U. S. Shaffer and Mary Yearick

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Husband U. S. Shaffer ¹

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            AKA: Hugh S. Shaffer 2
           Born: 21 May 1848 - Miles Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: Adam Shaffer (1815-1889) 1
         Mother: Mary Schmeltzer (1819-      ) 3

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       Marriage: 25 Dec 1873 - Marion Twp, Centre Co, PA 1

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Wife Mary Yearick ¹

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           Born: 25 Aug 1850 1
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         Father: Henry Yearick (1822-      ) 4 5
         Mother: Catherine Leinbach (1826-      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Estella A. Shaffer ¹

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2 M Ellis B. Shaffer ¹

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         Status: Twin

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3 M [Unk] Shaffer ⁶

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         Status: Twin

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General Notes: Husband - U. S. Shaffer

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He was born at the old home in Miles township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, and his early education was obtained mainly in Madisonburg, his first teacher being Jonathan Shaffer. His limitations in this respect made him in later life an earnest supporter of better facili­ties for the education of youth. At eighteen he was examined and licensed to teach, and a sec­ond application for a certificate proved success­ful also, but he never taught school. Two trips were taken to the West, during which he visited points in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin, but he was too much attached to the old home to leave it permanently. After marriage he and his wife settled at the “old Schmeltzer farm,” then the property of his parents, and after renting for some years he purchased, in 1882, the “old Shaffer farm,” which he sold after­ward to buy another farm of 148 acres in Miles township, Centre County, a fine estate with good buildings showing liberal and progress­ive management. In the spring of 1890 he bought a pleasant residence in Madison­burg, where he thereafter resided.
His wife was a member of the Re­formed Church, but he was a Lutheran, and held the offices of elder and super­intendent of the Sunday-school, and beginning when he was sixteen years old he was been an active worker therein as an official. He was a great reader, and kept well-informed on the issues of the day. Politically, he was a stanch Demo­crat, and he held various positions, serving as tax collector at his old home and as school director in the Madisonburg district. In July, 1893, he was appointed to the office of postmaster, and in the discharge of his duties he displayed ability and faithfulness. In the councils of his party his advice was highly valued, and he took an unfailing interest in the practical work of the organization.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 318.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 517.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 320.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 318, 516.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 651.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 319.