Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Schaffer, Andrew
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


ANDREW SCHAFFER farmer, P.O. Bristol, was born in Bristol 
township, December 3, 1827, and is a son of John and Anna 
(Silba) Schaffer.  They were natives of Germany and settled 
in Bucks county when they first came to America.  His father 
was a cooper and also engaged in farming. Andrew Schaffer is 
the sixth in a family of ten children, eight of whom grew to 
maturity.  He received his education in the common schools, 
and when but eight years of age hired out by the year to 
work.  By economy and industry he managed to get a start in 
the world.  At the present time he is the owner of the 
well-known farm adjoining the corporation of Bristol, known 
as the Fairview farm.  The house is over 100 years old, and 
is yet a very substantial structure.  He was married in 1849 
to Catharine, daughter of William and Susannah (Miller) 
Williams, natives of Monroe county, Pa., and of Germand and 
Welsh descent.  They have had eight children, six now 
living:  Michael, Susan, wife of James Warden, a merchant in 
Bristol; Mary, Elizabeth, Priscilla, William, and Anna.  Mr. 
Schaffer is a republican and has been a school-director nine 
years.