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1829 - 1914 (84 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Martin Shaffner was born on 22 Jan 1787 in Pennsylvania (son of Martin Shaffner, Sr. and Frances Halderman); died on 17 Sep 1870 in Crawford County, Ohio; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio. Notes:
Settled in Crawford County, Ohio in 1829; both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. At the time of the 1850 census, a Martin and Rebecsa Schaffner were living next to Ann Shaffner and John Cramer in Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio. FindAGrave notes that "he became somewhat of a legendary person in the Shaffner genealogy, often noted for his "three wives and 21 children." In fact, he was widowed three times and married four times. He is also known to have had more than 125 grandchildren, many of whom were born after his death, even though he lived to be 83. He also had more than 300 great-grandchildren. "
Martin married Ann E. Wirt in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Ann was born on 10 Oct 1802 in Pennsylvania; died on 22 Sep 1831 in Crawford County, Ohio; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Ann E. Wirt was born on 10 Oct 1802 in Pennsylvania; died on 22 Sep 1831 in Crawford County, Ohio; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio. Notes:
From FindAGrave:
Anna was Martin Shaffner's second wife. She bore him three children, one of whom, Levi Brice Shaffner, died in infancy. Anna died and was originally buried in Crawford County. Later she was re-interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery with Martin and his two other wives
Children:
- 1. John Fleisher Shaffner was born on 23 May 1829 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Feb 1914; was buried in Willshire Cemetery, Willshire, Van Wert County, Ohio.
- Levi Shaffner was born about 1828; and died.
- Ann Eve Shaffner was born on 17 Sep 1830 in Crawford County, Ohio; died on 28 Mar 1901 in Van Wert County, Ohio; was buried in Woodland Union Cemetery, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio.
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Generation: 3
5. | Frances Halderman was born on 30 Sep 1762; died in in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
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