Peter SHAFFER

Birth:
24 Nov 1831
Lower Tyrone Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Death:
19 Oct 1906/07
Marriage:
25 Dec 1859/60
Jones Mill, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1880 Census
    2. 1900 Census
    3. The Shaffer Family Genealogy, by Vaun A. Newill and A. William Wolford
    4. 1998 Ancestral File - nil
    5. 1997 Ordinance Index
Margaret Ellen NICHOLSON
Birth:
1 Apr 1839
Springfield, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Death:
7 May 1917
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Of Dawson/Springfield,Fayette,Pennsylvania
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Elizabeth SHAFFER
Birth:
2 Sep 1860
Dawson, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Death:
22 Aug 1949
Braddock, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
James MUIR 
Marr:
Abt 1878
of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania 
2
Anna Belle SHAFFER
Birth:
16 Jan 1862
Davison, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Death:
13 Apr 1947
Warren, Trumbull, Ohio
Daniel M. HORNER 
Marr:
15 Mar 1882
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland,  
3
Henrietta SHAFFER
Birth:
12 Apr 1863
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
12 Jan 1946
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Franklin NEWILL 
Marr:
20 Oct 1887
Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvan 
Notes:
                   NAME:
    "Etta"

SOURCES:
    1. Funeral Card
4
George Washington Nicholson SHAFFER
Birth:
1 Dec 1864
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
Jul 1959
Sarah Nancy BASHIOUM 
Marr:
29 Aug 1890
Greensburg, Westmoreland, Penn 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1997 Ordinance Index (nil)
5
John M. SHAFFER
Birth:
20 Sep 1866
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
3 Oct 1879
 
Marr:
 
6
Josiah David SHAFFER
Birth:
4 Oct 1868
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
7 Jul 1938
Acme, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Adah Rebecca FAUST 
Marr:
28 Mar 1895
Greenburg, Westmoreland, Penns 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Shaffer Family Genealogy, by Vaun A. Shaffer and A. William Wolford
    2. 1997 Ordinance Index (nil)
    3. 1998 Ancestral File (nil)

NOTES:
    died when his house burned because he attempted to start a fire with kerosene. His daughter, Evelyn Lucetta Shaffer Kulp, who was newly married, also died in the fire.
7
Sarah Ellen SHAFFER
Birth:
15 Aug 1870
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
Oct 1955
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Abraham S. MYERS 
Marr:
26 Feb 1891
Greenburg, Westmoreland, Penns 
8
Rebecca Nora SHAFFER
Birth:
5 Jul 1872
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
27 Jan 1944
Samuel E. LEE 
Marr:
24 Sep 1889
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland,  
9
Florence May SHAFFER
Birth:
17 May 1874
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
16 Oct 1953
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Albert J. OVERLY 
Marr:
26 Jan 1893
Greensburg, Westmoreland, Penn 
10
Martha Jane SHAFFER
Birth:
28 Oct 1876
Laurelville, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
22 Jul 1945
Charles Morgan OSTERWISE 
Marr:
9 Oct 1895
Laurelville, Westmoreland, Pen 
11
James Elmer SHAFFER
Birth:
2 Dec 1878
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Death:
8 Aug 1950
Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Flora M. MOSSBURG 
Marr:
1 Aug 1898
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. 1997 Ordinance Index (nil)
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Peter Shaffer - Margaret Ellen Nicholson

Peter Shaffer was born at Lower Tyrone Twp, Fayette, Pennsylvania 24 Nov 1831. His parents were John Shaffer and Mary Snyder.

He married Margaret Ellen Nicholson 25 Dec 1859/60 at Jones Mill, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania . Margaret Ellen Nicholson was born at Springfield, Fayette, Pennsylvania 1 Apr 1839 .

They were the parents of 11 children:
Mary Elizabeth Shaffer born 2 Sep 1860.
Anna Belle Shaffer born 16 Jan 1862.
Henrietta Shaffer born 12 Apr 1863.
George Washington Nicholson Shaffer born 1 Dec 1864.
John M. Shaffer born 20 Sep 1866.
Josiah David Shaffer born 4 Oct 1868.
Sarah Ellen Shaffer born 15 Aug 1870.
Rebecca Nora Shaffer born 5 Jul 1872.
Florence May Shaffer born 17 May 1874.
Martha Jane Shaffer born 28 Oct 1876.
James Elmer Shaffer born 2 Dec 1878.

Peter Shaffer died 19 Oct 1906/07 .

Margaret Ellen Nicholson died 7 May 1917 .