Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Shaffer, John W. 1890 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN W. SHAFFER.

   John W. Shaffer, a well-to-do farmer of Carroll county, is a native of Deer
Creek township, born on September 30, 1890. He is the son of Ethan and Nancy
Melvina (Maxwell) Shaffer, the former of whom was born in February, 1846, in
Pennsylvania, and who came overland to Deer Creek township, Carroll county, with
his parents in pioneer times.

   Ethan Shaffer inherited fifty acres of land and later purchased one hundred
and sixty acres from his father. This comprised the old homestead, and here he
lived until February 2, 1892. He had received a common-school education; was a
stanch adherent of the Republican party, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Nancy Melvina (Maxwell) Shaffer was the daughter of William and Ruth
(Miller) Maxwell, who were natives of Miami county, Ohio, but who emigrated to
Carroll county in pioneer times. They had seven children, of whom Angeline is
deceased; Alonzo lost his life in the explosion of the "Sultana," after his
discharge from prison, having served two years in the Twenty-fourth Indiana
Battery; John lives near Ockley, Carroll county, Indiana, and served in the
Forty-third Infantry during the Civil War; Graiideson served in the Forth-sixth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry and is now deceased: Martha is the wife of Jacob
Dickinson, of Madison township; Nancy Melvina, born on March 6, 1851, is the
widow of the late Ethan Shaffer, of Delphi; Rastus died in infancy; Emma, the
twin sister of Rastus, died at the age of nineteen.

   Ethan and Nancy Melvina (Maxwell) Shaffer have had five children, all of whom
are living, as follow: Grace is the wife of William Martin, of Madison township;
Audrey,, lives with her mother in Delphi; Lottie is the wife of William Ashba,
of Deer Creek township; Ray lives in Deer Creek township; and John W. is the
subject of this sketch.

   Mr. Shaffer's maternal grandfather, William Maxwell, died in August, 1894,
and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. William Maxwell, in November, 1902. They had
come to Carroll county at an early date.

   John W. Shaffer was educated in the public schools of Carroll county, and in
1908 was graduated from the Delphi high school.

   On April 8, 1913, Mr. Shaffer was married to Bessie Hall, a daughter of
Stephen and Lucinda Hall, the former of whom was employed in the railway
service. Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer have one son, Richard, born on January 26, 1914.

   Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, with their infant son, live on the old homestead and
are engaged in general farming.

   Fraternally, Mr. Shaffer is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 86,
at Delphi. Mrs. Shaffer is a member of the Baptist church and is active in
religious work.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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