James W. Shaffer and Margaret Myers

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Husband James W. Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 27 Mar 1843 - Beaver (later Lawrence) Co, PA 1
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         Father: Abraham Shaffer (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Martha Kildoo (      -      ) 1

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Wife Margaret Myers ¹

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         Father: Samuel Myers (      -      ) 1
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1 M John Ross Shaffer ¹

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         Spouse: May Frew (      -      ) 1

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2 M Samuel W. Shaffer ¹

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3 F Myrtle E. Shaffer ²

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         Spouse: Robert Black (      -      ) 2

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4 M Grant A. Shaffer ¹

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General Notes: Husband - James W. Shaffer

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He was educated in the district schools of his home community, and remained on the home place until his marriage, when he purchased a place of 133 acres from Athen Thomas lying one and a half miles south of Princeton, in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He had been born on the farm adjoining his on the south, at a time when that area was a part of Beaver County. He made many improvements on his place and had one of the best appointed farms in the township. He carried on general farming.
Mr. Shaffer was a veteran of the Civil War, first enlisting for nine months in 1862, as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He re-enlisted as a member of the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Mr. Shaffer participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and the many skirmishes and fights in the Shenandoah Valley, being at the last under the command of General Sheridan. He was in the engagement in which that famous general made his memorable twenty-mile ride, and was in the saddle for thirteen days of continuous fighting. Notwithstanding the many hot engagements in which he took part and the length of his service, he was fortunate enough to escape without injury.
Politically, Mr. Shaffer was an ardent Republican and frequently was called upon to serve his township in official positions or trust. He was constable and tax collector three years, school director eight years, and road supervisor two years. In religious faith and fellowship, he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 557.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 557, 681.