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Margaret Lackey Shafer 1827 – 1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Oct 1827

Birth Location: Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA

Death Date: Aft. 1900

Death Location: Pocahonas, West Virginia, United States

Father: John SHAFER

Mother: Eleanor Miller

Spouse(s): William McComb

Children(s): Fannie McComb

The story of Margaret Lackey Shafer began in 1827 in Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA. Margaret Lackey Shafer married William Woods McComb, and had children including Fannie Eliza McComb. Margaret Lackey Shafer passed away in 1900 in Pocahonas, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Lackey Shafer began in 1827 in Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA.
  • Margaret Lackey Shafer married William Woods McComb, and had children including Fannie Eliza McComb.
  • Margaret Lackey Shafer passed away in 1900 in Pocahonas, West Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John SHAFER
1797 – 1857
Birth Location: Rockbridge, Virginia
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Eleanor Miller
1799 – 1838
Birth Location: Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

William McComb
1823 – 1897
Birth Location: Virginia
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Children(s)

Fannie McComb
1868 – 1938
Birth Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States
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Margaret Shafer's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Shafer
1827 – 1900
Birth Place: Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA
Parents
John M SHAFER
1797 – 1857
Rockbridge, Virginia
Eleanor ("Nellie") Miller
1799 – 1838
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Jacob Shafer
1761 – 1852
Baden, Deutschland
Johanna (Maria Mary) BIETFISCH
1779 – 1850
, Rockingham, Virginia, USA
Samuel (Boggs) Miller
1760 – 1846
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Anna BADER
1747 – 1820
REBECCA BOGGS
1736 – 1816
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Bader
1716 – 1781

Margaret Shafer's Descendants

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Margaret (Lackey) Shafer (24 Oct 1827 – Aft. 1900) m. William (Woods) McComb (11-17-1823 – 10 Nov 1897)
  1. 1. Fannie (Eliza) McComb (12 Feb 1868 – 17 Jan 1938) m. Robert ("Lee" Symes) (Sims) (13 Jan 1866 – 20 Sep 1950)
    1. 1. Daisy Sims m. Charles (Kenneth) Schoolcraft (4 April 1906 – 23 May 1937)
      1. 1. carl Schoolcraft (9 Jun 1935 – 03/29/2012) m. Nancy Hayes (01/29/1938 – 04/12/2012)
        1. 1. Debra Schoolcraft (09/13/1958 – ) m. Ernest Cox (10 Jul 56 – )

Margaret Shafer's Timeline

2 Records

1827
24 Oct 1827
Birth of Margaret Lackey Shafer in Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA
Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA
1900
Aft. 1900
Age 73
Death of Margaret Lackey Shafer in Pocahonas, West Virginia, United States
Pocahonas, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Oct 1827
    Event Place: Colliers Creek, Rockbridge County, VA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1900
    Event Place: Pocahonas, West Virginia, United States
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