BIO:  Charles W. SHEFFER, 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, Carroll Township, Pg 88

CHARLES W. SHEFFER, son of David and Sarah Sheffer, of Dillsburg, was born June 
15, 1846.  In 1860 he began learning coach-making of his father, and in 1872 
went to Dover, where for about six years he worked for Brown & Strayer.  On his 
return to Dillsburg he erected a fine dwelling house and a large coach-maker’s 
shop, and has succeeded in establishing a large and lucrative trade in the 
borough and surrounding country in buggies, spring wagons, hacks, phaetons, etc.  
He was married in 1868 to Mary Baish, daughter of Joseph and Mary Baish; of the 
two children born to this union – a boy and a girl – the girl only is living.  
Mrs. Sheffer is a member of the Lutheran Church.