. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . rd to Philadelphia, were for a long time con-fided to him. He has been consulted frequently incomplicated questions of mining law, and has testi-fied in court as an expert in these subjects. In1 s4!i he secured the passage of a bill for completingthe first state survey, and in 1873 he was influen-tial in securing the appointment of J. P. Lesley(</. c.) to undertake the charge of the second surveyof Pennsylvania. Mr. Sheafer is a member of vari-ous societies, including the American institute ofmining engineers, to whose transactions he has con
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . rd to Philadelphia, were for a long time con-fided to him. He has been consulted frequently incomplicated questions of mining law, and has testi-fied in court as an expert in these subjects. In1 s4!i he secured the passage of a bill for completingthe first state survey, and in 1873 he was influen-tial in securing the appointment of J. P. Lesley(</. c.) to undertake the charge of the second surveyof Pennsylvania. Mr. Sheafer is a member of vari-ous societies, including the American institute ofmining engineers, to whose transactions he has con-tributed professional papers. He issued in 1875,under the auspices of the Pennsylvania historicalsociety, a map of Pennsylvania as it was in 1775. SHEAFFE, Sir Roger Hale, bart,, British sol-dier, b. in Boston, Mass., 15 July, 1763; d. in Edin-burgh, Scotland, 17 July, 1851. He was the thirdson of William Sheaffe, deputy collector of customsat Boston. After the death of the boys father,Earl Percy, whose quarters were at his mothersVOL. v.—32. house, took charge of his education, and procuredhim a commission in the 5th foot, 1 May, became a lieutenant-colonel in 1798, served inHolland in 1799, and in the expedition to the Balticin 1801. He wason duty in Canadafrom September,1802, till October,1811, on 25 April,1808, received thebrevet rank of col-onel, and on 1811, be-came a major-gen-eral. He servedagain in Canadafrom 29 July, 1812,till November,1813. and com-manded the Brit-ish troops after thefall of Gen. SirIsaac Brock atQueenston, wherehe defeated theAmerican troops, and for this service was made abaronet, 16 Jan., 1813. He defended York (nowToronto) when it was attacked in April, 1813. SiiRoger had been appointed administrator of thegovernment of Canada West after the death ofBrock, and continued as such, and in commandof the troops, till June, 1813. He was promotedlieutenant-general, 19 July, 1821, was advanced tothe full rank of general, 28 June, 1838,
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