George Shafer (1787-1857)

Elizabeth Remsburg (1792-1868)

Samuel Shafer (1828-1906)

Louisa Kephart (1828-1905)

Josephus W. Shafer (1861-1951)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Ida M. Kefauver Ethel May Shafer Mary Louisa Shafer Grace Mildred Shafer Naomi Catherine Shafer Josephus W. Shafer 2 3 4 Born: 26 June 1861, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 2 3 4 Marriage (1): Ida M. Kefauver on 26 November 1884 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 1 Died: 24 October 1951, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States at age 90 4 Buried: After 24 October 1951, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States 4   Noted events in his life were: 1. 1880 US Census, 12 June 1880, Jefferson District, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 3 1880 US Census Page 444B, District 87, Dwelling 236, Family 239, Roll 0510 Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland Josephus Shafer..Son..18..MD (Living with parents.) 2. Cemetery: Christ Reformed Cemetery, After 24 October 1951, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. 4 Find A Grave Memorial 30447737 Josephus married Ida M. Kefauver on 26 November 1884 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.1 (Ida M. Kefauver was born in 1860 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States,4 died in 1944 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States 4 and was buried in 1944 in Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States 4.)

1 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.

2 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 1146.

3 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.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ ); accessed 13 March 2019), memorial page for Josephus W. Shafer (1861\endash 24 Oct 1951), Find A Grave Memorial no. 30447737, citing Christ Reformed Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA