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Jesse M. Sheaffer

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Jesse M. Sheaffer

Birth
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Dec 1906 (aged 70)
Tyrone Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The son of George W. & Elizabeth (Shatto) Sheaffer, he married Susanna C. Lay May 7, 1857, and fathered Alveretta (b. 02/08/58), George W. (b. 11/??/59), Peter M. (b. 12/28/61), Robert A. M. (b. 10/24/64), Adda (b. 11/10/66), Jesse M. (b. 01/02/69), Wellington Merion Dallas (b. 04/05/71), Harry (b. 06/17/73), Lilly M. (b. 01/02/77), Maud E. (b. 05/03/79), and Annie (b. 04/17/81). In 1860, he was a farmer living in Sheaffer's Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Bloomfield, Perry County, August 20, 1861, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 31 as a private with Co. D, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer October 10, 1863, at Key West, Florida. Throughout his service, he was absent sick on numerous occasions for reasons such as typhoid fever, "rheumatism," an injured right foot, and "yellow jaundice." He was also twice reported absent without leave, resulting in arrests that do not appear to have led to a court-martial. He honorably discharged with his company December 25, 1865, at Charleston, South Carolina.

He lost the sight in his left eye ca. 1867 when a threshing machine threw out a root that struck him in that eye. Years later, he suffered a serious cut to his left arm when he fell onto an ax. From 1883 through 1887, he lived in Dunlap, Kansas, with his cousin and comrade-in-arms, Benjamin Sheaffer, and while there joined the G.A.R. Returning to Pennsylvania, he died suddenly from "organic heart disease since 1904."
The son of George W. & Elizabeth (Shatto) Sheaffer, he married Susanna C. Lay May 7, 1857, and fathered Alveretta (b. 02/08/58), George W. (b. 11/??/59), Peter M. (b. 12/28/61), Robert A. M. (b. 10/24/64), Adda (b. 11/10/66), Jesse M. (b. 01/02/69), Wellington Merion Dallas (b. 04/05/71), Harry (b. 06/17/73), Lilly M. (b. 01/02/77), Maud E. (b. 05/03/79), and Annie (b. 04/17/81). In 1860, he was a farmer living in Sheaffer's Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Bloomfield, Perry County, August 20, 1861, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 31 as a private with Co. D, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer October 10, 1863, at Key West, Florida. Throughout his service, he was absent sick on numerous occasions for reasons such as typhoid fever, "rheumatism," an injured right foot, and "yellow jaundice." He was also twice reported absent without leave, resulting in arrests that do not appear to have led to a court-martial. He honorably discharged with his company December 25, 1865, at Charleston, South Carolina.

He lost the sight in his left eye ca. 1867 when a threshing machine threw out a root that struck him in that eye. Years later, he suffered a serious cut to his left arm when he fell onto an ax. From 1883 through 1887, he lived in Dunlap, Kansas, with his cousin and comrade-in-arms, Benjamin Sheaffer, and while there joined the G.A.R. Returning to Pennsylvania, he died suddenly from "organic heart disease since 1904."

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Aged 70 y 21 d

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