Dr. John Eckert Shaffer and Elizabeth Stillman Holmes

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Husband Dr. John Eckert Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 22 Feb 1821 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: 31 May 1889 1
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         Father: John Shaffer (1776-1863) 1
         Mother: Charlotte Slagle (1792-1846) 1

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       Marriage: 26 Mar 1846 1

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Wife Elizabeth Stillman Holmes ¹

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           Born: 6 Jan 1821 1
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           Died: 2 Jul 1880 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Rev. George S. Holmes (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Mary Holmes Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 31 Mar 1847 1
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         Spouse: Joseph Kerbey (      -      ) 1

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2 M John Sturgeon Shaffer ¹

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           Born: Nov 1848 1
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           Died: 18 Nov 1894 1
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         Spouse: Grace Chapman (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 26 Jun 1873 - Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co, PA 1

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3 M Peter T. Barnum Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 25 Apr 1850 1
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         Spouse: Bertha Elma Hendrickson (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 29 Jan 1885 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1

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4 F Jennie Lind Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 11 Jul 1852 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Robert Holmes Jack (      -1897) 1
           Marr: 29 Jul 1887 1

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5 F Anna LeMoyne Shaffer ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1854 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: John Wilmoth Bower (1854-      ) 1 2
           Marr: 25 Oct 1877 1

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6 F Susan Eckert Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 7 Dec 1856 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Walter Lowrie Plumer (1848-      ) 1
           Marr: 30 Sep 1885 1

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7 M Charles Holmes Shaffer ¹

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           Born: Nov 1858 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: 21 Nov 1902 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary McBane (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Dec 1886 1

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8 F Elizabeth "Linnie" Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 2 Feb - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Ernest Edwin Colling (1860-      ) 1
           Marr: 15 Jan 1890 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Eckert Shaffer

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He was born at Washington, Pennsylvania, where he lived and attended school until 1836, when he entered Washington (later Washington & Jefferson) College, graduating from that institution in 1840. For two years he taught school and studied law at Kingwood, Virginia, and in 1842 was admitted to the bar and practice of law in Virginia. Not wishing to continue in the law practice, he took up the study of medicine under Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne, who was a great abolitionist before the war, candidate for Vice President, and afterwards was noted as the first Cremationist in this country. John E. Shaffer graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1845 and on December 10th of the same year he located, and made his permanent home, at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. He was one of the "Know Nothings" and afterwards became a Republican. He was postmaster during President Lincoln's tenure of office, was a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Methodist Church.

1 Ella Campbell Slagle Nichols, Family Record (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately published, 1914).

2 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 664.