Ervin H. Shaffer
Source: 1 July 1870 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, sheet 167
'...Shaffer, Joshua, 41 ... Farmer, b. OH ... ... Mary A., 38? ... b. OH ... Auralius, 13 ... b. OH ... ... Casius? W?, 10, male, white, attending sch., b. OH, in sch ... Della, 8 ... b. OH ..'
Both Aurelius and Cassius are misspelt. The reading Casius might be something else entirely. It is my best guess. If you are going to name one of your sons after a noted Roman, why not another?
7Jun1880 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, pg 87D-8
'32, [Shafer] Ervin H, white, male, 21, Brother-in-Law, single, Farm Laborer, unemployed 6 mo., b. OH, parents b. OH'
Salsberry, Jesse, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Pub. location unknown, J.S., xxiv Jan MM) 'iii. IRVING SHAFFER'
Lozer, Mark (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)-net.com, 29 Jun MM
'Children of Joshua SHAFFER and Mary Ann COLE are: ... 10 iii. Irving SHAFFER was born 1859, and died 1929.' <>
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