Obit of John Sharbine from The Pantagraph; Bloomington, Illinois

"John Sharbine [born Sherbine] died at 6:15 a.m. today at his home in South McKinney after a four-month illness. The deceased was born in Pennsylvania, July, 2, 1828. In 1859 he moved to Illinois where he resided till the spring of 1876 when he moved to Texas, settling in Collin county. He has made his home in and near McKinney ever since coming to the state 28 years ago. He served in the Union army from Illinois. His aged wife and nine children survive. Five married daughters live in Illinois and all came to visit him last Christmas. His other daughters are Mrs. Harry Carter of Durant and Miss Emma Sharbine of Dallas, and sons are D. F. and John A. Sharbine, both of McKinney. The funeral services will take place at his late residence tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, to be conducted by Rev. G.L. Bush and burial at the Williams graveyard, 4 miles west of McKinney, at 3 o'clock. The deceased took great pride in the progress of his country and in its military affairs, it being his desire that he be given a military burial if possible. Mr. Sharbine was a kind-hearted father and husband, and an honest man and neighbor. His death is a sad blow to his aged widow. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved family in their dark hour."

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★ 1850 April 20th; John Sherbine married Sophia Lape . . .

"The State of Pennsylvania, County of Somerset, To any regularly ordained Minister of the Gospel; Judge of the District Court; Chief Justice of the County Court; or any acting Justice of the Peace: You are hereby authorized and empowered to solemnize the rites of matrimony between John Sherbine and Sophia Lape provided no legal impediment thereto exists: and due return make hereof to my office as the law requires.. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the County Court of Somerset County, this 20th day of April 1850. This is to certify that on the 20 day of April 1850, I solemnized the rites of matrimony between John Sherbine and Sophia Lape."

★ 1859 - Spring: John moved with his wife and children to McLean County, Illinois.

★ 1860 Census (effective June) Dry Grove Twp, McLean Co IL, with numerous errors:

John Sherbine/laborer, age 30, b. Penn, value of possessions $175

Barbara [error - should be Sophia] age 25, b. Baden [should be PA]. Her father David Lape, moved to IL with all the children who were born Somerset Co, PA

Catherine Sherbine, age 8, m. 1874 to Eugene S. Haden in Dry Grove Twp, McLean Co IL

Susan Sherbine, age 4, m. 15 Nov 1870 to John C. Springer in McLean Co IL

Harriet Sherbine, age 3, m. 27 Feb 1877 to Moses Branson in McLean Co IL

Louisa [Eliza Jane]Sherbine, age 2, m. 27 Dec 1881 to Arthur W. Hauter in Tazewell Co IL

★ 1862 Aug 12/20: "John Sharbine" mustered in Bloomington, McLean Co IL,

as Private in 94th Regiment Illinois Infantry, Company I.

John seems to have adopted the "Sharbine" spelling when he enlisted.

Aug 25: Went to Benton Barracks/St. Louis, Missouri (likely by railroad).

Sep 10: To Rolla Missouri, Ft Wyman where the railroad western terminus was.

Sep 16-24: Marched to Springfield, Missouri, stayed to Oct 11.

Oct 11-14: Attached to 2nd Brigade - 3rd Div Army of Frontier, marched to Cassville, MO.

Oct 17-24.Expedition to Cross Hollows, Ark., over Boston Mountains.

Nov 4-22: March to Wilson's Creek (Union was defeated there earlier in Aug 1861).

Dec 3-6: Forced march to relief of General Blunt.

Dec 7: Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., there till Dec 27.

Dec 27-31: Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, White River, then marched through Missouri to near Rolla and duty there till June, 1863.

★ 1863 Apr 15: John Sharbine was discharged due to disability. After his discharge John's unit was at the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, then afterwards pushed through Texas, to the Rio Grande River, then were discharged in Galveston, in 1865. John's fellow soldiers from McLean County, would have told him about Texas and this likely came to be at least a partial impetus for John to move his wife and unmarried children there, in 1876.

★ 1874: The location of John Sharbine's 60 acre farm in Cropsey Twp., McLean County, Illinois, in section 10 and of his son in law's father, Jacob Hauter, 160 acre farm in section 30; viewable @ historicmapworks; publisher Warner & Beers, 1874 . . .

https://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1608930/Cropsey+Township++Potosi++Weston++Saybrook++Mackanaw+Creek/McLean+County+1874/Illinois/

★ 1876 Jan 14: clipping from The Pantagraph; Bloomington, Illinois.

