Louisa Kephart
(1828-1905)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Samuel Shafer

Louisa Kephart 1 2

  • Born: 21 September 1828, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 3
  • Marriage (1): Samuel Shafer on 20 February 1850 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 1
  • Died: 6 December 1905, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States at age 77 3
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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1850 US Census, 24 July 1850, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 2 1850 US Census
Page 804, Dwelling 70, Family 74, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Louisa Shafer..20..MD
(Living with husband at the home of his parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Sep 1828, then her age should have been 21 instead of 20.

2. 1880 US Census, 12 June 1880, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 1 1880 US Census
Page 444B, District 87, Dwelling 236, Family 239, Roll 0510
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Louisa Shafer..Wife..52..MD..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Sep 1828, then her age should have been 51 instead of 52.


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Louisa married Samuel Shafer, son of George Shafer and Elizabeth Remsburg, on 20 February 1850 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.1 (Samuel Shafer was born on 7 February 1828 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 1 2 3 and died on 2 May 1906 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 3.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Alt. Marriage, 2 February 1850, Frederick, Maryland, United States.

2. Alt. Marriage, 21 February 1850, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 3

3. 1850 US Census, 24 July 1850, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 2 1850 US Census
Page 804, Dwelling 70, Family 74, Roll 292
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
George Shafer..62..MD..Farmer
Elizabeth Shafer..57..MD
Daniel Shafer..26..MD..Farmer
Samuel Shafer..22..MD
Ann M. Shafer..21..MD
Ann R. Shafter..18..MD
Mary Shafer..14..MD
Louisa Shafer..20..MD

NOTE - Samuel had recently married Louisa Kephart and they were living at the home of Samuel's parents.

4. 1880 US Census, 12 June 1880, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 1 1880 US Census
Page 444B, District 87, Dwelling 236, Family 239, Roll 0510
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Samuel Shafer..Head..52..MD..Farmer
Louisa Shafer..Wife..52..MD..Keeping House
Emma Shafer..Dau..20..MD
Josephus Shafer..Son..18..MD
Anna L. Shafer..Dau..12..MD
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Sources

1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland, enumeration district (ED) 87, p. 444B, dwelling 236, family 239, Samuel Shafer and Louisa Kephart; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 24 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0510.

2 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland, p. 804, dwelling 70, family 74, George Shafer and Elizabeth Remsburg; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1401638); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 292.

3 T. J. C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, History of Frederick County, Maryland, with a Biographical record of Representative Families. (Regional Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1910. Reprinted 2008), page 1147.

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