Hugh P. Sheller1

M, #125, b. 7 July 1803, d. 22 November 1889
Last Edited: 6 Jun 2020
Charts:
Descendants of John Moore of Lewisburg, 2nd

Family 1:

Jane B. Moore b. c 1801, d. 25 Apr 1863

Child:

Mary E. Sheller5 d. 1 Dec 1831

Family 2:

Elizabeth Rookman

Notes

  • Note*: William Geddes wrote from Londonderry January the 16th 1826:
    "There has nothing extraordinary occured since my last letter, amongst your acquaintances, unlefs it is the marriage of Mr. Bell, who was married sometime in October or Nov. to a Mifs Moore formerly of Myerstown, but at present of Palmyra. Her father is a storekeeper and keeps store in I. Barnett’s house, in Co. with some others. Hugh Sheller is his clerk. He removed from his former place of residence on account of the canal which is a money making businefs for the store and tavern keepers, as the Irish spends their money as fast as they earn it, either in grog or clothing."

    William Geddes wrote from Campbellstown October 21st 1834
    "Berryhill Bell’s fatherinlaw died last summer & he has made a tolerable haul. His brotherinlaw Hugh Sheller and him fell out about the division of the effects and are now bad friends."3
  • Note: US Census Lewisburg, Union Co., Pa. - household of Hugh P. Sheller:

    1850 Census:
    Hugh P Sheller 46
    Jane W Sheller 46
    Elizabeth Moore 44
    Thomas Hate 17
    ...

    1860 US Census:
    Hugh P. Sheller 54
    Jane W Sheller 55
    E Moore 57
    ...

    1870 US Census:
    Hugh P. Sheller 66
    Elisabeth Sheller 47
    Elisabeth Moor 67

    1880 US Census:
    H. P. Sheller 76
    Elizabeth R. Sheller 574
  • Note: The chart in Ziegler's book states that Hugh Sheller had no issue.
    FindAGrave identifies Mary E. Sheller, who would died at around say age five.1
  • Note: Hugh Sheller is said to be the son of Christian Sheller born 1774 and his wife Margaret Pedan, born 26 Jan 1781, daughter of Col. Hugh Pedan and Sarah Boggs. See also "An authentic history of Donegal Presbyterian Church in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania" p. 90-91. This information provided by Ed Burton and not verified by the compiler.

Citations

  1. [S230] Ziegler, J. L., An authentic history of Donegal Presbyterian Church : located in East Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. (Publ. Philadelphia 1902 [viewed on Internet Archive], ), p. 91, "A Partial Chart of the Descendants of Margaret (Pedan) Sheller, crediting Mrs. Mary Sheller.
  2. [S119] Lewisburg Cemetery, Union Co., Pa. Gravestone photos. And gravestone transcriptions by Mrs. Martha Bartol in 1924, compiled by Forrest Fothergil, partial copy. Courtesy of Union County Historical Society.    Lewisburg-Cem-Union-Co-MoorePhotos87.373.pdf
  3. [S91] "John & William Geddes Letters" on website of Ann Arbor District Library. Letters of William Geddes of Campbellstown, Dauphin Co., Pa., online https://aadl.org/geddes_letters.
  4. [S211] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com
  5. [S64] FindAGrave.com, online .