BIOS: William H. SHAFFER, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, pg. 372

William H. SHAFFER.

William H. Shaffer, a farmer of Somerset, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, was 
there born June 12, 1853, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Shaffer, and 
grandson of Henry and Elizabeth Shaffer.  His maternal grandfather was John 
Hoffman. 
William H. Shaffer obtained a common school education in his native county, and 
has followed agricultural pursuits all his life.  He is an excellent farmer, and 
an industrious, useful citizen.  He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and a 
member of Christ church.  In 1877 Mr. Shaffer married Mary Brown, and two 
children were born to them, viz: Mabel P., and Carroll U.  After the death of 
his first wife, in 1900, Mr. Shaffer married Minnie Mostoller, a daughter of 
Daniel and Charlotte Mostoller.  To this union was born one child, Harold 
Lester, November 21, 1905.