When Ruth Jane Shaffer was born on 7 February 1848, in Huntington, Indiana, United States, her father, GEORGE SHAFFER JR., was 36 and her mother, SARAH SHIDLER, was 27. She married Martin A. Faulkner on 20 April 1870, in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Beaver Township, Smith, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Center Township, Lake, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 January 1931, in Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Maplewood Memorial Cemetery, Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States.