The first of the Shellenberger family, Ulrick
Shellenberger, came to West Hempfield township
from the southern part of Germany in 1726, and en-
gaged in farming. Mrs. Elizabeth R. (Shellenber-
ger) Mellinger was'born in this township, a daugh-
ter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rohrer) Shellenberger,
who both died on the old homestead. The father was
a farmer, and was sixty-seven years of age at the time
of his death in 1878, and the mother died in 1886,
aged eighty-one years, both in the faith of the Dunk-
ard (German Baptist) Church, and their remains
were interred in the Habecker church cemetery. The
children born to the imion of Jacob and Elizabeth
(Rohrer) Shellenberger were, in the order of birth.
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BIOGRAPHICAL ANNALS OF LANCASTER COUNTY
as follows : Susannah, still single, and living on the
old farm; Daniel, deceased; Andrew, a farmer in
West Hempfield township ; Abra, who died in 1898 ;
Jacob, a physician in active practice at Germantown ;
Elizabeth R., widow of Abraham H. Mellinger ;
Sarah, who died yoi.mg ; and Mary, who was married
to Amos N. Lehman, and who died in 1878. The
paternal ancestors, Andrew and Elizabeth (Forry)
Shellenberger, came from Switzerland, and were
early settlers in West Hempfield township, where
they followed farming; the maternal grandparents
Abraham and Elizabeth (Eby) Rohrer, of Lancaster
county, both died in Manor township.