"John Sharbine has bid farewell to Cropsey. He has started for McKinney, Texas."

Children who went with to Texas were: Emma, Matilda, David, John & Minnie.

Children who stayed in Illinois were: Catherine, Susan, Harriet, Eliza Jane & Julia Ann.

★ 1880 Census of McKinney, Collin Co TX has the John Sharbine household next to E. Harris, E.D. McCoy, Grafton Williams - where John and Sophia were buried, in the Williams Cemetery, McKinney TX. The Harris, McCoy and Williams farm plats are located aprox. 3 to 4 miles southwest of McKinney TX, in the 1881 plat map of Collins County.

★ 1883 Civil War Pensioners Roll, Collin Co TX. Cert. 110377, John Sharbine,

McKinney, disease lungs & rheum, $8.00 monthly, Original Date - May 1871.

★ 1900 Census, McKinney, Collin Co TX, has "Benjamin Sharbine" listed in John's and Sophia's household, who is David Frank Sharbine. Benjamin is either a census taker error or was a nickname, further verified by the fact there was no other listing in the 1900 census anywhere, for David Frank Sharbine. This census has John's father born in England and his mother born in France, but the 1880 census has both his parents born in Pennsylvania, the most likely place.

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JOHN's GENEALOGY

John's parents are traditionally known as Samuel Sherbine and Mary Johns, whom without a written record, most likely married in the early 1820s. From census records, they were both likely born 1790-99 and are unfound in the 1850 census, likely dying before June 1849, since they're not on the 1850 Mortality Schedule. Samuel was likely older, born in the early to mid 1790s. Mary was likely younger than Samuel, born in the mid to late 1790s., considering their youngest child was Rachel (bca 1837).

Considering the 1820 census of Milford Twp., Somerset Co., Samuel Sherbine was not yet in his own household, but was the right age to be the 2nd male age 26 - 44 (b. 1776 - 1794) in the household of Phillip Sherbine. Elder more established members in German families of the Pennsylvania Dutch were known to share their homes and responsibilities with younger, less established siblings and/or children/grandchildren, until the younger family members own homesteads were raised and cleared of timber for cultivation.

Considering the 1830 and 1840 censuses of Jenner Twp., Somerset Co., Samuel Sherbine is the head of his own household and John had at least two brothers and five or six sisters.

★ 1830 Census (June 1) - SAMUEL SHERBINE hh inhabitants presumed to be:

... 1 male 20 - 29y / Samuel s/b in 30-39yo bracket, b. 1790-1799, like 1840 census below.

... 1 male 5 - 9y, b. 1821 - 1825 / Levi (b. 1825)

... 1 male 0 - 4y, b. 1826 - 1830 / John (b. 1828)

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... 1 female 30 - 39y, b. 1791 - 1800 / Mary

... 2 female 0 - 4y, b. 1826 - 1830 / Susannah (b.1827), Unknown Female

★ 1840 Census (June 1) - SAMUEL SHERBINE hh inhabitants presumed to be:

... 1 m 40 - 49y, b. 1791 - 1800 / Samuel

... 1 m 15 - 19y, b. 1821 - 1825 / Levi (b.1825)

... 1 m 10 - 14 y, b. 1826 - 1830 / John (b. 1828)

... 1 m 5 - 9y, b. 1831 - 1835 / Samuel L. ?

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... 1 f 30 - 39y, b. 1801 - 1810 / Mary

... 1 f 10 - 14y, b. 1826 - 1830 / Susannah (b. 1827)

... 2 f 5 - 9y, b. 1831 - 1835 / Nancy (b. 1830), Elizabeth (b. 1831)

... 2 f 0 - 4y, b. 1836 - 1840 / Lydia (b. 1836), Rachel (b. 1837)

Samuel and Mary (Johns) Sherbine have both likely died before June 1849, since neither is found on the 1850 Census/Mortality Schedule.

★ 1850 Census (June 1) - Stoneycreek Twp, Somerset Co PA;

JOHN SHERBINE, age 22, laborer, living/working in JACOB & CATHARINE FRITZ household, without his newlywed wife - Sophia Lape, who according to the census, was still living with her parents a short distance from John in Brothers Valley. After parents Samuel and Mary died, their daughters Elizabeth, Lydia and Nancy are found living with other families in the 1850 census cited below, with the whereabouts of Rachel and Levi unknown.

