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| July 5, 1928
Thursday Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio MRS. ANNA SHAFOR DIED IN HAMILTON Mrs. Anna V. Shafor, 78, died July 4, at the home of her son Frank Shafor, in Hamilton. She is survived by two sons, Henry E. Shafor of Middletown,, and Frank, of Hamilton; one brother T.A. Jones, of Excello, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home of her son in Hamilton, Friday afternoon at 1:30, Rev. Petrie of the United Brethren church of Hamilton officiating. Interment will be made in Middletown cemetery. Friends are asked to omit flowers. vcm: Anna V. Jones SHAFOR was the wife of William SHAFOR who died February 21, 1916 in Hamilton and is also buried in the Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio |
by Vivian Moon 23 April 2007 |
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May 18, 1900 Middletown
Signal, Middletown, Ohio JOHN R. SHAFOR Passes Quietly Away After A Long And Useful Career an Old Citizen Lay's Down Life's Burden Another efficient man, a good citizen and neighbor has been called away. Mr. John R. Shafor, after a short, but painless sickness, passed away in death last night at 8 o'clock. The deceased was born in December, 1817 on his father's farm just south of Excello, and lived the whole of his life in Butler County. Few men were more widely and generally known than Mr. Shafor throughout Butler and adjoining counties; for since he was a boy, in his teens, he had been bust making his own way, and made his first money as a hand in the old sole factory owned by Mr. Gardner at Excello. He bought a farm from John Dickey, when a young man, on long time, and by hard work, frugality and application he paid for it. As years came his scope of activities enlarged and he became a leader in the grain, pork and cattle trade, and probably bought and handled more of these products than any man who has ever lived in Butler County. Mr. Shafor built the Shafor block, one occupied now by Howell's and Mr. Gabe on Main street, just after the close of the Civil War; one room of which was soon after occupied by the First National Bank, in which institution he was for many years a stockholder. Mr. Shafor was ever in possession of rugged health and was able to pursue the activities of life with great vigor and continuity, he never owned a farm or other property that he did not embellish it, improve it, enlarge the buildings and cover it with betterments. His love for this kind of work and improvement may have led him to spend more money and time than was profitable to him, but the community has reaped the reward of this disposition. As he went along with his work he has employed many men and paid out large sums of money to the wage earners of this neighborhood, and so has scattered much material assistance to the many he met as he went through life. His activity in the lines of grain and stock made a ready market for the farmers and stock raisers near our city, which did much to promote the growth of Middletown. Mr. Shafor came of a hardy and long lifed race of people and he bade fair to be over 90 years of age and doubtless would had not his career been clouded by financial reverses in the later years of his life; these he faced manfully and tried in every way possible to avert but the panic of 1893 in his declining years made the load too heavy and after a weary and honorable career, he has laid down his life among his neighbors and friends. His days were well spent along lines of doing which tends to advance the commercial growth of the community, preserve order, and promote good morals and better living among men. Mr. Shafor had been a member of the First Baptist church for over fifty years and leaves one daughter, Mrs. William Sinkey and one brother, Peter Shafor. The community must for many years feel the impress, for good, of Mr. Shafor's long life and career in our midst. |
by Vivian Moon 23 April 2007 |
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| March 10, 1922
Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio DIES AT HOME AFTER ILLNESS OF TWO WEEKS JOSEPH W. SHAFOR Was Vice President Of Oglesby & Barnitz Banking Company ALWAYS PROMINENT IN CITY AFFAIRS Is Survived by Brother and Two Daughters -- Born Near Amanda Middletown feels a great loss in the death of Joseph W. Shafor, vice president of the Oglesby and Barnitz bank and life-long resident here at the family resident 537 1/2 East Third Street this morning at 8:45 o'clock. Mr. Shafor was also secretary of the American Building Association and a member of the Board of Health. Mr. Shafor's sudden passing comes no more of a shock to his friends than to his bereaved family, which had been encouraged by improvement in his condition the past few days. Although in a weakened state, his recent attack of high blood pressure, with which he had been a sufferer for many years, did not keep him entirely bedfast, and he arose this morning at his customary hour and seemed apparently sustained by rest. Just a few minutes after leaving his room he collapsed in a chair. His two daughters, Lucille and Nellie, the latter who had been summoned from Washington, D.C., last Saturday by her father's illness, and his brother George H. Shafor, the last surviving member of the immediate family, were with him in his last moments. Mr. Shafor was born on the old Shafor homestead, east of Amanda, and if he had lived until the thirtieth of this month, would have celebrated his sixty-ninth anniversary. He was one of the sons of David and Elizabeth A. Shafor, deceased, who are still remembered by the pioneer residents of the city for their staunch belief in things that were upright and honorable. They instilled this trait in the minds of their sons whose constant endeavors in contributing their services unselfishly to every worthy object has proved them useful emissaries of the school of training in which they were reared. When the deceased was a boy his parents removed to Middletown and with the exception of a residence of about two years in Cincinnati, he had always made his home in this city. At an early age, he started to work in a grocery store here and later entered the employ of Harry Engel, who conducted a general store in Amanda. He continued to work for several years and later accepted a position as bookkeeper in the Adam Dickey flour mill, at Amanda, where he built up a wide friendship with farmers in that vicinity and rendered valuable service, which later brought him the appointment to the position of cashier of the Oglesby & Barnitz bank to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Charles Denny. Due to his keen insight and ability, he arose from that position to vice-president of the company in which capacity he served faithfully. In banking circles Mr. Shafor's acquaintance was especially extensive but he made friends in in all endeavors of life as a man of integrity and influence. His friends in business included the leading financial men of the city and state but by everyone who knew him he was regarded not only as a sound financial expert but the kind of a man who had given to the city its reputation for solidity in business affairs. Perhaps one of the most generous and expressive tributes to him as a citizens that he was "a friend of man." In industrial affairs, civic improvements, church activities and all lines of worth-while endeavor he had always been in front ranks but through his devotion to his daughters and his serene home life he perhaps maintained the most cordial esteem of the community. Mrs. Shafor, who was Miss Lizzie Anderson before her marriage to Mr. Shafor in 1879, passed away in 1892. To that union were born the two daughters to whom the deepest sympathy of the city is extended. |
by Vivian Moon 2 May 2007 |
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| February 22, 1916
Tuesday Middletown News Signal, Middletown, Ohio Former Resident Dies at Home of Son in Hamilton William Shafor William Shafor, 76, an old resident of Middletown, died yesterday at the home of his son Frank, in Hamilton, after a lingering illness. A widow, three sons, Ed of Middletown, Ridge of Chicago, and Frank of Hamilton, survive him. No time has been set for the funeral, but it will likely occur tomorrow at Hamilton, and the remains brought here for burial. vcm: William SHAFOR, buried 2-23-1916, Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio |
by Vivian Moon 27 April 2007 |
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