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Pvt Benjamin Gibbs Shaffer

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Pvt Benjamin Gibbs Shaffer

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21 Mar 1901 (aged 57)
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Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Benjamin was the 10th child and sixth son of Frederick Shaffer and Elizabeth Gibbs. His father died prior to the Civil War. Benjamin was one of three sons who were in the Civil War and returned home. He was a private in the 1st Regiment Charleston Guard, South Carolina. Benjamin married Cornelia Jacques and together they had two sons and one daughter. As Cornelia was of Spanish descent and Catholic, he was baptized in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Charleston. In the Evening Post of Charleston we read he was a highly regarded stenographer, having been called upon in a high profile case of the state. Benjamin was tall of stature with a known exceptional singing voice. Upon his death in 1901, the Excelsior Glee Club published an impressive tribute to him in the Evening Post of Charleston-the first ever by the club. At the time, Benjamin was vice-president of the club, having been an original founder in 1894. The members noted his happy character and disposition, flights of wit and humor, anecdotes of life, and his love of music. The club dedicated a blank page in his honor in the minutes book. Benjamin and Cornelia had spent most of their married life at 30 Society Street and then 278 Meeting Street-both recognized historical homes of Charleston, with the later built by the family. There are no descendants of his family as his three children never married. His name is inscribed on the family memorial in Magnolia Cemetery, but he and his family are interred in the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Charleston.
Benjamin was the 10th child and sixth son of Frederick Shaffer and Elizabeth Gibbs. His father died prior to the Civil War. Benjamin was one of three sons who were in the Civil War and returned home. He was a private in the 1st Regiment Charleston Guard, South Carolina. Benjamin married Cornelia Jacques and together they had two sons and one daughter. As Cornelia was of Spanish descent and Catholic, he was baptized in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Charleston. In the Evening Post of Charleston we read he was a highly regarded stenographer, having been called upon in a high profile case of the state. Benjamin was tall of stature with a known exceptional singing voice. Upon his death in 1901, the Excelsior Glee Club published an impressive tribute to him in the Evening Post of Charleston-the first ever by the club. At the time, Benjamin was vice-president of the club, having been an original founder in 1894. The members noted his happy character and disposition, flights of wit and humor, anecdotes of life, and his love of music. The club dedicated a blank page in his honor in the minutes book. Benjamin and Cornelia had spent most of their married life at 30 Society Street and then 278 Meeting Street-both recognized historical homes of Charleston, with the later built by the family. There are no descendants of his family as his three children never married. His name is inscribed on the family memorial in Magnolia Cemetery, but he and his family are interred in the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Charleston.

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