This information comes from a book written by Patricia Foster Heinen in 1990. The books title is Shelmadine. Pat Heinen in from Mercer, PA
Notes from Rev. L.E. Vaughan of Leroy, NY indicated there was a broth of Isaac named Lewis.
28. John Shelmandine
According to Betty Marshall of Ft. Johnson, NY there was also a brother named John. The brothers were supposed to live in Seward, NY and Conesville, NY of Schoharie Co., NY also Cobleskill and Middleburg, NY.
The children are numbered as they were listed in Obadiah's will.
Sourses: Biographical Review of Schoharie, Schenectady & Greene Cos, NY 1899. Gazetteer of Jefferson County, NY 1684-1890.
History of Erie County, Pa 1884.
U. S. Census.
Tax records of Crawford Co., Pa.
Militart Records (no results).
Some of the Descendants of Johann Peter Kniskern, W H Kniskern Records of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie Co. NY Cemetery Records of Schoharie, Erie, Crawford Counties.
The research of June and Duane Upton, Carolyn DisJardins.