Sheaffer - Samuel - CW
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Aug 17, 1909
Wingate, Aug 17 -- Samuel Sheaffer, of the shoe & harness firm of Sayers
& Sheaffer, died Sunday morning after an illness of over a
year's duration. The funeral was held today from Liberty
Christian Church and was in charge of the Rev. SF Bailey. The
deceased was born December 24, 1840, in Manchester County, PA. He
grew to manhood in PA and during the Civil War served 2 1/2 years
in the Union Army. After leaving the army he became a member of
Osborn's Prairie Church. He was a strong prohibitionist. - typed by kbz