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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 25 June 1836, Holmes Co., Ohio, eldest living child of Frederick (b. c. 1803, Somerset Co., Pa.; d. 28 Mar. 1876) and Elizabeth (Friedland) Sheneman (b. c. 1807, Pa.; d. c. 1885) (Part 76, pp. 1024–1025). Father a shoemaker/farmer; in fall 1860 the family purchased 100 acres in Liberty Township; father a principal factor in erecting the first (German Lutheran) church building; both parents buried in the Lutheran cemetery (Part 76). Henry was a wage earner at $5 a month from age fourteen, all given to his father; began with under $20 at twenty-one (Part 76). M. 28 Aug. 1860 Elizabeth Mullet (b. 28 Nov. 1835, Holmes Co., Ohio, daughter of Nicholas and Anna (Biddicoffer) Mullet, Swiss natives); seven children, six living, named — incl. Washington A. Sheneman (next entry) and John (John Adam, above) (Part 76). Owns 200 acres in Liberty Township (Part 76). A lifelong Democrat; thirty years a Mason; German Reformed church (Part 76). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: the Sheneman trunk in Liberty Township — 1860 arrival, church-building father, 200 acres.