James Shaffer, farmer, miller, etc., P.O. Sinnemahoning, is a son of James and Margaret (Brooks) Shaffer, the former of whom was born in 1788, and the latter in January, 1790. James and Margaret Shaffer were the parents of fifteen children born in the following order: William (married to Jane Berfield), Henry (married to Jane Mason), Rebecca (married to John Berfield), Benjamin B. (married to Elizabeth Caldwell), James Jr. (married to Mary Miller, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Logue) Miller, of Grove Township), Joseph (married to Jane Sterling), John (married to Elizabeth Richie), Mary (married to Jesse Hall), David (married to Sara Jane Wykoff), Wesley (married to Savila Sterling), Washington (married to Amanda Logan*), Jacob (married to N.E. Johnson), Elizabeth (married to Coleman Grugan), and Sara Jane (married to J.L.D. Foultz). James and Margaret (Brooks) Shaffer settled in what is now Grove Township, Cameron Co., Penn., in 1816, and there died, the father in 1872 and the mother in 1876. James, whose name heads this sketch, was reared in Grove Township and followed Lumbering, milling and farming for many years. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has held all offices of Grove Township. He was once auditor of Clinton County (from which Cameron has since been cut off) and was also elected one of the first commissioners of Cameron County, by the citizens of which he is held in high esteem."

*Although the bio states that Washington Shaffer married Amanda Logan, Amanda's correct last name is LOGUE. She was the daughter of Thomas Logue and Amanda Mead (the first of Thomas Logue's three wives).

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