Since 1916 his parents Samuel C. and Bertha (nee Musselman, sister of canner C. H. Musselman) Eshelman owned and operated the Fox Hill orchards in McKnightstown and eventually expanded into retailing agricultural implements including Centaur tractors.
Since 1916 his parents Samuel C. and Bertha Eshelman (nee Musselman, sister of canner-grower Christian H. Musselman of the CH Musselman Company, today part of Knouse Foods). The Eshelmans owned and operated the Fox Hill orchards in McKnightstown and eventually expanded into retailing agricultural implements including Centaur tractors.