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MICHAEL D SHAFFER 1842–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1842

Birth Location: Bluffville, VA

Death Date: 15 Jun 1898

Death Location: Scott Co, Virginia, USA

Father: John Shaffer

Mother: * Deck

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MICHAEL D SHAFFER was born in 1842 in Bluffville, VA, the child of John Henry Shaffer And Mary Mahala Polly Mollie Deck. MICHAEL D SHAFFER passed away in 1898 in Scott Co, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • MICHAEL D SHAFFER was born in 1842 in Bluffville, VA, the child of John Henry Shaffer And Mary Mahala Polly Mollie Deck.
  • MICHAEL D SHAFFER passed away in 1898 in Scott Co, Virginia, USA.

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MICHAEL SHAFFER's Ancestors

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MICHAEL SHAFFER
1842–1898
Birth Place: Bluffville, VA
Parents
John Henry Shaffer
1813–1867
Wythe, Virginia, United States,
* (Mary Mahala "Polly" "Mollie") Deck
1819–1867
Washington, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
George Shaffer
1781–1874
Wytheville,Wythe,Virginia,USA
Barbara Slagle
1790–1850
Shenandoah,,Virginia,USA
Mickel Deck
1774–1857
Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Mary (Magdalena) Houser
1784–1879
North Corodus Township, York, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Adam Deck
1737–1816
Susannah Dubbs
1739–1817
George Sr.
1760–1843
George Hauser
1760–1843
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Deck
1699–1777
Mary Brenckert
1697–1744
John Hauser
1709–1763
John Sr.
1709–1763
John Hauser
1709–1763

MICHAEL SHAFFER's Timeline

2 Records

1842
28 Feb 1842
Birth of MICHAEL D SHAFFER in Bluffville, VA
Bluffville, VA
1898
15 Jun 1898
Age 56
Death of MICHAEL D SHAFFER in Scott Co, Virginia, USA
Scott Co, Virginia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Feb 1842
    Event Place: Bluffville, VA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1898
    Event Place: Scott Co, Virginia, USA

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