Jonathan Shafer and Mary E. Horn

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Husband Jonathan Shafer ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Jonathan Shaffer 3
           Born: 22 Nov 1837 - Lebanon Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Jacob Shafer (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Heinzerling (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 18 Aug 1864 4

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Wife Mary E. Horn ^{4 5}

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           Born:  - Brady Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
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         Father: Daniel Horn (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Nancy Michaels (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Elorah Jane Shafer ^{4 5}

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            AKA: Laura Shaffer 3
           Born: 1866
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         Spouse: George Barnard Wachob (1859-      ) 6
           Marr: 25 Dec 1882 3

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2 M Alva Anson Shafer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1868 5
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         Spouse: Ines Brisban (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1893 5

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3 M Reuben C. Shafer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1870 5
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         Spouse: Zoe Clover (      -      ) 4 5

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4 F Maggie R. Shafer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1872 5
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         Spouse: Dr. Marsh Hay (      -      ) 4

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5 M George W. Shafer ^{4 5}

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            AKA: G. W. Shaffer 7
           Born: 1874 5
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         Spouse: Ida Swope (1871-      ) 4 8

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6 F Ada A. Belle Shafer ⁵

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            AKA: Ada C. Shafer 4
           Born: 1877 5
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         Spouse: Joseph P. Nollen (      -      ) 4

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7 M Harvey Q. Shafer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1879 5
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         Spouse: Mell Clover (      -      ) 4

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8 M David L. Shafer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1881 5
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         Spouse: Alta Lines (      -      ) 2

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9 F Emma May Shafer ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1885 5
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         Spouse: Charles Moose (      -      ) 4

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10 M Jonathan E. Shafer ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1887 5
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         Spouse: Iva Pence (      -      ) 4

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11 F Lena M. Shafer ^{4 5}

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            AKA: Maude Shaffer 9
           Born: 1889 5
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         Spouse: Levi Draucker (      -      ) 10

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General Notes: Husband - Jonathan Shafer

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He was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys, and received a very limited education in the local schools. He married and they began their domestic life in Salem, where Mr. Shafer purchased two houses, and made his home for five years. In 1870 he bought sixty-two acres of partially-improved land, of G. M. Johnson, and, later, forty-one acres adjoining, of J. H. Bailey. Upon his place he erected a pleasant residence in 1888, and made many other useful and valuable improvements, so that it became one of the finest farms in Brady township.
Being a strong temperance man, Mr. Shafer gave his unwavering support to the principles of the Prohibition party, and did all in his power to advance its interests. He held the office of constable of Brady township one term, and was school director for fifteen years or more. Both he and his wife were active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

He had but meager school opportunities in his youth, the log schoolhouse being distant from his home. When he was twenty-one years old he learned the carpenter trade, with William Fitzpatrick in Illinois, with whom he remained for two and one-half years and later worked for a number of years as carpenter and contractor at DuBois, Pennsylvania, following the fire at that place. After buying his father's farm he kept it for five years and then sold and moved to Salem, where he purchased a house and an acre of land and lived there for five years. In 1870 he bought the Johnson farm of 103 acres, near Luthersburg, and put up new buildings and lived there until he bought another farm in 1897, selling the former one. He served as school director for more than fifteen years and held other township offices. He and his family were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a member of the Grange and for more than ten years belonged to the order of American Mechanics.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 617.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 671.

3 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 699.

4 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 672.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 618.

6 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 672, 697.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 610.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 610, 618.

9 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 936.

10 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 672, 936.