Mary "Elizabeth" Shaffer

Brief Life History of Mary "Elizabeth"

When Mary "Elizabeth" Shaffer was born on 4 December 1828, in Redbank Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Simon Petrus Shaffer, was 22 and her mother, Anna Margaret "Maggie" Himes, was 20. She married Benewell Stahlman on 13 March 1851, in Shannondale, Redbank Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Richland Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Warsaw, Warsaw Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 12 February 1917, in Warsaw Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Temple Cemetery, Hazen, Warsaw Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benewell Stahlman
1826–1877
Mary "Elizabeth" Shaffer
1828–1917
Marriage: 13 March 1851
Edward Chambers Stahlman
1848–
William Henry Stahlman
1851–1927
Louisiana "Lucy" Ann Stahlman
1853–1945
Simon Jeremiah Stahlman
1855–1923
Jackson Washington Stahlman
1857–1895
Catharine Margaret Stahlman
1860–1943
Mary Elizabeth Stahlman
1863–1931
Rachel Jane Stahlman
1865–1948
John Parker Stahlman
1870–1875

Sources (17)

  • Elisabeth Stahalman in household of Stahalman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Benwell Stahlman in the Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
  • Elizabeth Shaffer Stahlman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839

Historical Boundaries 1839: Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schäffer (see Schaffer 2), Schaffer 1, or Schäfer (see Schaefer ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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