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  1. Margaret Sheets: Birth: 14 APR 1866 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. Death: 18 APR 1877 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA

  2. Emma E. "Cora" Sheets: Birth: 10 SEP 1867 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. Death: in Dauphin Co., PA

  3. Carson Asbury Sheets: Birth: 29 JUN 1869 in Carsonville, Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA.

  4. William H. Sheets: Birth: 20 FEB 1871 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. Death: in Carsonville, Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA

  5. George Washington Sheets: Birth: 20 JUL 1872 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. Death: 09 OCT 1949 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA

  6. Mary A. Sheets: Birth: 08 DEC 1873 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA.

  7. John E. Sheets: Birth: 02 NOV 1876 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. Death: 30 NOV 1879 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA

  8. Thomas R. Sheets: Birth: 10 JUL 1879 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA.

  9. Rosella C. Sheets: Birth: 02 NOV 1882 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA.

  10. Annie L. Sheets: Birth: 11 AUG 1884 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA. Death: 06 SEP 1884 in Jefferson Twp., Dauphin Co., PA


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a. Note:   John Sheetz was a farmer and the postmaster for Carsonville, PA, for eight years, and also ra n the general store in Carsonville. He was very popular, as well as a prosperous businessma n in the vacinity; owned 126 acres of land in Wayne Twp., and 1100 acres of timberland in Cen tre county, PA. He was a school director, and auditor of Jefferson Twp., both for three years , as well as a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This information wa s found in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA, 1896, by Run k & Co., publishers., pg. 757. He is also named as a s/o William Sheetz earlier in the articl e. In 1914 he and his 2nd wife Agnes were godparents at the christening of their great neice , Arlene Sarah Hoffman. At the time John and Agnes's address was Elizabethville, PA. This inf ormation is written down in Arlene (Hoffman) Lyter's "baby book" by her mother at the event o f her baptism. According to descendant Bob Sheetz, of Oscala, FL, who supplied John's death d ate, he notes that John was buried in the Maple Grove cemetery, located in Elizabethville . A photo exists of his tombstone.
 

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