Harry Ellsworth Sholder1

M, (23 October 1878 - 26 February 1937)
Relationship
6th great-grandson of Martin Scholderer
Charts
Martin Scholderer descendants (Remmingsheim, Württemberg)
     Harry Ellsworth Sholder was born on 23 October 1878 at farm of Christian (Scholderer) Sholder, Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2 He was the son of Charles Emanuel Sholder and Mary Anna Kinley.1 Harry Ellsworth Sholder married, at age 20, Clara Irene Bixler, age 18, daughter of Henry Bixler and Clara Critz, on Thursday, 29 June 1899 at Elmira, Chemung County, New York.3,4 Harry Ellsworth Sholder died on 26 February 1937 at age 58 years, 4 months and 3 days.5,6 He was buried on 1 March 1937 in the Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, located in Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2
     He and Clara Irene Bixler appeared on the census of 19 June 1900 at Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Harry Ellsworth Sholder appears in family photograph of Harry, Clara, Verna and Floyd Sholder circa 1915.

Children of Harry Ellsworth Sholder and Clara Irene Bixler

Last Edited=18 Mar 2010

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S201] Harry E. Sholder tombstone, Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, 3240 Grimesville Road, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; photographed by Kevin Sholder, in March 2002. A slant face tombstone that is made of granite and in excellent shape. It states Harry E. Sholder; Oct 23, 1878; May 17, 1937.
  3. [S39] Family records from Harry Ellsworth Sholder Family Bible, Harry Ellsworth Sholder (1878-1937) Family Bible original owned in 1992 by Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder, (Williamsport, Pennsylvania). This family Bible belonged to Harry Ellsworth Sholder of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and passed to his son Floyd Bixler Sholder. The information from the Bible was recorded on 6 September 1992 in the presence of Floyd's widow Helen Elizabeth Shaffer.
  4. [S200] Clara I. Sholder obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 30 June 1975. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Johanna (Weiss) Edler (1915-1999) through out her life. Viewed in the home of her daughter Donna (Edler) Sayah on 1 June 1999, by Kevin Sholder. Donna Lee Edler, Montoursville, Pennsylvania, USA.
  5. [S42] Family records from Floyd Bixler Sholder Family Bible, Floyd Bixler Sholder (1906-1976) Family Bible original owned in 1992 by Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder, (Williamsport, Pennsylvania). This family Bible belonged to Floyd Bixler Sholder of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and passed to his wife Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder. The information from the Bible was recorded on 6 September 1992.
  6. [S201] Harry E. Sholder tombstone, Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, 3240 Grimesville Road, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, The tombstone states the date of death as 15 May 1937, this is incorrect as the Floyd Bixler Sholder family bible states the date as 26 February 1937. In talking with family members they indicated that the record of reference is the bible.