George Beecher
(1795-1878)
Anna Margaret Witter
(1799-1891)
Jesse B. Beecher
(1823-1903)
Elizabeth Foust
(1819-1894)
Leah Jane Beecher
(1856-1912)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Rudolph Dubbs Sheaffer

Leah Jane Beecher 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 4 Nov 1856, Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA 1 3 4 5
  • Christened: 14 Nov 1875, Shippensburg: United Methodist Church, Cumberland, PA 10
  • Marriage (1): Rudolph Dubbs Sheaffer on 15 Apr 1880 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 1 Jan 1912, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA at age 55 1 4 5
  • Buried: 4 Jan 1912, Shippensburg: Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 4 5

   FamilySearch ID: LHCF-DG5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Upper Dickinson Twp., Cumberland, PA. 3 Jesse Beecher, laborer, 38, is with wife Eliz., 40; Leah, 4; and Cath. 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylanvia. Jesse had no real estate and possessions worth $200. The post office was Dickinson.

2. Census in 1870 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 11 Jesse Beecher, cooper, 48, is living with wife Elizabeth, 50; Leah, 13; and Catharine, 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. He has no real estate; possessions are worth $120.

The next line of the census page has Elizabeth Mellinger, 80, living alone [an in-law of the Beechers?] with real esate worth $1,500.

The next household is Jesse's father, George Beecher, laborer, 75, living with wife Margaret, 69, and William Beecher, laborer, 28 [grandson?]. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. George's real estate is worth $1,500 and his possessions $500. The post office is Newville.

3. Census in 1880 in Penn Twp., Cumberland, PA. 12 Several Beecher families are on the same page in the 1880 Census in Penn Township.

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

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

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

Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Residence: on 20 Dec 1894 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 13

5. Cause of Death: augura rectoris, septicemia, 1 Jan 1912, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 5

6. Residence: 115 N. Penn St., Shippensburg, Pa. on 1 Jan 1912 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA. 5


Leah married Rudolph Dubbs Sheaffer, son of Henry Sheaffer and Elizabeth Edenbaugh, on 15 Apr 1880 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA.1 (Rudolph Dubbs Sheaffer was born on 18 Jun 1855 in Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA,14 15 died on 31 Dec 1926 in Quincy, Franklin, PA 1 14 15 16 and was buried on 3 Jan 1927 in Shippensburg: Spring Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 14 17.)

Sources

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

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

3 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Upper Dickinson Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1102 Page: 922.

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

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 6080. Leah Jane Shaffer. Father Josiah Beacher. Mother Elizabeth Foust.

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

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 122236. Randolph Sheaffer. Father Henry Shaeffer. Mother Mia Edenbaugh. Spouse Leah Jane Sheaffer.

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

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

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

11 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Penn Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1333 Page: 337.

12 1880 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Penn Township, Series: T9 Roll: 1122 Page: 372.

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

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

15 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 122236. Randolph Sheaffer. Father Henry Shaeffer. Mother Mia Edenbaugh.

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

17 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 122236. Randolph [sic] Sheaffer. Father Henry Shaeffer. Mother Mia Edenbaugh.


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