OBIT: John R. SHEFFLER, 1900, Bellefonte, Centre County, PA

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  After an illness of over a year's duration from dropsy and kidney trouble 
John R. Sheffler died at his home in Bellefonte Saturday last age the age of 
65 tears and one week.  He was a native of Berks county, but had resided in 
Centre county over fifty years.  He was a carpenter by trade but followed 
school teaching most of his life, having been the oldest teacher in the 
county.  He was a direct descendant of the famous Kentucky pioneer, Daniel 
Boone, his mother having been a Boone.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday, February 19, 1900