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 5 6 Born: 26 June 1861, Frederick, MD 2 3 4 5 6 Marriage (1): Ida M. Kefauver on 26 November 1884 in Frederick, MD 1 Died: 24 October 1951, Frederick, MD at age 90 6 Buried: After 24 October 1951, Middletown, MD 6   Noted events in his life were: • He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Jefferson District, Frederick County, MD on 12 June 1880. 5 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.) . • He was buried after 24 October 1951 in the Christ Reformed Cemetery in Middletown, MD. Find A Grave Memorial 30447737 . 6 Josephus married Ida M. Kefauver on 26 November 1884 in Frederick, MD.1 (Ida M. Kefauver was born in 1860 in Frederick, MD,6 7 died in 1944 in Frederick, MD 6 7 and was buried in 1944 in Middletown, MD 6.)

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 Rob Robertson, World Family Tree Vol. 055, Ed. 1, Tree #2424 (Genealogy.com, LLC, Release date: April 2000).

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 1146.

4 Nancy Jacobson, "MARYLAND FAMILIES" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=6105334; Updated: 2008-03-06 04:37:25 UTC (Thu)).

5 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; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Dec 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0510.

6 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

7 Casteel-Six Family, "The Casteel-Six Family: Kentucky, Dallas, Frederick Maryland, Belgium...." (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=castiron; Updated: Fri Sep 6 16:03:11 2002).