house in Sharpsburg in 1802, the log house adjoining it, still standing, having been erected by John Brombach about twenty years before. The venerable Jacob Shoenfelt, now ninety years of age, who never used glasses, and now reads fine print quite readily, still further informs us that at the time his father came here from Maryland and for some years after the only grist-mills in the 'Cove' were those of John Snyder's at Pattonsville, and John Ullery's at Roaring Spring. An old log mill, however, stood where the Lower Maria Forge was afterwards built. . . .
"At the same time, too, i.e., about 1800, there was not a store in Morrison's Cove. . . The early teaching was all done in German; indeed, Mr. Shoenfelt remarks that although he was a very good reader and writer in German, he was twenty years of age before he could count in English. The Dunkards and Lutherans were the only religious denominations. The former met for worship in their dwellings, the latter built an early church near Replogle's Mill, in Bedford County. The German Reformed people came next; after them the Methodists. . ." History of Huntingdon and Blair Co., Pennsylvania, J. Simpson Africa, 1883, p.220; Genealogy of the Brumbach Families, Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, p.48-49.
From the grantee and grantor deed indexes, Office of Register and Recorder, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, we find:
Jacob Shenefelt to Andrew Biddle
- Deed Book M, p. 632, 2 pages (Son-in-law and daughter, Margaret)
Jacob Shenefelt to George Koons
- Deed Book O, p. 092, 2 pages
Jacob Shenefelt to Alexander Knox
- Deed Book O, p. 348, 3 pages
Jacob Shenefelt to George Shiffler
- Deed Book O, p. 408, 3 pages (Son-in-law and daughter, Susanna)
Jacob Shenefelt to Michael Gravill
- Deed Book P, p. 037, 3 pages
Jacob Shenefelt to Abraham Longnecker
- Deed Book S, p. 126, 3 pages
Jacob Shenefelt to Michael Gravill
- Deed Book T, p. 469, 2 pages
(Among various other specific dates, the burial of Jacob and wife, Elizabeth L. (Baker) in the Snowberger Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania was learned from The Shenefield Family, 1733-1975, by Dr. Hale Shenefield, p.42. A copy of this book was graciously sent to me in May, 1995 by Mary Isenbarger, granddaughter of Cora (Shanafelt) Isenbarger, great-granddaughter of John Shanafelt and great-great granddaughter of Andrew Shanafelt.)
MARGARET SHENEFELT
Born: 17 August 1787 - Washington County, Maryland
Died: 20 May 1875 - Buried at Messiah Lutheran Cemetery, Pennsylvania
Husband: ANDREW BIDDLE, II
Born: 11 November 1780 - Frederick County, Maryland
Died: 28 Jan 1852 - Dutch Corners, Pennsylvania
Father: Jacob Shoenfelt Mother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Father-in-law: Andrew Biddle, Sr. Mother-in-law: Christena Cover
Grandfather: William Shanefelt Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
G-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Elizabeth Biddle Buried at Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co., Ohio b. 23 Oct 1807 d. 10 Sep 1889
2. Christina Biddle b. 1810
3. Jacob Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery, Friend's Cove, Bedford Co., Pa. b. 04 Mar 1812 d. 02 Sep 1872
m. Elizabeth Bowers Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 24 Feb 1819 d. 09 Nov 1893
1) Andrew Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 24 Nov 1842 d. 28 Jul 1918
m. Mary E. Beegle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 08 Jun 1843 d. 23 Feb 1915
1. Ezrah K. Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 07 Sep 1873 d. 24 Mar 1882
2. Samuel E. Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 20 Dec 1875 d. 26 Mar 1882
3. Infant Son Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 20 Mar 1879 d. 20 Mar 1879
2) Charles F. Biddle b. 1845
3) Francis R. S. Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 1847 d. 1928
m. Mary J. Stuckey Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 1858 d. 1939
1. W. Harry Stuckey Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 25 Nov 1881 d. 27 May 1906
2. Infant Son Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 09 Feb 1893 d. 09 Feb 1893
3. Wishart H. Biddle Trinity Reformed Cemetery b. 1895 d. 04 Aug 1896 1y
4) George C. Biddle Nat'l. Cemetery Arlington, Virginia b. 1849 d. 25 Apr 1865
4. Peter Biddle Buried at Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co., Ohio b. 15 Nov 1815 d. 18 May 1891
5. Andrew Biddle III Buried at Gibsonburg, Sandusky Co., Ohio b. 29 Mar 1817 d. 14 Apr 1898
m. Susanne Clapper " " m. 09 Aug 1848 b. 11 Dec 1832 d. 03 Jan 1905
1) Elijah Biddle, m. Lizzie Lowery b. 19 Jan 1850 d. 02 Feb 1912
2) Andrew Jackson Biddle b. 15 Apr 1851 d. 18 Jul 1852
3) Margaret Elizabeth Biddle b. 07 May 1853
m.1st Cyrus A. Miller
m.2nd Isaac Riley
4) Isabella Biddle b. c.a. 1856
5) George Washington Biddle b. c.a. 1857
m.1st Lynn Muir
m.2nd Vera Trimmer
6) Mary Alice Biddle, m. William Perry b. c.a. 1858
7) Infant Biddle Son b. c.a. 1859 d. c.a. 1859
8) Eve Celesta Biddle b. c.a. 1863 Twin
9) Nettie Adaline Biddle, m. William Snyder b. c.a. 1863 Twin
10) Electra Irene Biddle b. 00 Aug 1864 d. 14 Feb 1870
11) Minnie Ura Biddle b. c.a. 1865
m.1st Edward Melious
m.2nd George Rausch
12) Elda Rosella Biddle b. c.a. 1867 d. 11 Jul 1948
m.1st Alva William McMillian
m.2nd George Zimmerman
6. Susan Biddle, m. Daniel Utz b. 13 Aug 1820 d. 16 Apr 1900
7. John C. Biddle b. c.a. 1826
m. Ester (?) b. c.a. 1832
1) Thadeus Biddle b. c.a. 1853
2) Mary E. Biddle b. c.a. 1855
3) George Biddle b. c.a. 1857
4) Levi Biddle b. c.a. 1862
5) Susan Biddle b. c.a. 1865
6) Samuel Biddle b. c.a. 1867
8. George Biddle, m. Elizabeth Reighard m. 17 Mar 1853 b. c.a. 1829
(Elizabeth was the daughter of George & Elizabeth Reighard); Married in the Lutheran Church, Bedford County, Pa.)
9. Margaret Biddle
m. Michael Cashman
1) Barbara Cashman (died Bedford Co. Pa.) b. 10 Aug 1831 d. 06 Mar 1899
m.2nd David Baker (died Bedford Co. Pa.) b. 09 May 1813 d. 12 Jul 1899
1. Sarah Ann Baker, m. Albert Glass b. 14 Jul 1858 d. 29 Mar 1944
2. David C. Baker, m.1st Alice Rinninger; m.2nd Alice Shoeman
3. Nancy Baker, m. Allison Snyder
2) John Biddle Cashman (both are buried in Bedford Co. Pa.) b. 11 Oct 1833 d. 03 Dec 1906
m. Christine Lingenfelter m. 19 Dec 1858 b. 25 Feb 1840 d. 19 Aug 1927
1. Margaret Cashman, m. David B. Kyler b. 24 Jul 1862 d. 1934
2. Moses Cashman, m. Mary Edith Roffensparger b. 08 Apr 1867 d. 1952
3. Minnie May Cashman b. 01 Apr 1873 d. 08 Sep 1964
m.1st Daniel Bush
m.2nd Charles Snyder
1) Theda C. Bush b. 11 Dec 1903 d. 00 Dec 1980 Pa.
m. William Kennedy b. 02 Jul 1901 d. 00 Aug 1971 Pa.
1. William Kennedy, Jr. b. 1927
1) Tom Kennedy, m. JoAnne (?)
4. Mary Ann Cashman, m. George Hoover b. 09 Sep 1859 d. 26 Aug 1946
3) Margaret Cashman, m. Charles Imler
4) Susan Cashman, m. Samuel Bechtel (In Iowa 1870)
1. Margaret Bechtel b. 05 Jan 1859
2. Andrew Bechtel b. 20 Sep 1861
3. Anna Mary Bechtel b. 28 Nov 1863
5) Sarah Ann Cashman, m. Samuel Barnett b. c.a. 1836 d. 28 Jun 1920
1. William Barnett, m. Mary Elizabeth Replogle b. 12 Jul 1875 d. 00 Sep 1964 Pa.
2. Susan Barnett, m. William N. Hoover b. 20 Nov 1868 d. 19 May 1952
3. Charles Barnett
4. John Barnett
Andrew Biddle, II was the son of Andrew and Christena Cover. Biddle Family, Records of Andrew Biddle (1740-1812) from Frederick County, Maryland to Bedford County, Pennsylvania to Beaver and Huntingdon, Ohio & Indiana, by Vashti Seaman, 1964, p.3. Andrew Biddle, Sr. was a soldier of the Revolution. Two of Jacob's sons fought in the Civil War. Charles F. Biddle mustered in 21 Jul 1863, 185th Reg. Co. D. - promoted to bugler on 30 Jul 1863. George C. Biddle mustered in 205th Reg. Co. C on 26 Aug 1864; wounded at Petersberg, Virginia on 2 Apr 1865 and died 25 Apr 1865, is buried in National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Info from Census Records: 17 Aug 1850, Bedford Twp., Bedford Co., Pa., Households 263, 264, 273; 14 Jun 1860, Taylor, Blair Co., Pa., p.507; 13 Jun 1870, Taylor, Blair Co., Pa., p.11; 16 Jul 1870, S. Woodberry, Bedford Co., Pa., p.27; 22 Jul 1870, S. Woodberry, Bedford Co., Pa., p.27. Also from Tom & JoAnne Kennedy.
JACOB BAKER SHOENFELT II
Born: 9 September 1792 - Washington County, Maryland
Died: 14 April 1884 - Snowberger Cemetery, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Wife: ELIZABETH (Betsy) MARKS
Born: 20 Apr 1802
Died: 20 Sep 1874 - Snowberger Cemetery, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Father: Jacob Shoenfelt Mother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Father-in-law: Jacob Marks Mother-in-law: (?)
Grandfather: William Shanefelt Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
G-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Joseph Marks Shoenfelt, m. Nancy Keagy b. 01 Nov 1820 Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History)
2. Elizabeth Shoenfelt, m. Daniel Glass b. 21 Feb 1822 Blair Co., Pa. d. 21 Feb 1852
3. Jacob Marks Shoenfelt, m. Margaret Snowberger b. 23 Mar 1826 Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History)
4. Sarah Shoenfelt, m. George Cowan b. c.a. 1827 Blair Co., Pa.
5. William Shinafelt, m. Mary Ann Roan b. 01 Oct 1828 Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History)
6. Andrew M. Shoenfelt, m. Mary Ann Doner b. 23 Mar 1828 Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History)
7. George Marks Shoenfelt, m. Christiana Burkett b. 24 Jul 1831 Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History)
8. Isaac Shoenfelt b. 12 Oct 1832 d. Infant
9. Mary Shoenfelt, m. John Ritz b. 05 Apr 1834 Blair Co., Pa. d. 17 Sep 1904
10. Susan Shoenfelt, m. George Tipton b. 19 Feb 1836 Blair Co., Pa. d. 05 May 1908
George and Susan were married 49 years and had five sons and three daughters; the daughters and one son having died before their father. Sons Jacob S., William S., John S. And Allen S. Tipton survive
11. John Baker Shoenfelt, m. Maria Whitaker b. 11 Dec 1837 Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History)
12. Harriett Shoenfelt b. 25 Jan 1839 Blair Co., Pa. d. 16 Feb 1851, 12y
13. James Washington Shoenfelt b. 27 Mar 1842 Blair Co., Pa. d. 23 May 1865
Jacob Shanefeld was listed on the tax list of Huston Twp. in 1844 and was a Justice of the Peace in 1847. In 1842, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1867, 1868, and 1869, Jacob Shoenfelt was a supervisor of Woodberry Twp. In 1844 Jacob 'Shinefelt' was an overseer of the poor. History of Huntingdon and Blair County, Pennsylvania, J. Simpson Africa, 1883, pp.123-124, 244.
According to census records, we find that Jacob raised his family in the Bedford-Huntingdon-Blair County areas. The Blair County tax records for 1846, Huston Twp. shows Jacob Shoenfelt with John Hoover on 152 acres known as Dry Gap. Possibly in 1840 - Huntingdon County, Woodberry, p. 9 and for sure in 15 August 1850 - Blair County, Huston, John Hoover is living with Jacob and family; Hoover is listed as being 61 years old in 1850 (b. 1789), a farmer. Jacob is listed as a farmer in 1850 and 13 June 1860 - Blair County, Taylor, page 50; and as a retired farmer on 17 June 1870 - Blair County, Taylor. In 1870, Jacob and Elizabeth have a Kate Shoenfelt, 76 years old (b. 1794) living with them. Kate would probably be his sister Catherine who married David Burger. On 15 June 1880 - Blair County, Taylor, page 30, Jacob is shown as being 88 years old, a retired farmer living with William (18 years) Shinafelt and his wife and Emma J. (17 years) (Kephart). William is his Grandson.
George (19 years) & sister, Harriet (9 years) are in N. Woodberry, Blair Co., on 15 Aug 1850, listed with William & Ann Strip and the Strip's four month old twin girls; also listed is George and Sarah Cowan. George & Harriet are also listed with their parents in 1850. Because of this "double" listing, I feel that George & Harriet were visiting their sister Sarah Cowan. It is speculation that William, born 1828, is the son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Baker) Shoenfelt. I feel he is because William Jr. who married Emma Kephart is the son of William Sr.; in 1900, this William Jr. has an Aunt Susan living with him.
