Parents: {of Funkstown, Wash. Co., MD.}
- John Leonard Schaeffer [1778-1832]
- Mary (Schroeder) Schaeffer [?-1853]

Married Margaret Elizabeth (Young) Schaeffer on February 14, 1867 in Montgomery County, MD

Children:
- Ella May Schaeffer [1868-1869]
- Lelia Newton Schaeffer Hilleary [1870-1956]
- Margaret Estelle Schaeffer Jordan [1873-1934]
- Margaret Elizabeth Schaeffer [1873-1901]
- Thomas L. Schaeffer [1873-1873]

Dentist in Poolesville (1880)

Registered in the Maryland 4th District (Frederick, MD) for the Civil War. The Confederate Compiled Service Record lists him as "Thomas H. Shafer".

Enlisted: 1 Jul 1864, Frederick, MD - Confederate Army
Company D, 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry
Prisoner of War Record
Took Oath of Amnesty 21 May 1865, Harper's Ferry, VA

The Valley Register - July 22nd, 1864
Joined Confederate Commander Jubal Early's Army during his [Washington] raid: Dr. Thomas H. Schaeffer, D. Robert Claggett and John Palmer of Frederick; and William Warfield of Liberty District.

Parents: {of Funkstown, Wash. Co., MD.}
- John Leonard Schaeffer [1778-1832]
- Mary (Schroeder) Schaeffer [?-1853]

Married Margaret Elizabeth (Young) Schaeffer on February 14, 1867 in Montgomery County, MD

Children:
- Ella May Schaeffer [1868-1869]
- Lelia Newton Schaeffer Hilleary [1870-1956]
- Margaret Estelle Schaeffer Jordan [1873-1934]
- Margaret Elizabeth Schaeffer [1873-1901]
- Thomas L. Schaeffer [1873-1873]

Dentist in Poolesville (1880)

Registered in the Maryland 4th District (Frederick, MD) for the Civil War. The Confederate Compiled Service Record lists him as "Thomas H. Shafer".

Enlisted: 1 Jul 1864, Frederick, MD - Confederate Army
Company D, 1st Regiment, Maryland Cavalry
Prisoner of War Record
Took Oath of Amnesty 21 May 1865, Harper's Ferry, VA

The Valley Register - July 22nd, 1864
Joined Confederate Commander Jubal Early's Army during his [Washington] raid: Dr. Thomas H. Schaeffer, D. Robert Claggett and John Palmer of Frederick; and William Warfield of Liberty District.