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Family: Jacob C Shafer / Hannah Sarah Rucker (F10162)

• Father | Male Jacob C Shafer

  
  

  Born	Abt 1825	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Married	19 May 1847  [1]	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA  [1]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Hannah Sarah Rucker

  
  

  Born	Abt 1832	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	Samuel Rucker | F16983 Group Sheet
  Mother	Christiana Strickland | F16983 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Nancy Jane Shafer

  
  

  Born	Jul 1849	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	2 Oct 1927	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	John Joseph Myers | F10237
  Married	23 Sep 1868	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary E Shafer

  
  

  Born	Feb 1850	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	28 Dec 1928	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Joseph Leonard Myers | F10161
  Married	23 Sep 1868	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Samuel Shafer

  
  

  Born	Abt 1852	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Boom Shafer

  
  

  Born	Abt 1854	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Martha M Shafer

  
  

  Born	17 Oct 1856	West Virginia, USA
  Died	28 Dec 1928	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery, Jackson Co, WV
  Spouse	Giles Barnett 'Barney' Myers | F8963
  Married	Abt 1880

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Samantha Louisa Shafer

  
  

  Born	24 Jan 1861	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Thomas Anderson Withrow | F26423
  Married	4 May 1886	Putnam County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 7 | Male David Shafer

  
  

  Born	Abt 1862	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 8 | Male James F Shafer

  
  

  Born	17 Apr 1865	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Maggie Shafer

  
  

  Born	Abt 1869	West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Marriage Record Date: 5/19/1847 Place: Jackson Jacob C Shaver Hannah S Rucker, daughter of Samuel Rucker [1850 Kanawha, VA #1410-1439 Shaver, John 38 shoemaker all born VA Sarah 18 Mary 3/12] 1870 Kanawha Co WV Elk Dist Jacob Shaver 44 VA now WVa Hannah 35 VA now WVa Samuel 18 VA now WVa Boom (m) 16 VA now WVa Martha 12 VA now WVa Samantha 10 VA now WVa James 6 WVa David 8 VA now WVa Maggie 1 WVa 1880 Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia Jacob SHAVER Self M M W 59 W. V. Occ: Pilot On Steam Boat Fa: W. V. Mo: W. V. Sarah SHAVER Wife F M W 47 W. V. James SHAVER Son M S W 16 W. V. One World Tree has her dob as 1832, VA, father Samuel Rucker, has a daughter Martha J, born c 1856, married to Adam Cart - but that Martha's father was Paul Shafer, so that entry is incorrect as so many are. Birth Record Name: Samantha Louisa Shaver Birth Date: 24 Jan 1861 Birth Place: Aaron's Fork of L Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States Sex: Female Mother: Catharine Shaver Father: Jacob C. Shaver Birth Record Name: James F. Shaver Birth Date: 17 Apr 1865 Birth Place: Kanawha, West Virginia, United States Sex: Male Mother: Hanna Shaver Father: Jacob Shaver

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Marriage Records, Kanawha Co, WV.