Brief Life History of Eli Leander
When Eli Leander Shafer was born on 22 November 1845, in Mount Ephraim, Seneca Township, Noble, Ohio, United States, his father, William J. Shafer, was 34 and his mother, Isabelle Vorhies, was 30. He married Margaret A. Walters on 8 January 1871, in Noble, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Seneca Township, Noble, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Ohio, United States in 1917. He died on 9 August 1917, in Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Belle Valley, Noble, Ohio, United States.
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- Eli Shafer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Eli Shafer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Eli Shafer, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schäfer (see Schaefer ), Schäffer (see Schaffer 2) or Schaffer 1.
Americanized form of Hungarian Sáfár, Slovenian and Croatian Šafar or Šafer, Czech Šafář or Šafer, Slovak Šafár, in part cognates of 1 above (see Safar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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