Note - we have a John Shafer married to Iderma Ashbaugh, and believe this is the correct John. reference. If this is John Shafer we are unabe to locate a burial for wife Iderma Ashbaugh Shafer but have created a memorial for her with burial unknown at present.
John and wife Iderma/Aderma/Oderma did not have a son named Enser Shafer. There is some confustion to several files posted to ancestry.com and rootsweb.com.
1850 United States Federal Census
about Maria Shaffer
Name:Maria Shaffer
Age:9
Birth Year:abt 1841
Birthplace:Ohio
Home in 1850:Springfield, Mahoning, Ohio
Gender:Female
Family Number:583
Household Members:NameAge
John Shaffer50 beileve to be this burial
Addesma Shaffer44 (Ashbaugh) burial not found d 1853
Jacob Shaffer24
Andrew Shaffer17 buried Van Wert Ohio
Jacob Shaffer15
Eliza Shaffer13 possibly married Witmer
Samuel Shaffer11
Maria Shaffer9 married Samuel Kuntz (burial found)
John Shaffer7
David Diter27
Mary Diter26 (nee Shafer)
They had a daughter Mariah Shafer who married Samuel Kuntz - burial this cemetery.
Burial between Catharine Sprinkle w/o Michael and Nancy Shultz d 1877. - no other Shafer names in this row or nearby.
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In 1850 This John Shafer was living in Springfield Twp Mahoning Co with wife Iderma and children.
In 1860 John Shafer was living as a widower with children in house Mariah, JOhn and an older Nancy Shafer b 1804 age 56 - not a spouse.
In 1870 John Shafer was living in Springfield Twp in house of Samuel Kuntz and wife. He is listed as father in law.
Not on 1880 census because he died in 1879.
Baldwin records recorded from a stone (he did not record date of visit but about 1908)
John Shafer b 1798 d 8 Feb 1879 A 80y3m23d
Sorting out the John Shafers:
*There is a John Shafer in Mt Olivet Cemetery married to Lucy/Ruth Ann Cole b 1808 d 1888. He appears on all the census records in Beaver Twp with wife named Lydia A - same dates as Ruth? This John Shafer was born "at Sea" and buried in Shaeffer family cemetery in North Lima.
*There is a John Shafer b 1797 on the 1880 census in Beaver Twp with wife Lucy A b 1808. He is "father" to head. Enser Shafer is head of house.
Note - we have a John Shafer married to Iderma Ashbaugh, and believe this is the correct John. reference. If this is John Shafer we are unabe to locate a burial for wife Iderma Ashbaugh Shafer but have created a memorial for her with burial unknown at present.
John and wife Iderma/Aderma/Oderma did not have a son named Enser Shafer. There is some confustion to several files posted to ancestry.com and rootsweb.com.
1850 United States Federal Census
about Maria Shaffer
Name:Maria Shaffer
Age:9
Birth Year:abt 1841
Birthplace:Ohio
Home in 1850:Springfield, Mahoning, Ohio
Gender:Female
Family Number:583
Household Members:NameAge
John Shaffer50 beileve to be this burial
Addesma Shaffer44 (Ashbaugh) burial not found d 1853
Jacob Shaffer24
Andrew Shaffer17 buried Van Wert Ohio
Jacob Shaffer15
Eliza Shaffer13 possibly married Witmer
Samuel Shaffer11
Maria Shaffer9 married Samuel Kuntz (burial found)
John Shaffer7
David Diter27
Mary Diter26 (nee Shafer)
They had a daughter Mariah Shafer who married Samuel Kuntz - burial this cemetery.
Burial between Catharine Sprinkle w/o Michael and Nancy Shultz d 1877. - no other Shafer names in this row or nearby.
****
In 1850 This John Shafer was living in Springfield Twp Mahoning Co with wife Iderma and children.
In 1860 John Shafer was living as a widower with children in house Mariah, JOhn and an older Nancy Shafer b 1804 age 56 - not a spouse.
In 1870 John Shafer was living in Springfield Twp in house of Samuel Kuntz and wife. He is listed as father in law.
Not on 1880 census because he died in 1879.
Baldwin records recorded from a stone (he did not record date of visit but about 1908)
John Shafer b 1798 d 8 Feb 1879 A 80y3m23d
Sorting out the John Shafers:
*There is a John Shafer in Mt Olivet Cemetery married to Lucy/Ruth Ann Cole b 1808 d 1888. He appears on all the census records in Beaver Twp with wife named Lydia A - same dates as Ruth? This John Shafer was born "at Sea" and buried in Shaeffer family cemetery in North Lima.
*There is a John Shafer b 1797 on the 1880 census in Beaver Twp with wife Lucy A b 1808. He is "father" to head. Enser Shafer is head of house.
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John and Adecima's dau Mary married Daniel Diser. John is buried very near them
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