Jacob Shoenfelt is remembered as one of the finest specimen of physical manhood ever produced in Blair County. He was noted for his size, his strength and his power of endurance as well as for his sterling qualities of mind and character. His business was farming but in early days he did a large amount of teaming also and transported merchandise from Baltimore to this section and also pig iron from Maria Forge to Pittsburgh. 20th Century History of Altoona & Blair County Pennsylvania, by Jesse C. Sell, 1911, page 822. I have in my notes that Jacob died 1881 and that he dated his Will 15 January 1878 - I don't know where I got this.
James Washington Shoenfelt died while fighting for his Country. In the Civil War, James was a private in Company B, 76th Pa. Infantry, Blair Co. Died 1865 at 23 years; buried - Rhodes Cemetery, Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania. Soldiers of Blair County, p.258.
Jacob SHOENFELT 90th Birthday Celebration, 9 September 1882 - The Altoona, PA "Tribune" issue of 14 September 1882 ... Jacob Shoenfelt, one of the oldest citizens of Morrison's Cove, was 90 years old on Saturday, September 9, 1882. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren made his 91st birthday anniversary, one of the happiest days of his long and eventful life. Saturday was one of the most pleasant and balmy days of September. The sky was serene, it seemed that nature vied with the children and friends to do honor to the aged and respectable citizen. Over sixty of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren as well as a large number of his friends and neighbors were present to celebrate the natal day of this venerable patriarch. Altoona was represented by his son, A.M. Shoenfelt, and his grandchildren, D.J. Shoenfelt, D.L. Shoenfelt, Charles Shoenfelt, Mrs. James K. Smith, and Mrs. J.W. Hawn and their husbands; also Mrs. A.V. Dively and her two children, Lizzie and Edward Dively, the latter being great-grandchildren. (We are sorry that A.V. Dively was not present to participate in the festivities.) Daniel Glass, a son-in-law, and wife, B.A. Grove and wife, Samuel Nicewonger and child; Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county, by D.M. Miller, wife and child; Pattonsville, by J.S. Biddle, wife and two children, Mrs. I. Bayer: Woodberry by Mr. Joseph M. Shoenfelt, wife and daughter, L. Croft and wife; Claysburg by John K. Shoenfelt and George K. Shoenfelt; Cowen's Mills by John S. Cowan and wife, George Cowan and Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Moore and child. Martinsburg was represented by his pastor Rev. S. Wolfe and George Tipton and wife; Taylor township was represented by his sons Henry and George M. Shoenfelt and wife, and his daughter, Mrs. Ritz, his grandchildren J.B. Shoenfelt, and wife, George E., Horace, Allen B., Ellen M., George B., Sarah, Daniel, Adam and Edward Shoenfelt, Daniel Slick and wife, Mrs. Nicodemus, Barbara Shoenfelt, Albert S. Ritz and Elmer Ritz, and a number of great-grandchildren. Over one hundred persons were present in all. The exercises were opened by religious services, conducted by Rev. S. Wolf, consisting of singing, reading of the forty-eighth chapter of Genesis, prayer and a very appropriate address, after which a very sumptuous dinner was served to all present, the table fairly groaning with the good things of life. Every one done justice in replenishing the inner man, Uncle Andy and Cousin J.B. performed their parts nobly in waiting on the guests and making all feel at home. A large number of presents were then given to him whom they were honoring and general congratulations were extended by all. The time was pleasantly spent in conversation and merriment and in listening to the old gentleman narrating incidents and occurrences of other days, listened to with marked attention by all. He has never sat for his picture. A committee, consisting of his son George M. Shoenfelt and William Shiff, were appointed to see to getting an artist to take his photograph in large size, and twenty-five large sized photographs were ordered as well as a large number of smaller size. A vote was taken from the persons present of those eligible, when it was found that twenty-eight were republican and would vote for General Beaver for governor, one greenbacker and one democrat. All the ladies present were enthusiastic republicans in sentiment, including the wife of him whom the democracy of Blair county have honored as their choice for congress. We here append a short history of the life and incidents of Mr. Shoenfelt:
Jacob Shoenfelt was born September 9, 1792, near Hagerstown, Md., and came to Morrison's Cove in the spring of 1796 with his parents, being but a child of a little over 3 years old then. His parents settled on a farm, near Sharpsburg, in Taylor township, now owned by John B. Snoberger--it was then in Woodberry township, Bedford county. Morrison's Cove was then sparsely settled, for during the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars the early settlers were driven out or killed by the merciless Indians. What now constitutes Taylor township did not contain a score of voters in the year 1800. During the war of 1812, what is now Taylor township, furnished three soldiers, Andrew Dick, Peter Biddle (who died a short time ago in Woodberry township) and George Hartle. He remembers of hearing wolves howling around his father's humble cottage, near Sharpsburg, and they were often scared away by the blowing of one of the old fashioned dinner horns. He lived on the farm he now occupies, on Plum Creek, for the past forty-three years. He raised a family of eight sons and five daughters, six sons and two daughters still living. Henry, his oldest son, is 64 years of age. One of his sons, James M. Shoenfelt, was a private in Company B, Seventy-sixth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and died of Typhoid fever at Raleigh, North Carolina. His grandchildren number eighty-two and his great-grandchildren forty. He is the ancestor to one hundred and thirty-five persons, of which nearly one hundred are still living. He voted for James Madison for President and voted at every presidential election since casting his vote for General Garfield for president in 1880. He only missed voting at two elections ever since he voted. He was a federalist, whig, American and republican, always true to his party. He is a hale old man, and bids fair to be a centenarian. The lustre of his eyes is not bedimmed and he reads and writes without the use of glasses. He never used a pair of spectacles in his life. His memory is remarkably good and it is pleasing to hear him relate incidents and occurrences of long ago, speaking of the kind and charitable disposition of some of the early settlers of the Cove. He says that of John Ulric, who was the owner of the property afterward bought by Mr. Spang where Roaring Spring is now located, it was during a time of great scarcity of wheat. Mr. Ulric had more than he needed for his own consumption. Two men came from a distance to buy some wheat from him, and in order to be certain to get it said when they asked for it we have the money to pay for it. The good man said then you can't have it. "I can tell you where you can buy it. I want to give my wheat to persons who have no money to buy it." Speaking of John Lower, another old citizen who died long ago, the poor all over the county wept, and said: "He was our true friend; what will we do not?"
Speaking of his good and kind father said that a stranger came to him and begged a grist of wheat. His father gave him more than he had asked for. His mother chided his father for giving it away and said "Did you owe that man that you gave him so much?" My father said to mother, "Yes, I owe that man. He is my neighbor, a poor man, and he has a sick wife and small children, and has nothing to give them. God has given us plenty and we owe it to the poor." These recollections of his early neighbors' good qualities speaks volumes for the old man. In speaking of the changes here he says of the one farm in the Dry gap, then owned by John Morgan, there are now no less than seven good farms made out of it--the farm of John Ulric, the Roaring Spring farm, (the town of Roaring Spring) and five other farms. Of all the citizens that were of his age all have passed away except
one--a Mr. Detwiler - -who lives near Martinsburg and is a
year or two his senior, and he the oldest citizen in Morrison's Cove. Mrs. McQuead, an old lady who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Young, is a year or so older than Mr. Shoenfelt, but she has not lived in the cove. Mr. Shoenfelt has lived to see much in this age of rapid improvements and invention. Turnpikes, canals, steamboats, railroads,
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telegraphs and telephones, as well as threshing machines, reapers, mowers, sewing machines, are some of the most important inventions that have been made since 1792. His old family Bible is a German Bible, printed in a German town in 1776, and contains the record of his father's family. Mr. Shoenfelt could not speak the English language until he was 20 years of age, although he can now read and write English, having acquired the knowledge since. His father was a Dunkard preacher, but he was a member of the Reformed church. He was christened in the old stone German Reformed church in Hagerstown, Md., in 1792, long before his father joined the Dunkard church. Sent to me from Neil Shanafelt neilbanana@ 1 Jan 2002.
Susan Snowberger Biddle
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JOSEPH MARKS SHOENFELT
Born: 01 November 1820 - Pennsylvania
Died: 10 April 1906 - Keagy Cemetery, Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
m. 25 February 1847 - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Wife: NANCY KEAGY
Born: 1828
Died: 1911 - Keagy Cemetery, Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Father: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Mother: Elizabeth Marks
Father-in-law: Abraham Keagy, Sr. Mother-in-law: Barbara (?)
Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
G-Grandfather: William Shanefelt G-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children - All born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania:
1. Emmeline Shoenfelt Farm Cemetery on Hill SW of Loysburg, Bedford Co. b. 1847 d. 1921
m. Jacob S. Biddle Son of Susan (Snowberger) Biddle “ ” “ ” “. b. 1844 d. GAR 1919
1) Annie Biddle
2) Hattie Biddle
3) Emory Biddle
4) John Biddle
5) Roy Biddle
6) Warrn Biddle
7) Homer S. Biddle, m. Mary Hamilton b. 10 Nov 1882
Homer S. Biddle, district manager of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, at Altoona, was born at Loysburg, Bedford County, Pa., November 10, 1882, that town being the birthplace of his father, Jacob S. Biddle. The father spent most of his life at Loysburg, where he was a farmer and prominent in the affairs of the county, which he represented in the State Legislature. He is deceased, and his wife, who was Emma (Shoenfelt) Biddle, of Bedford County, died in 1928. They were the parents of six other children: Annie, Hattie, Emory, John, Roy, and Warren. Homer S. Biddle attended the public schools of Loysburg and Betts Academy, Stamford, Connecticut, after which he studied at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, from which he graduated in 1906. For two years thereafter, he engaged in business for himself as a public accountant and auditor and then became associated with the Philip-Carey Company, roofing and insulating concern, as traveling salesman in this section of the state. In 1927, Mr. Biddle formed a connection with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, for which he became district manager at Altoona in 1927. This office of the company serves the counties of Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Fulton, and parts of Cambria and Centre.He was united in marriage to Mary Hamilton, of Altoona.
2. Louisa Shoenfelt b. 04 Dec 1850 d. 28 Dec 1936
m. Isaac Bayer m. 01 Dec 1868 (Separate History)
3. John K. Shoenfelt b. 13 Jan 1852
m. Virginia Hicks (Separate History)
4. George E. Shoenfelt 1920 & 1930 Montgomery Co. Ohio widow b. 00 Oct 1853
m. Susan (?) m. 1883 b. 00 Jun 1863
1) Stella Shoenfelt b. 00 Sep 1883
2) Jay Edward Shoenfelt b. 00 Oct 1888
m. Della Margaret Myers b. 1891
1. Elizabeth Mary Shoenfelt, m. (?) Lehman b. 31 Mar 1912 d. 29 Jan 1951
2. Anson Shoenfelt b. 1916
3. Samuel Shoenfelt b. 1917
4. Russell Shoenfelt b. 1919
5. George Shoenfelt b. 1920
3) Ira Earl Shoenfelt WWI b. 12 Sep 1891 d. 1907
Hit By Bullet From Unknown Source While Dropping Beans. Ira Shoenfelt, 15 year-old son of George Shoenfelt, who resides about 1½ miles from Bellwood, was dropping beans with his father in a field on Wed. afternoon, when he was shot in the back with a rifle bullet. It was found that the bullet has penetrated the muscles of the back opposite the lungs, but whether or not it had penetrated the lung could not be ascertained. The boy's lower limbs were paralyzed, but whether this was the result of the bullet wound or whether it was on account of the great nervous shock is a question that will take a little time to answer. The bullet is thought to have been from a 32 caliber rifle fired by someone who was shooting crows. The shooting is considered purely accidental. The country in that neighborhood is quite hilly. There was no one in sight in the vicinity & the bullet is supposed to have traveled such a distance that the gunner could not possibly have had any idea of the mischief it was likely to do.
4) Della (Celia) Shoenfelt b. 1905
5. Sarah Shoenfelt b. 1856
6. Albert Shoenfelt b. 1858
7. David Kargarise Shoenfelt 1920 Mahoning; 1930 Seneca Co. Ohio b. 00 May 1861 Mahoning Co., Ohio
m. Evalyn [Evaline] Anick [Amick] m. 03 Mar 1887 b. 00 Feb 1868 m. Bedford Co. Pa.
In 1930 they have grandsons Benford R. [Beauford] 16y b. 1914 and Orville W. 12y b. 1918 with them.
