Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Jacob Shaeffer, 8 South 45 West
In 1860 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Jacob is 10, with
Jacob Sheaffer 50 and Mary 71. John is 17, Elizabeth 15, Wm. 13, Mary 11, Jacob 10, and Isaac 8.
Jacob is a laborer in 1870 Pennsylvania, single.
Mary L. Bushey was in Richland County, Ohio in 1860, age 8,
with Jacob 36 and Elizabeth 37. Hannah J. is 13, Andrew J. 11,
John A. 9, Mary 8, Barbara 5, and Sarah 3.
Jacob and Mary Elizabeth Bushey married in Richland COunty, Ohio on January 14, 1875.
Isaac C. Shafer was born January 12, 1878 in Jackson, Richland County, Ohio to Jacob Shafer and Elizabeth Bushey.
In 1880 Richland County, Ohio, Jacob Shaffer is farming, 30, born in Pennsylvania, Mary E. 28 inand Isaac C. 2 in Ohio.
In 1900 Williams County, Ohio, Jacob Shaeffer is farming,
born March 1850 in Pennsylvania, married 25 years to
Marie April 1852 in Ohio.
Clayton was born January 1878,
Alta Oct 1883,
Olive July 1885, and Orville 1889, all born in Ohio.
IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE THEY WERE IN 1910, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
Kit Carson County history includes Bethune
"This District was known as School District No. 1 of Bethune. Mrs. Alta Yersin was one of the early day teachers here. Mrs. Grace Griswold was another.
Mr. Sheafer, Mrs. Yersin's father, operated one of the first grocery stores in the new town. Later he became Judge in Kit Carson County.
Jacob proved up a quarter in section 25, 8S 45W, Kit Carson County, in 1913.
In 1920 Williams County, Ohio, Jacob is a stock and hay buyer, 69, with Mary E. 67.
Jacob is widowed in 1930 Hillsdale County, Michigan, farming, living aklone.
Jacob, born March 3, 1850 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, died March 2, 1946 in Hillsdale County, son of Jacob and Nancy Shaeffer, buried in Williams County, Ohio 1850-1946 # 110160086,
with Mary Elizabeth (Bushey) Shaeffer 1852-1920 # 106937624.
OLIVE
Olive M. Shaeffer born July 1885 in Ohio, died January 1974 in Hillsdale Michigan.
Olive, 24, and Roy Briner, 26 were in Williams County, Ohio in 1910, 25ith Perry L. 3 and newborn John L.
Olive 1885-1974 # 143954803 is buried in Montpelier, Ohio,
with Ray 1883-1955.
(Thomas M. Briner had proved up a quarter in section 14, 9S 46W in 1895, but there's no evidence of a relationship.)
JAMES
James Shaeffer, 31, married Elizabeth Heppner on August 24, 1921 in Helena, Montana.
He's buried in Williams County 1889-1924 # 110160705.
James Orville Shaefer was born in Montpelier, Ohio,
a blacksmith helper, and Elizabeth Heppner in Langdon, North Dakota, who had James Orville Shaefer on April 11, 1922 in Helena.
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