Harrison Blake Shafer, Jr

1919 - 1945  (25 years)

• Name	Harrison Blake Shafer
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	15 Nov 1919	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jun 1945	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	Death Record Name: Harrison Blake/Shaffer Sex: Male Death Date: 22 Jun 1945 Death Place: Rensford, Kanawha, W. Va. Age at Death: 25y 7m 7d Burial Place: Quick, W. Va. Burial Date: 24 Jun 1945 Birth Date: 15 Nov 1919 Birth Place: Porter, W. Va. Marital Status: S Occupation: Motor Brakeman, Hatfield-Campbell Creek Residence: Quick, WV Mother: Mary/Drake Mother's Birth Place: Roane Co., W. Va. Father: Harrison/Shaffer Father's Birth Place: Roane Co., W. Va. Informant: Miss Mary Shaffer, Quick, WV Cause: Mine accident - run over by car Harrison Blake Shaffer, Jr Birth: 1915 Kanawha County West Virginia, USA Death: Jun. 22, 1945 Rensford Kanawha County West Virginia, USA Harrison Blake Shaffer, 25, of Quick, was fatally injured yesterday morning in an accident at the Hatfield Campbell's Creek Coal Co. mine at Rensford when he fell off a mine motor car on which be was brakeman. Surviving are his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Shaffer of Quick: two sisters, Mary and Audrey Lee, and four brothers. Gilbert. Conrad, Willis and Blain, all at home. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Quick Methodist church. John Elmore will officiate and burial will be in Quick cemetery. The body will be removed this afternoon from the Bartlett mortuary to the home. Source: The Charleston Gazette, pg 8, June 23, 1945 Family links: Parents: Harrison Blake Shaffer (1890 - 1951) Mary E. Drake Shaffer (1892 - 1968) Sibling: Gilbert C. Shaffer (1914 - 1960)* Harrison Blake Shaffer (1915 - 1945) *Calculated relationship Burial: Quick Community Cemetery Quick Kanawha County West Virginia, USA Created by: Michael Shaffer Record added: Jul 07, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 20337165
  Person ID	I113743	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Harrison Blake Shaffer, Sr,   b. 29 Mar 1890, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Sep 1951, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Estelle Drake,   b. 1892, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 18 Oct 1968, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	22 May 1910	Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 22 May 1910 Place: Kanawha Co, WV E H Shaffer, 20, Roane Co, Kanawha Co Mary E Drake, 19, WV; Kanawha Co 1920 Big Sandy, Kanawha, WV Shaffer, Harrison B 29 WV WV WV Mary E wife 28 WV WV WV Lolie M da 9 WV WV WV William G son 7 WV WV WV Gilbert C son 2 10/12 WV WV WV Harrison B son 2/12 WV WV WV 1930 Elk, Kanawha, WV Shafer, Harrison 40 md age 20 WV WV WV coal miner Mary wife 38 md age 18 WV WV WV Gilbert son 16 WV WV WV Conrad son 13 WV WV WV Blake son 10 WV WV WV Willis son 8 WV WV WV Blaine sno 5 WV WV WV Irene da 1 WV WV WV 1940 Elk, Kanawha, WV #97 Shaffer, Harrison 50 WV 1935: lived same house coal miner Mary wife 48 WV 1935: lived same house Gilbert son 26 WV 1935: lived same house Blake son 20 WV 1935: lived same house Willis son 18 WV 1935: lived same house Blane son 15 WV 1935: lived same house Mary I da 11 WV 1935: lived same house Dollie da 9 WV 1935: lived same house Audrey da 7 WV 1935: lived same house [Conard/Conrad, age 23 is next] 1940 Elk, Kanawha, WV #98 Shaffer, Conard 23 WV 1935: lived same place Evelyn wife 21 WV 1935: lived same place Harrison D son 7/12 WV 1935: lived same place
  Family ID	F28923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.