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Jacob B. Shaffer 1840–1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Apr 1840

Birth Location: Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 7 November 1917

Death Location: Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: George 4GGF

Mother: Amelia Woodring

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Jacob B. Shaffer was born in 1840 in Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA, the child of George Shaffer 4Ggf And Amelia B Woodring. Jacob B. Shaffer passed away in 1917 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Jacob B. Shaffer was born in 1840 in Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA, the child of George Shaffer 4Ggf And Amelia B Woodring.
  • Jacob B. Shaffer passed away in 1917 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Jacob Shaffer's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Shaffer
1840–1917
Birth Place: Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
George Shaffer 4GGF
1801–1882
Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Amelia (B) Woodring
1810–1881
Guilford, FrankPennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Obediah (G) Shaffer
1775–1830
New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Margaret Fisher
1778–1877
New Jersey, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Rebecca Brown
1750–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Shaffer's Timeline

2 Records

1840
14 Apr 1840
Birth of Jacob B. Shaffer in Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA
1917
7 November 1917
Age 77
Death of Jacob B. Shaffer in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Apr 1840
    Event Place: Guilford, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 November 1917
    Event Place: Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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