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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ARTICLE ON JAMES SHEFFIELD

James Sheffield, engaged in general farming on section 8, Bronson Township, came to this county in Feb., 1856, and located where he has resided ever since.  He is one of the oldest residents of this section of the country, having almost reached his fourscore years, as he was born Dec. 24, 1811, in Solon, Cortland Co., N.Y.

The subject of this sketch is the son of Silas and Sarah (Levisce) Sheffield, natives respectively of Rhode Island and Connecticut.  They removed to New York State, where they were among the early settlers, and lived until the breaking our of the War of 1812.  The father enlisted in the army in defense of his county ... from which he died at Plattsburg, in 1814.

Mr. Sheffield was united in marriage, in 1830, with Miss Lydia A. Edwards, of Geneva, Ontario Co., N.Y., and the daughter of Anthony and Anna A. (Parker) Edwards.  This union resulted in the birth of the follwing - George, Eliza Jane, William H., James U., Mary, and Josephine.  The mother of these children died Feb. 4, 1875, and our subject was a second time married, in Nottawa, St. Joseph County, to Mrs. Ann Shimmel, who was a native of England, and was twice married before her union with Mr. Sheffield.  She was first married to John Dipple, and their union resulted in the birth of nine children.

In 1855 our subject removed from the Empire State, and settled in LaGrange, Ind., where he remained only about one year, and then came to Branch County.  His son, George S., of whom a short sketch is found in the Album, lives with his father.