Elza
Absalom Schofield
(1863-1928)
Elza Absalom Schofield was born
in 1863 at
Mt. Perry, OH, the son of Joseph and
Mary (Danison) Schofield.
He married Hattie L. Smith (1866-1951), the daughter of James and Louisa (Law) Smith, on Sept. 26, 1883, at "the house of Rev. E. Rose," news that made the pages of the Perry County Tribune. They lived at Mt. Perry, and farmed for some 55 years.
They were the parents of Fred James Schofield, Ray E. Schofield, Carl Schofield and Joseph Schofield.
The
Schofields were members of the Mt. Perry United
Presbyterian Church.
Elza died of heart disease on Dec. 5, 1938, at the age of 75. A newspaper obituary said he was "a lifelong resident of Mt. Perry [and] was well known throughout the community."
Son Ray Schofield worked as assistant cashier of the New Somerset Bank. He never married. He died of heart disease at the age of 57 on Nov. 21, 1941, just a few weeks before the United States was plunged into World War II.
Hattie outlived her husband by 13 years. She died of a stroke at the age of 84 on Jan. 7, 1951. They are buried at the Mt. Perry Methodist Church, in a row with his parents and pioneer grandparents, who originally owned the land on which the church and cemetery sit.
Son Fred James Schofield (1888-1953) settled at Zanesville, Muskingum County, OH. He worked as an oiler in a cement plant in Zanesville. He married Emma (?), and they lived at 813 Arch Street. He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 64 on Feb. 27, 1953. His remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Perry Cemetery.
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