Barton-Rush County KS Archives Biographies.....Shaffer, Frank P. 1859 - 
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Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 16, 2005, 12:44 am

Author: Great Bend Tribune

[photo] FRANK P. SHAFFER

FRANK P. SHAFFER was born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1859 and came to Rush
county, Kansas, in 1890 and has lived in the State of Kansas since that time. He
came to Barton county in 1901 and bought land in section 17 Great Bend township.
He was married in 1880 to Miss Mary Fesser in Indiana and they are the parents
of four children as follows: Cora L., 31 years of age, now Mrs. James McInnes of
Cokeville, Wyoming; Franklin A., 26 years of age, living at home as is also Paul
who is 16 years of age and Mary M., 27 years of age, now Mrs. Alton Dale of this
county. Mr. Shaffer has a well improved home place three miles northwest of
Great Bend where he owns 320 acres of land. His residence consists of eight
rooms in addition to bath, closets, pantries, etc. The barn is 50 by 30 feet in
dimensions, is well built and affords room for a large number of horses. Mr.
Shaffer raises a variety of crops and is ably assisted in the operation of the
farm by his son, Franklin A The home place is located in one of the best parts
of the county and the shade trees and other surroundings add in no small way to
the general appearance of the place. Mr. Shaffer is one of the men who came to
Kansas at a time when it needed farmers who could take the land and by well
applied effort make it produce crops in a way of which it was capable but needed
more modern methods in its cultivation. Mr. Shaffer farms according to methods
learned by experience and taking the good years with the poor ones he has
succeeded in making them average with a good production of crops.


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