Oscar Smith Sheffield
1824 - 1916 (91 years)-
Name Oscar Smith Sheffield Born 12 Feb 1824 Mannsville, Jefferson Co., NY 
[1] Gender Male Died 23 Jan 1916 [2] Buried Hazel Ridge Cemetery, Elkhorn, Walworth Co., WI Person ID I11637 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Jeremiah Sheffield, b. 1 Dec 1801, Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 9 Jul 1874, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI (Age 72 years) Mother Hannah Gardner Smith, b. 17 Nov 1803, MA , d. 26 Jul 1898, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI (Age 94 years) Married 1823 [1] Family ID F04548 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Adeline Chamberlin, b. 30 Nov 1833, Adams, Jefferson Co., NY , d. 23 Jan 1913, Elkhorn, Walworth County, WI (Age 79 years) Married 15 May 1850 [2] Children 1. Alice Louise Sheffield, b. 5 Nov 1851, Mannsville, Jefferson Co., NY 2. Antoinette "Nettie" Lillian Sheffield, b. 23 Jun 1853, Mannsville, Jefferson Co., NY 3. Nellie Bly Sheffield, b. 6 Aug 1856, WI , d. 12 Aug 1905, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI (Age 49 years)4. Willis Sheffield, b. 23 May 1858, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI , d. 1 Jul 1924, Clinton, IA (Age 66 years)5. Minnie Sheffield, b. 28 Jan 1860, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI 6. Harriet "Hattie" Julia Sheffield, b. 14 Apr 1863, WI , d. Aft Jan 1916 (Age > 53 years)7. Cora Belle Sheffield, b. 16 Oct 1875, d. 19 Apr 1878 (Age 2 years) Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F04550 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - After graduating from The Academy at Belleville, NY, Oscar taught school for one year. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Mannsville, NY, under the firm name of O. Sheffield & Co. He continued in this business for four years, during which time he also served as Village Postmaster. Around 1849 he switched careers and went into the business of sheep handling. When Oscar and his wife Adeline moved to Wisconsin, he became a farmer and also taught instrumental and vocal music for a number of years.
In the 1880 Federal Census, Oscar & Adeline are living at Spring Prairie (District 234), Walworth Co., WI. They are near John & Martha Middleton, Oscar's sister and brother-in-law, and their mother Hannah (Smith) Sheffield who is living with the Middletons. A Hattie Sheffield age 17 is a servant in the household of Frank & Hattie Palmer and their baby girl Mabel. I am making an assumption that Hattie Sheffield is a daughter of Oscar & Adeline. County records confirm that they did have a daughter Harriet, known as Hattie.
According to the Walworth County Historical Society, Oscar Smith Sheffield came to Troy, Walworth County, in 1856; his obituary says he came in 1855. The family moved to Spring Prairie in 1860, and to Elkhorn in 1884. It is also noted that he lived at Lafayette.
Oscar was nearly 92 when he died. Even in his old age he was known to be an avid reader, and kept well informed on current events. (source: obituary in The Elkhorn Independent of Walworth County, Wisconsin)
- After graduating from The Academy at Belleville, NY, Oscar taught school for one year. He then engaged in the mercantile business in Mannsville, NY, under the firm name of O. Sheffield & Co. He continued in this business for four years, during which time he also served as Village Postmaster. Around 1849 he switched careers and went into the business of sheep handling. When Oscar and his wife Adeline moved to Wisconsin, he became a farmer and also taught instrumental and vocal music for a number of years.
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