ANDREW R..SHELLENBERGER, a retired
farmer residing in West Hempfield township, was
born a half-mile distant from his present farm, Aug.
25, 1836; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rohrer) Shell-
enberger, natives of the same township, the former
of whom was born on the same farm on which his
son was afterward born.
Jacob Shellenberger was a life-long farmer, and
was quite prominent in his day, being supervisor of
his town when still a young man. His death took
place in February, 1877, when he was seventy-six
years old, but his wife, who was born March 17,
1809, survived till Jan. 22, 1890. They were mem-
bers of the German Baptist Church, but their re-
mains were interred in Habekers ]\Iennonite Church-
yard. Their family consisted of eight children, viz :
Susannah R., who was born on the old homestead
June II, 1832. and has never married; Daniel, born
Feb. 23, 1835, died Aug. 23, 1835 ; Andrew R., is
the gentleman whose name opens this biographical
notice ; Abraham, born June 10, 1838, died Jan. 10,
1898; Jacob R., born March 9, 1841, a physician in
Germantown; Elizabeth R., born May 15, 1844., lives
in Mountville, and is the widow of Abram Mellinger ;
Sarah, born Nov. 15, 1847, died Nov. 17, 1847, and
Mary, born Oct. 26, 1848, was married to Amos N.
Lehman, of Manor township, and died Nov. 22, 1873.
Andrew R. Shellenberger lived in the old home-
stead until the spring of 1869, and then came to his
present farm of eighty-four acres, where he is en-
gaged in raising tobacco. Abraham Shellenberger,
brother of Andrew R., was born on this farm, and
here died. This farm was granted from John,
Thomas, and Richard Penn, sons of William Penn,
Sept. 17, 1746,- to Ulrick Shallenberger, an ancestor
of the present family. Further allusion to Abraham
Shellenberger's family will be made a little fur-
ther on.
On Nov. 22, 1868, Andrew R. Shellenberger
married Martha Mellinger in Lancaster City, and to
this union have been born three children as 'follows :
Ella M., April 7, 1873, died Aug. 22, 1875 ; Jacob
C, born July 9, 1876, is still unmarried ; and Edward
M., born Feb. 28, 1882. Mrs. Martha (Mellinger)
Shellenberger was born in Manor township Feb. 15,
1841, daughter of Christian and Susan (Hertzler)
Mellinger. The family are Mennonites. Andrew
R., the father, has served as township auditor, being
elected by the Republican party of which he is a
stanch advocate.
On Jan. 14, 1872, Abraham Shellenberger, spoken
of above, married Anna N. Lehman, a native of
Manor township, a daughter of Benjamin Lehman
and sister of Amos NT Lehman, of whom further may
be read on another page of this volume. To Abra-
ham and Anna N. Shellenberger were born three chil-
dren, viz: Elizabeth L., Mary L., and Daniel L.
The father, Abraham had a fine farm of 140 acres,
on which he passed his entire life. A Mennonite in
religion, he was a Deacon in that church at the time
of bis death ; in politics he was a Republican.
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The first of the Shellenberger family, Ulrick
Shellenberger, came to West Hempfield township
from the southern part of Germany in 1726, and en-
gaged in farming. Mrs. Elizabeth R. (Shellenber-
ger) Mellinger was'born in this township, a daugh-
ter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rohrer) Shellenberger,
who both died on the old homestead. The father was
a farmer, and was sixty-seven years of age at the time
of his death in 1878, and the mother died in 1886,
aged eighty-one years, both in the faith of the Dunk-
ard (German Baptist) Church, and their remains
were interred in the Habecker church cemetery. The
children born to the imion of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Rohrer) Shellenberger were, in the order of birth.
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BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF LANCASTER COUNTY
as follows : Susannah, still single, and living on the
old farm; Daniel, deceased; Andrew, a farmer in
West Hempfield township ; Abra, who died in 1898 ;
Jacob, a physician in active practice at Germantown ;
Elizabeth R., widow of Abraham H. Mellinger ;
Sarah, who died yoi.mg ; and Mary, who was married
to Amos N. Lehman, and who died in 1878. The
paternal ancestors, Andrew and Elizabeth (Forry)
Shellenberger, came from Switzerland, and were
early settlers in West Hempfield township, where
they followed farming; the maternal grandparents
Abraham and Elizabeth (Eby) Rohrer, of Lancaster
county, both died in Manor township.
