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Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer 1856 – 1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Mar 1856

Birth Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 2 Mar 1931

Death Location: Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Father: Jacob Shaffer

Mother: Barbara Shelley

Spouse(s): Mary Taylor, Mary Norman

Children(s): Inez Shaffer, George Shaffer, Garnet Shaffer, Bertha Shaffer, Inez Shaffer, Garnet Shaffer, Dora Shaffer, John Shaffer, Lula Shaffer, Tobitha Shaffer, Zerma Shaffer, Idabelle Shaffer, David Shaffer, Ulis Shaffer, Beatrice Shaffer, Charles Shaffer, Robert Schaffer

Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer was born in 1856 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jacob Miller Shaffer and Barbara Elizabeth Shelley. In 1900, Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer resided in Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee, USA. Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer married Mary Ann Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Norman, and had children including Inez Matilda Shaffer, George C Shaffer, Garnet Lee Shaffer, Bertha Shaffer, Inez Matilda Shaffer, Garnet Lee Shaffer, Dora Alice Shaffer, John A Shaffer, Lula E Shaffer, Tobitha V Shaffer, Zerma Idabelle Shaffer, Idabelle Shaffer, David M. G. Shaffer, Ulis Ira Shaffer, Beatrice L Shaffer, Charles O Shaffer, Robert Calvin Schaffer. Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer passed away in 1931 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer was born in 1856 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Jacob Miller Shaffer and Barbara Elizabeth Shelley.
  • In 1900, Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer resided in Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee, USA.
  • Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer married Mary Ann Taylor, Mary Elizabeth Norman, and had children including Inez Matilda Shaffer, George C Shaffer, Garnet Lee Shaffer, Bertha Shaffer, Inez Matilda Shaffer, Garnet Lee Shaffer, Dora Alice Shaffer, John A Shaffer, Lula E Shaffer, Tobitha V Shaffer, Zerma Idabelle Shaffer, Idabelle Shaffer, David M. G. Shaffer, Ulis Ira Shaffer, Beatrice L Shaffer, Charles O Shaffer, Robert Calvin Schaffer.
  • Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer passed away in 1931 in Monroe, Tennessee, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jacob Shaffer
1815 – 1885
Birth Location: Washington, Virginia, USA
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Barbara Shelley
1816 – 1879
Birth Location: Scott, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Taylor
1866 – 1887
Birth Location: Scott County, Virginia, USA
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Mary Norman
1866 – 1949
Birth Location: Dunklin County, Missouri, United States of America
MN

Children(s)

Inez Shaffer
1883 – 1969
Birth Location: Scott County, Virginia, USA
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George Shaffer
1884 – 1883
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
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Garnet Shaffer
1886 – 1946
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States of America
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Bertha Shaffer
1877 – 1882
Birth Location: –
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Inez Shaffer
1883 – 1969
Birth Location: Scott County, Virginia, USA
IS
Garnet Shaffer
1886 – 1946
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States of America
GS
Dora Shaffer
1888 – 1977
Birth Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
DS
John Shaffer
1890 – 1883
Birth Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
JS
Lula Shaffer
1893 – 1967
Birth Location: Scott, Virginia, United States
LS
Tobitha Shaffer
1895 – 1941
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
TS
Zerma Shaffer
1898 – 1968
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
ZS
Idabelle Shaffer
1898 – 1968
Birth Location: Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
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David Shaffer
1901 –
Birth Location: Loudon County, Tennessee, USA
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Ulis Shaffer
1901 – 1923
Birth Location: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
US
Beatrice Shaffer
1905 – 1949
Birth Location: Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America
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Charles Shaffer
1910 – 1972
Birth Location: Monroe, Tennessee, United States
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Robert Schaffer
1912 – 1984
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States of America
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Adam Shaffer's Ancestors

Self
Adam Shaffer
1856 – 1931
Birth Place: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Jacob Miller Shaffer
1815 – 1885
Washington, Virginia, USA
Barbara (Elizabeth) Shelley
1816 – 1879
Scott, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
WILLIAM Shaffer
1793 – 1864
Wytheville, Wythe Co., VA, USA
Margaret (Dorothy "Dolly") Hickman
1797 – 1865
Pennsylvania, USA
ADAM Shelley\Schillig
1788 – 1860
Guilford Co., NC, USA
ELIZABETH (Rebecca) Lindamood
1789 – 1829
Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Adam Shaffer's Descendants

