"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCB1-TLC : accessed 30 January 2016), Sarah C Shafer in household of Moses Rodgers, Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States; citing family 315, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QS-Y86 : accessed 30 January 2016), Lory C Shafer in household of Daniel A Shafer, E.D. 1, Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 834,635.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7M-96Y : accessed 30 January 2016), Sarah C Shafer in entry for Daniel A Shafer, 1860, Town of Montgomery, Orange, New York, United States.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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