John Scheafnocker    

JOHN SCHEAFNOCKER, Constable, Meadville, was born in Germany, October 10, 1831, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Minsenier) Scheafnocker, the former of whom, a weaver by trade, came to America in 1835, settling in Pittsburgh, Penn. John was first a newsboy in Pittsburgh, and whatever education he has acquired was gathered outside the school-room. When he was old enough he was set to learn the painter’s trade, and became a skilled carriage painter. In 1861 he came to Meadville and worked at his trade until his enlistment in the army as a member of Company A, Two Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry, serving until the close of the war. He is now a member of the G. A. R. For a time he had a shop here and carried on the painting business, but for the past seventeen years he has acted as Constable.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 767-768

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