Shirer Family Genealogy Project
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| Father | George W. Sheirer1 b. 7 September 1822, d. 27 February 1904 | |
| Mother | Sarah Troutman1 b. 18 April 1829, d. 2 April 1910 | |
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| Family | Jane Skelly b. 14 February 1866, d. 25 September 1942 | |
| Children | 1. | Mary "Molly" Virginia Sheirer b. 1885, d. c 1967 |
| 2. | George Sheirer b. a 1885, d. b 1900 | |
| 3. | Sidney Sheirer b. a 1885 | |
| 4. | Nellie Leota Sheirer b. 4 Sep 1893, d. 17 Mar 1997 | |
| 5. | Ora "Orie" Sheirer b. 11 Jul 1895, d. 17 May 1971 | |
| 6. | John Foster Sheirer b. 2 Sep 1897, d. 23 May 1959 | |
| 7. | Clark James Sheirer b. 5 Jun 1900, d. 15 Dec 1941 | |
| 8. | Dalton Sheirer b. 22 Mar 1911, d. 22 Aug 1950 | |
| Birth* | 29 March 1860 | Southampton Twp., Somerset Co., PA1,2 |
| Census* | 1870 | 1870 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Juniata Township, Page 12-13 (enumerated with father, George W. Sheirer) 84, 84,Sheirer, Adam F., 11, M, W, , , Pa, , , , , , , , , , ,3 |
| News/Obit* | 16 February 1878 | (Article from the Morning Tribune, February 16, 1878, Blair County, PA) Tragedy in Bedford County. We learn from the Bedford Gazette that James Rawlins and the Sheirer family, in Juniata township, have been on bad terms. On Tuesday morning Adam Sheirer, aged about eighteen years, passed the Rawlins mansion and was about crossing the foot log, which is reached by a path through Rawlins' lot, when he was met by the latter, who told him that if he came back that way he would kill him. The young man protested, and said that he had never in any way molested him. To this Rawlins assented, but told him his brothers had. When young Sheirer came back on his way home he saw Rawlins at the other end of the foot log armed with a scythe. He again threatened to kill Sheirer if he attempted to cross. He did cross, and just as he stepped off the log Rawlins struck him with the scythe, cutting him across the right shoulder, over the back and in the left side. The wound is said to be a terrible one. Young Sheirer is very corpulent for his age, weighing over two hundred pounds. After the cutting he worked his way to the nearest neighbor where his wounds were attended to. |
| Marriage* | 10 July 1893 | Somerset Co., PA, Aimee Stout has the date as 1884 probably to coincide with the supposed birth dates of some of the children listed as 1885 and before., Principal=Jane Skelly2 |
| Death* | 1949 | Somerset Co., PA2 |
| Burial* | 1949 | Mt. Zion Cemetery, Somerset Co., PA2 |
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