1) John A. Shoenfelt 1930 Richland Co. Ohio b. 00 Dec 1887
m. (?) Snouffer
1. Beauford R. Shoenfelt Never Married b. 23 Nov 1913 d. 13 Mar 1993 Ohio
2. Orville W. Shoenfelt b. 1918
2) Ethel Shoenfelt b. 00 Jun 1891
3) Florence Shoenfelt b. 00 Jan 1893
4) Guy Shoenfelt 1920 Mahoning; 1930 Summit Co. Ohio b. 18 Oct 1896 d. 00 Mar 1969 Ohio
m. Fay Hiner b. 1898
1. Jean Shoenfelt b. 1924
5) Mabel Shoenfelt b. 1903
6) Jacob James Shoenfelt d. Lorain Co. OH m. 31 Aug 1929 b. 28 Oct 1906 d. 29 Jan 1988 Ohio
m. Harriet Jessie Wright m. Cuychoga, Ohio b. 11 Dec 1911 d. 29 Jul 1989 Ohio
1. Donald Lloyd Shoenfelt b. 07 Nov 1931
m. 09 Aug 1952 m.1st Lillian Marie Slusarczyk, (of John & Mary) b. 20 Jan 1932
m. 21 Jun 1975 m.2nd Mary Ann Krokos, (of Stanley John & Mary Agnes)
Ft. Belvoir, Arlington, VA. 1) Stuart Jay Shoenfelt b. 24 Mar 1954
Ft. Belvoir, Arlington, VA 2) Warren Scott Shoenfelt b. 30 Jun 1955
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 3) Shelly Lu Shoenfelt b. 17 Jun 1957
4) Mickie Mae Shoenfelt b. 24 Jul 1960
Fairview Park,Cuyahoga, Ohio 5) Dale Stanley Shoenfelt b. 17 Jan 1977
2. Jacqueline Shoenfelt b. 25 Sep 1937
m. Michael Daniel Scuro m. 12 Dec 1959 b. 18 Jun 1937
1.) Daniel Scuro b. 0 7 Dec 1961
2) Bonnie Lynn Scuro b. 26 Nov 1963
7) Grace Shoenfelt 1920 Mahoning Co. Ohio b. 1910
8. Mary E. Shoenfelt Buried Keagy Cemetery, Woodbury, Bedford Co. b. 00 May 1864
9. Ira K. Shoenfelt b. 00 Sep 1868 Clinton Co., Pa.
m. Bertha Miller b. 00 Dec 1877
1) Sara K. Shoenfelt b. 00 Feb 1900
2) Ira Miller Shoenfelt b. 1901
m. Anna B. (?) b. 1905
1. Monamae Shoenfelt b. 1925
2. Marion Justus Shoenfelt b. 1928
m. Nell Harden b. 12 Mar 1929 d. 13 Apr 2003 TX
1) Henry Elvin Shoenfelt II m. 20 Mar 1976 b. 02 Oct 1948 Dallas, Tx
m. Vicki Sue Gamble
1. Adam Wesley Shoenfelt b. 30 Sep 1978
2. Sarah Elizabeth Shoenfelt b. 17 Sep 1984
2) Catherine Ruth Shoenfelt b. 09 Dec 1954
3) Joseph M. Shoenfelt b. 1904
10. Joseph Shoenfelt, Jr. b. 1871
Joseph Marks and Nancy (Keagy) Shoenfelt were both born in Blair County. Nancy was the daughter of Abraham Keagy, Sr. 1785-1866. History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Co. (Children and grandchildren of Abraham and Barbara Keagy are: 1) Jacob Keagy, b. 1810, wife Margaret and children David, George, and Susan; 2) John Keagy, b. 1811, wife Polly and children Samuel, Nancy, Christian, Catherine, Mary, Susanna and Eliza; 3) Abram Keagy, b. 1813, wife Mary Baker and children John, Susan, Andrew, Elias and Irvin Baker Keagy, b. 10 Aug 1867 d. 5 May 1956, m. 31 Dec 1890 to Nannie Bayer, b. 22 Aug 1869 d. 30 Oct 1927, daughter of Daniel Shank Bayer and Katherine (Burger) Bayer; 4) Christian Keagy, b. 1815, wife Christianna and children Martha, Daniel and Charles; 5) Susan Keagy; 6) Mary Keagy; 7) Nancy (this history); 8) Elizabeth.) On 18 October 1850 - Bedford County, Middle Woodberry, page 231, we find Joseph and Nancy and their two baby girls. Nancy must have been from a very large and prominent family because families of Keagy's live all around them with occupations listed as farmers, merchants and manufacturers with real estate valued at $3,500., $7,000., and $12,000. Joseph is listed as a merchant in 1850; a farmer on 13 July 1870, with real estate valued at $17,500; a miller on 14 June 1880, page 24, Blair County, Taylor; and a grocer in 1900, page 9, also showing that Joseph and Nancy had been married for 53 years, had ten children born to them and all children still living.
Joseph owned and operated his farm land. When he went into business it was as a miller, and during the larger part of his life he operated the old style water mills with dam, in different parts of Blair and Bedford Counties. 20th Century History of Altoona & Blair County Pennsylvania, by Jesse C. Sell, 1911, page 612. From the grantee and grantor deed indexes of Bedford County, Pa., Office of Register and Recorder we find:
Joseph Shenefelt to John Longnecker
Deed Book AE, p. 352 2 pages
John Metz to Joseph Shenefelt
Deed Book AJ, p. 514 2 pages
Joseph Shenefelt to Henry Gyer
Deed Book AN, p. 247 3 pages
Thomas Watson to Joseph Shenefelt
Deed Book AQ, p. 363 2 pages
David Ditz to Joseph Shenefelt
Deed Book AQ, p. 365 2 pages
Mary Brower to Joseph Shenefelt
Deed Book AS, p. -42 1 page
Joseph Shenefelt to Daniel Price
Deed Book AS, p. 255 2 pages
Joseph Shenefelt to Joseph Snowder
Deed Book AV, p. 476 2 pages
Joseph Shenefelt to Levi A. Biddle
Deed Book AX, p. 450 3 pages
Joseph Shenefelt to John Shane
Deed Book AX, p. 578 3 pages
Joseph Shenefelt to Church of God
Deed Book AZ, p. -26 3 pages
Emmeline Shoenfelt married Jacob, son of Andrew 1801-1875 & Susan Snowberger Biddle. He was a soldier in the rebellion, in Co. I, 194th Reg. Pa.
Vol., & in Co. M, 22nd Pa. Cav.; was a farmer until 1881, when he engaged in the creamery business, starting the first creamery in Bedford Co. The Heritage Collection, History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, 1884, p.304.
Susan Shoenfelt (widow of George) and children, Ira and Della and granddaughter Elizabeth are on the 1920 Blair County, Pa. census p.3 ed.83. Her oldest son Jay and Margaret are in Blair County, Altoona, 1920 census, ed.65 p.20.
Albert Shoenfelt was a Justice of the County, Woodberry Twp., Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 1883. The Heritage Collection - History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, 1884, p.226.
David and family plus his son Guy and his family are on the 1920 Mahoning County, Ohio census p.21 ed.131. Gay (Hiner), wife of Guy was a sister to William F. Hiner. 1920 Census shows Ira and family in Clinton County, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Bertha Miller Shoenfelt has a brother, Oliver Miller.
LOUISA SHOENFELT
Born: 4 December 1850 - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Died: 28 December 1936
Married: 1 December 1868
Both are buried in the Bayer Cemetery, a farm cemetery South of Loysburg
Husband: ISAAC BAYER
Born: 5 April 1846 - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Died: 9 September 1916
Father: Joseph Marks Shoenfelt Mother: Nancy Keagy
Father-in-law: Joseph Bayer Mother-in-law: Nancy Ann Shank
Grandfather: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Grandmother: Elizabeth Marks
George Michael Bayer Susanna Keagy
Daniel Shank Mary Hoffman
G-Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
Mathias Hoffman Mary Hoover
GG-Grandfather: William Shanefelt GG-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
John Hoover (?)
GGG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GGG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Joseph Shoenfelt Bayer Bayer Cemetery m. 17 Mar 1897 b. 17 Nov 1870 d. 08 Nov 1935
m. Emma Gring Schnebly Bayer Cemetery b. 04 Aug 1872 d. 02 Jul 1958
2. Nannie Bayer Bur. Martinsburg, Pa. m. 16 Feb 1898 b. 29 Jun 1875 d. 1959
m. John H. Latshaw of Curryville Bur. Martinsburg, Pa. b. 24 Sep 1874 d. 1951
3. George Bayer Bayer Cemetery b. 22 Jan 1879 d. 29 May 1879
4. Lloyd Bayer Bayer Cemetery b. 11 Jan 1882 d. 25 Feb 1887
5. Mabel Louella Bayer m. 05 Sep 1915 b. 28 Apr 1888
m. Dr. James Andred Scheafer/Shaffer of Camden, New Jersey b. 06 Aug 1872
Isaac Bayer, the youngest son of Joseph and Nancy Ann (Shank) Bayer, Sr. was a successful farmer, purchasing the original homestead where he had been born. Isaac and Louisa were an astonishingly beautiful couple. Photographs show them both to have light colored eyes and dark hair. The history of the Bayer family is similar and coincidental to the Shanafelt family.
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Joseph Bayer was one of the early settlers in Morrisons Cove. He was born 01 Feb 1806, Washington County, Maryland and died 19 Mar 1881, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. His wife, Nancy Ann Shank was born 22 Mar 1813 and died 23 May 1894. Joseph's father, George Michael Bayer, was born in Swabach, Germany. Leaving his father's home on 24 Feb 1796, George Michael Bayer arrived in Baltimore, Maryland on 17 August 1796. In Washington County, Maryland on 1 March 1803, George Bayer married Susanna Keage (Keagy), who was born in Conestoga Twp., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The following children were born to George and Susanna in Washington County, Maryland: Daniel, George M., John, Susanna C. and Joseph. The Bayers moved to Morrisons Cove, going through Snake Spring Valley in a deep snow. On 15 Feb 1843, they purchased a farm from Jacob Shelly. (Their grandson, Joseph Bayer later owned the farm). It was this farm in South Woodbury Twp. that their children Mary and Isaac Bayer were born Joseph Bayer, Sr. farmed his entire lifetime.
Isaac Bayer married Miss Louise Shoenfelt, who was still living in 1933. Mrs. Louise (Shoenfelt)
ISAAC and LOUISA
(SHOENFELT) BAYER
Bayer, was an intelligent woman with whom it was a pleasure to converse. She had a mother's pride in the successes of her children and was greatly interested in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Upon retirement, Isaac and Louise moved into the comfortable home of their son, Joseph S. Bayer. Isaac was a most capable business men who owned and operated the Bayer farm, helped his son in the management of a large general store in Loysburg, and was a County Commissioner of Bedford County. He regularly found in his place as a teacher of a large class in the Methodist Church School every Sunday morning. After the death of her husband, Louisa continued to make her home with her children. Isaac, Louisa and two sons are buried in the Bayer Family Plot, Morrisons Cove along with Isaac's sister Susan Catherine (Bayer) and husband William A. Moore. Matthias & Mary (Hoover) Hoffman of "Necessity" and Their Descendants, compiled by Jacob A. Hoffman, printed by Hagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Co., Inc.. pp. 103-107. Historical Sketches of Morrisons Cove, by Rev. C. W. Karns, Mirror Press, 1933, pp. 151-154.
JOHN K. SHOENFELT
Born: 13 January 1852 - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Died: 1933 - "Father" buried at Carson Valley Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Married: 1880
Wife: VIRGINIA (Jennie) HICKS
Born: August 1854
Died: 1944 - "Mother" buried at Carson Valley Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Father: Joseph Marks Shoenfelt Mother: Nancy Keagy
Grandfather: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Grandmother: Elizabeth Marks
G-Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
GG-Grandfather: William Shanefelt GG-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GGG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GGG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children - All born Blair County, Pennsylvania:
1. Nancy (Nannie) G. Shoenfelt b. 00 Feb 1881
m.1st H. T. Boland
m.2nd Mr. Lowry
1) Joseph Boland b. 08 Jun 1904 d. 17 Aug 1918
Joseph Boland, son of Henry, deceased, and Nan Boland, died Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the Altoona hospital of a complication of diseases, aged 14 years, 2 months & 9 days. Born June 8, 1904. The body was taken to the home of the grandparents, J. K. Shoenfelt, of Duncansville. Funeral Tuesday morning at St. Patrick's Church, Newry, buried at Carson Valley cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, August 19, 1918.
2. Carrie M. Shoenfelt Carson Valley Cemetery b. 25 Apr 1882 d. 00 Dec 1963
3. Raymond A. Shoenfelt Carson Valley Cemetery b. 00 Dec 1883 d. 1951
4. Lloyd J. Shoenfelt Carson Valley Cemetery b. 00 Jan 1885 d. 1933
5. Edith B. Shoenfelt, m. W. V. Webb b. 00 Jan 1887
6. Emily M. Shoenfelt, m. (?) Kyle b. 00 Nov 1888
7. Nellie C. Shoenfelt, m. (?) Hughes b. 00 Oct 1890
8. Charles Edgar Shoenfelt Carson Valley Cemetery b. 14 Mar 1892 d. 1954
m. Mildred M. Duggan m. Lake Co. Indiana m. 24 Nov 1920 b. 25 Mar 1894 d. 02 Mar 1988
1) Helen Marie Shoenfelt b. 1922
2) John Thomas Shoenfelt b. 22 Aug 1925 d. 00 Jul 1986
3) Edith May Shoenfelt
John K. Shoenfelt, Justice of the Peace and a leading citizen of Duncansville, Pennsylvania, was proprietor and manager of one of the largest industries of the place, the Shoenfelt Marble and Granite Company, which manufactures and deals in monuments and headstones and does all kinds of cemetery work. Mr. Shoenfelt was born in Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
". . . The paternal great-grandfather of John K. Shoenfelt was Jacob Shoenfelt, a native of Germany, who came to what is now Blair County, Pennsylvania, in 1730, and settled near what is now Roaring Springs. He reared a family, and of his sons, Jacob Shoenfelt, father of Joseph M., continued to live in the same vicinity, where he owned farm land. When Joseph M. Shoenfelt went into business it was a miller, and during the larger part of his life he operated the old style water mills with dam, in different parts of Blair and Bedford Counties." 20th Century History of Altoona & Blair County Pennsylvania, Jesse C. Sell, 1911, p. 612.
My research finds that the great-grandfather of John K. was in fact Jacob Shoenfelt, but it was his great-great-great grandfather, Johann who was a native of Germany. To say that they came to "what is now Blair County, Pennsylvania in 1730 is a misstatement. William was born in 1736 in Germantown, Pa. and as evidenced by my research on the area, the northern, Blair County portions, of the Cove was almost unexplored until 1754.
