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William J Sheetz

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William J Sheetz

Birth
Death
19 Apr 1879 (aged 73)
Burial
Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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JOHN SHEETZ, farmer and postmaster of Carsonville, Pa., was born in Jefferson town ship, now Wayne township, November 26, 1842. His grandfather, John Sheetz, was a native of Dauphin county, Pa., and a farmer. William J. Sheetz, father of the younger John Sheetz, was born in Dauphin county, November 20, 1805. He grew up on the farm, and when a young man came to Jefferson township, now Wayne, where he bought two hundred acres of land, on which he built a brick dwelling and barn, and made other improvements, and carried on farming and stock raising. He was hard-working, enterprising and prosperous.

Mr. Sheetz was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Margaret Zimmerman, of Jackson township, born June 3, 1811. "

Source: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, published by J. M. Runk & Co., 1896.
JOHN SHEETZ, farmer and postmaster of Carsonville, Pa., was born in Jefferson town ship, now Wayne township, November 26, 1842. His grandfather, John Sheetz, was a native of Dauphin county, Pa., and a farmer. William J. Sheetz, father of the younger John Sheetz, was born in Dauphin county, November 20, 1805. He grew up on the farm, and when a young man came to Jefferson township, now Wayne, where he bought two hundred acres of land, on which he built a brick dwelling and barn, and made other improvements, and carried on farming and stock raising. He was hard-working, enterprising and prosperous.

Mr. Sheetz was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Margaret Zimmerman, of Jackson township, born June 3, 1811. "

Source: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, published by J. M. Runk & Co., 1896.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66079578/william_j-sheetz: accessed ), memorial page for William J Sheetz (20 Nov 1805–19 Apr 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66079578, citing Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Grave Hunters (contributor 46978735).