William Henry Shaffer and Laura Blanche Kimes

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Husband William Henry Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 31 Dec 1870 - Venango Co, PA 1
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         Father: Israel Hill Shaffer (1836-1917) 1
         Mother: Mary M. Hellery (1835-1914) 1

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       Marriage: 20 Feb 1896 - Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Laura Blanche Kimes ¹

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         Father: James Kimes (1818-1895) 1 2
         Mother: Esther L. Gilmore (1838-1919) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Henry Shaffer

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He went to school in Scrubgrass Township, Venango County, PA, after which he engaged in farming on the home place. He went to Oakdale, Allegheny County, and followed the trade of a carpenter and builder, then located at Clintonville, Venango County. He worked for his brother, George W. Shaffer, in the meat business, and contin­ued until after his marriage. He then es­tablished a meat market in Eau Claire. He rented a shop for a time, then purchased a residence property and a lot on which he put up a good substantial store building for use in his business. He also purchased a twenty-acre tract in the borough, and there he maintained his cattle pens, and his ice and cold storage plant.
Politically, he was a Republican, and was a member of the borough council and the school board of Eau Claire Acad­emy. He and his wife were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. [HBC 1909, 1353]

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1353.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954.