George Washington Elder and Elvina Shaffer

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Husband George Washington Elder ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 May 1833 - Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Elder (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Barr (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1858 1

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Wife Elvina Shaffer ²

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            AKA: Alvina Shaffer 1
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         Father: Charles P. Shaffer (1801-1876) 2 3 4
         Mother: Salome Shaner (1813-Bef 1898) 2 3 5

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Children

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1 F Charles Elder ¹

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2 M John A. Elder ¹

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3 M L. S. Elder ¹

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4 M G. B. Elder ¹

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5 F Emma Elder ¹

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         Spouse: Dr. H. Simming (      -      ) 1

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6 F Ida Elder ¹

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         Spouse: Isaac Payne (      -      ) 1

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7 M W. S. Elder ¹

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8 F Jennie Elder ¹

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9 M J. K. Elder ¹

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General Notes: Husband - George Washington Elder

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He received his education in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and then followed lumbering and farming. In 1880 he came to Claring­ton, PA, and engaged in boat building. In 1884 he took possession of the Shields House. He was a Democrat; he sent a substitute to the war of the Rebellion.

1 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 961.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 811.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 489.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 993.

5 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xlii.