When Leah E Shaffer was born on April 7, 1935, in South Charleston, Ohio, her step-father, Huston Shaffer, was 32, and her mother, Ruby, was 19. She married Billy Ray Stafford on May 29, 1954. They had four children during their marriage. She died at the Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio of a brain tumor as a young mother on February 18, 1961, at the age of 25, and was buried in Enon, Ohio.
Residence
1935
Rural, Clark, Ohio. [13]
Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter.
1 Apr 1940.
Paint, Madison, Ohio, USA. [14]
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Marriage
Husband @P6@.
Wife @P7@.
Child: @P25@.
Child: @P27@.
Child: @P1@.
Child: @P26@.
Marriage
29 May 1954.
Clark, Ohio, USA. [15]
Husband @P102@.
Wife @P99@.
Child: @P7@.
Child: @P100@.
Child: @P103@.
Child: @P101@.
Marriage
15 Oct 1934.
Indiana, United States. [16]
DNA
Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Cindy Stafford and her first cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors is their grandfather, Oscar Sigler. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousins, based on sharing 424 cM across 16 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
Ohio\u002C Birth Index\u002C 1908-1964; Clark County, Ohio; Ancestry.com.
1940 United States Federal Census; Paint, Madison County, Ohio; S. D. No. 7; E.D. No. 49-10; Line 75. Leah at the age of 5 at home with Parents Huston ShafferRuby Massie and younger sister Patricia.
Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993; Springfield Probate Court; Application for marriage, No. 34408; Clark County, Ohio; 29 May 1954. Marriage to Billy Ray Stafford.
Source: S656100013 Repository: #R650329087 Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2013 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Source: S656597659 Repository: #R650329087 Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: