Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Shafer, Samuel
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SAMUEL SHAFFER, now president of the School Board of 
Colerain, Bedford County, Pa., is well known throughout the 
community as a public-spirited, progressive citizen and a 
thriving farmer.  He was born November 30, 1863, on the farm 
where he now resides, a son of Henry and Rebecca (May) 
Shaffer.  His paternal grandfather, Henry Shaffer, Sr., was 
a pioneer settler of this township.
  Henry Shaffer, the younger, was a lifelong resident of 
Colerain, where he was born and where his death occurred 
when he was past seventy years of age.  After settling on 
the farm now owned by his son Samuel, he did much pioneer 
work, clearing a large portion of it from its heavy growth 
of timber.  A man of sound judgment and good common sense, 
he became an important factor in advancing the welfare of 
the township, in which he held many of the local offices.  
He was an uncompromising Republican in politics and a member 
of the Lutheran church, in which he served both as Elder and 
as Deacon.  His wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca May, 
bore him ten children, eight of whom survive, as follows: 
Catherine, wife of Scott Stuckey, of Snake Spring township; 
William H., of Cumberland, Md.; John H., of Fostoria, Ohio; 
Sophia, wife of Henry James, of Bedford, Pa.; Josiah C., of 
Fostoria, Ohio; Emma, wife of Samuel Wertz, of Colerain 
township; Sarah A, wife of H. F. Ott, of Fostoria, Ohio; and 
Samuel, the special subject of this biography.  Mary J., the 
eldest born, now deceased, was the wife of William H. 
Shaffer, of Colerain, Pa.  The mother still continues her 
residence in Colerain, her native place.
  Samuel Shaffer is indebted to the public schools of 
Colerain for his early education, in the sense of 
book-learning, and to his thorough training and long 
experience in the fields for his practical knowledge of 
farming.  Succeeding to the homestead as well as to the 
occupation of his father, he is now the proprietor of two 
hundred acres of land, mostly under cultivation, in the 
management of which he is meeting with very satisfactory 
results.  A Republican in his political opinions, he takes 
an intelligent interest in local matters, more especially in 
educational affairs, and is now serving his first term as 
School Director, being, as above mentioned, president of the 
board.  Fraternally, he is connected with two secret 
organizations of Rainsburg, Pa., being a member of the 
I.O.O.F. of that town and of the P.O.S. of A.  He belongs to 
the Lutheran church, which he is faithfully serving as 
Deacon.
  Mr. Shaffer married Miss Ida M. Pennell, of Rainsburg, 
Pa.; and they are the parents of two children - Grace L. and 
Nora E.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa