"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4V-Z48: 19 December 2020), Peter Shafer in household of George Shafer, Lick Creek Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States; NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ4T-SHW: 4 November 2017), Peter Shaffer and Susannah Stong, 30 Jan 1861, Van Buren, Iowa, United States; citing reference county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 967,640.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF58-Z72: 14 January 2022), Peter Shaffer, Louisburg Township, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district 157, sheet 290A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQR-V4X: accessed 26 June 2022), Simon P Sheafer in household of Joseph Sheafer, Black Dog, Osage, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 9A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1268; FHL microfilm 1,375,281.
Thanks to David Schaeffer for starting this profile Mar 9, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter 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.
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