Jacob SHAFFER

1794 - 1882  (87 years)

• Name	Jacob SHAFFER
  Born	30 Nov 1794	Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Nov 1882	North Mahoning Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  Buried	Round Top Church Cemetery, Trade City, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	"Indiana County Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present," Volume II (J. T. Stewart, 1913), sketch of Joseph Shaffer, pages 1217-8: "Jacob Shaffer, son of John [and Eva Thomas], was born in Berks county, and was about seven years of age when taken to Huntingdon county in 1803. There he was reared to manhood, the greater part of his education being secured in the school of hard work. He was engaged in farming, and also conducted a freighting business, carrying goods to Pittsburg [sic]. In 1838 he brought his family to Indiana county, coming through with a wagon and four-horse team, and located on the land which Joseph Shaffer now operates, here purchasing 238 acres for $1,700. On this property were located a log cabin and barn, and about one hundred acres was cleared, and here he continued to work until his death, which occurred in 1882, when he was eighty-seven years of age, his wife [Elizabeth Fetterhoff] surviving him two years and being eighty-nine years old at the time of her demise. For ten years Mr. Shaffer was a justice of the peace, and also held various other offices, to which he was elected on the Whig and Republican tickets. With his wife he was an active member of the Lutheran Church, and both were well known and highly respected. They had a family of nine children, as follows: Eva married Charles Wilhelm, and both are deceased; Michael, deceased, who married Martha Thomas, lived in West Mahoning township; John, deceased, who married Mary Ann Means, lived in North Mahoning township; George died unmarried in 1852; Elizabeth, deceased, married Samuel Beck, and lived in North Mahoning township; Joseph is mentioned below; Albert, who served nine months as a member of Company B, 206th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and now lives at Covode, Pa., married Mary Chambers and (second) Sarah Varner; Margaret Ann has always lived on the old home place and is now keeping house for her brother Joseph; Jacob, deceased, married Minerva Fraupton [sic], and lived in North Mahoning township."
  Person ID	I18188	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	John SHAFFER,   b. 19 Mar 1771, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Aug 1848, Shaffersville, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Eva Maeria Thomas DUMAS,   b. 1767, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1843, Shaffersville, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F13643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth FETTERHOFF,   b. 15 Apr 1795, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 4 Sep 1882  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1818
  Children	1. Michael SHAFFER,   b. 15 Jan 1822, Morris, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1887, Valley, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2014
  Family ID	F13640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 30 Nov 1794 - Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA Died - 8 Nov 1882 - North Mahoning Twp., Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - - Round Top Church Cemetery, Trade City, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth