Silas Peter Shafer

1873 - 1947  (74 years)

• Name	Silas Peter Shafer
  Born	6 Mar 1873	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Nov 1947	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	Death Record Name: Sylas Peter/Shaver Sex: Male Death Date: 3 Nov 1947 Death Place: Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia Age at Death: 74y 7m 28d Cemetery: Ravenswood Cem Birth Date: 3/6/1873 Birth Place: Jackson Co, WV Marital Status: W Spouse: Nellie/Pickens Shaver Father: Paul/Shaver Father's Birth Place: Va Informant: James Shaver, Ravenswood OBIT Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Wednesday) at the Chambers Funeral Home in Ravenswood for Sylas Peter Shaver, 74, who died at his home there Sunday night. The Rev. W.D. Winters will officiate and burial will be in the Ravenswood Cemetery. Mr Shaver worked 43 years for the B & O Railroad Company and retired in 1938. He suffered a stroke about two weeks ago and his condition has been critical since that time. Surviving are the following children: Mrs O C Littleton of Parkersburg, Mrs L F Walters of Clarington, Ohio, Samuel Shaver of Parkersbury, Mrs Addie Dils of Parkersburg, Mrs Don Byers of Ravenswood, James Shaver of Ravenswood, Mrs Bruce Park of Vienna, Rome Shaver of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Monroe Shaver of Parkersburg. [Jackson Herald, Fri, 7 Nov 1947]
  Person ID	I20898	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2005

  
  

  Father	Paul Shafer,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Mae Pickens,   b. 2 Feb 1878, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1943, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1896	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	JCMR Shafer, Peter 43 Jackson Pickens, Nellie, 21, Jackson 7/3/1896 1900 Jackson Co WV Union Dist Peter S Shaffer 4/1874 m 3y Nellie 2/1878 1-1 Captolia 6/1898 1910 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV # 82-86 Peter S Shafer 37, m-1 13 yrs WVWVWV Nelly 26 m1- 13y 5-5 children Captola 11 Murgia dau 9 Samuel 5 Addie M 3 Marry 2 1920 Jackson Co WV Ravenswood Dist Shafer, Silas P 47 Nellie 42 Samuel 14 Addie M 13 Sallie M 11 Leathy 9 James 8 Mary 4.8 Rome M 2.5 son
  Children	1. Captolia Shafer,   b. 22 Jun 1898, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Murgia Shafer,   b. Abt 1901, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Samuel Otis Shafer,   b. 25 Jun 1904, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Addie M Shafer,   b. 1906, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Sallie Marie Shafer,   b. 17 Feb 1908, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Letha Lee Shafer,   b. 1 Jun 1910, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 9 Feb 1946, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 35 years)   7. James Shafer,   b. 6 Dec 1911, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1948, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 36 years)   8. Mary Helen Shafer   9. Rome M Shafer   10. Monroe Shafer
  Family ID	F6745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Death Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.