"John K. Shoenfelt attended school in South Woodbury Twp., in Bedford county, and also the Bedford County Normal School, then situated at Bedford, and was graduated from that institution in 1872. For eight consecutive years afterward he taught school, being located in Bedford, Blair and Huntingdon Counties, Pennsylvania, and was an interested and successful teacher. In 1882, he came to Duncansville Building and Loan Association, of which he has been president for sixteen consecutive years, and for four years was treasurer of this very prosperous business enterprise. Since 1890 he has been identified with his granite and marble business, one that has been continuously successful, one reason perhaps being found in the motto of the firm: 'Courteous treatment and careful attention to orders'. In politics he is a Republican and for several years he was president of the borough school board. For over a quarter of a century he has served in the office of justice of the peace. Mr. Shoenfelt was married to Miss Jennie Hicks, of Wiliamsburg, Pennsylvania and they have had eight children, namely: Nannie G., who is the widow of H. T. Boland, of Portage, Pennsylvania; Carrie, who resides at Youngstown, Ohio; Raymond A. and Lloyd J., both of who reside at home; Edith, who is the wife of W. V. Webb of Duncansville; and Emily, Nellie and Charles E., all of whom reside with their parents. Mr. Shoenfelt is one of the representative men of this section of Blair County." Ibid.
A recollection is told by a woman who as a little girl was a student of John's: ". . . John Shoenfelt, the teacher, was having trouble with one of the boys. Eventually the mush tried teacher declared he was going to bleed the boy to let the bad blood out. Dragging the reluctant culprit up on the platform, the teacher bared the boy's arm. It was a tense moment. The little girls cried, while the big boys and girls watched the proceedings with breath taking attention. Using his pocket handkerchief as a tourniquet, Mr. Shoenfelt in business like manner bandaged the arm. Making a great flourish with his pocket knife, he raised his hand to make the incision. At this critical juncture, the boys courage broke. Begging for mercy, he promised to be good. That was all, of course, the teacher wanted. Very solemnly he released the frightened youngster on promise of future good conduct." Recollections of By-Gone Days in the Cove, by Ella M. Snowberger, 1934, Vol. IV, p.56.
Research shows John & Jennie in Greenfield Twp., Blair County on 8 June 1880; John's brother George is with them. In 1900, page 10, ed. 73, you find John and Jennie who have been married for 20 years and had 8 children, all living. In 1910 you find John, Jennie, and children except Carrie; Nannie Boland and grandson Joseph Boland are with them. .
1920 Census shows John, Jennie, Mary Boland, Ray, Lloyd & Charles in Blair County, Duncanville, Pa.
Charles Edgar Shoenfelt served in the United States Army during World War I as a Corporal in Co. I, 4th Reg. of Infantry, 3rd Division; enlisting on 20 Jul 1917, honorably discharged on 26 Oct 1919; born at Duncansville, Pa. His wife, Mildred is the daughter of Thomas & Mary Duggan. Soldiers of Blair County, p.401.
JACOB MARKS SHOENFELT III
Born: 23 March 1826 - Pennsylvania and Died: 20 May 1902 - Albright, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania
Married: 02 April 1850 - Blair County, Pennsylvania
Wife: MARGARET "Peggy" SNOWBERGER
Born: 20 March 1832 and Died: 12 June 1903
Father: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Mother: Elizabeth Marks
Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
G-Grandfather: William Shanefelt G-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Susan Shoenfelt b. 1852
2. Sarah Shoenfelt b. 1854 d. 00 May 1870
3. Elizabeth Shoenfelt b. 1858
4. Margaret Shoenfelt b. 1861
5. Florrinda Shoenfelt b. 1865
6. Barbara Ellen Shoenfelt m. Roaring Springs, Blair Co., Pa b. 09 Oct 1869 d. 27 Feb 1956
m. Harvey Smith m. 27 Feb 1890 b. 09 Nov 1866 d. 03 Jan 1952
1) Mary Margaret Smith m. 25 Feb 1925 b. 23 Dec 1900 d. 18 Sep 1987
m. Robert Keyes McClellan b. 20 Sep 1901 d. 24 Mar 1982
1. Ralph Clair McClellan, 2. Robert Harry McClellan, and 3. Marvin Gene McClellan
7. Cora Dell Shoenfelt b. 1872
Jacob Shoenfelt, III was the second of six sons born to Jacob, Jr. and Elizabeth. As evidenced by the above, Jacob and Margaret were blessed with seven daughters. This couple must have married around 1850 because we find them on 15 August 1850, in Huston, Blair County, Pennsylvania living in the dwelling next to his father. Jacob, III is listed as Jacob M., a farmer, age 24 and Margaret is listed as Peggy, age 18. Peggy is a nickname of Margaret. Name Your Baby, by Lareina Rule, p.73. On 13 June 1860, page 505, we find Jacob and Margaret and their first three daughters in Taylor, Blair County. Daughter Sarah is six years old at that time; in May, 1870, Sarah dies of typhoid fever (1870 Mortality Schedule, Pennsylvania). On 17 June 1870, page 12, Jacob and family are still farming in Taylor. On this census, Allen Shoenfelt, age 11 is shown with Jacob's family. Allen is Jacob’s nephew, being the son of George who is Jacob's brother. Allen was probably helping his uncle with "manly" chores that day but more likely keeping his uncle company in his house full of women. Page 4, 1 June 1880, Jacob and Margaret just have the three youngest daughters at home in Woodberry, Blair County; and in 1900, page 2, ed. 5, all children have left home and Jacob, 74 years old and wife Margaret, 68 years old are at home in Bloomfield, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
Barbara Shoenfelt became the second wife of Harvey Smith who was the son of George & Mary Smith. His first spouse died July 1888.
(The burial record of Jacob Marks Shoenfelt was taken from Early Shanafelt Family, Laural (Shanafelt) Powell, 1994, p.212.
WILLIAM SHINAFELT
Born: 1 October 1828 - Blair County, Pennsylvania
Died: 26 September 1894 - Blair County, Pennsylvania
Buried: Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery
Married: 13 November 1853 - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Wife: MARY ANN ROAN
Born: 25 August 1828 and Died: 2 November 1890
Buried: Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery
Father: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Mother: Elizabeth Marks
Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
G-Grandfather: William Shanefelt G-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Jane Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1854
2. Alice Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1855
m. Richard Wyman b. 1860
1) Blanche Lenkie Wyman
2) Norma Meiker Wyman
3) Lyle Wyman
4) Leslie Wyman
3. Abigail Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1858
4. William J. Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Apr 1860 d. 1922*
m. Emma J. Kephart b. 1863 d. 1918*
1) James B. Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Jun 1884 d. 03 Jun 1947*
m. Elsie L. Knepp b. 1881 d. 18 Oct 1960*
1. Charles Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1906 d. 28 Jan 1971
2. Edgar Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 17 Apr 1907 d. 28 May 1983 NY
m. Esther (?) b. 19 Dec 1905 d. 00 May 1983 NY
3. Annabelle Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1907
m. Glenn Mattern
1) Betty Mattern b. 1929
4. Thelma Shinafelt b. 1914
5. Merrill Shinafelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 13 Feb 1915 d. 27 Feb 1972*
6. Alvin Shinafelt b. 1917
7. Chester Shinafelt b. 1921
8. Lucille Shinafelt b. 1924
2) Viola B. Shinafelt, m. Harry E. Blake Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Nov 1885
3) William H. Shinafelt Blair County, Pa. b. 1901 d. 24 Jul 1959
m. Melda K. (?) b. 1905
1. Lola Jane Shinafelt
5. Mollie Shinafelt b. 1863
6. Agnes Shinafelt b. 1866
William Shinafelt, wife Mary, children, Jane, Alice, Abigail and 3 month old William Jr. can be found 1 August 1860, page 155, Blair County, Frankstown, Pennsylvania; in 1880 the family is in Allegheny, Blair Co. Other than William's marriage to Mary Ann Roan and their burial locations, I have no other information on William Sr. It is my assumption that he is the son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Marks) Shoenfelt.
William J. Shinafelt, Jr. can be found on page 5, ed. 78, 1900, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. With William is his wife Emma J. (Kephart), and their children James B. and Viola B. Also with them is Aunt Susan Shinafelt, 75 (should be 65) years. William is a grocer. He and Emma have been married 17 years, rent their home and have had two children who are living. William J., wife Emma J., daughter Viola B. and nine year old son William H. (III) are on 1910 Blair Co. census. William Jr.'s son James has his own household in 1910 which consists of his wife Elsie, Charles, Edgar and Alma. Sixty year old William J. and twenty year old son William H. are with brother/son-in-law Harry E. Blake in 1920, Blair County, Hollisdayburg, Pennsylvania. Merrill, son of James B. served in the Army Air Force WW II.
James and William H. and their families are in Blair Co. in 1930 .
The key to linking William Sr. as a son of Jacob II was through William Jr. and wife Emma plus Aunt Susan Shinafelt. *Indicates that they are buried at Carson Valley Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
ANDREW M. SHOENFELT
Born: 23 March 1828 - Salem Luthern, Antis Twp., Blair County, Pennsylvania
Died: 29 April 1897-Buried: Antis Cemetery
Wife: MARY ANN DONER [Domer]
Born: 24 April 1829 - Died: 16 Mar 1893
Father: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Mother: Elizabeth Marks
Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
G-Grandfather: William Shanefelt G-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. George E. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 23 Oct 1853 d. 21 Jan 1938
m. Eliza Jane Shiffler b. 00 Feb 1855
1) Franklin Augustus Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 17 Feb 1876 d. 05 May 1902
In 1900, Frank A. Shoenfelt, 24 years, born Feb 1876, Altona, Pa., is a private at Rosales Military & Navel Forces, Philippina Island.
2) Effie 'Viola' Shoenfelt, m. (?) McDermitt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1877
1. Frank McDermitt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1899
3) E. Irwin Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1878 d. 1927*
m. Emma A. (?) b. 1885
1. Bernadine A. Shoenfelt b. 1913
17 year old Bernadine is an inmate in 1930, Middletown, Delaware Co. Pa.
4) Henry L. Shoenfelt, m. Melzie Martin Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Mar 1880
Melzie, daughter of George Rufus Martin; granddaughter of Charles Constantine Martin; had siblings: Helen m. (?) Gamber, Merle, Clay m. Grace Steel, Bess m. (?) Showers, Jesse, Miles, Selby and Evingon. [Cree Marshall cree@ was the great granddaughter of Charles Constantine Martin. Her grandfather was Jacob Paul Aaron Martin and his son Carl L. Martin was her father. She was born and raised in Roaring Spring, PA.
1. Inez B. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1907
5) Mary E. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 07 Oct 1881 d. 16 Jan 1964 PA
m. Horace Emanuel Butler m. 16 Jan 1905 b. 02 Aug 1881 d. 19 Oct 1914
1. Teresa Butler b. 1907
m. William Donald Flickinger b. 1903 d. 1988
1) William D. Flickinger, Jr. b. 1932 d. 1977
m. Mary Lou Ayers
2) Glenn B. Flickinger, m.1st Florence Geertson; m.2nd Anna Galbraith
2. Fred Hiley Butler b. 16 Oct 1908 d. 1986
m. Dorothy Anna Barefoot b. 1913 d. 1969
1) Dorothy Louise Butler, m. Edward Replogle
2) Susan Charmai;n Butler
6) G. Edwin Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Apr 1888 d. 1936*
m. Maude C. (?) b. 23 Dec 1889 d. 00 Jan 1978*
1. Reily E. Shoenfelt b. 1926 d. 1926*
7) Willard Earl Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Apr 1890
m. Jeanie [Jennie] Delozier She is head of house in 1930 Blair Co. b. 1893
1. Mary Shoenfelt m. 29 Jul 1929 b. 1913
m. Paul B. Camerer b. 02 Feb 1910 d. 17 Oct 1967
1) Larry Camerer (had four children)
2. Nellie Shoenfelt, m. (?) Rhodes b. 1914
3. Willard Blair Shoenfelt b. 14 Sep 1915 d. 23 Jun 1973
m. Clara (Merrits ) Weyant
1) Roger Weyant
2) Robert Weyant
3) Susan Weyant, m. (?) Leberfinger
4) Catherine Weyant, m. (?) Berry
4. Frederick T. Shoenfelt b. 28 Sep 1917 d. 29 Sep 2002
m. Verna I. Glass m. 11 Apr 1936 b. 12 Feb 1917 d. 19 Aug 1999
Verna I. Shoenfelt, 82, Morrisons Cove Home, Martinsburg, formerly of McKee, East Freedom RD, died Thursday afternoon, 19 Aug 1999, at Nason Hospital, Roaring Spring. She was born 12 Feb 1917, at East Freedom RD, the daughter of George and Annie (Dodson) Glass. She married Fred T. Shoenfelt in Cumberland, MD. Mrs. Shoenfelt enjoyed quilting, platting rugs and flowers. Surviving are her husband of Morrisons Cove Home; four daughters: Sonja Burket of Martinsburg RD, Betty L. May of New Freedom and Jennifer Yingling and Nanette Meck, both of Roaring Spring; two sons: Fred T. of Blue Knob and Frank L. of Martinsburg; two sisters: Betty Nale and Nellie Snyder, both of Claysburg; a brother, Thomas of Claysburg; 19 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Shoenfelt was preceded in death by a son, nf W, December 2, 1993. There will be no public viewing. Arrangements by J. Gary Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring. SHOENFELT -Scripture services for Verna I. Shoenfelt of Morrisons Cove Home, Martinsburg, formerly of McKee, East Freedom RD, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Roaring Spring, with Monsignor William E. Shultz officiating. Inurnment will be made in Riverview Cemetery, Leamersville, at the convenience of the family There will be no public viewing. Arrangements by J. Gary Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring. Altoona Mirror, August 22, 1999,
1) Sonja Shoenfelt, m. (?) Burket
2) Betty L. Shoenfelt, m. (?) May
3) Jennifer Shoenfelt, m. (?) Yingling
4) Nanette Shoenfelt, m. (?) Meck
5) Fred T. Shoenfelt
6) Frank L. Shoenfelt
7) Joseph W. Shoenfelt d. 02 Dec 1993
5. Robert F. Shoenfelt b. 21 Aug 1920 d. 00 Jun 1992 PA
6. Donald Shoenfelt b. 04 Jul 1922 d. 18 Nov 1990
7. Lois Shoenfelt b. 16 Jul 1924 d. 04 Jul 2000
m. Grover C. Clarr. Jr. m. 27 Jun 1949 Winchester, VA.
