Born in Gardner, Grundy County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Daughter of Davis Rogers Doud
and Mary Catherine (Showalter) Doud
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Rollin Grant Shafer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1910s - 2000s)]
Died
at age 76
in Kansas City, Missouri
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jul 2014
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Biography
She had many, many friends and children loved her. After graduating from H.S. in Gardner, where she was a serious student, she went away to school [Bloomington Normal Teachers College, now Illinois State University] and then taught at a county school. Later, she taught school in Gardner where she herself had gone to school. She was an accomplished musician and played the organ, piano, and violin. She was active in the Gardner Presbyterian Curch and enjoyed working with children
Sources
- Family letter from Helen Shafer Sargeant
- Findagrave memorial 187083658
findagrave memorial for Harriet Shafer
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harriet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harriet:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harriet by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Harriet:
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~0.78%
Richard Hand
:
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G490544 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Josephine Shafer (1893-)
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