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Frederick Schaffner

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Frederick Schaffner

Birth
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Oct 1887 (aged 93)
Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Ebenezer, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Father of the following children: Maria Nisley, Sophia, John-George, Isaac, Emanuel, John-Frederick, Jacob, Phillip, Catharine Miller, Barbara Ulrich, Veronica "Fanny" Lavina Reiter, and Martin.

At age 20, Frederick purchased a 78-acre tract of land along Mahantango Mountain in Upper Paxton, adjoining land owned by Daniel Deibler. A year later he married Daniel's niece, Catharine, whose father was already deceased. Frederick cared for his aging mother, Feronica Haldeman Shaffner, who died at age 92 and was buried in Frederick's plot at the Ebenezer United Brethren Church, north of Lebanon. Catharine's mother, Barbara Garman Deibler, had already been buried there as well. Tax records indicate that some of Frederick's adult children also lived on or adjacent to his property. He was living with his daughter, Catharine, and her family in Ono for the 1870 census. By 1880, he was living with his daughter, Maria, wife of Samuel Nisley, who retired from the steelworks in Steelton.

In October 1881, Frederick applied for the Civil War pension of his deceased son, Martin, based on the fact that, at the time of Martin's enlistment, Frederick had no other means of support and was wholly dependant on Martin, his only child still living at home. In addition to official documents regarding Martin's service in the War of the Rebellion, Frederick submitted various notarized letters, tax records, and legal briefs to support his dependency claim. He also included several personal letters that Martin had written to him from the field. His application for pension was approved 18 October 1884, effective retroactively to October 1881, for Eight Dollars per month. Frederick died three years later.
Father of the following children: Maria Nisley, Sophia, John-George, Isaac, Emanuel, John-Frederick, Jacob, Phillip, Catharine Miller, Barbara Ulrich, Veronica "Fanny" Lavina Reiter, and Martin.

At age 20, Frederick purchased a 78-acre tract of land along Mahantango Mountain in Upper Paxton, adjoining land owned by Daniel Deibler. A year later he married Daniel's niece, Catharine, whose father was already deceased. Frederick cared for his aging mother, Feronica Haldeman Shaffner, who died at age 92 and was buried in Frederick's plot at the Ebenezer United Brethren Church, north of Lebanon. Catharine's mother, Barbara Garman Deibler, had already been buried there as well. Tax records indicate that some of Frederick's adult children also lived on or adjacent to his property. He was living with his daughter, Catharine, and her family in Ono for the 1870 census. By 1880, he was living with his daughter, Maria, wife of Samuel Nisley, who retired from the steelworks in Steelton.

In October 1881, Frederick applied for the Civil War pension of his deceased son, Martin, based on the fact that, at the time of Martin's enlistment, Frederick had no other means of support and was wholly dependant on Martin, his only child still living at home. In addition to official documents regarding Martin's service in the War of the Rebellion, Frederick submitted various notarized letters, tax records, and legal briefs to support his dependency claim. He also included several personal letters that Martin had written to him from the field. His application for pension was approved 18 October 1884, effective retroactively to October 1881, for Eight Dollars per month. Frederick died three years later.

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