George
Herrold
Shaffer
Born in Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Husband of
Elizabeth (Arnold) Shaffer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Rebecca (Carvell) Shaffer
— married
15 Dec 1840 [location unknown]
Husband of
Rebecca (Berger) Shaffer
— married
25 May 1851 [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Buffenton) Shaffer
— married
4 Dec 1853 [location unknown]
Father of
William A. Shaffer, Phoebe Shaffer, Clarence A. Shaffer, Elizabeth Shaffer, Hannah Shaffer, Sarah Shaffer, Emma Jane Shaffer, Catharine Shaffer, Henry J. Shaffer, Mary Shaffer and Lillian Shaffer
Died
at age 74
in Chapman Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
- Born May 22, 1798
- Died November 20, 1872
- Buried in Paradise U.B. Churchyard, although it is not on Wikitree Cemetery site with name as an alternate. Cemetery is now known as Paradise United Methodist Church
Notes
- Name: Geo Shaffer
- 1830 Census, Chapman Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
- Name: Geo Shaffer
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 7
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
- 1840 Census, Chapman Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
- Name: George Shaffer
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
- 1850 Census, Pennsylvania, Union County, Chapman Township, George H. Sheaffer, age 55, Farmer. No wife, but children still living with him are George age 21, Levi age 19 and Elias age 17. These three sons are Laborers. The rest of the family includes, Elizabeth, age 15, Phoebe A, age 13, Sarah, age 6, Hannah, age 5, Emma, age 3, Catharine, age 2, and Henry age 10/12. Everybody was born in Pennsylvania.
- 1860 Census George, age 63, Elizabeth, age 60, and 17 year old Sarah, 14 year old Emma were the only ones in the home. George was a farmer and the family lived in Chapman Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
- 1870 Census has the family down to three people, George, age 73 and a laborer, Elizabeth is now 70, and Sarah is 28. They live in Mt. Pleasant Mills, Perry Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. George dies two years later,
- Jacob Bair, Sr. Summary of sale in 1852
- The following is a summary of people that was present when a list of goods and chattels which were of Jacob Bair, Sr. of Buffalo Twp., Perry County, Pa., deceased, sold at public action on the 15th. January 1852 by Jacob Buck, Executor.
- George H. Shaffer
- Jacob Bair (of Jacob Sr.)
- Sarah Bair (Widow)
Sources
- Year: 1840; Census Place: Chapman, Union, Pennsylvania; Roll: 496; Page: 369; Image: 760; Family History Library Film: 0020558 Source Information - Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Chapman, Union, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_831; Page: 150A; Image: 302; Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432,
- 1860 Census record copied on visit to Family History Library, SLC, 2005
- Year: 1870; Census Place: Perry, Snyder, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1451; Page: 149B; Image: 82537; Family History Library Film: 552950 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgipage=gr&GRid=100496949&ref=acom Paradise United Methodist Cemetery, Snyder County, George H. Shaffer, 1798-1872
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[Living Shaffer]
According to the History of Snyder County, PA pgs 81-82 He was the son of John Peter Shaffer and Anna Maria Herrold. See attached images.
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