George Shaffer and Sarah Rodebaugh

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Husband George Shaffer ¹

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           Born: 1 Dec 1811 - near Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. John Schaeffer (1780-1851) 2
         Mother: Sarah Kren (1778-1867) 3

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Lydia Wolfe (1807-1862) 3 - Abt 1835

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Wife Sarah Rodebaugh ³

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           Born: 16 Oct 1815 3
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           Died: 29 Nov 1894 - Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 3
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         Father: Peter Rodebaugh (      -      ) 3
         Mother: 

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   Other Spouse: William Bair (      -      ) 3

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - George Shaffer

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He passed his youth on his father's farm, his time being largely employed in clearing and burning brush. There were no free schools in his time, and he never had a day in an English school.
After his first marriage he remained five years at the old home, and then bought a portion of the farm and put up suitable buildings for his use. He followed agriculture there until 1860 when he removed to a farm near Madisonburg and continued his work. In 1889 he gave up the active management of the estate, and in his eighty-third year he ceased to do the various chores with which he had whiled away a portion of his time. Thus the evening of his life was spent in peaceful contemplation of the past.
He was a Democrat in politics, and voted for every Presidential candidate of his party from Andrew Jackson down. He was always a valued counselor in the local organization, and held various township offices.
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He was a leading member of the Reformed Church, holding various offices. To one church he gave $1,000, including the bell and other fixtures donated by himself and his wife.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 230.

2 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 224.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 231.