Charles Harvey Schoffstall1,2
M, #18030, b. 20 September 1874, d. 28 January 1947
Last Edited=7 Sep 2019
Charles Harvey Schoffstall was born on 20 September 1874, Northumberland County, PA.3,4,2 He was the son of John Adam Schoffstall and Polly Schwalm.1 Some sources suggest that Charles Harvey Schoffstall was married on 1 July 1893 Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.5
He married Kate C. Schmeltz, daughter of Jonas Joel Schmeltz and Magdalena Mausser, on 1 July 1893, Northumberland County, PA.1,6,7 Charles Harvey Schoffstall died on 28 January 1947, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 72.2 He was buried on 1 February 1947, at St. Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.2,8
Newspaper obituary:
CHARLES H. SCHOFFSTALL
Charles H. Schoffstall, age 72 years, a retired farmer, died at his home Valley View January 28.
He was a native of Jordan Township, Northumberland County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schoffstall, and was a member of Klinger's Reformed Church, Erdman.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. James Williamson, of Valley View; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a brother, John Schoffstall, of Lykens Township.
Services were held from the Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, with further services in the United Brethren Church at that place. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, PA), 06 Feb 1947, Thu, Page 1.9
He married Kate C. Schmeltz, daughter of Jonas Joel Schmeltz and Magdalena Mausser, on 1 July 1893, Northumberland County, PA.1,6,7 Charles Harvey Schoffstall died on 28 January 1947, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 72.2 He was buried on 1 February 1947, at St. Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.2,8 Newspaper obituary:
CHARLES H. SCHOFFSTALL
Charles H. Schoffstall, age 72 years, a retired farmer, died at his home Valley View January 28.
He was a native of Jordan Township, Northumberland County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schoffstall, and was a member of Klinger's Reformed Church, Erdman.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. James Williamson, of Valley View; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a brother, John Schoffstall, of Lykens Township.
Services were held from the Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, with further services in the United Brethren Church at that place. Interment was made in the church cemetery.
Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, PA), 06 Feb 1947, Thu, Page 1.9
| Father* | John Adam Schoffstall1 b. 7 Jan 1853, d. 9 Dec 1922 |
| Mother* | Polly Schwalm1 b. 20 Nov 1854, d. 21 Mar 1914 |
Child of Charles Harvey Schoffstall and Kate C. Schmeltz
- Minnie Edna Schoffstall+1 b. 25 Nov 1892, d. 3 Nov 1950
Citations
- [S74] Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Johannes Schwalm The Hessian (Millville, PA 1976: Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, 1976), p. 174. Hereinafter cited as Johannes Schwalm The Hessian.
- [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Number 6174. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
- [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 132. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
- [S1192] Donald C. Reed, Descendants of Johannes Schwalm and Allied Families., CD-ROM (Lancaster, PA: Donald C. Reed, 2011), Descendants of Johannes Schwalm, p. 4. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Johannes Schwalm vol 3.
- [S810] Marriage Certificate.
- [S221] George Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 2, no. 4 (1984): p. 85.
- [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
- [S291] Glenn P. Schwalm, Philip A. Rice and Jodi A. Germani, compilers, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Records - Part One (Apollo, PA: Closson Press for Schuylkill Roots, 1991), p. 59. Hereinafter cited as St. Andrew's Records - I.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Charles H. Schoffstall, Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, PA), 06 Feb 1947, Thu, Page 1.