Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....SCHILL, George 1830 - living in 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 5, 2005, 3:38 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. GEORGE SCHILL, a highly respected citizen and prominent farmer of Elkland township, Sullivan County, Pa., was born in Eisenoch, Saxony, Germany, January 2, 1830, and is a son of Gottleib and Christiana (Reindom) Schill. George Schill, the subject of this biography, was reared and educated in Germany, immigrating in 1851 to New York City, where he worked at the carpenter's trade for three years. He then moved to Fox township, Sullivan County, Pa., where he bought 165 acres of new land; after clearing the land he sold 50 acres and the remainder he still owns. He built a plank house and later a complete set of farm buildings. Mr. Schill married Sarah McCarty, daughter of Joel McCarty. This estimable lady died in 1891 at the age of seventy years, leaving one child, Christiana, who married John Cook. They live in Chester County, and have three children: Blanche; John Wesley; and Marshal. April 6, 1893, Mr. Schill married Mrs. Esther Hart, widow of the late Robert Hart, who was born in the house now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He was a son of William and Charlotte (Bullyon) Hart, natives of England, who were among the earliest settlers of Elkland township, residing on the farm now owned by Mrs. Schill. Mr. and Mrs. Hart lived to be past sixty years of age and were the parents of six children, as follows: William; George; Maria; Ellen; Robert; and James". Robert Hart came into the possession of the old homestead and lived there until he departed this life at the age of sixty, leaving a number of children, namely: Ida, who married Albin Wilcox, and is the mother of three children,—Walter, Blanche E., and George Robert; Nettie, who married M. E. Wilcox, and they are the parents of two children, Wilmer R., and Wardie M.; Marilla, who married E. Norton, and has one child, Harry R.; and Clarence R., who resides with our subject. Mrs. George Schill is a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bird) Norton. Mr. Norton was born May 6, 1808, and died February 2, 1884. Mrs. Norton, who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Schill, was born November 8, 1816, and is the mother of ten children: Esther, the wife of the subject of this sketch; William, who resides in Fox township, has been three times married and has two children, Perry and Lydia; Powell, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work; Emeline, who died at the age of fifteen years; Ira, who died at the age of eight months; Lydia, who married Daniel Miller; Maria, who married W. S. Dieffenbauch; Washington, who died at the age of twenty-five; George B., who married Jennie Campbell of Estella, Pa.; and James, who died at the age of fourteen years. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb