When Charles Farnsworth Sheaff was born on 6 October 1873, in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, John Nelson Sheaff, was 42 and his mother, Mary Ellen Merrifield, was 29. He married Maude Helen Atwood on 28 September 1895, in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States for about 15 years. He died on 21 March 1961, in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Larone Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, United States.
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