William Henry Shaffer and Catherine Beatty

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Husband William Henry Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 7 Jul 1854 - Pine Hill, near Berlin, Somerset Co, PA 2
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         Father: Conrad Shaffer (1828-1886) 1
         Mother: Catherine Baker (1834-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 13 Oct 1878 2

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Miller (1864-      ) 2 - Abt 1901

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Wife Catherine Beatty ²

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           Born: 1 Mar 1858 - Cook Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 6 Dec 1898 - Cook Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Beatty (cal 1823-1884) 2 3
         Mother: Lavinia Brant (cal 1831-1879) 2 3

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Children

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1 F Ora I. Shaffer ²

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         Spouse: Holmes Jackson Phillippi (      -      ) 2

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2 M Milliard Shaffer ²

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           Born: 1 Jul 1890 2
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3 M Harry Seanor Shaffer ²

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           Born: 28 Apr 1897 2
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General Notes: Husband - William Henry Shaffer

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He received his eduation in the schools of Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Upon growing to young manhood, he was apprenticed to his father and learned the trade of carpenter, the two men working together at this trade in Westmoreland County for four or five years. William H. Shaffer came to Cook township in 1875, and built the David Beatty homestead in 1876. He lived for a time on the David Beatty homestead, but later bought a tract of twenty-five acres in Cook township, which later became the property of Mrs. Oliver Burns. Here Mr. Shaffer resided for about five years and then sold this property and bought a farm, a place consisting of some eighty acres which he purchased from Conrad Bott. In addition to this Mr. Shaffer became the owner of several other small tracts of land, principally pasture land, and there he conducted general farming operations with a high degree of success. He also owned a stationary saw mill, where he turned out lumber for the local markets during the winter months when farming was impossible. On his farm was situated a hydraulic cider press with which he converted a large quantity of apples into cider for the surrounding country every year.
He was a Democrat in politics and served as school director in Cook township. He was a member of the United Brethren church and was very active in the work of the congregation, being class leader, Sunday school superintendent, a teacher in the Sunday school and trustee.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 995.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 996.

3 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 20.