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The Fogleman's and the Shoffner's are my mother's family. Both families came to the US from Germany in the 1700's and there are an abundance of their decendants in the Burlington, North Carolina area and all over the US. I am directly related to George Fogleman, on my grandfather's side and Michael Shoffner I, on my Grandmother's side. Michael Shoffner I, was married to Margaretha Fogleman (Vogleman) when they sailed to this country in 1751 on the Ship Shirley, which arrived in Philadelphia. The family came to North Carolina. from Pennsylvania, and settled in Alamance County in the area now known as Burlington. My grandparents while related, were very distant cousins.

At left, the four children of John Page Fogleman and Savannah Shoffner Fogleman, back row, Stephen and John, front row, Douglas and Ellen Jane

My mother, Ellen Jane Fogleman (Powell), born in 1921, was the youngest, and the only girl, of four children born to John Page Fogleman and Savannah Shoffner Fogleman. Here siblings were Stephen, b.1908, John, b. 1910 and Douglas, b. 1919. She lived in many locations as a child because my grandfather worked as a steelworker during the depression in the 1930's, requiring the family to move to where ever he could find work. She was born in Georgia, and they moved around a lot when she was a child, but she lived most of her later childhood in Philadelphia, graduating form West Philadelphia High School in 1939. In 1942, she married my father John Robert Powell. They had five children, of which I am the second. Below are some photos spanning from my mother's childhood and as a young adult in the early 1940's.

My mother, Ellen Jane Fogleman Powell 1921 - 1987
Ellen Jane Fogleman Powell 1929	Ellen Jane Fogleman Powell 1930's	Ellen Jane Fogleman Powell at age 14	Ellen Jane Fogleman Powell in 1939	Ellen Jane Fogleman Powell, early 1940's.

Left is a picture of my grandfather, John Page Fogleman, when he was young. He was a kind, but strict father reflecting the family's Lutheran faith.

John Tyler Fogleman	Frances Ellen Shoffner Fogleman

My grandfather's parents were John Tyler Fogleman and Frances Shoffner Fogleman (pictured right). They were married during the civil war on December 31, 1863, and the following are reported be their wedding photos.

My grandfather was one of 12 children, Lenora, b. 1865, Thadeaus, b. 1867, Sallie, b. 1868, Mary, b.1870, Michael, b.1873, Queen, b. 1875, Elmira, b. 1877, James, b. 1881, William, b. 1884, John Page (my grandfather), b. 1886, Charles Webb, b. 1888 and Flora Rebecca, b. 1879 . Here are pictures of some of them:

Mary	William Luther	Queen	James	Michael
	William A. Shoffner home built circa, 1900 at 1721 Maple Avenue. This was my grandparents home in Burlington until their deaths.	The house my grandparents lived in on Maple Avenue (pictured left) was, for us children, like walking into the past. It had been my grandmother's childhood home, built in 1900 by her father, William A. Shoffner. The rooms were large, all with fireplaces, decorated with oak paneling, and full of antiques. Hanging on the walls, among many family photos, were tapestries that displayed Watteau scenes that my great grandmother had commissioned when the house was new. When her parents died, my grandmother and grandfather, came back to Burlington from Philadelpia to live. There were many interesting items in the house including a couple of old 1930's radios, old family bibles and a chest full of family photos, many of which were quite old. When they passed away, my mother inherited the photos, and they now are in my care. By the time I first saw the house, the porch was screened in and had over a dozen rocking chairs on it. I remember my grandparents and my parents sitting on the front porch each summer evening, during our visit, talking for hours and hours about earlier times. They were interviewed about life in Burlington and their life together in 1971. Click here to read the article.
	1721 Maple Avenue - the wrap aroung front porch which was known to have over a dozen rocking chairs.

As a child, I remember how my grandfather loved to tell us about growing up in a log cabin. Each summer when my family drove to Burlington, from Philadelphia, to visit them, my grandfather would load us into his prized Cadillac and drive us to see it. It was in ruins at the time, and I'm sure is no longer there, but he used to point and say, "that's where I grew up". In a newspaper article where my grandparents were interviewed in their old age, my Grandfather told the interviewer, "I'm one year older then Burlington. Born May 30, 1886 in a log cabin on a hundred acres of land on this side of Kimesville in Alamance County..."

My great Aunt
Ora Shoffner