Samuel Sholder1,2 
M, (April 1837 - 12 February 1920)
- Relationship
- 5th great-grandson of Martin Scholderer
Samuel Sholder was born in April 1837 at farm of Christian (Scholderer) Sholder, Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3 He was the son of Christian August Scholderer and Anna Margareta Lutscher.4,2 Samuel Sholder married Mary Ann Creasey, daughter of Adam Crecy and Elizabeth Flexer, circa 1865. Samuel Sholder died on 12 February 1920 at Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 82 years and 10 months. He was buried on 15 February 1920 in the Wildwood Cemetery, located in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel's surname has also been spelled as Shaulder.
Samuel Sholder was probably included as a free white male, between the age of newborn and under 5 years, in Christian August Scholderer's household, enumerated 1 June 1840 in the Sixth Census for the United States of America, Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.5
Samuel Sholder was listed as living in the household of Christian August Scholderer in the Seventh Census for the United States of America, enumerated on 19 September 1850 Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, age 13 born in Pennsylvania.6 Samuel Sholder was a carpenter between 1860 and 1910 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.7
Samuel Sholder was enumerated on 30 July 1860 as a resident in the household of Christian August Scholderer in the Eighth Census for the United States of America, in the State of Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Old Lycoming Township as "Samul" age 21 born in Pennsylvania. His occupation is listed as labor.8 Samuel Sholder began military service on 15 February 1865 as a part of the Pennsylvania Twenty-Eighth Regiment, Company G with the rank of private serving the Union Army during the end of the Civil War. He ended military service on 18 July 1865 at Washington, District of Columbia. He and Mary Ann Creasey appeared on the census of 5 July 1870 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Sholder and Mary Ann Creasey appeared on the census of 16 June 1880 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. As of 1900, Samuel Sholder and Mary Ann Creasey lived at 220 Poplar Street, Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.7 Samuel Sholder appeared on the census of 8 June 1900 at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He became a widower at the age of 65 with the death of Mary on 27 July 1902. Samuel Sholder appeared on the census of 21 April 1910 in the household of Harry C. Goodman and Charlotte Sholder at Williamsport, 1st Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Sholder appears in family photograph on 24 August 1912 Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This was taken as a part of a family reunion in which this photograph appeared in the Sunday Grit on 1 September 1912.
He appeared on the census of 13 January 1920 at Williamsport, 11th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. His obituary was published sometime in February 1920 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. His obituary stated:
Shoulder - Samuel Shoulder died at the home of his son at 10:45 o'clock Thursday morning of influenza. The following children survive: Levi, August, Herbert and Arthur. Mr. Shoulder was eighty-two years of age and was a Civil War veteran. He had lived in Newberry all his life. The funeral service will be conducted at the home of his son, August Shoulder, 1503 Scott street, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Samuel's surname has also been spelled as Shaulder.
