Gerhome Shellhorn

b. Oct 28, 1826, d. Feb 6, 1918
FatherHenry Shellhorn1,2 b. Oct 16, 1796, d. May 3, 1855
MotherAnna Mariah Lore3,4,1,2 b. Aug 7, 1796, d. Feb 1, 1865
     Gerhome was born in Berlin, Somerset Co, PA, on Oct 28, 1826.3,4,1,5,2,6,7 Also spelled Jerome.
     He moved circa 1830 to Knox Co, OH.1
     Gerhome was an apprentice in Knox Co, OH, before 1850. Made coverlets..1
     He married Rachel Ann Moore in Knox Co, OH, on Sep 16, 1850.3,1,5,6
     Anna, Gerhome, Edmund, Mary and Anna was listed as a household member living with Henry Shellhorn on the 1850 Census in Union Township, Knox Co, OH.2
     They moved fall 1852 to Andrew Co, MO.1
     Jerome Shellhorn was one of first settlers to join a claim club and record his claims to land in Pawnee County. One the same date, John Shellhorn also recorded a claim. It is unclear whether this is Jerome's uncle John or his brother John..8
     He moved spring 1855 to Richardson Co, NE.1,6
     Gerhome was elected to the County Board of Supervisors in Richardson Co, NE, between 1855 and 1864.1
     Gerhome Shellhorn was a member of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1856, in Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE.1,8
     He moved in 1864 to Nemaha Co, NE.1,9
     He moved in 1873 to Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE.1
     Gerhome was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE. Gerhome was a farmer..5
     He became the owner of a sand and water business in in 1882.1
     Gerhome registered to vote in Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE, before 1889.1
     Gerhome Shellhorn was profiled in Portrait & Biographical Album of Johnson and Pawnee Counties Nebraska in 1889.
     Gerhome died on Feb 6, 1918 in Downey, Los Angeles Co, CA, at age 91.3,4,10,7 He was buried circa Feb 10, 1918 at Pawnee City Cemetery, in Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, in NE.4,7
Thomas, Gerome and Rachel Shellhorn
Pawnee City NE
Photo by Julia Langel, July 2011

Family

Rachel Ann Moore b. November 16, 1829, d. March 1, 1897
Children
  • Thomas H. Shellhorn1,7 b. Dec 27, 1854, d. Dec 14, 1897
  • Alice I. Shellhorn1,6 b. circa 1859, d. after 1905
  • Dora Shellhorn5,11 b. circa 1864
  • Elizabeth Eldora Shellhorn1,6 b. before 1874, d. after 1905
  • Theodore Sigel Shellhorn1 b. before 1889, d. before 1889
  • Amanda Belle Shellhorn1 b. before 1889, d. before 1889
  • Amanda Belle 2 Shellhorn1 b. before 1889, d. before 1889
  • Lily May Shellhorn1 b. before 1889, d. before 1889

Citations

  1. [S302] Book, Chapman NE Album.
  2. [S1048] 1850 U. S. Census, Ohio, Knox County, Union Township, sheet 416, line 7, dwelling 2688, family 2751, Ohio, Knox County.
  3. [S209] Website, Shellhorn, Balser descendants.
  4. [S217] Family Group Sheet, Shellhorn -- Lore.
  5. [S746] 1880 U.S. Census, Nebraska, Pawnee County, Pawnee City, ED 255, page 21 (47), dwelling 168, family 180, line 34, Nebraska, Pawnee County.
  6. [S1065] "Aikins Family Record", citing Jerome Shellhorn obituary.
  7. [S2117] Thomas Shellhorn, Gerome Shellhorn and Rachel Shellhorn Cemetery Marker, Pawnee City Cemetery, Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE.
  8. [S303] Book, Andreas History of NE.
  9. [S1065] "Aikins Family Record", citing Jerome Shellhorn obituary; this source says 1862.
  10. [S1065] "Aikins Family Record", citing Jerome Shellhorn obituary; this source says Jan. 6, 1918.
  11. [S1507] Brenda Windish-Jones, "Hi From Shellhorn decendent," e-mail to Julia Langel, January 20, 2004, Hi From Shellhorn decendent.
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