The proven, probable and possible siblings of this memorial's John Sharbine are listed below. (*) indicates tested descendants of John Sharbine's siblings, share identical segments of dna with tested descendants of John Sharbine.

1) Levi Sherbine (1825-1853) was the right age to be John's sibling. Levi Sherbine, Susannah Sherbine and Rachel Sherbine, all lived, died and are interred in Jenner Twp., where John Sharbine had lived. Levi Sherbine's grave is in row 4 from the highway, next to the grave of Eve (Gonder/Gunder) DANIELS, whose tombstone inscription reads "Consort [1st] of Joseph W." [DANIELS], who had the same surname as Jonathan 'Jackson' Daniels, whose 1st wife was Susannah Sherbine and whose 3rd wife was Susannah Sherbine's sister - Rachel Sherbine. Joseph W. Daniels married a 2nd time to Mary Elizabeth (Lape) Baldwin (1827-1906), who had the same maiden name as John Sharbine's wife - Sophia (Lape) Sharbine. Too circumstantially coincidental to ignore, Levi Sherbine was likely an older brother of John Sharbine.

2) Sister *Susannah (Sherbine) Daniels (ca. 1826-1856)

Ca. 1844, Susannah married Jonathan 'Jackson' Daniels (his 1st wife)

Her sister Rachel, became the 3rd wife of Jonathan 'Jackson' Daniels.

Known children of Susanna Sherbine and Jonathan 'Jackson' Daniels:

... Joseph Warren Daniels (1847-1922)

... Sarah Jane Daniels (1848 - 1912) m. Boyd Hemminger

... Sophia Daniels (1852 - 1910) m. Aaron Hemminger

... Susanna (Daniels) Pile ( bca 1853) died 1893 in RR accident, at Bando PA.

Jackson's first wife Susanna (Sherbine) died ca. 1856.

Descendants of Susanna have matching dna with John Sharbine's descendants.

3) Sister Nancy (Sherbine) Colbert (1830-1905)

Nancy married Jonathan Colbert (1832 -1865) who died in a Confederate prison.

1850, she is 20yo in the Philip & Caroline COLEMAN hh/Jenner Twp.

John Sharbine's wife's maternal grandmother was Susanna (COLEMAN) Schrock, who was a daughter of John Coleman and Susannah Faust.

1900, Nancy, age 69 in own hh in Cambria Co PA, living next to FRANK & REBECCA BORING hh, unknown relation to Ruben BORING who married Nancy's sister,

Lydia (Sherbine) BORING.

1900 census indicates Nancy had 5 children, 3 children still living who were:

... James H. Colbert (1858-1906) m. Caroline Gray (1858-1917)

... Samuel Colbert (1860-1917) m. Catherine C. Ritz (1858-1915)

... Ella Catherine (Colbert) Ritz Goughnour (1865-1925)

m. Henry Ira Goughnour (1855-1939). Per marriage cert.

Ella 1st m. to a Mr Ritz who d. 20 Sep 1882

Henry 1st m. to __?__ who d. 1 Mar 1884

Ella's 2nd cousins - children of Phillip Sherbine and Catharine Rummel - Margaret Sherbine married Phillip Goughnour and Christina Sherbine married Issac Goughnour.

... Elizabeth

... Unknown

4) Sister Elizabeth (Sherbine) Geisel (1831-1887)

1850, Elizabeth is 19yo in the Jacob & Caroline METZLER hh/Somerset Twp.

Elizabeth married George J. Geisel (1824- 1902).

Child born to George J. Geisel and his first wife:

... Jacob Clinton Geisel (1848-1937) m. Sara A. Miller (1850-1902)

1850, Elizabeth in the Jacob & Caroline Metzler hh in Somerset Twp, Somerset Co.

Children of George J. Giesel and Elizabeth Sherbine:

... John Geisel (1857-1925) (cenotaph), d. Westmoreland Co PA, m. Rebecca Kuhns (1860-1901)

... Mary Geisel (1858-1916) m. 23 Jan 1877 to John Abraham Moore (1835-1910)

... Isabella (Geisel) Shaffer (1864-1948)

Surname variations include: Gesiel, Gisiel, Gisel, etc.

1900, George is living in his daughter - Mary Moore's household.