Samuel Sholder was probably included as a free white male, between the age of newborn and under 5 years, in Christian August Scholderer's household, enumerated 1 June 1840 in the Sixth Census for the United States of America, Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.5
Samuel Sholder was listed as living in the household of Christian August Scholderer in the Seventh Census for the United States of America, enumerated on 19 September 1850 Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, age 13 born in Pennsylvania.6
Samuel Sholder was a carpenter between 1860 and 1910 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.7 Samuel Sholder was enumerated on 30 July 1860 as a resident in the household of Christian August Scholderer in the Eighth Census for the United States of America, in the State of Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Old Lycoming Township as "Samul" age 21 born in Pennsylvania. His occupation is listed as labor.8
Samuel Sholder began military service on 15 February 1865 as a part of the Pennsylvania Twenty-Eighth Regiment, Company G with the rank of private serving the Union Army during the end of the Civil War. He ended military service on 18 July 1865 at Washington, District of Columbia. He and Mary Ann Creasey appeared on the census of 5 July 1870 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Sholder and Mary Ann Creasey appeared on the census of 16 June 1880 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. As of 1900, Samuel Sholder and Mary Ann Creasey lived at 220 Poplar Street, Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.7 Samuel Sholder appeared on the census of 8 June 1900 at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He became a widower at the age of 65 with the death of Mary on 27 July 1902. Samuel Sholder appeared on the census of 21 April 1910 in the household of Harry C. Goodman and Charlotte Sholder at Williamsport, 1st Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Sholder appears in family photograph on 24 August 1912 Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This was taken as a part of a family reunion in which this photograph appeared in the Sunday Grit on 1 September 1912. He appeared on the census of 13 January 1920 at Williamsport, 11th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. His obituary was published sometime in February 1920 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. His obituary stated:Shoulder - Samuel Shoulder died at the home of his son at 10:45 o'clock Thursday morning of influenza. The following children survive: Levi, August, Herbert and Arthur. Mr. Shoulder was eighty-two years of age and was a Civil War veteran. He had lived in Newberry all his life. The funeral service will be conducted at the home of his son, August Shoulder, 1503 Scott street, at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Children of Samuel Sholder and Mary Ann Creasey
- Levi Sholder+ (Jun 1866 - 26 Feb 1932)
- Augustus Sholder (Dec 1869 - 1931)
- Richard Sholder (c 1871 - )
- Herbert Sholder (1872 - 6 Mar 1940)
- Arthur M. Sholder+ (Oct 1877 - a 1945)
Last Edited=4 Feb 2020
Citations
- [S526] Christian Sholder household, 1850 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Township, page 270 stamped, page 535 written, dwelling 1204, lines 19 through 30. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M432; roll: 795 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 23 October 2004. This entry shows his name as Samuel Sholder.
- [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1135.
- [S526] Christian Sholder household, 1850 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Township, page 270 stamped, page 535 written, dwelling 1204, lines 19 through 30. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 23 October 2004. This entry shows Samuel Sholder age 13 making his year of birth 1837.
- [S639] Chris Shoulder household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, New Berry post office, page 620 stamped, page 154 written, dwelling 1018, lines 19 through 27. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M653; roll: 1137 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 22 October 2004.
- [S525] C. A. Shoulder household, 1840 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Township, page 91, line 2. Digital image of the microfilm publication series: M704; roll: 473 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (Images online; Ann Arbor, Michigan: ProQuest Information and Learning Company) http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, subscription database, accessed 23 October 2004. This entry shows 2 males under 5 years; 1 male, 5 and under 10 years; 1 male, 30 and 40 years; 1 male, 60 and under 70 years and 1 female, 5 and under 10 years; 1 female, 30 and under 40 years; 1 female, 60 and under 70 years. Of these, there are 4 listed in the household that are employed in manufactures and trade.
- [S526] Christian Sholder household, 1850 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Lycoming Township, page 270 stamped, page 535 written, dwelling 1204, lines 19 through 30. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 23 October 2004. This entry shows Christian Sholder age 43, Margaret Sholder age 42, Elizabeth Sholder age 17, Christian Sholder age 15, Samuel Sholder age 13, Emanuel Sholder age 11, Charlotte Sholder age 9, Benjamin Sholder age 6, Daniel Sholder age 4, John Sholder age 1, Christina M. Sholder age 76, Catharina B. Lutcher age 80.
- [S1896] W. H. Boyd, compiler, Boyd's Directory of Williamsport (Pennsylvania) (Reading, Pennsylvania: W. H. Boyd Directory Co., 1900), p. 392.
- [S639] Chris Shoulder household, 1860 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Old Lycoming Township, page 620 stamped, page 154 written, dwelling 1018, lines 19 through 27. Online http://www.heritagequestonline.com/, accessed 22 October 2004. This entry shows Chris Shoulder age 51, Marget Shoulder age 50, Samuel Shoulder age 21, Benjamin Shoulder age 16, Daniel Shoulder age 15, John Shoulder age 12, Caroline Shoulder age 8, John Ross age 4_ [41], Cathie B. Sulcher age 90.