Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.∼COL. SHEAFER IS DEAD.
Prominent Local Business Man and Civil War Veteran.
Col. James Sheafer, for a number of years one of the leading jewelers of Pittsburgh, died about 1 o'clock this morning at the Homeopathic hospital (sic), where he had recently undergone an operation. Although he had not been in the best of health for some time, his death was unexpected, as the operation was thought to be entirely successful.
Col. Sheafer was born in Carlisle, Pa., November 8, 1834. He spent his boyhood there, but later went to Baltimore. Some years before the start of the civil war he came to Pittsburgh. When the first call for volunteers was made by President Lincoln he took an active part in raising Company A. One Hundred and First Pennsylvania volunteers, and went to the front as first lieutenant, the late Col. David M. Armor, afterward commander of the regiment, being the captain. Col. Sheafer served until the close of the war, being mustered out as colonel of his regiment, to which he succeeded when Col. Armor was discharged by reason of illness. In 1863 he was captured in North Carolina with a part of his command and spent 11 months in Libby prison. He was a member of the Union Veteran legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as of the organization of Union ex-Prisoners of War.
After coming to Pittsburgh Col. Sheafer went into the jewelry business. He was junior partner in the firmer of Wattles & Sheafer, being associated with W. Warren Wattles. At the retirement of Mr. Wattles the firm became Sheafer & Lloyd and continued in business in Fifth avenue (sic) until a few years ago, when it was dissolved on the retirement of Mr. Lloyd, Col. Sheafer also retiring from active business. He was known as a judge of precious stones, and had a wide acquaintance, not only in Pittsburgh, but in New York and the east.
Shortly after the close of the civil war Col. Sheafer married Miss Sophia Louisa Miller. For a number of years he had made his home at Bluff and Chestnut streets, going there when Boyd's hill was but sparsely inhabited. He was for many years a member of the First English Evangelical Lutheran church (sic) and treasurer of the congregation, as well as a member of the church council and a teacher in the Sunday school. Besides his wife he leaves two children, a son, Thomas Lane Sheafer, and a daughter, Miss Annie Laura Sheafer. There are also four grandchildren.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), Monday, June 22, 1908; pg. 2
Prominent Local Business Man and Civil War Veteran.
Col. James Sheafer, for a number of years one of the leading jewelers of Pittsburgh, died about 1 o'clock this morning at the Homeopathic hospital (sic), where he had recently undergone an operation. Although he had not been in the best of health for some time, his death was unexpected, as the operation was thought to be entirely successful.
Col. Sheafer was born in Carlisle, Pa., November 8, 1834. He spent his boyhood there, but later went to Baltimore. Some years before the start of the civil war he came to Pittsburgh. When the first call for volunteers was made by President Lincoln he took an active part in raising Company A. One Hundred and First Pennsylvania volunteers, and went to the front as first lieutenant, the late Col. David M. Armor, afterward commander of the regiment, being the captain. Col. Sheafer served until the close of the war, being mustered out as colonel of his regiment, to which he succeeded when Col. Armor was discharged by reason of illness. In 1863 he was captured in North Carolina with a part of his command and spent 11 months in Libby prison. He was a member of the Union Veteran legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as of the organization of Union ex-Prisoners of War.
After coming to Pittsburgh Col. Sheafer went into the jewelry business. He was junior partner in the firmer of Wattles & Sheafer, being associated with W. Warren Wattles. At the retirement of Mr. Wattles the firm became Sheafer & Lloyd and continued in business in Fifth avenue (sic) until a few years ago, when it was dissolved on the retirement of Mr. Lloyd, Col. Sheafer also retiring from active business. He was known as a judge of precious stones, and had a wide acquaintance, not only in Pittsburgh, but in New York and the east.
Shortly after the close of the civil war Col. Sheafer married Miss Sophia Louisa Miller. For a number of years he had made his home at Bluff and Chestnut streets, going there when Boyd's hill was but sparsely inhabited. He was for many years a member of the First English Evangelical Lutheran church (sic) and treasurer of the congregation, as well as a member of the church council and a teacher in the Sunday school. Besides his wife he leaves two children, a son, Thomas Lane Sheafer, and a daughter, Miss Annie Laura Sheafer. There are also four grandchildren.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), Monday, June 22, 1908; pg. 2
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.∼COL. SHEAFER IS DEAD.
