BIOGRAPHY: Vincent SCHELLHAMER, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 378
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VINCENT SCHELLHAMER. -- No better class of people come to the shores of America, 
and none are more hospitably received as prospective citizens of the United 
States, than are the Germans. They differ in many respects from some other 
immigrants who seek a home among us, in that they are, as a class, developers, 
and as such have contributed much to the substantial thrift and prosperity of 
our boasted Republic. As farmers they are to be found in the many fertile 
valleys of the Keystone State, and, wherever found, their farms show the results 
of careful and industrious cultivation. Among the class above referred to must 
be put the gentleman whose name heads this sketch.
     Vincent Schellhamer was born in Germany on February 26, 1837, and is a son 
of Vincent, and Katharine (Schellhamer) Schellhamer. While in his native country 
he followed the pursuits of a farmer, and at the same time drove an omnibus. 
Believing that America offered many inducements to an industrious man, he 
emigrated to this country in 1869, and located in Johnstown, where for nine 
years he drove for the Cambria Iron company. About 1878 he rented a farm in 
Conemaugh township, which he cultivated, at the same time continuing to work for 
the Cambria Iron company. Being a man of great energy, he soon started a dairy 
in connection with his farm, which proved to be a very profitable enterprise. In 
1887 he purchased a farm of one hundred and fourteen acres in Stony Creek 
township, to which he removed. He now conducts one of the largest dairy farms in 
the county, in connection with which he owns thirty-four cows. Being located 
within easy reach of Johnstown, he finds a ready market in that city for all his 
products.
     He married Agnes Hepp, and to this marital union have been born the 
following children: Charles, Richard, Katie, Jacob, John, Annie, Libbie and 
Florence.