William was born on September 5, 1815. in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, and a son of Jacob Shaffer and Magdalena Bachman.
He passed away on April 3, 1892. and buried in the Stone Valley Cemetery in Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. [1]
1850 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -- Dwelling Number: 220 - Family Number: 220 - Line: 4 - Page: 376 - Microfilm Roll: 804 ----- William Shaffer 34 M (head/farmer) Pennsylvania-- Catherine 30 f (wife) Pennsylvania -- Harriett 7 F (daughter) Pennsylvania -- Mary 6 F (daughter) Pennsylvania --- United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. --- Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -- Dwelling Number: 67 - Family Number: 67 - Line: 1 - Page: 309 - Microfilm Roll: 1149 ----- William Shaffer 43 M (head/farmer) Pennsylvania -- Harriet 29 (wife) Pennsylvania -- Harriet 17 F (daughter) Pennsylvania -- Mary Ann 16 (daughter) Pennsylvania 11 Elias F. Long 5 M (unknown) --- United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. --- Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1870 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -- Dwelling Number: 261 - Family Number: 283 - Line: 9 - Page: 287A - Microfilm Roll: 1385. ----- Willism Shaffer 54 M (head/farmer) Pennsylvania -- Harriet 39 F (wife) Pennsylvania - Harriet 26 (daughter) Pennsylvania -- Mary 24 F (daughter) Pennsylvania-- Elias Long 15 M (works on farm) Pennsylvania --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. --- Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.--- Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
1880 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lower Mahonoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania -- Dwelling Number: 272 - Family Number: 29 - Line: 32 - Page: 287B Microfilm Roll: 1164 ----- William Shaffer 64 M (head/farmer) Pennsylvania -- Harriet 37 F (daughter) Pennsylvania -- Mary A. 36 F (daughter) Pennsylvania --- Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.---Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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