A. J. Schaff and Susan Ellen Lauffer

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Husband A. J. Schaff ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 4 Jun 1884 2
         Buried:  - Hillview Cemetery

       Marriage: 18 Dec 1879 1

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Wife Susan Ellen Lauffer ¹

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           Born: 16 Sep 1850 1
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         Father: Henry Lauffer (1820-1891) 3 4
         Mother: Susannah Cline (      -1895) 3 4

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   Other Spouse: George S. Trice (      -      ) 2 - 14 Aug 1890 1

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Children

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1 F Malinda E. Schaff ²

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           Born: 4 Aug 1881 2
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2 M Henry H. Schaff ²

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           Born: 15 Oct 1883 2
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General Notes: Husband - A. J. Schaff

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Greensburg Press, Greensburg, PA
June 16, 1884
INSTANTLY KILLED.
A. J. Shaft is Struck by the Binders of a Railroad Bridge and Killed - The Funeral.
A very sad accident happened to a resident of this place on Saturday, in which A. J. Shaft, a brakeman on the local freight of which Theo. Butterfield, of this place, is connected, is the victim. Mr. Shaft was standing on one of the cars with his face turned toward the rear of the cars and had evidently forgotten of the near approach to his death trap, the Paintersville bridge. He was struck on the back of the head by one of the binders of the bridge and knocked forward on his face on top of the car. He survived for a few minutes, but died before reaching the next station. His head was cut very little, but his neck was broken. His remains were brought to his home in Rohrertown on Saturday afternoon and interred in the German cemetery on Sunday at 3 p. m. He was a member of the St. Clair Lodge, No. 53, A. O. U. W., and of the Knights of Pythias.

He was interred in the old German cemetery and later on removed to Hillview Cemetery.

1 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 102.

2 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 103.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1261.

4 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 90.