The story of the Scheiderer family is one that typifies a great many German Immigrant families in the mid 1800's, hard work, adaptation, and stamina.
  Jacob Scheiderer began milking a small herd of Jerseys and mixed bloods on his father, Frederick's farm located on St. Rt. 38 in Union Co. Ohio in 1867.  Dairying was never easy, but was even more difficult for the Scheiderers due to an inherited health condition that claimed the men in the prime of their life.  However, the women were strong and had a great bond in each other.  Jersey cattle became a livelihood that held the family together through the worse financial situations.
  The herd passed from Jacob to Albert (son), to Maurice (son known as Mose), and his wife Florence in 1930.  1941 brought change of location when Mose bought a rocky farm on Big Darby Creek at Plain City.  Mose was active as trustee, progressive Jersey breeder, church member, and father.  He owned his first registered Jerseys in 1938 and from that small herd took shape until all were registered and DHI testing started in 1946.  Mose became a close friend to Forrest Bigelow, Fred White and Bert Leas, 3 founders of the National Jersey Jug.  They and others began planning of the show to be held at Delaware, Ohio.  However, it was not for Mose to see his dream come true, as in 1950 he died, leaving a very ill Florence and two sons, Albert Jacob(Jake), age 17 and John, age 15.  Jake took over the farm and eventually purchased the Bigelow, White and Leas's herds as they passed on.
  Jake and John had several great friends, these became closer and helped the family.  The boys began showing in 1944.  Both traveled the county fair circuit with Jake traveling with Woodrow Nunnemaker and John McKitrick show strings.  They showed at the first District 10 Jersey Show in Hilliard along with the Whites, Flemings, and others.  They attended every show until 1977.  They were leaders in the Dairy Service Unit, Ohio Jersey Assoc., Plain City Fairboard (25 years), and the Ohio Farm Bureau.  The most important to them is the personal contact and encouragement to breed Jerseys.
  John became a 20 year DHI supervisor and was taken from the family in 1973.  He was 38 years of age.  The rotating Grand Champion Cow trophy at the Ohio State fair is in his memory. 
  Mother Florence was taken in 1976.  Her success was large for a small woman.  Though loss of a young husband, 3 children, history making heart surgery and kidney failure, she continued to milk, run a limestone quarry on the "rocky farm", prepare her sons for the future and be active in her community and church.  Her great love was old fashioned "tough love" that comes from someone knowing what it takes to accept God's help.  Her guidance is still with the family.
  It soon became apparent that farming under urban pressure, the Big Darby Conservation Program, The Ohio State Dairy Strategic Program, lawyers and a stone quarry could not survive together at Plain City.  Since Jersey was our first love, Jake moved the herd and family to Beallsville, OH in Monroe Co., in 1977.  His wife Dixie, daughter Faith, son Albert Jacob, (Al) Jr., moved with him.  Shortly, thereafter son Jacob Albert (Jake A.) was born to Jake and Dixie, bringing the new farm into existence.
  After many years of service from the Jersey cow, we at Buckeye Grove Farm won't attempt to forecast the future of the farm.  We know it will be by God's will, adaptation and with as much thought toward good friends as toward the farm.  It is the family's desire that those reading their story will see it was not the "looking inward" to themselves that encouraged the family to stay with Jerseys, but the "looking outward" to irreplaceable mentors, friends and the family's faith in God, that has led the farm to what it has developed into today.
  Today, Al and his wife, Renae, are stepping up for the 5th generation.