1) Sandy Clarr, m. (?) Mellott
2) Amy Clarr, m. (?) Bigler
3) Connie Clarr, m. (?) Smith
4) Grover C. Clarr, III
5) Richard E. Clarr
6) Michael A. Clarr
8. John “Jack” Howard Shoenfelt b. 1929 d. 26 Apr 2002PA
2. Samuel Judson Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 23 Dec 1854 d. 11 Oct 1902 PA
m. Susan Snyder Blair Co., Pa. b. 04 Sep 1858 d. 27 Aug 1945
Susan was the daughter of Elizabeth (England) & William Harrison Snyder. Susan & Samuel are buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Blair Co., Pa.
1) Jesse Shoenfelt, m. Claude Hostler Blair Co., Pa. b. 13 Mar 1884
2) William D. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 20 May 1885
m. Margaret Mary Kissinger b. 1886
1. Jeanette C. Shoenfelt b. 1914
2. Robert Leroy Shoenfelt d. Holy Cross Cemetery-Summit Co. OH b. 04 Jan 1915 d. 19 Sep 1989
m. Mary Regina McCormick m. 11 May 1940 b. 08 Jul 1918 d. 13 Sep 2004
3. Frank S. Shoenfelt, Lillian Artz b. 1917
Lillian was the daughter of Levi “Jake” & Mary (Helsor) Artz; granddaughter of Harry & Elvina Susanna (Faust) Artz.
1) Brenda Shoenfelt, m. Paul (?)
2) Dennis Shoenfelt, m. Cathy (?)
3) Kathleen Shoenfelt, m. Bob (?)
4. Martha L. Shoenfelt b. 1919
3) Roy Charles Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. m. 23 Feb 1909 b. 24 Nov 1886 d. 26 Nov 1980
m. Agnes Harris Grove b. 27 Apr 1886 d. 28 Sep 1962
Agnes was the daughter of Joseph & Nancy Jane (Harris) Grove. Roy & Agnes are buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Blair County, Pa.
1. Thomas Blair Shoenfelt d. Montgomery Co. Tx. b. 22 Jun 1909 d. 00 May 1981
2. Charles Arthur Shoenfelt b. 12 Oct 1910 d. 10 Jun 1992 CA
m. Mariah R. Nearhoff, daugher of Sanford and Mariah Nearhoff
1) June E. Shoenfelt b. 1930
3. Dorothy Shoenfelt b. 1913
4. Emma Ruth Shoenfelt b. 14 Jan 1914 d. 30 Sep 1971
m. Miles B. Coleman
1) Sandra Coleman
m. (?) Wardell
2) James H. Coleman
3) Thomas R. Coleman
5. Ralph Grove Shoenfelt b. 1915 d. 14 Mar 1916 4m
4) George Edgar Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 10 Jul 1889 d. 04 Sep 1947
m. Etta M. Carter b. 14 Dec 1887 d. 00 Jun 1974 Pa.
Died 28 Apr 1947 Viola B. Kinsel wife of Harry C. Kinsel, died at home at 4.40 this morning. Born at Pine Grove Mills 26 Feb 1881, a daughter of James L. & Amanda (Hart) Carter. Surviving are husband, and children: Clyde, Aldeada & Verna Abrahims, 2 step children, Naomi Gharett & James C. Kinsel; 9 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and siblings Bessie Reighard of Reading, Etta Shoenfelt Minnie Kerber, Paul and Ulysses F. Carter, & Maud Sutter. Mrs. Kinsel was a member of the 28th St. Church of the Brethren.. Friends are being received at the home after 7 this evening.
1. Edgar W. Shoenfelt b. 14 Oct 1910 d. 00 Sep 1983 Pa.
2. Charles L. Shoenfelt b. 1914
3. Louise E. Shoenfelt b. 1920
5) Blair Shoenfelt b. 21 Apr 1894 d. 05 Sep 1896
6) Mary Ruth Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa.. b.4 Jun 1898 d. 03 Aug 1978
m. Paul G. Snyder Buried: Greenwood b. 1893 d. 1944
3. Clarissa/Clarinda V. Shoenfelt, m. Alfred M. Hudson Blair Co., Pa. b. 1856
4. William D. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 17 Sep 1858
Never married. 1920 - Lodger in Sacramento, Ca.; 1930 - Lodger in Los Angeles, Ca.
5. Sarah 'Sallie' E. Shoenfelt b. 13 Sep 1859
6. Daniel Lloyd Shoenfelt Buried: Antis Cemetery b. 03 Nov 1862 d. 17 Jul 1901
7. Charles Shoenfelt b. 00 Dec 1873
m. Elenore (?) b. 1878
On 20 July 1860, page 192, we find Andrew and Mary Ann in Hollidaysburg, Blair County; Andrew is a miller; the three oldest children are in school and William and Sallie are small children at home. Andrew and Mary Ann baptize Sarah, Samuel and William 9 Feb 1861, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania. 20 July 1870, page 6, Andrew and Mary Ann are in Antes, Blair County; Andrew is a miller; the six oldest children are in school. And, 20 June 1880, page 5, we find Andrew and Mary Ann in Altoona City, 7th Ward, Blair County. Andrew is a laborer, George and Samuel are Millers, William works in a tin shop and Daniel is a clerk in a store. Charles, 7 years old, is at home. Andrew's daughters have probably married. On the 1880 census, Andrew shows that his father (Jacob) was born in Maryland. The birth-years of Andrew and Mary are unclear because of the inconsistency in the listing of their ages for '60, '70, and '80. The birth year for Andrew is recorded as 23 March 1828 in Early Shanafelt Family, Laural (Shanafelt) Powell, 1994, p.212. If this is correct, William, previous section either would not be son of Jacob or his birth date is incorrect.
Franklin Augustus Shoenfelt died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Shoenfelt, May 19, aged 26 years, 3 months and 2 days. He enlisted in Altoona in Company D, 12th infantry, U.S. regular infantry, 10 Dec 1898, for the Philippine service. He was in continuous service and was a brave and valiant soldier, and participated in the following engagements in the Philippines: Skirmish before Paramage, 10 Jun 1899; before Parae, 10 Aug 1899; at capture of Angeles, 16 Aug 16, 1899; night attack on Angeles, 16 Oct 16, 1899; battle and capture of Bambam, 11 Nov 1899; advance on Capos, Murcia, Tarlac, El Bend, Gerona and Panique. He was transferred from Company D, 12th U.S. infantry to the 63rd company, cart artillery, September 24, 1901, at headquarters department of Luzon at Manila, and was honorably discharged at Albatros Island, California, December 9, 1901 by reason of expiration of three years service and arrived home December 28, 1901, and has since resided in Altoona. He was a member of the Reformed Church at East Sharpsburg, afterward of Christ Church, Altoona. His parents, two sisters & three brothers survive him. Buried: Grandview Cemetery, Roaring Springs. The Story ofa Cove Family, by Cowan, Bedford, Pennsylvania, page 154.
1920 Census shows George E. and Jane, daughter, Mary Butler and her children Teresa and Fred, and grandson, Frank McDermitt in Blair County, Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania ed.113, p.5. Willard E. and family may be found in 1920, Blair County, Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania ed.113, p.6. Susan (Snyder), widow of Samuel is a housekeeper for Phillip Haas in 1920, ed.46, p.6, Altoona, Blair Co. and George Edgar and family are also in Altoona, Blair County, p.40, ed.57.
Susan (Snyder’s) siblings were Theodore David, Mollie and Catherine (m. Walter Isenberger) Snyder. Recollections of By-Gone Days in the Cove, Ella M. Snowberger, 1934, Vol. VII, pp.16-17.
*Indicates that they were buried at Carson Valley Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania. Ralph Grove Shoenfelt, son of Roy and Agnes Shoenfelt is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
GEORGE MARKS SHOENFELT
Born: 24 July 1830 - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Died: 15 December 1917 - St. John Reform Cemetery, E. Sharpsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Married: 22 October 1852
Wife: CHRISTIANA BURKETT
Born: 20 August 1831 - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Died: 1 November 1916 - St. John Reform Cemetery, E. Sharpsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Father: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Mother: Elizabeth Marks
Father-in-law: Adam Burkett, Jr. Mother-in-law: Katherine Metzger
Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt, Sr. Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
Adam Burkett Maria Puderbaugh
John Metzger, Jr. Christine Hoover
G-Grandfather: William Shanefelt G-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
Jacob Puderbaugh (?)
John Metzger (?)
Jacob Hoover Anna (?)
GG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
George Puderbaugh
Children:
1. Mary Ellen Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 18 Aug 1853 d. 02 Oct 1943
m. Thomas Mitchell Myers b. 1849 d. 1923
(They had three children. Mary and Thomas are buried at Dry Hill Cemetery, Woodbury, Bedford Co., Pa.)
2. Horace Greely Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 08 May 1856 d. 08 Sep 1931
m. Maryetta Biddle m. 00 Sep 1885
1) Charles Earl Shoenfelt WWI Blair Co., Pa. b. 17 Feb 1887 d. 00 Aug 1969
m. Ruth Camerer
1. Ivan C. Shoenfelt m. 05 Oct 1940 b. 30 Apr 1909 d. 22 Nov 1968
m. Eleanor Sauers
2. Helen Shoenfelt, m. (?) Nycum b. 1913
2) Harvey E. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Mar 1889 d. c.a. 1963
m. Edna (?) m. 30 Oct 1916 b. 08 May 1892 d. 00 Apr 1989
1. Mabel E. Shoenfelt (single) b. 1918 d. 1933
2. Doris Shoenfelt, m. Wilbur Miller b. 1927
3) Samuel E. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. w/ parents 1930 b. 00 Oct 1890
4) Elvin Jay Shoenfelt, Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 May 1895
m. Buleau Brown b. 1900
1. Virginia Shoenfelt b. 1920
2. Paul A. Shoenfelt b. 06 Apr 1925 d. 12 May 2000
m.1st Nelda J. Albright m. 17 Sep 1948 d. 22 Aug 1982
m.2nd Nancy Edward m. 27 Aug 1984
5) Oscar W. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Jun 1898 d. 1959
m. Arlene Helsel
1. Melvin Eugene Shoenfelt b. 19 Sep 1935 d. 11 Apr 2000
m. Paule R. Reede m. 09 Mar 1956
3. Ethan Allen B. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 26 Sep 1856 d. 17 Dec 1938
m. Flora Collins Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Nov 1869
1) Collins Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Jul 1890
m. Bertha (?) b. 1896
1. Ray Shoenfelt b. 27 Apr 1918 d. 01 Aug 1989
2. Theresa L. Shoenfelt b. 1919
2) Alfred Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Mar 1892
[Other Granddaughter of Allen & Flora - Francis L. Shoenfelt b. 1910, Genevie L. Shoenfelt, m. Robert Roscoe Replogle, b. 1925]
4. Jacob Blair Shoenfelt 1930 - Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Ca. Blair Co., Pa. b. 14 Feb 1859 d. 22 Nov 1935
m. Anna E. Isenberg Pennsylvania m. 00 May 1883 b. 1862
(Anna was daughter of J. Miller Isenberg)
1) Harriet Pearl Shoenfelt Pennsylvania b. 24 May 1882 d. 15 May 1951 CA
m.1st Dr. C. A. Thompson
m.2nd Harry Frank b. 1884
2) Cecil E. Shoenfelt Michigan b. 1884
3) Doris Edna Shoenfelt, m. (?) Roberts Wyoming b. 10 May 1896 d. 16 Aug 1984 CA
5. George Burkett Shoenfelt b, Blair Co., Pa. d. Muskogee, Okla. b. 20 Apr 1860 d. 31 Aug 1941
m.1st Myrtle Palmer m. 07 Jul 1906
m.2nd Jessie Jordon b. Carroll, Neb. d. Tulsa, Okla. b. 28 Dec 1882 d. 14 Mar 1943
(Jessie was daughter of William Brice and Mary Rachel (Morris) Jordon)
1) LaVere Schoenfelt, m. (?) Anderson
6. Adam Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 25 Dec 1862 d. 05 Nov 1922
m.1st Belle Fink Divorced
m.2nd Lucy Artel b. 1868
1) B. Howard Anth (Step-son) b. 1904
7. Sarah 'Sallie' Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. m. 17 Sep 1882 b. 26 Nov 1863 d. 28 Jul 1942
m. Jacob Calvin Snowberger b. 13 Jan 1861
(Sarah and Jacob had two children. He was the son of John B. and Mary G. (Grabill) Snowberger)
1) Missouri Anna Snowberger, m. (?) Lewis b. 23 Sep 1885 d. 03 Feb 1950 CA
8. James Washington Shoenfelt b. c.a. 1865 d. Infancy
9. Daniel Shoenfelt 1900 Franklin, Seneca Co., New York b. Blair Co., Pa. b. 01 May 1866
m. Annie M. Klotz [Kelse] b. Waterloo, NY b. 05 Feb 1866 d. 09 Jan 1935
1) Hazel Shoenfelt b. 00 Jun 1896 New York
2) Shoenfelt
3) Alta C. Shoenfelt b. 1903 New York
4) George Frank Shoenfelt b. 16 Mar 1904 d. 31 Jan 1972
m. Evelyn M. Hook Buried Blair Memorial Park m. 09 Apr 1939 b. 28 Oct 1911 d. 24 Jan 1977
5) Ralph K. Shoenfelt Married twice b. 01 Aug 1906 d. 14 Mar 1970 PA
6) Anna W. Shoenfelt b. 1909
10. Charley Shoenfelt b. c.a. 1869 d. 2 years old
11. Edward B. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 07 Feb 1875 d. 16 Mar 1945
m. Ida Wrinkler b. 00 Mar 1875
1) Carlyle Shoenfelt b. 1901
In 1920 Ida, listed as a widow, is with her sister Margaret (Wrinkler) Wyrick; Carlyle is also with them.
