MySource:Jlanoux/Family Bible of Minerva Ann Canty Shaffer

                                                             The Pictorial Bible
                                                         of Minerva Ann Cantey Shaffer

The following transcription was taken from Minerva Ann Cantey Shaffer's Family Bible. {The Holy Bible, Holman's Edition. Philadelphia: A. J. Holman & Co. (No. 930 Arch Street), 1878.} Minerva was the daughter of Thomas Singletary Cantey and Ann Kenner Harbour of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the wife of John Jackson Shaffer of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. John and Minerva were married near Baton Ruge and ultimately moved to Terrebonne, where they lived the remainder of their lives.

Information in the Bible appears to have been initiated by Minerva and then completed by by Milhado Lee Shaffer, Sr. these additional sheets were added to complete several of the more recent generations. the miscellaneous notes at the end were obviously written by Minerva, the original author. With the exception of words in brackets, which the transcriber could not decipher or to which some additions were made, the remainder of the transcription was taken directly from the handwritten text in the Bible. {This information was transcribed by M. Lee Shaffer III, Ramstein AB, Germany, with the approval of M. Lee Shaffer, Jr., and Margaret M. Shaffer, Schriever, Louisiana. Any informationa about the Shaffer, Cantey, Strother, or Minor families would be appreciated by Lee Shaffer at lshaffers@aol.com.}

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"What God hath joined together let not man put asunder"

CERTIFICATE

This certifies that the Rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between

John Jackson Shaffer of Houma La and Minerva Ann Cantey of Baton Rouge La on May 29 1855 at Home near Baton Rouge La by P.A. Walker [a Methodist minister] and a Justice of the Peace Married on Myrtle Grove Plantation [on the Highlands] the home of her father, Thomas Singletary Cantey

BIRTHS

Hepsibah Elizabeth Shaffer b. 1801, d. 1854 [sister of] William Alexander Shaffer born May 12 - 1796 Emily Bourgeois born 1809 Hepshebia Shaffer born Sep 10 - 1801 John Jackson Shaffer born April 27 - 1831 Mary Jane Shaffer born April 20 - 1838 William Lafayette born July 2 - 1834 Harriet Eliza Shaffer born April 27 - 1841 Thomas Jefferson Shaffer born Oct 9 - 1842 Benjamin Franklin Shaffer born Nov 27 - 1845 John Dalton Shaffer born April 23 - 1858 Effie Maud Shaffer " March 19 - 1860 Maggie lee Shaffer " July 14 - 1862 Thomas Alexander Shaffer " Aug 29 - 1864 Annie Laurie Shaffer born Jan 16 - 1867 Bessie Emily Shaffer born Aug 8 - 1870 Baxter Randolph Shaffer born Nov 15 1883 John Jackson Shaffer, Jr. born b. May 2 - 1887 Thomas Alexander Shaffer, Jr. born Nov 7 - 1887 John R. Conway Shaffer born Aug 16 - 1889 Minerva A. Shaffer born Aug 20 - 1890 Richard Conway Shaffer born Oct 23 - 1890 Mary Francis [sic] Shaffer born Sep 11 1846 - [died?] 1896 Marguerite Lee Shaffer July 25 - 1893 died

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of J.J. Shaffer, Jr. & Etta Lee John Jackson Shaffer III June 12, 1909 Milhado Lee Shaffer [Sr.] Oct 26, 1910 Etta Lee Shaffer Feb 9, 1911

of B.R. Shaffer & Una McNeal Kate Fentress Shaffer [blank] Vincent Dalton Shaffer [blank] Baxter Randolph Shaffer Mar 10, 1911 Una McNeal Shaffer [blank]

of J.J. Shaffer, III & Barbara Townsend Sandra Shaffer Sept 2, 1939

of M.L. Shaffer, Sr. & Margaret Krumbahaar Milhado Lee Shaffer, Jr. Feb 1 [no year] Margaret Minor Shaffer Sep 20 [no year]

