George Keller Gantz (1791-1858)

Penelope Lightfoot (1804-Between 1842/1850)

George Ruhl (1806-1890)

Mary Magdalene Ruhl (1804-1870)

John Lightfoot Gantz (1834-1924)

Margaret Rule (1834-1919)

Martha Jane Gantz (1859-1889)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. William W. Shafer Martha Jane Gantz 1 2 3 Born: 15 June 1859, North Woodbury, OH 1 3 Marriage (1): William W. Shafer about 1879 Died: 4 September 1889, Huntsville, KS at age 30 1 3 Buried: After 4 September 1889, Huntsville, KS 3   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Walnut Township, Marshall County, IN on 24 June 1870. 2 1870 US Census Page 35, Dwelling 283, Family 278 Walnut Township, Marshall County, Indiana Martha J. Gantz..11..OH (Living with parents.) NOTE - If her birth date was 15 Jun 1859, then her age should have been 10 instead of 11. . • She was buried after 4 September 1889 in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Huntsville, KS. Find A Grave Memorial 33039165. 3 Martha married William W. Shafer about 1879. (William W. Shafer was born on 1 May 1853 in , Fulton County, IN, died on 29 September 1928 in Sterling, KS and was buried after 29 September 1928 in Huntsville, KS.)

1 Jane Peppler, "Ancestors of Helen Hodges and William Peppler" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jpeppler; Updated: 2005-03-22 21:15:02 UTC (Tue)).

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Walnut Township, Marshall County, Indiana, p. 35, dwelling 283, family 278, John Lightfoot Gantz and Margaret Rule; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 19 Nov 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 02 December 2018), memorial page for Martha Jane Gantz Shafer (14 Jun 1859'96Sep 1889), Find A Grave Memorial no. 33039165, citing Pleasant View Cemetery, Huntsville, Reno County, Kansas, USA