[p. 604] whose excellent farm containing fifty-eight and one-half acres, is situated about one-eighth of a mile east of Princeton, was born August 10, 1859, on the old Mershimer place, just west of Princeton, and is a son of Sebastian and Nancy (Wilkinson) Mershimer.
Adam Mershimer, the grandfather of Jonathan A., was a son of Adam, who was born in Germany, and when he came to America settled in the territory near the eastern line of Pennsylvania. There his son Adam was born, who later participated in the Revolutionary War, and as a reward for his services was granted land in Lawrence County, which is still known as the old Mershimer place. On that place Sebastian Mershimer was born and reared. For some years he worked at shoemaking at Princeton, but later engaged in farming, purchasing land near Princeton, on which he lived until seventy years of age. The last ten years of his life were spent in Princeton, where he died. He married Nancy Wilkinson, a daughter of Samuel Wilkinson, and they had a family of five children, namely: Adam, Jane, Samuel, Charles and Jonathan, all of whom are deceased except the last named. Sebastian Mershimer was married (second) to Mrs. Jane Stickle, who was the widow of William Stickle, who was killed while serving in the Civil War. Three children were born to this union: Joseph, Francis and Lawrence, all living.
Jonathan H. Mershimer obtained his education in the country schools and then learned the trade of wagonmaker, which he followed at Princeton for some six years. He then bought the Alexander Frew farm in Slippery Rock Township, where he has since resided. Mr. Mershimer merely oversees the work on his farm, having practical farmers to attend to the crops and raising of stock.
Mr. Mershimer married Mary Shaffer, who is a daughter of the late Jacob Shaffer, who formerly was a farmer in this section. They are members of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton. In politics he is a Democrat.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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