of B.R. Shaffer, Jr. & Marlon Wildey John Randolph Shaffer June 20, 1947

MARRIAGES

William Alexander Shaffer was married to Emily Bourgeois 26 of February 1829 William Lafayette Shaffer married to Ann E. McKee January 3 - 1855 John Jackson Shaffer married to Minerva Ann Cantey May 29 - 1855 William Lafayette Shaffer married to Isabella Antoinette Morrison June 3, 1866 Harriet Eliza Shaffer married to Thomas Franklin Brooks May 2 - 1859 William Lafayette Shaffer married to Amanda Chick April 21 - 1862 Isabella W. Shaffer married to James Field December 24 - 1867 Thomas Jefferson Shaffer married to anna Pelton, April 23 - 1868 John Dalton Shaffer married to Julia Cutliff Jan 25, 1882 Maqggie Lee Shaffer mazrried o Miles Colman Mays Jan 25, 1885 Second married Robert Lee Granbery ____of 9th 1893 - died 1922 Annie Laurie Shaffer married Oscar Z. Bartlett April 27 / 1886 Second Annie Laurie (Bartlett) Shaffer [married] Rev. N. Dunham Van Syckel June 16, 1915 Thomas Alexander Shaffer married Lilly W. Conway Jan 12 - 1887 Second married Mary Allemus Walker [no date] Effie Maude Shaffer married Samuel I. Raymond Oct 18 / 1888 Bessiwe Emily Shaffer married Chas. Lee Madison [no date] Second Frederick Ru____[?]

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Baxter Randolph Shaffer - Una McNeal [no date] John Jackson Shaffer, Jr. - Etta Hunter Lee - 1908 Mary Francis [sic] Shaffer - Wm. Forbes [no date] - [no first name] Woody [no date] - Wm. Gardner [no date]

Kate Fentress Shaffer - Stephen Ransom [no date] Virginia Dalton Shaffer - Pitser Miller [no date] Milhado Lee Shaffer, III - Margaret Krumbhaar [sic] [no date] John Jackson Shaffer, III - Barbara Townsend [no date] B. Randolph Shaffer, Jr. - Marion Wildey - 1946

DEATHS

William Alexander Shaffer died April 5 / 1887 Mrs. William Alexander Shaffer died Dec 17 - 1874 Miss Mary Jane Shaffer died June 14 - 1834 Mrs. William Lafayette Shaffer died Sep 17 - 1855 Mr. William Lafayette Shaffer died Oct 28 / 1861 Benjamin Franklin Shaffer died Oct 28 / 1871 Mary [Isabelle?] Fields died Jun 2 / 1872 at 5 p.m. John F. Wood died May 11 - 1887 Miles Colman Mays died Sep 27 - 1887 John R. Conway Shaffer died Aug 20 - 1889 Thomas F. Brooks died Oct 24 - 1889 Carrie (Brooks) Bocage died Aug 25 - 1890 Wm. Lafayette Shaffer died Aug 26 - 1895 Baldwin Shaffer died June 18 - 1895 Minerva Ann Shaffer died (child) 7th Feb 1892 at 8:30 p.m. Marguerite Lee Shaffer died Sunday May 10 - 1896 Etta Lee Shaffer died [blank] John Jackson Shaffer, Sr. died Sep 24 - 1918 Julia Cutliff Shaffer died July 15 - 1920

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Thomas Jefferson Shaffer died April or May 1915

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John Jackson Shaffer III Com.[mander] USN killed in action April 8, 1944 in command of U.S. destroyer Champlain during engagement with German U-boat - buried at sea April 9th 1944.

[following miscellaneous notes on internal pages]

John Shaffer of Winnsboro SC born about 1770 died in La. (of Prospect Island, Thompson Creek) about 1814. Married Hepsibah Strother born 1780 & lived at Winnsboro SC and died 1803. She was buried in Winnsboro SC Fairfield Co.

[section unreadable] _____ Elizabeth Shaffer _____ near Winnsboro SC married Thomas Archwr issue one son Thomas Archer

The William Alexander Shaffer who married Milette Bourgeois Shaffer & died on his Crescent Plantation April 5, 1887 La. which place no one else had ever owned.

Elizabeth Hepsibah Shaffer b. 1801 Winnsboro SC died 1854. married 1. Thos. Archer issue 1 son died young at Crescent Farm 2. John F. Wood of Ithaca, NY _____ She died in Shelbyville, Ky., was buried _____ in a lot beside the Stuart lot where she [had] gone to take her nieces to school (Isabelle & Lizzie Shaffer). The remains of her son Thomas Archer and her first husband were buried there also. Her second husband was taken up there & buried by her side. Her 2nd husband was Col. John Furguson L. Wood of Ithica [sic] NY.

