Person:Samuel Shaefer (1)

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Samuel M. Shaefer
m. 30 Apr 1833
  1. Samuel M. Shaefer1835 - 1898
  2. Anna Catharine ShaeferAbt 1843 -
  3. Jacob H. ShaeferAbt 1846 - Bef 1860
  4. Francis Marion Shaefer1850 - 1923
  5. Otis O. Shaefer1854 - 1931
m. 14 Feb 1866
  1. Cora Etta Shaefer1867 - 1951
  2. Vere B. ShaeferAbt 1868 - Bef 1880
  3. Earl P. Shaefer1868 - 1929
  4. William F. Shaefer1870 - 1929
  5. Tina Shaefer1873 - 1950
  6. Inez Vida Shaefer1875 - 1876
  7. Edna Pearl Shaefer1881 - 1961
Facts and Events
Name[1] Samuel M. Shaefer
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Sep 1835 Fairfield County, Ohio
Military[1] 28 Aug 1862 Fairfield County, OhioEnlisted in Co. I, 90th Ohio Infantry. Promoted to corporal, 1 Jan 1864.
Military[1] 13 Jun 1865 TennesseeMustered out at Camp Harker, Tennessee.
Marriage 14 Feb 1866 Putnam County, Ohioto Elizabeth L. Andrews
Census[2] 1870 Madison Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio
Residence? Abt 1872 Anderson County, KansasMoved his family to Kansas.
Death[1] 14 Feb 1898 Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas
Burial[1] Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas

Sam served in the Civil War as a corporal in the 90th Ohio Voluntary Infantry under General Thomas. His discharge record shows he took part in a number of battle, including Chapel Hill, Kentucky, Stone River, Tennessee, Tunnel Hill; Rocky Fall, Dalton Resaca, Atlanta, Lovejoy, Georgia, Franklin, & and Nashville.

When he returned from the war he went to Leipsic, Putnam County, Ohio where many of his cousins had gone. There he married Elizabeth Andrews. About 1873 or 1874 they moved to Westphalia, Anderson County, Kansas. Sam helped to organize and build a United Brethren Church known as Cherry Mound. He served as pastor for some time. After the death of his parents, he and Elizabeth moved to Yates Center, Kansas, where Sam owned a hotel and later a boarding house.


Fairfield County, Ohio, 1870 census:[2]

Shaeffer, Samuel 36 yrs Farm Laborer (personal estate = $1,000) b. Ohio
      Lizzie 28 yrs Keeping House b. Ohio
      Cora Etta 3 yrs b. Ohio
      Vere B. [m] 2 yrs b. Ohio
      William 1/12 yr b. Ohio
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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Fairfield, Ohio, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 266B, dwelling/family 139/140.