George M. Shoenfelt was born in Blair County, and has always resided there. On 13 June 1860, page 51, and 17 June 1870, page 12, George and family are in Taylor, Blair County. On 15 June 1880, page 30, they live in the dwelling next to George's father, Jacob, Jr. Page 13, ed. 91, George - 69 years old, and Christina - 68 years old are still in Taylor. 1900 Taylor Twp., Blair County, shows Adam married for seven years, boarding with William Snowberger and shows Edward and wife Ida with sister Sarah and Jacob Snowberger. Sharing with you a story told about George living in the Cove:
". . . In spite of the superior speed offered by the railway train, many of those old-timers preferred to keep their money in their pockets and 'hoof' it. However, it was not always for reasons of economy that those sturdy old timers traveled afoot, doing feats in the natural course of their daily lives. . . It was the pioneering blood in their veins which urged them to seek an outlet in prodigious activity. Thus without thought of press agent notoriety, they walked mile and mile because that was their accustomed mode of locomotion. . . If their course was impeded by snow, flood or what we would consider insurmountable difficulty, it meant nothing to them. Heavy cow hide boots, propelled by unflagging man power, were equal to anything. . . . Mr. Matthew Sell recalls an instance of one of those long distance marathons on shank's mare, which in these days of universal motor travel, seem almost incredible. Mr. Sell was a little boy at the time. He lived with his parents, Elder and Mrs. James A. Sell, at Leamersville. It was a bitterly cold winter night. Roaring blasts swept the deep snow into billowing drifts and beat against the windows seeking a cranny through which it could sift it into the warm sitting room. Elder Sell was not at home. Mrs. Sell and her three little boys were loathe to leave the warm fire to go to bed although it was 11 o'clock. Their neighbors had long since retired. Suddenly a knock at the door startled the calm of the little family. Summoning her courage, Mrs. Sell opened the door a crack. She was confronted by a man so covered with snow that he looked like a perambulating snow man. The traveler assured Mrs. Sell that he meant no harm. He said his name was SHOENFELT and that he was walking to his home on Plum Creek from Hollidaysburg. Seeing a light in the window, he made bold to ask for something to eat as the great exertion required to wade through the drifts had made him hungry, in fact, he felt hollow inside. Mrs. Sell cut a round from a loaf of bread which was still warm from the oven and spreading it generously with butter and applebutter, gave it to the man, who soon thereafter resumed his strenuous journey. The Sell's were much concerned as to whether he had reached home safe. Not until forty some years later did they learn the sequel. Mr. Matthew Sell and his mother were asked to accompany a friend to visit a sick man in Plum Creek. A stranger to the Sell's, they went to call merely to accommodate the friend. Shown into the sick room, they found the patient to be a man well up in his eighties. Sensing something familiar about the old patriarch's aspect, Mr. Sell asked whether they had not met somewhere before. During the course of the conversation, it transpired that the old man in bed was the man who had stopped at the Sell home for a piece of bread on that bitter long-ago night when he walked from Hollidaysburg to Plum Creek, plowing through deep snow all the way. The man was George Shoenfelt, who died in 1917." Recollections of By-Gone Days in the Cove by Ella M. Snowberger, 1934, Vol. II, p.87.
George M. Shoenfelt remained hale and hearty well into his eighties. In early manhood he taught school and later made farming his main interest. He served many years on the township school board. In his eighties he served as the president of the school board and took much interest in its deliberations and his sound advice was followed by his fellow members. 20th Century History of Altoona & Blair County Pennsylvania, by Jesse C. Sell, p.822.
Their children: Horace and family on 1920 Census, Blair County, Pennsylvania, ed.116, p.7. Flora (Collins), wife of Ethan Allen Shoenfelt was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Collins. Flora and Ethan Allen were married by Rev. Metzler at Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania on 24 Oct 1889. Most of the information on George Burkett Shoenfelt was taken from D.A.R. Library, presented by Janis Miller, 18 April 1973, #58697. His wife Jessie was the daughter of William Brice and Mary Rachel (Morris) Jordon and granddaughter of William H. and Sarah (Bartlett) Jordon and Joseph Robert and Elizabeth Ann (Kline) Morris. Sallie and Jacob Snowberger were married at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sharpsburg, Pa. 20th Century History of Altoona & Blair County Pennsylvania, Jesse C. Sell, p.822.
A history on Jacob Blair Shoenfelt, son of George Marks and Christianna (Burkett) Shoenfelt:
"Col. J. Blair Shoenfelt, a prominent and successful business man of Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he is extensively interested in the production of oil, is a scion of an old and representative family of Blair County, Pennsylvania. Colonel Shoenfelt, as he is familiarly known to his many friends, is a summer resident of Blair County, occupying his estate, which is situated near Roaring Spring. He was born at East Sharpsburg, Blair County, 14 Feb 1859, son of George M. and Christiana (Burkett) Shoenfelt.
". . . J. Blair Shoenfelt was reared on the home farm in Taylor Twp. and was afforded excellent educational attendance at Brethren's Normal School at Huntingdon, Pa. and at the University of Indiana, where he was graduated in 1880. He had studied law and was admitted to the bar of Indiana, in March of that year, and shortly afterward went to South Dakota, finding what promised to be a good opening in a professional way, at Estelline, in Hamlin County. Nov 1880, he was elected the first county judge of Hamlin County and served on the bench for several years. After South Dakota became a state, he was elected the 1st circuit judge of the 3rd Judicial circuit of South Dakota and served in that position for 2 years. He continued in the practice of law at Estelline until 1890, when he moved to Douglass, Wyoming. He was elected prosecuting attorney and served through several terms in Converse County. While a resident of Wyoming, he was honored by President McKinley who appointed him Indian agent.
"Col. Shoenfelt entered upon the duties of agent for the five civilized Indian tribes of Indian territory, on 30 June 1899, and served with efficiency until 30 June 1905, when he resigned. When he took charge of the office, two clerks only were employed and as an indication of the activity and business enterprise of the new agent, it may be mentioned that when he retired, the departments he had organized required eighty stenographers and about 150 bookkeepers, clerks and other minor officials. The business transacted was vast in extent and volume and never had the Indian affairs of that section been in such complete order. For a number of years he has been prominently identified with the oil industry in Oklahoma and also in valuable mines in Mexico. His business interests are varied and important particularly along these lines. He is a director and member of the advisory board of the Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company, headquarters at Muskogee, Oklahoma, and he is a director and president of the Alter Placer Gold Mining Company, headquarters at Hermisillo, Mexico.
"For a number of years Col. Shoenfelt has been interested in military matters. He was colonel of the first regiment of the Wyoming National Guard, recruited for the Spanish-American War and by order of the adjutant-general went to and was drilled in preparation for active service and was ordered to the front just before the termination of the war. He continued to serve as colonel of this regiment as long as he remained as resident of Wyoming and is affectionately remembered by his old comrades.
"Colonel Shoenfelt married in May, 1883, to Anna E. Isenberg, who was born at Alexander, Pennsylvania and is a daughter of J. Miller Isenberg, of Johnstown, P. Col. and Mrs. Shoenfelt have three children: Pearl, wife of Dr. C. A. Thompson of Muskogee, Cecil E., a general superintendent of the Blair Oil Refining Company located at Muskogee, a very successful young business man, and Doris E.. During the winter months the family reside at Muskogee, taking a prominent part in the pleasant social life of the place, but when summer comes, the old farm in Taylor Twp. offers a welcome and attractions that only one's native place can give. February, March and April of 1910, Col. Shoenfelt and family enjoyed an extended West Indian cruise.
"In politics, Col. Shoenfelt is a Republican. He is prominently identified with Masonry and belongs to the minor branches as well as the Commander at Muskogee and also is connected with the Elks at this point.
“Col. Shoenfelt has had an interesting career and has done his full share in bringing about the development of sections of the Union which, in his youth, were considered entirely uncivilized. He went into the far West with the training of a collegian, the courage of a brave man and the enterprise which overcomes difficulties. Called upon to assume judicial duties before he had enjoyed any measure of legal experience, he made no mistakes and when he retired from one official position it was but to assume the duties of a still more important one." 20th Century History of Altoona & Blair County Pia, by Jesse C. Sell, p.822-823.
Fifty year old Jacob Blair, wife Anna, daughter Doris and twenty-four year old son Cecil Earl can be found in Muskogee County, Okla. in 1910.
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JACOB BLAIR SHOENFELT
U. S. Indian Agent for the Five Civilized Tribes Indian Territory, six years. Muskogee, I. T. Notable Men of Indian Territory, p 54.
JOHN BAKER SHOENFELT
Born: 11 December 1837 - Pennsylvania
Died: 23 January 1923
Wife: MARIE WHITAKER
Born: September 1844
Father: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Mother: Elizabeth Marks
Father-in-Law: (?) Mother-in-law: Nancy Whitaker
Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
G-Grandfather: William Shanefelt G-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. James W. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. m. 15 Jun 1910 b. 00 Feb 1865
m. Alice Elizabeth Morrow b. 26 Feb 1879
Elizabeth was the daughter of Alexander Dysart and Elizabeth Alice (Tussey) Morrow.
Mr. Morrow was married March 11, 1869, to Alice Tussey, who was born in Canoe Valley, Huntingdon Co., Pa., a daughter of Robert and Dorothy (Harnish) Tussey. John Tussey, great-grandfather of Mrs. Morrow, was the first of the family to come to Pa., and located in Harts Log Valley, below Alexandria, in Huntingdon Co. He was the father of three children, David, John B. and Mary. David, grandfather of Mrs. Morrow, was born near Alexandria in 1783, and was 21 when he moved to Canoe Valley. He married Elizabeth Means, daughter of Hughey and Margaret (Dean) Means, The Deans suffered considerable loss of property and relatives through the Indians. Robert Tussey was born Jan. 30, 1816, in Canoe Valley and was reared on the home farm. He married Feb. 6, 1840, to Dorothy Harnish, who was born Dec. 15, 1814, daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Keller) Harnish. Robert Tussey always lived in Canoe Valley, where he farmed and dealt in cattle, supplying the people of that community with beef and fresh meats. He was the father of: William H., Susannah, m. William Irwin, Samuel C., Mary E., Elizabeth A., wife of subject, born Mar. 1, 1847, and died Jan. 27, 1904- buried Arch Spring Cemetery, David F., Lydia Laura, m. William Isett, Caroline, m. George Moore, Robert J., and Lillian M.. Christian Harnish, grandfather of Mrs. Tussey, came from Berks County, Pa., where his grandfather had settled in 1800, to Huntingdon County, and bought 1,000 acres of land in what is now Morris Township. Mr. and Mrs. Morrow had the following children: Frank Tussey, b. Apr 23, 1870, is a member of the Blair County bar. He was with Craig & Bowers of Altoona. Edith Bell Sep. 1, 1871-Jun 3, 1904. Ella Kate Mar 2, 1873-Jun 10, 1873. Samuel B. Jul 11, 1874-April 4, 1880. Mary M. was born May 7, 1876, and is a graduated nurse of the Nason Hospital at Roaring. Spring, Pa. Rachel Harnish, who was born November 20, 1877, a trained nurse, and a graduate of the Philadelphia Children's Hospital. Alice Elizabeth born Feb 26, 1879, married Jun 15, 1910, to J. W. Shoenfelt of Altoona. She is a graduate of the Normal School and taught some time in Bellwood. One son born July 10, 1880, died unnamed. Dorothy, born Jul 9, 1882. Alexander Dysart, Jr., Oct 27, 1885-Dec 9, 1905. Mr. Morrow is politically a Republican, although inclined to be independent. 1) Elizabeth Shoenfelt b. 1912
2) James Shoenfelt b. 17 Oct 1914 d. 00 Dec 1962 Pa.
3) Dysart Shoenfelt b. 28 Feb 1916 d. 26 Dec 1988 Pa.
m. Janet Ritts, Roaring Springs, PA., daughter of Albert and Janet (Butler) Ritts
2. Sarah Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History) b. 16 Mar 1866
m. Henry D. Brumbaugh
3. Harrison Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Nov 1867
m. Myra (?) m. 1882 b. 00 Nov 1873 Maryland
1) John Earl Shoenfelt WWI b. 31 May 1893
2) Chester E. Shoenfelt b. 25 Dec 1901 d. 00 May 1975 Pa.
m. Jessie (?) b. 1907
4. Reuben W. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History) b. 20 Mar 1869
m. Blanche Carney b. 00 Feb 1872
5. Mary Ellen Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1871
6. Margaret Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 1872
7. Jennie Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. m. 1895 b. 1874
m. Daniel Dilling Detwiler Blair Co., Pa. b. 31 Jan 1873 d. 09 May 1946
(Daniel was son of Samuel Snowberger & Catherine (Dilling) Detwiler. Dilling was the middle name of all sons of Samuel; Snowberger was the middle name of all brothers of Samuel. The seven children are Jennie’s; after her death, Daniel married Carrie Shoenfelt, younger sister to Jennie. Daniel died in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.
