John C. Shafer
Last updated 18 Oct 2021 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: Bet 29 Oct 1810 and 28 Oct 1811 in , Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Died: Abt 25 Sep 1904 in Mt. Ephraim, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States
Father: Conrad Shafer (1771 – 1862)
Mother: Mary Rasor (bet 1777/1778 – 1872)
book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989: Gateway to The West, Vol. II, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed multiple dates); citing “Ruth Bowers and Anita Short (comp.), Gateway to the West, Volume 2, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989” [The source is a collection of Common Pleas Court records, will abstracts, cemetery inscriptions and similar records. All of these are transcribed; no images of the original records are included.]
Reference Detail: Pages 313-314, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 325-326, accessed 28 Jul 2009)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (John C. Shafer).
book-history-of-noble-county-ohio-1887: History of Noble County, Ohio; Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Company, 1887; book image (PDF), Google Play (https://play.google.com: downloaded 20 Apr 2018), held by New York Public Library [The personal histories were collected from the identified individuals and their contemporaries. Other histories were collected from county records and other places, with the help of numerous county officials and others.]
Reference Detail: Page 477 (PDF page 552)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (John [Shafer]).
periodical-united-in-death-1904: “United In Death / Nonogenarian[sic] Brothers Die Same Week,” news story; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 5 Jul 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Ohio ⟩ Zanesville ⟩ The Times Recorder ⟩ 1904 ⟩ 09 ⟩ 30” page 3; citing “Zanesville Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 30 Sep 1904 (Friday), page 3, column 2” [The corners of the first two sheets (pages 1 to 4) were torn off, so the printed page numbers are not visible.]
Comment Detail: Source includes name (John C. Shafer).
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periodical-four-score-and-ten-1903: “Four Score and Ten,” human interest; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 16 Oct 2020) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Missouri ⟩ Stanberry ⟩ The Stanberry Headlight ⟩ 1903 ⟩ 10 ⟩ 28” page 1; citing “The Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri), 28 Oct. 1903 (Wednesday), page 1, column 7”
Comment Detail: Source includes age (92) and location (London county, Virginia [probably a misspelling of Loudoun County; there is no London County in Virginia]). Using the story date of 28 October 1903 gives a birth date range from 29 October 1810 to 28 October 1811.
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periodical-united-in-death-1904: “United In Death / Nonogenarian[sic] Brothers Die Same Week,” news story; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 5 Jul 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Ohio ⟩ Zanesville ⟩ The Times Recorder ⟩ 1904 ⟩ 09 ⟩ 30” page 3; citing “Zanesville Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 30 Sep 1904 (Friday), page 3, column 2” [The corners of the first two sheets (pages 1 to 4) were torn off, so the printed page numbers are not visible.]
Comment Detail: Source includes implied date ("burial took place Tuesday" and "passed away this week" for an article dated 29 Sep, published 30 Sep 1904) and location ("of Mt. Ephraim, in the northeastern part of Noble county [, Ohio]).
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book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989: Gateway to The West, Vol. II, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed multiple dates); citing “Ruth Bowers and Anita Short (comp.), Gateway to the West, Volume 2, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989” [The source is a collection of Common Pleas Court records, will abstracts, cemetery inscriptions and similar records. All of these are transcribed; no images of the original records are included.]
Reference Detail: Pages 313-314, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 325-326, accessed 28 Jul 2009)
Comment Detail: Source identifies John C. Shafer as a child of Conrad Shafer. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
book-history-of-noble-county-ohio-1887: History of Noble County, Ohio; Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Company, 1887; book image (PDF), Google Play (https://play.google.com: downloaded 20 Apr 2018), held by New York Public Library [The personal histories were collected from the identified individuals and their contemporaries. Other histories were collected from county records and other places, with the help of numerous county officials and others.]
Reference Detail: Page 477 (PDF page 552)
Comment Detail: Source identifies John [Shafer] as a child of Conrad Shafer. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
periodical-four-score-and-ten-1903: “Four Score and Ten,” human interest; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 16 Oct 2020) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Missouri ⟩ Stanberry ⟩ The Stanberry Headlight ⟩ 1903 ⟩ 10 ⟩ 28” page 1; citing “The Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri), 28 Oct. 1903 (Wednesday), page 1, column 7”
Comment Detail: Source identifies John Shafer as a biological child of Conrad Shafer.
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periodical-four-score-and-ten-1903: “Four Score and Ten,” human interest; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 16 Oct 2020) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Missouri ⟩ Stanberry ⟩ The Stanberry Headlight ⟩ 1903 ⟩ 10 ⟩ 28” page 1; citing “The Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri), 28 Oct. 1903 (Wednesday), page 1, column 7”
Comment Detail: Source identifies John Shafer as a biological child of Mary Rasor.
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Residence: 22 Apr 1862 at , Noble County, Ohio, United States
Residence: Abt Oct 1903 at Mt. Ephraim, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States
Residence: Sep 1904 at Mt. Ephraim, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States
periodical-four-score-and-ten-1903: “Four Score and Ten,” human interest; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 16 Oct 2020) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Missouri ⟩ Stanberry ⟩ The Stanberry Headlight ⟩ 1903 ⟩ 10 ⟩ 28” page 1; citing “The Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri), 28 Oct. 1903 (Wednesday), page 1, column 7”
Comment Detail: Source includes date (28 Oct 1903) and location (Mt. Ephraim, Noble county, Ohio). The real date is some days or months earlier, since the article is a reprint.
periodical-united-in-death-1904: “United In Death / Nonogenarian[sic] Brothers Die Same Week,” news story; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 5 Jul 2018) ⟩ “United States of America ⟩ Ohio ⟩ Zanesville ⟩ The Times Recorder ⟩ 1904 ⟩ 09 ⟩ 30” page 3; citing “Zanesville Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), 30 Sep 1904 (Friday), page 3, column 2” [The corners of the first two sheets (pages 1 to 4) were torn off, so the printed page numbers are not visible.]
Comment Detail: Source includes date, rounded for this use to the month (Sept 1904) and location (Mt. Ephraim, [...] Noble county [, Ohio]).
book-gateway-to-the-west-v2-1989: Gateway to The West, Vol. II, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed multiple dates); citing “Ruth Bowers and Anita Short (comp.), Gateway to the West, Volume 2, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989” [The source is a collection of Common Pleas Court records, will abstracts, cemetery inscriptions and similar records. All of these are transcribed; no images of the original records are included.]
Reference Detail: Pages 313-314, entry dated 3-11-1863 (images 325-326, accessed 28 Jul 2009)
Comment Detail: Source includes filing date (4-22-1862) and locaiton (Noble Co. [, Ohio]).
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