Cemeteries: WPA Records of Shaffer Burial Ground, Jenner Township, Somerset County, PA 
    
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    Cemetery Name:          Shaffer Burial Ground
    Survey Date:            circa 1934
    State:                  Pennsylvania
    County:                 Somerset
    City/Town/Township:     Jenner Township
    Cemetery Location:      Situated on John Moore farm, 1 1/2 miles south west of Ralphton, Somerset, Co., Jenner Twp.
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME        BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE    AGE/AGED     INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    SCHMUCKER   Peter             5 Aug 1823    9 Feb 1850    .            .
    USAW        Josephine         .             5 Jun 1873    1 hour       .
    USAW        Justena           .             1 Mar 1875    12d          .
    USAW        Charley           .             27 Mar 1867   9m 15d       .
    UNKNOWN     Adult             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Adult             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Adult             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Adult             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Child             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Child             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Child             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Child             .             .             .            native stone marker
    UNKNOWN     Child             .             .             .            native stone marker
    SCHMUCKER   Martha J.         .             6 Apr 1864    2y 1m 17d    d/o J.C. & M. Schmucker
    SCHMUCKER   Michael F.        .             12 Apr 1864   5m 20d       s/o J.C. & M. Schmucker
    SCHMUCKER   Edmund            .             14 Jun 1866   2y 2m 10d    s/o J.C. & M. Schmucker
    SIMPSON     Amanda M.         .             22 Nov 1882   24y 6m 25d   w/o George W. Simpson
  
  
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    LAST-NAME   FIRST-NAME        BIRTH-DATE    DEATH-DATE    AGE/AGED     INSCRIPTION and ADDL-INFORMATION
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    SIMPSON     George            16 Dec 1848   8 Jan 1918    .            .
    STULL       Minerva Shaffer   .             21 Feb 1921   37y 6m 2d    .
    SHAFFER     John D.           .             29 Oct 1917   66y 7m 2d    .
    SHAFFER     Sarah             .             24 Oct 1916   58y 8m 8d    w/o John D. Shaffer
    SCHMUCKER   Noah              .             8 Jan 1907    69y 10m 7d   .
    SCHMUCKER   Rebecca           .             25 May 1908   77y 9m 10d   w/o Noah Schmucker
    SCHMUCKER   Minerva A.        .             23 May 1901   35y 2m 7d    .
    SCHMUCKER   Christian         .             27 Dec 1853   52y 7m 19d   .
    SHAFFER     Emma J.           21 Sep 1872   16 Oct 1905   .            Mother, w/o James G. Shaffer
    SCHMUCKER   Jacob G.          17 Apr 1835   27 Apr 1899   .            .
    SCHMUCKER   Mary S.           28 Feb 1835   11 May 1901   .            .
    SHAFFER     Infant            .             .             .            d/o J.G. & E.J. Shaffer
  
  Total 29 graves