1) Ruth Margaret Detwiler d. Infancy
2) Lawrence Detwiler d. Infancy
3) Roy Detwiler d. Infancy
4) Frank S. Detwiler b. 1895/6 d. 1923
5) Lena M. Detwiler b. 15 Aug 1897 d. 00 May 1986 NJ
m. Frank Romberger b. 22 Mar 1891 d. 00 Mar 1970 NJ
6) Alice M. Detwiler, m. Elmer Johnson
7) Clair S. Detwiler
8. Elizabeth Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. (Separate History) b. 1876
m. Franklin Brumbaugh
9. Charles W. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Sep 1877 d. 13 Jul 1963 NC
m. Bertha B. Baker, daughter of William Wray & Lauretta (Wesley) Baker. b. 00 Apr 1881
1) Martha Shoenfelt b. 1902
m. Albert Montgomery b. 1902
2) Anna Shoenfelt (Never Married) b 06 Aug 1904 d. 00 Dec 1985 Pa.
3) Isabelle Shoenfelt b. 1907
4) Marcella Shoenfelt Delaware Co., Pa. b. 1910
5) Charles Ellis Shoenfelt Delaware Co., Pa. b. 25 Sep 1916 d. 00 Dec 1982 NC
Buried at Spindale Cemetery, Rutherford Co. NC.
m. Emma Lipscomb
1. Charles Gerald Shoenfelt b. 1946 NC
m. Terry Ann Harrill
1) Charles Allen Shoenfelt b. 1969 NC
2) Laura Beth Shoenfelt b. 22 Nov 1977 NC
2. Susan Patricia Shoenfelt b. 1954 NC
6) John Shoenfelt Delaware Co., Pa. b. 1918
7) Robert Shoenfelt, m. Aubrey Blades b. 00 Nov 1920
10. Irwin Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Feb 1879
11. Carrie Shoenfelt (see #7, widow of her sister b. 00 Mar 1881
m. Daniel Dilling Detwiler Jennie. WFT #2346, Vol. I) b. 31 Jan 1873 d. 09 May 1946
12. Homer W. Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 28 Sep 1882
m. Blanch E. Fouse [daug. of David M. & Nancy (Bechtel) Fouse] b. 1893
1) Frank Fouse Shoenfelt b. 13 May 1912
2) Ralph F. Shoenfelt b. 1913
3) Robert F. Shoenfelt b. 1915
4) Paul F. Shoenfelt b. 1919
5) Herbert F. Shoenfelt b. 1922
m. Dorothy Fonner
1. Mark Lee Shoenfelt
2. Donna Marie Shoenfelt
3. Scott Jay Shoenfelt Fairview Cem., Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa. b. 09 Feb 1950 d. 19 Nov 1990
6) Lois K. Shoenfelt b. 1925
13. Susan Shoenfelt Blair Co., Pa. b. 00 Mar 1885
14. Elmer Shoenfelt d. Infancy
We first find John and Maria on 8 July 1870, page 9, in Huston, Blair County, Pennsylvania. John is listed on the census as a farm hand; Maria is keeping house with four children under the age of five. On 3 July 1880, page 2, the Shoenfelt family is still in Huston and six more children have been added to their family, for a total of ten children under the age of fifteen years. John is listed as an Engineer. In 1900, page 10, ed. 80, three more children have been born to John and Maria; of the thirteen children, the four youngest are still at home. On the day that the census was taken in 1900, Carrie was visiting her grandmother, Nancy Whitaker, 76 years old, who was born September, 1823. In 1900, John and Maria had been married for thirty-six years; Maria had fourteen children, thirteen living to adulthood. In 1910, John (72) and Marie (64) are living in Blair County; Homer (26) and Carrie (29) are with them. In 1920, John (82) and Maria (74) are living in Blair County, ed. 95, p. 8 with children, Irvin (40) and Carrie (38). Their first born child, James W. is found in 1900 and 1910 as a boarder with Alonzo Rollins, Altoona, Blair County. He married and began his family in middle age.
"John Shoenfelt followed milling during his early life, but later engaged in farming in Blair County. . . . John Shoenfelt was politically a Republican, and was religiously a member of the Reformed church, his wife being a member of the Progressive Brethren Church." History of Blair County and Representative Citizens, p.853.
Rev. Henry Whitaker was born in Blair Co., Pa. 30 Dec 1843 and died in Lancaster County, 1927. In May of 1864, he married Miss Catherine Miller. [They celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at Mt. Carmel in May 1914.] Henry enlisted in the Civil War on 25 Aug 1864. He served as corporal in Co. C, 205th Regiment of Pa Vol. Infantry, and was honorably discharged 02 June 2, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia. Rev. Whitaker had the following brothers and sisters: Professor Joseph T. Whitaker, George Whitaker, Reuben Whitaker, Susan Whitaker, Ellen Whitaker, Mrs. John Shoenfelt and Mrs. Harriet Bollinger who resided in Hagerstown, Maryland. The Rev. and his wife were the parents of four children: Nancy, who died in infancy; Robert M., born 1867 and died 1921; Harry A. who lived in Powls Valley; Susan born 1872 and died 1954. It was at Susan's home that Rev. Whitaker died. Susan Whitaker married Harry H. Swarr and they had: Marion Heistand Swarr m. William B. Shenk; Ellen Jane Swarr m. John Dennis; Katherine Swarr m. Robert F. Frey; Harold Swarr; and Walter Swarr.
Camp near Hancock Station Virginia:
Dear Wife, It is with pleasure that I seat myself today to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present and I hope these few lines will find you enjoying the same blessing. I received two letters from you this morning the first I got from you since the day (?) a week and I tell you I was glad to hear from you and to hear you and the baby was well. I hope you will stay well till I get home for I was so uneasy when you was sick. Well I must tell you that I got a letter from home this morning. John Shoenfelt has a young son.. It was born last Saturday. I got a letter from William this morning and was glad to hear from him. I will answer his letter soon. Lieutenant Lower told me this morning we would get our pay next week. Then I will send you some money right away for know you need it. I was down to see Uncle John today. Him and David are well. The weather here is nice and warm now. I guess I must close as my paper is full. I will write more next time. Lancaster County Heritage, Pennsylvania, Volume 2 Number 2, pp.66,74. From Your Husband, Henry Whitaker
The "W" in James W. Shoenfelt's name possibly stands for Washington, named after his father's brother, James Washington Shoenfelt who died in the Civil War, 1842-1865. Mary Ellen is single at 54 years in 1920 and is a housekeeper to Thomas McFarland, Hollidaysburg, Blair Co., Pa. Margaret is single at 47 years in 1920 and lives alone in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., ed.41, p.3. Bertha (Baker), wife of
Charles was the daughter of William W. Baker
. SARAH "Sallie" SHOENFELT
Born: 16 March 1866
Married: 27 October 1895
Husband: HENRY DILLING BRUMBAUGH
Born: 2 September 1868
Father: John Baker Shoenfelt Mother: Maria Whitaker
Father-in-law: John Bowers Brumbaugh Mother-in-law: Catherine Dilling
Grandfather: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Grandmother: Elizabeth Marks
(?) Nancy Whitaker
David Brumbaugh Barbara Bowers
Henry Dilling Elizabeth Hoover
G-Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
GG-Grandfather: William Shanefelt GG-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GGG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GGG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Susan Blanche Brumbaugh Blair Co., Pa. b. 22 Jul 1896
2. James Leo Brumbaugh Blair Co., Pa. b. 26 May 1898 d. 00 Sep 1977 Pa.
3. Paul Brumbaugh Blair Co., Pa. b. 22 Mar 1900 d. 20 Jul 1900
4. Hulda Brumbaugh Blair Co., Pa. b. 21 Apr 1901 d. 12 Sep 1901
5. Florence Brumbaugh Blair Co., Pa. b. 22 Jul 1902
6. Baby Daughter Blair Co., Pa. b. 23 Apr 1905 d. 05 May 1905
7. Mary Irene Brumbaugh Blair Co., Pa. b. 22 Mar 1909
Henry Dilling Brumbaugh was born at Fredericksburg, Clover Creek, Blair County, Pennsylvania to John B. and Catherine (Dilling) Brumbaugh and was educated in the local public schools. He was a farmer, miller and dealer in farm implements. Henry farmed until 1901, when he bought the "Brumbaugh Mill". Henry was supervisor of North Woodbury Twp. for four years and was a member of the German B. B. Church. The "Brumbaugh grist mill" was built in 1813 by . . . George and John Brumbaugh. History of Blair County and Representative Citizens. Genealogy of the Brumbach Families, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, p.508.
On 2 June 1900, we find Henry and Sarah in N. Woodbury. On this date, they have three children; the youngest is a two month old infant son (later named Paul). This baby died at four months old. The census shows that Mary E. Shoenfelt, 29 years old and single and Margaret Shoenfelt, 28 years old and single are living with their sister and brother-in-law. Mary is a servant and Margaret is a dress maker.
Because two of John's daughters (Sarah and Elizabeth), married Brumbaugh men, and because the history of this honorable family intrigues me, I would like to pass on some history:
"On September 30, 1754, Johannes Henrich Brumbaugh, following an eventful journey that lasted six months, traveling from Germany to England from whence he took passage to the new world, landed at the port of Philadelphia. Unaware that he was founding so large a progeny in the country of his adoption, this industrious, self-
respecting immigrant moved to Maryland and settled north of Hagerstown, where he proceeded to raise his family of fourteen children in precepts of thrift and industry and the fear of the Lord. Such of the fourteen as lived to maturity married and they in turn had, if not fifteen children, at least large families. They not only had large families themselves, but they married into prolific connections. Count up the score throughout five or six generations and the result will look something like the figures in John Rockefeller's income tax return. Furthermore, if you take into considerations the middle initial 'H' in Mr. Brumbaugh's name, you have another big example in multiplication, for the H stands for Hoover. To follow Mr. Brumbaugh's genealogy back as far as his records go, we find that he was born at Marklesburg, April 18, 1860, the son of David Bowers Brumbaugh, who was the son of David. The latter was a son of Jacob, son of Johannes Henrich Brumbaugh. Jacob, born in southern Germany, came to America with his parents. It was he who settled at James Creek, and founded the Brumbaugh family of Huntingdon County, members of whom have won recognition as leaders in educational and religious fields and as owners and tillers of the land. The father of fifteen children, his progeny have scattered throughout the United States. When he prefaces a story with, 'My mother told me,' the listener can relax in comfort and enjoy the interesting revelation which will follow. Then let us
accompany him on a jaunt via memory's trail into the past, 'My mother told me,' he begins, 'that either on the last day of May or at the beginning of June in 1860. . .' Recollections of By-Gone Days in the Cove, Ella M. Snowberger, 1934, p.67.
REUBEN W. SHOENFELT
Born: 20 March 1869
Died: 1954 - Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Married: 6 March 1895
Wife: BLANCH CARNEY
Born: February 1872
Died: 20 April 1955 - Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Father: John Baker Shoenfelt Mother: Maria Whitaker
Father-in-law: Samuel Carney Mother-in-law: Charlotte Carney
Grandfather: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt Grandmother: Elizabeth Marks
(?) Nancy Whitaker
G-Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
GG-Grandfather: William Shanefelt GG-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GGG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GGG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children:
1. Lottie M. Shoenfelt Blair County, Pa. b. 00 Mar 1897
2. Jesse Lee Shoenfelt Blair County, Pa. b. 04 Apr 1898 d. 00 Apr 1984 Pa.
3. Ethel Shoenfelt Blair County, Pa. b. 00 Feb 1900
"Reuben, owner of a foundry and machine shop at Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, was born March 20, 1869, in Blair County, Pennsylvania and is a son of John and Maria (Whitaker) Shoenfelt. . . .
"He obtained his educational training in the common schools of the county, then learned pattern making in the shops at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and subsequently followed his trade at various places until 1908. At that time he purchased a foundry and machine shop at Williamsburg from William Leisig. This was shortly afterward destroyed by fire, and replaced by a more modern shop, where Mr. Shoenfelt carries on a general foundry work in connection with the manufacturing of mine car castings. He employs
about three men the enitre year.
"On 06 Mar 1895, Mr. Shoenfelt married Blanch Carney, who is a daughter of Samuel and Charlotte Carney, well known residents of Hollidaysburg. She has four sisters: Anna, Delia, Rebecca, and Irene. Three children have been born to Mr. & Mrs. Shoenfelt: Lottie, J. Lee, and Ethel, the last mentioned being now deceased. Reuben is politically a Republican, and the religious connection of the family is with the Baptist church." History of Blair County and Representative Citizens, p.853.
1920 Blair Co., Hollisdayburg, PA, p.8, ed. 92, you will find Reuben, Blanch, Lottie and Jessie.
ELIZABETH (Lizzie) SHOENFELT
Born: 1876
Husband: FRANKLIN B. BRUMBAUGH
Born: 18 January 1877 - Died: 26 June 1943
Father: John Baker Shoenfelt Mother: Maria Whitaker
Father-in-law: George Hoover Brumbaugh Mother-in-law: Margaret R. Baker
Grandfather: Jacob Baker Shoenfelt II Grandmother: Elizabeth Marks
(?) Nancy Whitaker
Christian Brumbaugh Magdelena Hoover
Peter Baker Mary Snider
G-Grandfather: Jacob Shoenfelt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Jacob Marks (?)
