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From A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902), History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881), History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912)
C. R. SHECKLER, physician; P. 0. North Robinson. This gentleman attended the public schools of Bucj-rus until the age of 15, when he began the study of medicine in the same town, in the office of Dr. Cuykendall, under whose instruction he completed his medical education in about three years, after which he attended the Columbus Medical College, at the capital of the State, at which institution he graduated during thie spring of 1876. Soon after his graduation, he began the practice of his profession in the village of North Robinson, where he has since remained, with a rapidly increasing business practice. He was born in the county seat March 7, 1855, and is the son of B. F. and A. G. (Shawk) Sheckler, both natives of Pennsylvania, from which State they emigrated to Bucyrus at quite an early day. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Miss Kate Bogan April 15. 1880; she was born in Whetstone Township, Crawford Co., Ohio, in January, 1862. Dr. Sheckler is also engaged in the drug business in the village, and has quite a flourishing trade, which is on the increase. He is a member of the Democratic party.
As printed in History of Crawford County and Ohio : containing a history of the state of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time ... a history of Crawford County ... biographical sketches, portraits (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
CHARLES R. SHECKLER, M. D.
The family physician sustains a peculiarly confidential relation to his fellow citizens, and if he be a man of tact and honor comes in time to lie their confidant and adviser in many matters of importance. Such a well-established, useful citizen is Dr. Charles R. Sheckler, of Brokensword, Crawford county, Ohio.
Dr. Sheckler was born at Bucyrus, Ohio, March 7, 1856, a son of Edward Scheckler, a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and a tailor by trade, who located early at Bucyrus and there married Adaline G. Shawk, who bore him four children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the first born. Their daughter Nettie became the wife of E. J. Williams, of Holmes township, Crawford county. Their sons Thompson and Edward became farmers. Their son Charles R. received his primary education in the public schools at Bucyrus, and when about fifteen years of age began reading medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. A. Cuykendall, of that town. He was graduated in the Columbus Medical College in 1877, at the age of twenty-one years. After practicing his profession five years at North Robinson, Crawford county, he located at Brokensword, where he has met with gratifying success. He affiliates with the Democratic party, but is not a practical politician, preferring to give his time entirely to his profession. He was married in 1881 to Miss Catharine Bogan, and they have three children, named Ralph, Ada and Archibald.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
C. R. SHECKLER, M. D., who is the oldest resident physician of Brokensword, Crawford county, O., to which place he came in
1882, was born at Bucyrus, O., in 1856, and is a son of Edward F. and Adeline (Shawk) Sheckler.
Edward F. Sheckler was of German parentage but was born in Pennsylvania and from there came to Crawford county in young manhood. For many years afterward he conducted a tailoring establishment at Bucyrus and his death occurred at the home of his son, Dr. Sheckler, when he was aged 67 years. He married Adeline Shawk, who passed away at Bucyrus some years before her husband. They had four children, namely: C. R.; Nettie, who married E. J. Williams, a teacher and fruit farmer in the State of Washington; J. Thompson, who is also a resident of Washington, a carpenter by trade; and Edward, who also follows carpentering in Washington.
C. R. Sheckler attended the public schools of Bucyrus and with a local physician did his preliminary medical reading and then entered the Columbus Medical College, Columbus, O., where he was graduated in 1877. He commenced practice at North Robinson, Crawford county, where he continued for six years and then came to Brokensword and made this pleasant town his permanent home. His practice covers a wide territory and few men are better known in this section. As a citizen he has been active in advancing the interests of the place and has taken much interest in educational matters and has served on the board of education.
Dr. Sheckler married Miss Catherine Began, a daughter of Samuel Bogan of North Robinson, and they have three children: Ralph, a railroad man, who married Catherine Gallagher of Fort Wayne, Ind., and has one child; and Adeline and Archie B., both of whom reside at home. In politics Dr. Sheckler is a Democrat and fraternally belongs to the order of Foresters.
As printed in History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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