When Joseph Shaffer was born on 23 September 1817, in Sinnemahoning, Gibson Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Shaffer, was 28 and his mother, Margaret Brooks, was 27. He married Jane Elizabeth Sterling in 1841, in Sinnemahoning, Gibson Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Grove Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 November 1897, in Sinnemahoning, Gibson Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Jericho, Grove Township, Cameron, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Americanized form of German Schäffer (see Schaffer 2), Schaffer 1, or Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
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