Debbi, my great grandfather, Jacob Scheerer, was born in Penn in 1853, the son of Jacob and Mary Scheerer. He eventually travelled to CA and ended up in AZ, but before that, the family was supposed to have also lived in Michigan, Illinois and Missouri as well. Gfather Jake had a brother and a son named George W. though the son's W. was for William. The names aren't exactly the same but kind of a coincidence. Do you know anything about John Jacob's other children? Good luck, Marcia H.