Bessie Emily Shaffer b. Aug 8, 1860 married Chas. Levi Madison Issue 1. Dorothy Payne Madison b. Monroe, La. May 16, 1893 married Winston P. Henry _____ 19__ 2. Elizabeth (Shaffer) Madison b. Jun 21, 1898 died May 24, 1930

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Died Annie Laurie (Shaffer) Van Syckel Oct 10, 1922 8:30 p.m. at her home S_____ New Jersey.

John Dalton Shaffer b. April 23, 1858 died Aug 1, 1927

Elizabeth Shaffer Madison b. June 21, 1898 died in Baton Rouge La. May 24, 1930 buried in Shaffer Mausoleum, St. Johns Cemetery thibodaux, La.

Elizabeth Madison died May 24m 1930 dau of Bessie Shaffer and Charles Levi Madison buried in St. Johns Cemetery Thibodaux in the Shaffer Mausoleum.

Effie Maud Shaffer (Mrs. Samuel Isett Raymond) died April 16, 1937 at her plantation home "Magnolia" where she had been suddenly taken ill & died. She was tenderly laid to rest in the family Mausoleum in St. Johns Cemetery, Thibodaux her last resting place was showered with flowers tokens of love and respect of family and friends who had loyally responded to the message of death and we left her in God's keeping.

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William or John Shaffer married ________ Issue John Shaffer (& other children Isabelle another daughter and 2 sons) married Hepsibah Strother they lived at Winnsboro SC Fairfield Co. She died and was buried there.

[proper interpretation of the following entry is unclear] William Alexander Shaffer & [issue] Elizabeth Hepsiba[h] Shaffer Married Emily Bourgeois Married 1. Thomas Archer issue one son Thomas Archer died (married) 2. John [F. Wood] of Ithica [sic], NY. Issue John Jackson Shaffer and other children

Sam'l Dalton married Nancy Dandridge Redd dau of George son of Wm. Lyonel Rufus de Redde & Catharine Moore grand daughters of Catharine Mercer Ellis of England. Issue Sam'l Dalton Anne Dalton married Married Pittsylvania Co. Va. Charlotte Gullatice Thos. Admijah Harbour Issue 11 children Issue 1. Nicholas 1. John, 2. Thomas Admijah, Sam'l & a Daughter Sarah Jane Harbour married 2. Mary married John Harbour 1. Wm. Gardner 3. Arch [?] 2. P.A. Walker of N.Y. 4. Jane married Thos. Admijah Harbour 5. Nancy m. ________ issue Gentrys of Tenn. 6. Mourning Kenner married Sam'l Harbour m. 2nd Geo. Hayden, m. 3rd Hopie Burnett

Sam'l Dalton died and his widow Charlotte (Gallatice) Dalton married Admizah Harbour after his wife Anne (Dalton) Harbour died and they had one son called Pleasant Harbour.

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Marie [Estevan?] of France (Lorraine) married Michel Bourgeois - she died - 1862 at Lockport, La. on her plantation. Issue Emily Bourgeois & other children Emily Bourgeois b. 1809 d. 1874 (65 years) married William Alexander Shaffer 1829 Jan 26. Issue John Jackson & other children John Jackson Shaffer b. April 27, 1831 d. Sept 24, 1918 Married May 29, 1855 Minerva Ann Cantey b. July 17, 1835 d. Nov __, 1921 Issue six children John Dalton Shaffer m. Julia Cutliff of Shreveport, La. Effie Maude [Shaffer] m. Sam'l Iseth Raymond of Baton Rouge, La. Maggie Lee [Shaffer] m. Miles Colman Mays, 2nd Robt. Lee Gentry Thomas Alexander [Shaffer] m. Elise Conway, 2nd Mary (Allemius) Walker, Baton Rouge, La. Annie Laurie [Shaffer] m. Oscar Z. Bartlett, 2nd Rev. N.D. Van Syckel [born?] Brook, N.Y. Bessie Emily [Shaffer] m. Chas. Levi Madison, 2nd Fredrick [sic] Letcher, Okla.