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Adam (Oliver "A.O") Shaffer (15 Mar 1856 – 2 Mar 1931) m. Mary (Ann) Taylor (1866 – 10 Mar 1887) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Norman (20 March 1866 – 24 May 1949)
  1. 1. Inez (Matilda) Shaffer (6 Jun 1883 – 14 Jan 1969) m. Robert (Greer) Porter (2 Apr 1880 – 2 Mar 1950)
    1. 1. Nola (Dora) Porter (23 Mar 1902 – 2 Feb 1903)
    2. 2. Lula (Pearl) Porter (22 Dec 1903 – 19 Dec 2004) m. Anderson (Christoper "AC") Gray (abt 1903 – 24 Mar 1966)
      1. 1. Gray (8 Sep 1833 – 8 Sep 1833)
      2. 2. Infant (son) Gray (4May1924 – 8Sept1934)
      3. 3. Inez (Adlaide) Queen (15 Oct 1925 – 20Feb2009) m. Eugene (Garnett) Queen (11 Feb 1923 – 27 Apr 1996)
        1. 1. Bobby (Franklin) Queen (13 Apr 1950 – 14 Apr 1950)
        2. 2. Nancy (Marie) Queen (09 May 1951 – 11 May 1951)
      4. 4. Lora (Mae) Gray (27Feb1927 – 27Feb1927)
      5. 5. Gray (5 Jul 1928 – 5 Jul 1928)
      6. 6. Amnalee Gray (1Feb1930 – 01 Feb 1930)
      7. 7. Infant (son) Gray (2Feb1931 – 2Feb)
      8. 8. Fred Gray (abt 1933 – 8 Sep 1933)
      9. 9. Infant (son) Gray (8Sept1934 – 8Sept1934)
    3. 3. Oliver (J) Porter (18 Feb 1906 – 1 Dec 1953)
    4. 4. Etta (M) Porter (21 Sep 1908 – 15 Jan 1981)
    5. 5. Verlin (Calfax) Porter (12 Mar 1911 – 5 Feb 1913)
    6. 6. Ella (Mae) Porter (19 Nov 1913 – 9 Nov 1982) m. Frank (Oliver) Abercrombie (13 May 1907 – 25 Dec 1985)
      1. 1. Ronald (Dwight) Abercrombie (6 Oct 1930 – 15 Feb 1984)
      2. 2. Betty (Jane) Abercrombie (1 Dec 1932 – 23 Aug 1993) m. Donald (John) Otter (2 January 1927 – 22 December 1977)
        1. 1. Deborah (Mae) Otter (15 Jun 1952 – 26 May 1975)
      3. 3. Mary (Leona) Abercrombie (3 March 1935 – 13 November 2003) m. Frank (William) Sheer (25 January 1928 – 8 February 2021) m. Melvin (Lorenzo) Duewson (05 Aug 1941 – 27 Sep 1996)
        1. 1. Shelia (Jane) Sheer (10 Nov 1958 – 08 Jun 1963)
        2. 2. Sharon (Faye) Sheer (03 Mar 1961 – 03 Mar 2022)
      4. 4. Raymond (Ephriam) Abercrombie (8 December 1938 – 14 Jul 1992) m. Juette Tittle (1 Sep 1943 – 20 Jan 1990)
      5. 5. Delores (Fay) Abercrombie (11 Apr 1941 – 01 Oct 2018)
      6. 6. Slyvia Abercrombie (7 Apr 1943 – 30 Apr 2015)
      7. 7. Eula (Belle) Abercrombie (20 Aug 1946 – 13 Nov 2006) m. Richard (W) Dow (abt 1939 – 11 Jun 2021) m. Glen (Ferrell) Fraley (12 Jun 1942 – 7 Apr 1988)
        1. 1. Mark (Oliver) Dienes (11 May 1967 – )
        2. 2. Keith (Ferrell) Fraley (12 Mar 1971 – ) m. Kristy (A) Thornton (23 Jul 1976 – )
        3. 3. William (Paul) Fraley (1968 – ) m. Jucilei Goncalves (18 Nov 1971 – )
        4. 4. David (Glen) Fraley
        5. 5. Jeffrey Dienes (11 Jun 1966 – ) m. Marietta
      8. 8. Clarice (Vasta) Abercrombie (26 Feb 1948 – 8 Nov 2010) m. Joey (Patrick) Parks (08 Aug 1950 – 27 Apr 2002) m. Anthony (L.) Empel (16 Jan 1948 – 11 Jun 1974)
      9. 9. Ernest (Frank) Abercrombie (18 May 1949 – 5 Nov 2016) m. Marie Bebley (abt 1946 – ) m. Patricia Hardin (3 January 1953 – 8 October 2017)
      10. 10. Pamela (Kaye) Abercrombie (11 May 1952 – )
    7. 7. Edith (D) Porter (20 Jun 1916 – 26 Mar 2001)
    8. 8. Ruth Porter (12 July 1919 – 5 December 1919)
