Charles married PLETCHER, Edith Maria on 8 Oct 1903 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Edith (daughter of PLETCHER, Franklin and WITMER, Martha E) was born on 1 Jul 1881 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Feb 1977 in Beechwood Nursing Home, Getzville, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ESHELMAN, Carl Witmer was born on 28 May 1905 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Mar 1993 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, OH; was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Ashtabula, OH.
2. ESHELMAN, Dorothy May was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died in Beechwood Nursing Home, Getzville, Erie County, NY.
3. ESHELMAN, Helen Grace was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; and died.
4. ESHELMAN, Russell Pletcher was born on 16 Oct 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 29 Oct 1937.

Notes:

Eshelman, Samuel B., was horn at Clarence Center, Erie county, July 6, 1839, a son of the late John Eshelman, a prosperous farmer of that section. Samuel Eshelman was educated in the public schools of his native town and in Cary Collegiate Seminary, and was graduated from that institution in 1855. He immediately entered the general store of his brother, John Eshelman, jr., as clerk, where he remained seven years, and then removed to Buffalo, where he was engaged as a clerk in a large dry goods establishment; in 1863 he removed to Niagara Falls, where he was placed in charge of the large flour and feed store of Witner Bros. and remained in that position nineteen years, when he established himself in the same line of business and in which he successfully operated until 1885, when he was elected justice of the peace and retained that oflice for eight years. He represented the town of Niagara in the Board of Supervisors for four years, being chairman of the hoard in 1881 and 1882. Among the public offices filled by him were those of village treasurer for four years, village trustee, member of the Board of Education and of the Board of Water Commissioners, and others. In 1896 he was appointed attendance officer of the city of Niagara Falls, which office he still holds. July 23, 1872, he married Harriet Metz of Niagara Falls, and they had six children.




From:
Landmarks of Niagara County, NY
Edited by William Pool
D. Mason & Company, Publishers, 1897

Samuel married METZ, Harriet on 23 Jul 1872. Harriet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]