John Baker Catherine Baker
GG-Grandfather: William Shanefelt GG-Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
GGG-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt GGG-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
John Baker (Parents of Catherine Baker) Mary Friedley
Children:
1. Lena M. Brumbaugh, m. James Teeter b. 20 Aug 1899 d. 24 Aug 1968
2. Chalmer S. Brumbaugh, m. Leone Kephart m. 14 Oct 1925 b. 02 Sep 1900 d. 24 Feb 1962
1) Alice M. Brumbaugh, m. (?) Stern
2) Dorothy Brumbaugh, m. (?) Wagner
3. Ralph S. Brumbaugh, m. Helen E. Benner b. 1902 d. 1947
4. Howard S. Brumbaugh, m. Thelma M. Oakes b. 24 Oct 1907 d. 25 Nov 1986
5. Raymond Brumbaugh, m. Alberta Benner b. 15 Feb 1912 d. 19 Apr 1984
Franklin Brumbaugh was the son of George Hoover Brumbaugh who was born 12 May 1847. On 17 October 1869, George married Hannah Grabill who was born 25 May 1847 and was the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Wineland) Grabill. Hannah died 20 March 1875. On 24 October 1875, George Hoover Brumbaugh married Margaret Baker who was born 7 May 1857 and was the daughter of Peter Baker. Genealogy of the Brumbach Families, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, p.734. Franklin had eight sisters and six brothers. Franklin and Elizabeth were members of the German Baptist Brethren as were other Shoenfelts:
"Among the first ministers of this denomination who are known to have preached in this neighborhood were Revs. JOHN SHINEFELT, Christian Hoover, and John Martin. Elders George Brumbaugh and Isaac Brumbaugh were also among the earlier laborers in this field. The later is particularly remembered as a sincere and earnest minister of the denomination for more than a quarter of a century. He died November 4, 1871. The congregation at James Creek (organized in 1858) was originally a part of the congregation at Clover Creek, in Blair County. The large and substantial church edifice on the line of the Huntingdon and Broadtop Railroad, near Marklesburg, was erected in 1860. .Rev. George Brumbaugh, of Grafton, is at present bishop, and George B. Brumbaugh and W. L. Spanogle, assistants." History of Huntingdon & Blair County, Pa, by J. Simpson Africa, 1883, p.339.
If my research is correct, the Rev. John Shinefelt mentioned above would be Elizabeth's father's uncle, the only brother of her grandfather Jacob. Though her father's name is John, I feel he would be too young to have preached during this time period. I enjoy the Brumbaughs and Hoovers. To give you an idea of what life was like in the Cove:
"One day's 'gradling glover seed' was worth seventy-five cents on August 30, 1832. We find that Rachel Brumbaugh, hired girl, whose wage was seventy-five cents a week, among other things, bought on tick, one box worm candy, 25 cents, one boddle of drops, 25 cents and one gallon soap, 25 cents. After working out her purchases, she had $38.08 in cash coming to her out of seventy weeks' wages.
"There is scarcely any one native to the Cove whose ancestry dates back to the pre-revolutionary period, that has not a Hoover perched somewhere on his family tree. According to data collected by Louis Hoover, of Roaring Spring, there were seven different branches of Hoovers that settled in the Cove. The time of their coming is so long ago that it is shadowed in antiquity, so to speak. Where they all came from is equally obscure, except that Mr. Hoover's family greats hailed from Washington County, Maryland. . . . Through correspondence and conversation with persons in the Hoover line of descent, now residing in Ohio and Indiana. Mr. Hoover has elicited information which points to the belief that the Hoovers originally lived in Alsace-Lorraine. Embracing the Protestant faith centuries ago, they traveled hither and yon over Europe to escape religious persecution. In fact, their wanderings followed practically the same course as the Pilgrim fathers. They first sought refuge in Holland, going from there to England from whence they eventually embarked for the new world. Sacrificing home and country to their religious convictions, they strove to build new firesides and raise altars in the outermost fringe of civilization where they could worship God in accordance with the dictates of their conscience.
"The Hoover sons and daughters intermarried with others of the first Cove settlers. Thus we find them linked with Daniel Ullery, who erected the first log cabin in the vicinity of Roaring Spring and who owned the land on which the town now stands. Barbara, one of Daniel Ullery's daughters, married Jacob Neff, pioneer miller of Roaring Spring, whose exploit in killing two Indians thirsting for his blood, forms one of the most thrilling episodes of the frontier. Daniel Ullery, who by the way was Louis Hoover's great-great-grandfather, had gotten his land grant from the Penn's either late in 1779 or the spring of 1780. He erected his log dwelling house on a site about one hundred yards north of the spring, occupying himself with clearing a portion of his 300 hundred acres and raising crops on the fertile, stump strewn land he had wrested from the primitive forest.
"The story goes that it was a common occurrence for Mrs. Ullery to take a two-tined table fork to the spring house early in the morning to spear a mess of eels for the family breakfast.
". . . Adam Hoover and his brother Christian came into Morrisons Cove from York County. They were devout adherents to the tenets of the Dunkard Faith. Christian Hoover and JOHN SHINAFELT, it is said, were the first preachers of that denomination in what now comprises the Roaring Spring section. Jacob Neff, also a Dunkard, was disfellowshipped because of his slaying of the Indians. At his earnest petition, he was reinstated, the elders shed blood solely in self-defense. Christian Hoover hewed his home out of the wilderness in what is now East Sharpsburg. His daughter married Daniel Howser, who lived on the present Homer Guyer homestead. Captured by a marauding band of Indians, after suffering many vicissitudes of fortune, Mr. Howser made his escape and lived to tell his grandchildren about his experiences at the hands of his savage captors. A daughter, however, who also was abducted by the red skins, never was heard of again.
"Rev. Fred Hoover and John Hoover, sons of Adam, married Brumbaugh girls. Their marriages not only made them ancestors of Martin Hoover Brumbaugh and of Louis Hoover, but of numerous other local residents, whose names may be . . . almost any other surname you could pick at random out of a roster of long established Cove citizens. Even the seven different Hoover clans married one another thereby so mixing up the relationship that it is puzzle today to know which Hoover is which. It made such a repetition of names, that they were distinguished by their middle initials. For instance, there were so many John Hoovers at one time residents, whose names may be . . . almost any other surname you could pick at random out of a roster of long established
Cove citizens. Even the seven different Hoover clans married one another thereby so mixing up the relationship that it is puzzle today to know which Hoover is which. It made such a repetition of names, that they were distinguished by their middle initials. For instance, there were so many John Hoovers at one timethat the alphabet was almost exhausted to provide them with differentiating middle letters. Louis' father, John, had no trouble on this score because he was John Double Hoover. That was his nickname because he really was christened John Hoover Hoover. In speaking of him his friends sometimes jocularly called him Johnny John, thereby carrying out the double idea on his first as well as his last name. At any rate, he was a jolly, good fellow, who enjoyed a joke whether it was at the expense of a quibble on his own name or any other harmless jest. John Double Hoover was a son of John Puderbaugh Hoover, son of Jonothan and Elizabeth Puderbaugh Hoover. It was Jonothan Hoover, farmer and sawyer, by the way, who guilt the old stone house at Henrietta.
". . Before concluding this sketch, which started with the Brumbaughs and digressed over into the Hoover clan, we shall return to our original subject, Martin Hoover Brumbaugh. . ." Recollections of By-Gone Days in the Cove, by Ella M. Snowberger, 1934, Vol. II, pp.73-74
JOHN SHOENFELT
Born: 23 Mar 1803 Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Wife: SARAH "Sally" ONSTATT
Father: Jacob Shoenfelt Mother: Elizabeth L. Baker
Grandfather: William Shanefelt Grandmother: Margaret Gessinger
Peter Baker Christine Lekron
G-Grandfather: H. Johan Schoenfeldt G-Grandmother: Elizabeth Poet
Children - All born Blair County, Pennsylvania
1. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Shoenfelt b. 1847
2. John O. Shoenfelt, Jr. b. 03 Sep 1849
m. Sarah Treese b. 08 Apr 1858
1) William T. Shoenfelt b. 22 May 1877 d. 1908
William died at the home of his parents at the age of 31y 6m 5d. His right leg had become diseased and to stay the progress of the disease his leg was amputated but he continued to grow worse. His service was held at the Methodist Episcopal church where he was a member; he was also a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is survived by his wife and one child. Buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.
2) Edgar Shoenfelt b. 22 Jan 1880 d. young
3) Ira T. Shoenfelt b. 12 Apr 1882
m. Anna Ott b. 1883
1. William Ott (Step-son) b. 1904
2. Ralph Ott (Step-son b. 01 Jul 1907) d. 00 Aug 1985 Pa.
3. Arnold Shoenfelt b. 1917
4. Valeska Shoenfelt b. 1919 d. 22 Feb 1996
m.1st (?) Gochnour
m.2nd J. Leonard Dick b. 21 Jul 1914 d. 24 Sep 1999
1) Janice Gochnour, m. (?) Ramineh
J. Leonard Dick, 85, of Morrison's Cove, formerly of Roaring Spring, died 24 Sep 1999. Funeral at Albright Church of the Brethren, Burial in the Holsinger Cemetery, Bakers Summit. Mr. Dick was son of William & Maude (Fluke) Dick. He married first to Dorothy Albright, who died 5 Apr 1973 and then to Valeska (Shoenfelt) Gochnour, who died 22 Feb 1996. He is survived by sons, J. Larry of Orchard Park, NY and Gregory A. of New Enterprise; a stepdaughter Janice Ramineh of Altoona; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; a sister, Elizabeth Balch and brothers, Mearle, Harper & Robert. He was preceded in death by a son Richard Lee. Mr. Dick was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the Sea Bees. He retired from Conrail as a car repairman after 41 years of service. He also painted and trimmed trees in the Roaring Spring area for many years.
5. Gladys Shoenfelt b. 1922
6. Leona Shoenfelt b. 1924
4) Andrew Shoenfelt b. 10 Jan 1884
5) John T. Shoenfelt, III b. 24 Apr 1886 d. 19 Jul 1963
m. Ellen "Ella" Elizabeth Shultz m. 25 Aug 1914 b. 28 Mar 1885 d. 12 Jan 1965
Ellen was the daughter of John Alexander and Anna P. (Wolfkill) Shultz. John and Ellen are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Roaring Springs, Blair Co., Pa.
1. Dorothy May Shoenfelt m. 10 Jan 1936 b. 16 Mar 1915
m. Robert Replogle b. 02 Sep 1912 d. 00 Apr 1982 Pa.
1) Larry Replogle, m. Shirley Plummber b. 25 Mar 1939
1. Cynthia Replogle
2. David Replogle
3. Dianna Replogle
2) Kay Replogle, m. Larry Sparks b. 21 Mar 1941
1. Robert Joseph Sparks
3) Rodney Replogle, m. Kate Nolan b. 26 Jul 1943
1. Thomas Replogle
2. Patrick Replogle
4) Timothy Replogle, m. Lucille Rusello b. 02 Oct 1947
5) Thomas Replogle b. 17 Nov 1948
6) Elizabeth Replogle, m. John Dick b. 09 Jun 1952
7) Dorothy Jane Replogle b. 26 Apr 1957
2. Mardella Shoenfelt b. 28 Feb 1917
3. John P. Shoenfelt b. 12 Jul 1919
4. Wilbur D. Shoenfelt b. 20 Aug 1921 d. 00 May 1980 Pa.
5. Richard N. Shoenfelt b. 14 Apr 1926
6) Melvin Shoenfelt b. 03 Apr 1888
7) Alexander Shoenfelt b. 16 Sep 1890 d. young
8) Mary A. Shoenfelt b. 09 Mar 1892 d. 13 Jul 1968
m.1st (?) Stine
m.2nd George F. Burk
1. Andrew Stine b. 1911
2. Marjorie Stine, m. (?) Hicks
3. Max W. Burks
4. Ethel Burks, m. (?) Hicks
5. Sarah Burks, m. (?) Ash
9) Grace I. Shoenfelt b. 26 Sep 1895
10) Maude M. Shoenfelt, m. (?) Helsel b. 25 Aug 1899
John was the second of two sons born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Baker) Shoenfelt. On the 1840 Census for Woodberry, Huntingdon Co., Pa., we find John (38y) on page 9. He is the only person listed in the household which indicates that he was single at 38. He lives by his only brother, Jacob Shoenfelt. Sometime after 1840 he married Sarah Onstatt. The Shenefield Family History 1733-1975, Dr. Hale T. Shenefield, p.12. Dr. Shenefield says John married 'Sally', which is a nickname for Sarah. Name Your Baby, by Lareina Rule, p.89. On 15 Aug 1850, we find John (48), Sarah (44), Betsy (3), & John, Jr. (1) in North Woodberry, Blair Co., Pa. On 13 Jun 1860, page 51, they are in Taylor, Blair Co. John is 58 years, Sarah 52, Elizabeth is 13 and John is 11. John, Sarah & Elizabeth are also in Taylor on 17 June 1870, page 12. Elizabeth is living with her brother & his family in 1880. I have no other information on John, Sr. and wife Sarah. By their ages, it appears they married and started their family later than other relatives during this period. John Shoenfelt, Jr. and wife Sarah first appear on p. 30, 14 Jun 1880, Blair Co., Taylor, Pa. John's sister, Elizabeth, 32 years old and sons, William and Edgar are with them. Page 9, ed. 89, Roaring Spring, Blair Co., Pa., 1900 census shows John and Sarah with all nine of their children. By the 1910 census, Sarah is listed as head of household; with her is Ira, 28 years, Andrew, 26 years, John, 24 years, Melvin, 22 years, Mary, 17 years, Grace, 15 years and Maud, 11 years. The whereabouts of William T. and Edgar is unknown in 1910. 1920 Roaring Springs, Blair County, p.12 ed. 113 you find Sara (61), Grace (21), Maud (20), and grandson Andrew Stine (9).
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