Servatus Shafer

Servatus Shafer - settled in this county in 1873. He was born in York county, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1836; his parents were Frederick and Mary (Bitner) Shafer; the mother dying in Montgomery county, Illinois April 8, 1874. February 14, 1861, in Jay county, Indiana, he was united in marriage to Mary A. Brooks, who was born in that county April 19, 1840. Their children are: Martha J., born February 28, 1862; Nancy C., March 23, 1863, died July 13, 1864; an infant son, born and died October 23, 1867; Sarah A., January 10, 1871; Thomas H., May 30, 1873, died August 28, 1873. Mrs. Shafer’s brother, Aaron Brooks, was a soldier of the war of the Rebellion, losing a leg at Fort Donaldson, which caused his death. Her parents were John, died in 1844, aged fifty-three years, and Mary (Campbell) Brooks, died January 3, 1871, aged seventy-nine years. Mr. Shafer is a resident of Harrison township, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. Address, Payne, Paulding county, Ohio.