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Family Group Sheet

Husband:   Philip J Shafer, Jr.
Born:   in:   VA
Died:   Bef 1830 in:   OH
Father:   Philip Shafer
Mother:  
1st Wife:   Anna Elizabeth Stonebraker
Married:   15 May 1799 in:   Rockingham Co., VA
Born:   in:  
Died:   1818 in:   Butler Co., OH
Father:  
Mother:  
CHILDREN
1   M       Name:   John Shafer
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Married:   in:  
Spouse:   Mary Titus
Born:   29 Dec 1799 in:  
Died:   12 Dec 1876 in:   Montgomery Co., IN
Children:   Nancy Shafer (died at young age)
David Shafer
2   F       Name:   Sarah Shafer
Born:   4 Dec 1804 in:   Rockingham Co., VA
Died:   8 Nov 1870 in:   Huntington Co., IN
Married:   07 Sep 1833 in:  
Spouse:   John C Shaffer
Born:   14 Dec 1803 in:   PA
Died:   17 Jul 1847 in:   Huntington Co., IN
Children:   Frank Shaffer
Hannah Shaffer (1831-1913) m. Robert Sprowl (1820-1899)
Ann Shaffer m. Alfred Hammond
George Shaffer
John J Shaffer
Jane Shaffer (1843-1928) m. Mahlon D Taylor (1835-1911)
Nancy Shaffer
2nd Wife:   Mary Magdalene Barnhart
Married:   Aft. 1818 in:  
Born:   05 Oct 1791 in:   Rockingham Co., VA
Died:   22 Oct 1861 in:   Butler Co., OH
Father:  
Mother:  
Other Spouses:   Jacob Shank
CHILDREN
1   M       Name:   Philip Shafer
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Married:   in:  
Spouse:  
Born:   in:  
Died:   in:  
Children:  
2   M       Name:   George Eckart Shafer (1820-1901)
Spouse:   Margaret E Wolfe (1824-1885)

Biography and Timeline

From the Shafer Family history:

In the beginning of the eighteenth century in Rockingham County, Virginia, lived Philip Shafer. He was a Revolutionary soldier and, after the war, he had married and became a slave holder and owner of large tracts of land. Two sons were born to him. The oldest, Philip, married Elizabeth Stonebraker. According to custom, Philip Shafer, Jr., inherited the large estate of his father, including the slaves. The second son was left to make his own way while the father lived with the elder son, Philip. Two children were born to Philip and Elizabeth Shafer, John and Sarah. The slaves were treated with so much kindness by their young master, Philip, that they became very much attached to him. When the grandfather died, Philip gave part of the estate to his younger brother, freed the slaves, sold the remainder of the land, and moved to Butler County, Ohio, leaving the slaves in tears over the loss of such a kind master.

Philip Shafer lived on a large farm in a brick house with a hall running through the center. In 1818, Elizabeth Shafer died. Sarah kept house for her father, being at the time 15 years old. This she did until he married Mary Magdalene Barnhart Shanks, a widow with one daughter. To them were born two sons, George and Philip.

Timeline:

  Date:   Place:   Event:
  Abt 1780   VA   Birth: Philip
  1791   VA, Rockingham Co.   Birth: Mary
  1799   VA, Rockingham Co.   Marriage: Philip and Elizabeth
  1818   OH, Butler Co.   Death: Elizabeth
  Abt 1819   OH   Marriage: Philip and Mary
  1820   OH, Butler Co.   Census: Philip (age 26-44) engaged in agriculture
  Bef 1830   OH, Butler Co.   Death: Philip
  1830   OH, Butler Co.   Census: Mary (age 30-39) with kids
  1840   OH, Butler Co.   Census: Mary (age 40-49) with teenage boys
  1860   OH, Butler Co.   Census: Mary (age 69) living with son George E Shaffer
  1861   OH, Butler Co.   Death: Mary

Family Photos

 

 

Birth Records

 

 

Marriage Records

Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 (Ancestry.com):

Groom Name: PHILIP SHAVER
Bride Name: ELIZABETH STONEBREAKER
Marriage Date: 15 May 1799
County: Rockingham
State: Virginia

Death Records

headstone



Mary M. Shafer
Died Oct. 22, 1861
Aged 69 Y'RS. 10 MO. & 14 D'S.


Miltonville Cemetery
Miltonville
Butler County, OH


Census Records

1820 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Hanover Township:

  Philip Shaffer 2 males 0-9, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, 2 engaged in agriculture

1830 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Hanover Township:

  Mary Shaffer 1 male 5-9, 2 males 10-14, 1 female 30-39

1840 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Madison Township:

  Mary M Shafor 1 male 10-14, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 40-49

1860 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Madison Township:

  Mary M Shaffer living with son Geo E Shaffer, age 69, female, born in VA

Notes and Other Records

Proof of lineage notes:

  • 1860 census shows Mary M Shaffer, age 69, living with George E and Margaret Shaffer.
  • 1887 History of Huntington County, Indiana, states that the parents of George E Shafer were Philip and Mary M. (Barnhart) Shafer.
  • 1966 Shafer Family history states that Philip Shafer married Mary Magdalene Barnhart Shanks (a widow) and they had two sons, George and Philip.

From History of Huntington County, Indiana, 1887, page 832:

GEORGE E. SHAFER, who has been a prominent resident of Salamonie Township for twenty-four years, was born in Butler County, Ohio, October 29, 1820. His parents were Philip and Mary M. (Barnhart) Shafer , natives of Buckingham County, Va., of German descent.

From A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio, 1882, Hanover Township, Millville, page 439:

Philip SHAFER was also a distiller where Alexander EMRICK now lives. Near the tollgate, on the Riley and Oxford pike, Michael HAWK had a large steam distillery in 1827. George SHAFER had a still-house as early as 1820 on Section 33.

Sources and Credits

  • Shafer Family, written around 1966. Work by: unknown.
  • History of Huntington County, Indiana, 1887.
  • 1820 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Hanover Township.
  • 1830 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Hanover Township.
  • 1840 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Madison Township.
  • 1860 Census, Ohio, Butler County, Madison Township.
  • Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 (Ancestry.com).
  • Data and headstone photo from FindAGrave.com.
  • A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio, 1882 (RootsWeb.com).
  • Data from Ancestry.com family trees.