Stephen
H.
Shafer
Born in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Potter Shafer, Sarah Ann (Shafer) Fowler, John P Shafer, Martha Elizabeth (Shafer) Gifford, Lewis Harvey Shafer, Mary Eliza (Shafer) Stewart and George Washington Shafer Jr
Husband of
Sarah Jane Black
— married
24 Dec 1872 in Benona Township, Oceana, Michigan
Descendants 
Father of
Maude Jane (Shafer) Bayer
Died about
at about age 78
in Arbor Vitae, Wi.
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Feb 2016
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Biography
Stephen was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania.[1]
He married Sarah A. Black on 24 December 1872 in Benona township, Oceana, Michigan.[2]
He passed away about 1927.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWDC-GKC : 30 December 2015), Stephen H Sheffer in entry for Washington Sheffer, 1860.
- "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC2W-JVF : 4 December 2014), Stephen Shafer and Sarah Black, 24 Dec 1872; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 2,342
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW37-R48 : 10 August 2016), Stephen Shafer, Golden, Oceana, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 208, sheet 477A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0599; FHL microfilm 1,254,599. .
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- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MP2W-SF8 : accessed 9 January 2017), Stephen Shafer, Arbor Vitae, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 176, sheet 12B, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1737; FHL microfilm 1,375,750. .
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFV9-ZJY : accessed 9 January 2017), Stephen Shafer, Arbor Vitae, Vilas, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 219, sheet 1A, line 19, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2018; FHL microfilm 1,822,018.
Memories: 1
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Don Bayer
per article in Lakeland Times, Stephen built most of the houses in Woodruff, Wi. I know by personal memory he built Faulkner's barn & Rady's barn. on Farming Rd. in Arbor Vitae and Bayer homestead in 1901 on Bayer lake.
posted 1 Feb 2017 by Don Bayer
[thank Don]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
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~1.56%
Sarah (Beckett) Berger
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A495322 [compare], Ancestry member SARJBERGER
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~1.56%
Jeffrey Potter :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Stephen Gorton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jess6Gun
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~0.78%
Jim Cox :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Max Brown :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T149610 [compare], FTDNA kit #486493
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