OBIT: Paul SHIFFLER, 1875, Taylor Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ ANOTHER WARNING Mr. Paul Shiffler, residing near East Sharpsburg, this county, a widower with five children, met with a terrible death on Thursday morning of last week. He was trying that old and dangerous method of ascertaining whether his shot gun was loaded, by placing his mouth over the muzzle of the gun and blowing into it, with his foot pressing against the lock, and by some means his foot slipped and as the gun happened to be loaded very heavily with shot, it was discharged, the contents entering the unlucky man's mouth and crushing the whole side of his face into an unsightly mass. This is another of those alarming accidents which happens so frequently from the careless use of firearms. But it is a warning that will pass unheeded, and before long, we will again have to recount the same thing. The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, June 16, 1875 1870 Taylor Township, Blair County census - Paul Shifler, 43 Mary Shifler, 17 Catherine Shifler, 15 William Shifler, 3 1860 Taylor Township, Blair County census - Paul Shoffler, 36 Ester Shoffler, 25 Mary J. Shoffler, 6 Catharine Shoffler, 5 Susan Shoffler, 3 Ester Shoffler, 6/12