5) Sister *Lydia (Sherbine) Boring (1835-1905)

15 Aug 1857, Lydia married Reuben Boring (1837-1901).

1850, Lydia was 15yo in the Henry & Lavenia Landis hh in Jenner Twp

1900 census shows Lydia had 13 children by then, of which 9 were still alive:

... Nancy (b. 1858, unfound after 1870)

... David (b. 1859, unfound after 1870)

... Mary Catherine (1862-1899) m. 15 Mar 1899 to Ephraim J. Boring (1848-1904)

... William Marlin(1866-1930) m. 19 Apr 1888 to Alice Mariah (Cobble) Boring (1866-1945)

... Oliver(1868-1937) m. 17 Oct 1895 to Mary Catherine Smith (1872-1940)

... Johns(t)on (b. Dec 1869, d. 1880-1900)

... Catherine "Anna" (1872-1942) m. William A. Lute (1867-1942)

... Robert (1875-1903) m. 1895 to Matilda "Tillie" Jane (1872-1957)

... Minnie Bell (1877-1930) m. 16 Apr 1897 to Harvey G. (1876-1926)

... Amanda Pearl (1881-1942)

1m. J. N. Green; 2m. 5 Oct 1905 to James F. Frain (1883-1967)

... Dorothy Mae (1882-1939) m. Harry E. Felix (1883-1944)

... 2 other children died before 1900.

Descendants tested have matching dna with John Sharbine's descendants.

6) Sister *Rachel (Sherbine) Daniels (1837-1867)

Rachel married ca. 1860 to Jonathan 'Jackson' Daniels (his 3rd wife)

Known children of Rachel Sherbine and Jonathan 'Jackson' Daniels:

... William F. Daniels (1860-1920)

... Mary

... Harvey E. Daniels (1867-1963)

Descendants of sister Susannah tested have matching dna with John Sharbine's descendants.

Possible brother Samuel L. Sherbine: bca 1827-32, d. 19 Mar 1894,

m. 1852 to Rosanna Marsh (1830-1914). Without dna analysis of his known descendants, Samuel is an unproven son of Samuel Sherbine and Mary Johns.

1860 Census, Samuel Sherbine b. 1832, in Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co., in Adam Garlinger hh. This Samuel may not be the same.

1863 US Draft Registration - "Samuel L. Shierbine" b. 1828, living in Wilkins Twp, Allegheny Co.

1864, US Civil War Muster Roll - Samuel Sherbine, b. 1828, enlisted in Pittsburgh.

1870, Samuel b. 1828, in North Versailles, Allegheny Co, with Rosanah and 7 children.

1880, Samuel b. 1827, in Saltsburgh, Allegheny Co, with with Rosanna and 6 children.

1897, Rosanna Sherbine, widow of Samuel L. Sherbine living in McKeesport.

Their known children were:

... William Henry Sherbine SR (1852-1928) m. 3 Oct 1878 Naomi B (Kepple) Sherbine (1850-1915)

... Elijah b. ca. 1856

... Franklin b. Aug 1857, d. 16 Jan 1901, m. 1881 Cor"delia" Bridget Cunningham d. 23 Jun 1907.

... Samuel Lewis Sherbine (1860-1892) m. Rebecca J. Marsh (1858-1929)

... Joseph C. Sherbine (1862-1934) m. Oct 1892 to Oley Bell Gongaware (1874-1967)

... George W. Sherbine (1865-1918) m. 31 Jan 1891 to Mary S. (Burkholder) Sherbine - Harper

... Rosyzenna "Annie" Sherbine (1866-1947) m. 5 Aug 1895 John Burchnell (1872-1909)

... William "Hunter" Sherbine (1869 - 1944) m. Lydia J. (Burkholder) Sherbine

... James Wesley Sherbine (1873-1942) m. Marie Hunt (1875-1932)

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The following census enumerations for the Phillip Sherbine household, indicates he and his wife Catherine were born no earlier than 1785, so Phillip Sherbine is highly likely NOT the father of Samuel Sherbine, since Samuel was most likely born no later than 1799.

★ 1810 Census (effective August) of PHILLIP Sherbine hh/Stoney Creek Twp., Somerset Co.

... 1 male 16-25, b. 1785-1794 / Phillip

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... 1 female 16-25, b. 1785-1794 / Catherine (b. 1787)

... 3 female 0-9, b. 1800-1809 / Elizabeth (b. 1808), 2 other female

★ 1820 Census (effective August) of PHILLIP Sherbine hh, in Milford Twp, Somerset Co

... 2 male 26-44, b. 1775-94 (Phillip b. 1789 / brother Samuel b. 1790-1794) ?