Prominent Local Business Man and Civil War Veteran.
Col. James Sheafer, for a number of years one of the leading jewelers of Pittsburgh, died about 1 o'clock this morning at the Homeopathic hospital (sic), where he had recently undergone an operation. Although he had not been in the best of health for some time, his death was unexpected, as the operation was thought to be entirely successful.
Col. Sheafer was born in Carlisle, Pa., November 8, 1834. He spent his boyhood there, but later went to Baltimore. Some years before the start of the civil war he came to Pittsburgh. When the first call for volunteers was made by President Lincoln he took an active part in raising Company A. One Hundred and First Pennsylvania volunteers, and went to the front as first lieutenant, the late Col. David M. Armor, afterward commander of the regiment, being the captain. Col. Sheafer served until the close of the war, being mustered out as colonel of his regiment, to which he succeeded when Col. Armor was discharged by reason of illness. In 1863 he was captured in North Carolina with a part of his command and spent 11 months in Libby prison. He was a member of the Union Veteran legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as of the organization of Union ex-Prisoners of War.
After coming to Pittsburgh Col. Sheafer went into the jewelry business. He was junior partner in the firmer of Wattles & Sheafer, being associated with W. Warren Wattles. At the retirement of Mr. Wattles the firm became Sheafer & Lloyd and continued in business in Fifth avenue (sic) until a few years ago, when it was dissolved on the retirement of Mr. Lloyd, Col. Sheafer also retiring from active business. He was known as a judge of precious stones, and had a wide acquaintance, not only in Pittsburgh, but in New York and the east.
Shortly after the close of the civil war Col. Sheafer married Miss Sophia Louisa Miller. For a number of years he had made his home at Bluff and Chestnut streets, going there when Boyd's hill was but sparsely inhabited. He was for many years a member of the First English Evangelical Lutheran church (sic) and treasurer of the congregation, as well as a member of the church council and a teacher in the Sunday school. Besides his wife he leaves two children, a son, Thomas Lane Sheafer, and a daughter, Miss Annie Laura Sheafer. There are also four grandchildren.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), Monday, June 22, 1908; pg. 2
Prominent Local Business Man and Civil War Veteran.
Col. James Sheafer, for a number of years one of the leading jewelers of Pittsburgh, died about 1 o'clock this morning at the Homeopathic hospital (sic), where he had recently undergone an operation. Although he had not been in the best of health for some time, his death was unexpected, as the operation was thought to be entirely successful.
Col. Sheafer was born in Carlisle, Pa., November 8, 1834. He spent his boyhood there, but later went to Baltimore. Some years before the start of the civil war he came to Pittsburgh. When the first call for volunteers was made by President Lincoln he took an active part in raising Company A. One Hundred and First Pennsylvania volunteers, and went to the front as first lieutenant, the late Col. David M. Armor, afterward commander of the regiment, being the captain. Col. Sheafer served until the close of the war, being mustered out as colonel of his regiment, to which he succeeded when Col. Armor was discharged by reason of illness. In 1863 he was captured in North Carolina with a part of his command and spent 11 months in Libby prison. He was a member of the Union Veteran legion and the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as of the organization of Union ex-Prisoners of War.
After coming to Pittsburgh Col. Sheafer went into the jewelry business. He was junior partner in the firmer of Wattles & Sheafer, being associated with W. Warren Wattles. At the retirement of Mr. Wattles the firm became Sheafer & Lloyd and continued in business in Fifth avenue (sic) until a few years ago, when it was dissolved on the retirement of Mr. Lloyd, Col. Sheafer also retiring from active business. He was known as a judge of precious stones, and had a wide acquaintance, not only in Pittsburgh, but in New York and the east.
Shortly after the close of the civil war Col. Sheafer married Miss Sophia Louisa Miller. For a number of years he had made his home at Bluff and Chestnut streets, going there when Boyd's hill was but sparsely inhabited. He was for many years a member of the First English Evangelical Lutheran church (sic) and treasurer of the congregation, as well as a member of the church council and a teacher in the Sunday school. Besides his wife he leaves two children, a son, Thomas Lane Sheafer, and a daughter, Miss Annie Laura Sheafer. There are also four grandchildren.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), Monday, June 22, 1908; pg. 2
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