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Jacob Miller Shaffer (1814 - 1885)

Rev Jacob Miller Shaffer aka Schaffer
Born in Washington County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 1834 in Monroe, Overton County, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Died at age 71 in Eve Mills, Monroe County, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

From Find A Grave:

Jacob was the son of William Shaffer & Margaret Dorothy Jones. He married Barbara Elizabeth Shelley in Tennessee. To this union, 15 children were born. Jacob became a long time Lutheran Minister at the St. Paul Church, where he is buried in the Cemetery.

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Jacob Miller Shaffer & Barbara Elizabeth (Shelley) Shaffer are 2C1R. MCRA = Georg Lindenmuth & Maria Anna (Drach) Lindenmuth.

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Sources

  • "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDV-9C5 : accessed 16 April 2016), Jacob Shaffer, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 2, family 10, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,049.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWM-S3Z : accessed 16 April 2016), Jacob M Shaffer, District 9, Monroe, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 206, sheet 69B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1272; FHL microfilm 1,255,272.
    • Father's Birthplace Virginia, United States
    • Mother's Birthplace Tennessee, United States
    • Occupation: Minister
    • Widowed
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35218121/jacob-miller-shaffer: accessed 26 January 2023), memorial page for Rev Jacob Miller Shaffer (14 Mar 1814–2 Dec 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 35218121, citing Old Saint Paul Cemetery, Lakeside, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Diane Mares Porter (contributor 50213933).
  • "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSJR-PLZ : 25 May 2014), Jacob Shaffer in entry for Mrs. M. M. Clemmer, 21 Oct 1936; citing Clemmer Cemetery Cemetery, Monroe Co., Tennessee, cn 25377, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,843.
  • "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSDZ-RLN : 25 May 2014), Jachob Schaffa in entry for Sarah E. Hickman, 06 Apr 1939; citing Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, cn8235, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,874.
  • "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSXQ-SFD : 1 March 2021), Joseph Shaffer in entry for Anderson F. Shaffer, 20 Mar 1940; Death, Vonore, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.




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