When Ann Elizabeth Sheffer was born on 29 May 1785, in Reading Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Philip Schäffer, was 26 and her mother, Anna Margaretha Wentz, was 18. She married Richard Clark in 1800, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. Her occupation is listed as midwife in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She died on 25 January 1866, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Schaefer .
Americanized form of German Scheffer .
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Possible Related NamesHistory of Richard Clark and Ann Elizabeth Sheffer Richard Clark was the first of three sons of George and Margaret Hanna Clark, was born in Cumberland County, PA, probably on 5 Dec 1774. Richard's …
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