. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . d Su-sanna Force, of Chester County, who deceased , 1878. They had children,—William, Rebecca,Jacob, Martha, Ellen (married Rev. H. A. Cleveland),Isabella (married Rev. John F. Meredith), Sarah,Edward L., and John W. Edward Lane was edu-cated in the public schools of the county, and at JACOB SHOPE, Shope, son of Abraham Shope and Eliza-beth Wasser, was born Sept. 6, 1819, in Lower Pax-tang township, Dauphin Co., Pa. His mother wasthe daughter of Dr. John L. W
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . d Su-sanna Force, of Chester County, who deceased , 1878. They had children,—William, Rebecca,Jacob, Martha, Ellen (married Rev. H. A. Cleveland),Isabella (married Rev. John F. Meredith), Sarah,Edward L., and John W. Edward Lane was edu-cated in the public schools of the county, and at JACOB SHOPE, Shope, son of Abraham Shope and Eliza-beth Wasser, was born Sept. 6, 1819, in Lower Pax-tang township, Dauphin Co., Pa. His mother wasthe daughter of Dr. John L. Wasser, who was ship-surgeon on a Swiss vessel, and emigrated to Americain 1769. His advantages of an early education werelimited, and at the age of sixteen entered the office ofthe Gospel Publisher as an apprentice to the art ofprinting. He subsequently took charge of the officeas foreman, then spent some time at Philadelphia,when returning to Harrisburg he there remaineduntil the spring of 1840. He commenced the studyof medicine with his uncle, Dr. David Shope, andbegan the practice of medicine in 1842, and upon. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 599 the death of the latter located at Hummelstown,taking charge of the large practice left by the for-mer. Until 1865 he continued in the active prose-cution of his profession, and with much success. married, in 1843, Esther Mann, daughter ofE. J. Mann, of Hummelstown. Their children wereCharles David (at the age of seventeen enlisted inCapt. Matthews company of the One Hundred andSeventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; wasseverely wounded in the hip at Gettysburg ; subse-quently rejoined his command; promoted sergeant-major of Col. McCoys regiment; killed in front ofPetersburg June 19, 1864), Elizabeth, Ernest Mann,Ada Esther, Agnes May, and Carrie Lenah. MAJOR H. J. Jackson Sheafer, son of Michael Sheaferand Susan Cloud, was born May 21, 1826, in LancasterCounty, Pa. When about six years of age his fatherremoved to w
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