Champaign County OHArchives - Shaffer Cemetery, Mad River Township ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Johnson-Heber gapeachprtnerz@bellsouth.net Acworth, Georgia Posted September 4, 2009 ----- Please Visit the Champaign County Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohchampa/society.htm AND the Champaign County Ohio USGenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohchampa/ ************************************************ TRANSCRIBERS NOTES: (1) These records were not compared to any known burial records. (2) These records may or may not include all burials or disinternments. (3) NOTES: Names with no marker found are denoted by a "No" in Marker Found column (4) 1955 Urbana Chapter of DAR Cemetery Reading was used as a resource to compare photos (5) Cemetery is very poor condition. Many of the markers are broken and difficult to read. Many of the markers were out of the original bases and laying on the ground. There is a nice Archway with the name Shaffer above the gated entrance. (6) Many of the markers required chalk to be legible this will be removed during a rainfall. (7) Cemetery is located off State Route 55 and Coffin Station Road. It is located near Zerkle Cemetery on Coffin station road. ************************************************ Document MAY NOT BE copied without written authorization from Karen Johnson-Heber. Document MAY NOT BE posted to internet without written permission from Karen Johnson-Heber. =============================================================================================================================== SURNAME GIVEN BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE MISC NOTES MARKER . . . . . FOUND =============================================================================================================================== Shaffer Elizabeth . Jun-1842 aged 65y NO . . . . 1955 DAR Reading has her listed . . . . . but I did not find a stone with this person . Zirkle Jonathan 23-Nov-1806 12-Dec-1859 partial stone buried in ground. Could not find bottom of stone . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-lists a Jonathan Zerkle with a death date . . . . . 12-Dec-1859 age 52. This could be the stone . Zerkel Jonathan . 15-Feb-1883 aged 73 ys 7ms 15ds w/o Jonathan . . . . . 2 pictures taken . . . . . 1955 DAR reading does not have complete aged information . Zerkel Elizabeth . 13-Dec-1889 aged 82y 8m 14d . . . . . 2 pictures taken . . . . . 1955 DAR reading does not have completed aged information . Shaffer Susannah . 28-Nov-1877 aged 60y 1m 16d . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading - has name listed as Susan and . . . . . does not have full age of death . Shaffer Sarah . 8-Apr-1869 w/o Solomon Shaffer aged 72y 11m 21d . . . . . 2008 this is a partial stone . . . . . Maiden Name-Zerkle . Shaffer Solomon 4-Apr-1791 22-Mar-1865 aged 73 yr 11m 15d . Zerkle Abraham 8-Aug-1780 21-Mar-1861 aged 80 years 7 mos & 13 days . . . . . stone is broken into 2 pcs . Zirkle Margaret 14-Sep-1781 14-Dec-1870 w/o Abraham . . . . . surname spelling on markers different for husband and wife . . . . . stone has been broken and stuck back down into base . . . . . unable to obtain aged date . . . . . Maiden name and birth Maurer from Shirley . Zerkle George . XX-Sep-18XX son of M & E Zerkle . . . . . difficult to read stone . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-not listed . Shaffer Wiley . 21-Oct-1868 son of J & M Shaffer . . . . . difficult stone to read . . . . . appears to have been 1y 2m 20d . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-not listed . Shaffer Margaret 12-Oct-1837 12-Apr-1871 w/o Joseph Shaffer aged 33yrs 6mos . . . . . broken stone. . Shaffer Joseph 17-Jun-1834 Oct-21-1868 aged 31y 4m 16d . . . . . Enlarging and contrasting picture I obtained death date and aged info . . . . . s/o Solomon Shaffer & Sarah Zerkle . Zirkle Sary Ellen . 18-Aug-1855 aged 2yrs unable to read complete aged info . . . . . Daughter of J & E Zirkle . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-not listed . Zirkle Barbara Ann . 13-Jun-1855 w/o E Zerkle . . . . . stone broken and reinserted into base could not read aged info . Freeze Mary Jane . 24-Mar-1877 w/o John Freeze . Gentis George 17-Apr-1809 16-Aug-1876 aged 67ys 3mo 29d . . . . . Obtained birth information from Shirley . . . . . s/o Daniel Gentis & Eva Fogelsang . Gentis Christiana 15-Nov-1812 25-Sep-1871 partial stone. Coud not find bottom of stone . . . . . d/o Jacob Zerkle & Mary Sommers . . . . . obtained birth information from Shirley . Zerkle infant daug . 7-Mar-1866 d/o B & R Zerkle . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading- Not listed . Zerckel Mary Jane . 2-Sep-1856 w/o Jacob Zerkel aged 69 years . . . . . Maiden Name-Sommers obtained from Shirley . Zerkel Jacob 7-Mar-1782 26-Nov-1863 GAR 1861-1865 beside maker . . . . . Marker broken and has been reinserted into base . . . . . Surname of husband and wife spelled differently on markers . Circle Sarah . 30-Sep-1867 unable to read aged info . . . . . 1955 DAR reading has listd 17y 11m 18D and . . . . . death date 20-Sep-1867 this appears to be the 30-Sep-1867 . Stange George . 8-Jun-1861 son of G & E Stange aged 1 day . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-Not listed . Bowman George . 18-Dec-1859 s/o J & S Bowman . . . . . difficult to read stone . . . . . aged info looks like 1 month and 1 d . Bowman Joseph . 19-Oct-1863 s/o J & S Bowman aged 2y 1m 25d . . . . . broken stone and laying on ground . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-death date year listed as 1867, looks like 1863 . ??? Infant . 27-Dec-1870 aged 2 days . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-nothing listed for an infant or the death date . Bowman John W . 27-Oct-1862 aged 8Y 11m 20D . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-not listed . Bowman Moses . . s/o J & Sarah . . . . . 1955 DAR Reading-not listed . Bowman Isabelle . . aged 2 y 8m 20D . . . . . 1955 DAR reading-lists age age 5-5-20 . . . . . Enlarging and contrasting picture I have aged date as 2y 8m 20d . Bowman Jacob . 15-Oct-1867 s/o J & S Bowman . . . . . difficult to read aged 9y 11m .