    9. 9. Robert Porter (abt 1921 – 20 Nov 1990) m. Olive (Jane) Hickey (04 Oct 1922 – 03 Oct 2006)
      1. 1. Kelly (Milton) Porter (08 Mar 1950 – 13 Apr 1969)
    10. 10. Junia (Paralee) Porter (8 Jun 1926 – 19 Dec 2004)
    11. 11. Junie Porter (abt 1927 – )
  2. 2. George (C) Shaffer (Nov 1884 – Bet. 1883–1985) m. Etta (E) GROVES (1889 – )
  3. 3. Garnet (Lee) Shaffer (22 March 1886 – 12 January 1946) m. Altie Shaffer (abt 1890 – 17 Nov 1973)
    1. 1. Allen (Lee) Sheffer (12 Nov 1915 – 1 Jan 1950)
    2. 2. Loyd Shaffer (5 May 1918 – 23 SEP 1918)
    3. 3. Mary (Inez) Shaffer (27 SEP 1919 – 1924)
    4. 4. Ivan Shaffer (11 Feb 1922 – 7 Nov 1989)
    5. 5. Wilson Shaffer (16 Sep 1924 – 8 Mar 2007)
    6. 6. Vernal Shaffer (27 Jul 1926 – 16 Mar 2010)
    7. 7. Garnett (Ray) Shaffer (27 MAY 1928 – 27 MAY 1928)
    8. 8. Dora (Mae) Shaffer (27 May 1928 – 30 Oct 2001)
    9. 9. John Shaffer (1 May 1930 – 11 Jul 1996)
    10. 10. Mildred (Louise) Shaffer (28 Mar 1932 – 29 Apr 1996)
  4. 4. Bertha Shaffer (Bet. 1877–1906 – Bet. 1882–1988)
  5. 5. Dora (Alice) Shaffer (06 Nov 1888 – 13 September 1977)
  6. 6. John (A) Shaffer (Jul 1890 – Bet. 1883–1985)
  7. 7. Lula (E) Shaffer (12 Jul 1893 – 20 Feb 1967) m. Leonard Fagg (3 Aug 1892 – 03 Aug 1915)
    1. 1. Leonard (Cleveland) Fagg (1910 – 2003)
    2. 2. Hazel (Lena) Fagg (09 May 1910 – 6 Mar 1978) m. Dores (Ed) Anderson (12 Jan 1901 – 23 SEP 1951)
    3. 3. Lawrence (Reed) Fagg (02 Jun 1912 – 1990)
    4. 4. Cecil (Wesley) Fagg (06 Mar 1915 – 15 Oct 1950)
  8. 8. Tobitha (V) Shaffer (Nov 1895 – 05 Oct 1941)
  9. 9. Zerma (Idabelle) Shaffer (18 Mar 1898 – 14 Jul 1968)
  10. 10. Idabelle Shaffer (18 March 1898 – 14 July 1968)
  11. 11. David (M. G.) Shaffer (abt 1901 – )
  12. 12. Ulis (Ira) Shaffer (21 July 1901 – 14 May 1923)
  13. 13. Beatrice (L) Shaffer (13 October 1905 – 12 May 1949)
  14. 14. Charles (O) Shaffer (10 Feb 1910 – 4 Dec 1972) m. Eva Ramsey (abt 1904 – 3 May 1996)
    1. 1. Ralph (Winston) Schaffer (9 Jun 1932 – 24 Mar 1935)
    2. 2. Rose (Mary) Wright (29 Nov 1935 – 26 Jan 2007)
  15. 15. Robert (Calvin) Schaffer (23 September 1912 – 20 August 1984)

Adam Shaffer's Timeline

3 Records

1856
15 Mar 1856
Birth of Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
1900
1900
Age 44
Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer resided here in Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee, USA
Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee, USA
1931
2 Mar 1931
Age 75
Death of Adam Oliver "A.O" Shaffer in Monroe, Tennessee, United States
Monroe, Tennessee, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1856
    Event Place: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee; Roll: 1585; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0099
    [2] Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 5, Loudon, Tennessee; Roll: 1585; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0099

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1931
    Event Place: Monroe, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lakeside, Monroe County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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