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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 17 July 1849, Holmes Co., Ohio, eleventh of twelve children of Frederick and Elizabeth (Friedland) Sheneman (Part 76, pp. 1023–1024). Grandfather Frederick Farugott Ferdinand Sheneman, b. 17 Oct. 1755 at Eisleben, Saxony; came to America at fifteen; served as a teamster in the Revolutionary War; m. 12 Apr. 1785 Anna Marguerite Faust; d. 30 June 1844 (as printed, aged 85-7-13 — the dates as printed do not sum to that age; printed whole, not reconciled) (Part 76). Zachariah was eleven when his parents came to Indiana in 1860 (via Plymouth) to St. Joseph County; schooled at the Gearhart-farm log school (Part 76). M. 2 Jan. 1876 Mrs. Sarah (Kane) Long (b. 2 Feb. 1851, Jefferson Township, Elkhart Co., Ind., eldest child of Joseph Kane — the Elmer Kane entry’s sister; first m. Jonathan Long); four daughters, three living, named (Part 76). Estate grown to 327 acres in Sec. 12, Liberty Township, homestead “Maple Forest Home,” brick residence built 1891, barn 1881, a noted sugar camp and flowing well (Part 76). A Republican, first presidential vote for Grant (Part 76). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: the Kane–Sheneman marriage that welds Howard’s two Liberty webs into one, at 327 acres.