BIO:  George W. Scheffer, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Spring Garden Township, Pg 192

GEORGE W. SCHEFFER is a native of Spring Garden Township, born at Frystown, March 4, 1843.  He 
learned the milling business when young, and followed it in York County for fifteen years.  He 
next engaged in the dry good and grocery business at Frystown, where he is at present located.  
Mr. Sheffer was appointed postmaster at Frystown, July 1, 1882, which office is known at 
present as East York.  He has always been prominent in religious and local affairs, and has 
been warden of the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, of which he is a member.  He is at present 
president of the Spring Garden Relief Association, and a trustee of the Goodwill Fire Company, 
of East York.  September 7, 1862, he married Miss Anna Wallick, of York County.