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Aaron Packer Shoff (1840 - 1902)

Aaron Packer Shoff
Born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USAmap
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Husband of — married 28 Sep 1877 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvaniamap
Died at age 61 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Aaron Packer Shoff 4 (Christian3, Christian2, Freidrich1) ; b. 28 Nov 1840 at Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; He was the son of Christian Shoff and Lydia Packer

m. Mary A. Spackman 10 Sep 1871 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania; m. Margaret Lavina Cowen, daughter of Matthew Cowen and Margaret Tate, 28 Sep 1877 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania;

He died 11 Aug 1902 at age 61; he was buried 13 Aug 1902 at Cross Road Cemetery, Glen Hope, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.

Known children of Aaron Packer Shoff and Mary A. Spackman were:

  • i. Lydia Ethel Shoff; b. 11 Mar 1877 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania; m. Frank E Davis, son of Henry Harrison Davis and Eliza Ann Groom, 31 Aug 1899 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania; d. 3 Feb 1903 at Clearfield, Pennsylvania, at age 25.

She was a school teacher in Bigler.

There were no known children of Aaron Packer Shoff and Margaret Lavina Cowen.

Home in 1860: [1]Woodward, Clearfield, Pennsylvania Lydia Shoff 58 Frederick Shoff 22 Aaron Shoff 20 Ellen Shoff 15 Millard Shoff 5

He appeared on the census of 22 Jul 1870[2] at Madera, Beccaria Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. a farmer with real estate valued at $4000 and personal property valued at $1820. Also listed were Lydia his mother age 68, brother Frederick age 31, sister, Lydia E. age 25, Millard A. age 14, and Samuel A. Bush age 23.
In 1880,[3] Aaron Packer Shoff resided at Woodward Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
Aaron P. Shoff 39
Margret L. Shoff 34
Lydia E. Shoff 3
Mary L. Cowen 14

He appeared on the census 11 Jun 1900[4] at Bigler Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. a lumberman, married 25 years, Margaret reports only having one child.



Sources

  1. Year: 1860; Census Place: Woodward, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1096; Page: 1184; Family History Library Film: 805096
  2. Year: 1870; Census Place: Woodward, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1327; Page: 339A; Family History Library Film: 552826
  3. Year: 1880; Census Place: Woodward, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1116; Page: 315D; Enumeration District: 272
  4. Year: 1900; Census Place: Bigler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1241395

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Joseph St. Denis for creating WikiTree profile Shoff-19 through the import of Fisher.ged on Sep 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Joseph and others.

  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2018), memorial page for Aaron Shoff (28 Nov 1840–11 Aug 1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82351096, citing Crossroads Cemetery, Beccaria, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Beulah (contributor 46571145) .




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