... 1 male 0-9, b. 1810-1819 (Daniel b. 1811)

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... 1 female 26-44, b. 1775-95 (Catherine, b. 1787)

... 1 female 10-15, b. 1805-1809 (Elizabeth, b. 1808)

... 6 female 0-9, b. 1810-19 (Margaret, Nancy, Phoebe, plus 3 of Samuel's children ?) . . .

★ 1830 census (effective June) of PHILLIP Sherbine hh, in Conemaugh Twp, Cambria Co

... 1 male 0-4 (b 1825 - 1829)

... 1 male 5-9 (b 1820 - 1824)

... 1 male 15-19 (b 1810 - 1819)

... 1 male 40-49 (b 1780 - 1789)

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... 1 female 0-4 (b 1825-1829)

... 1 female 5-9 (b 1820 - 1824)

... 2 females 10-14 (b 1815 - 1819)

... 2 females 15-19 (b 1810 - 1814)

... 1 female 30-39 ( b 1790 - 1799)

Dna analysis from descendants of 5 of the 10 children of Phillip Sherbine, confirms they share segments of identical dna with descendants of John Sharbine, so it's highly likely Samuel Sharbine and Phillip Sherbine were brothers. John's father - Samuel Sherbine, was probably no more than five years younger than his brother Phillip Sherbine, so with this small age difference taken into account, Samuel could NOT be Phillip's son, further verified by Cyclopedia of Cambria County listing the known children of Phillip Sherbine, showing Samuel was not a son of Phillip. The aforementioned source indicates Phillip Sherbine was the son of "Daniel Sherbine the immigrant - a Lutheran from Germany", who would be John Sharbine's paternal grandfather as well.

Listed below are the 10 children of Phillip Sherbine and Catherine Rummel, whose

*tested descendants of, share dna with tested descendants of John Sharbine:

1) Elizabeth Sherbine (1808-1885) Columbiana Co, OH

+m. John David Cole (1808-1853)

2) *Daniel Sherbine (1811-1887) Cambria Co PA

+m. Annie Crum (1813-1882)

3) *Margaret Sherbine (ca 1814 - ca 1866)

+1m. Phillip Gough(e)nour/Gochnour - he's not in 1850 census.

1850, Margaret is living next to multiple Goughenhour households.

+2m. Daniel McManigle

1860, Margaret living with 2nd husband in Taylor, Cambria Co, with a daughter Susan McManigle and Margaret's son Phillip Goughenhour.

Margaret McManigle in Huntingdon, PA Probate Book 6 (1863-1869) "Letters of Admin Granted"

4) *Nancy Sherbine (1815-1891) Clearfield Co, PA

+m. Frederick Fishel (1804-1860)

5) Phoebe Sherbine (1818-1891)Lawrence Co, PA

+m. William McCreary (1814-1881)

6) George W. Sherbine (1824-1913) McDonough Co, IL

+m1. Dorcas Bay(s) (1825-1859) + m2. Annie G Ludden (1818-1900)

7) Jacob Sherbine (1826-1918) Jackson Co, IA

+m1. 1854 Minerva _?_ (1812-1856); + m.2 1877 Anna M. Graham (1839-1917)

8) *Christina Ann "Tenan" Sherbine (1827-1900) Cambria Co, PA

+m. Issac Dickey Goughnour (1826-1911)

9) William "Conrad" Sherbine (1830-1899) Columbiana Co, OH

+m. Mary J. Walter (1837-1911)

10) *David B. Sherbin (1832 - 1907) McDonough Co, IL

+m. Mary Ann Pearson (1833-1912)

+++ 5 stayed in Pennsylvania / 2 went to Ohio / 2 went to Illinois / 1 went to Iowa

Further solidifying the circumstantial and dna evidence that John Sharbine was related to the Phillip Sherbine family children in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, is the fact that Phillip's youngest son David Frank Sherbine who moved to McDonough, Illinois, also shares the same name as this John Sharbine's son David Frank Sharbine. Too coincidental to ignore.

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Other child of John and Sophia (Lape) Sharbine not listed in family links below:

● Matilda "Tillie": bca. 1866 / McLean Co IL, dca. 1888, m. 22 Jul 1882/Collin Co TX to:

J[oseph] C. Henley, who m. J.L. Beam, 22 Mar 1888, so Tillie died Jul 1882 - Mar 1888.

Child of Joseph C. and Matilda "Tille" (Sherbine) Henley:

Maggie May (1883-1964), m. 25 Jun 1899/Holland TX to Thomas Vinson Davis.

Biography compilation constructed by 2X great grandson Mark Hayden.