Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Shafer was born in 1807, in Virginia, United States, his father, John Shaeffer, was 22 and his mother, Hannah Prough, was 26. He married Margaret Shuman on 21 February 1830, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Jennings Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 14 January 1893, in Crawford, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Shafer Ridge Church Cemetery, Milltown, Whiskey Run Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States.
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- Samuel Shaffar, "United States Census, 1870"
- Samuel Shafer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Samuel Shafer, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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.
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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