Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Christopher Columbus "Lum" Shaffer    
       Also known as: Lum Shaffer 1
                Born: Dec-  -1883           2,3
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Joseph Robert Shaffer   (1839 - 1922) 
              Mother: Louisa (Eliza) Grogg   (1850 - 1898) 
                Wife: Maude Viola Swisher   4,5,1  
       Also known as: Maudie Swisher 6
             Married: Aug- 6-1905          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: Aug-  -1884           7,3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: John Rinehart Swisher   (1821 - 1885) 
              Mother: Amanda Melvenia "Mandy" Nicholson   (1842 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Madgie N. Shaffer      
                Born: ca 1903               8
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           M Child 2: Haymond Hayward Shaffer      
                Born: Apr-29-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,10,11
                Died: Jan-12-1995           11
             Resided:                      in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  12
             Resided: 1930                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
                Wife: Bonnie Belle Langford  b. Feb-17-1908  d. Mar-22-1991  
             Married: Jul- 3-1930          in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV  10
           M Child 3: Clarence Vaughn Shaffer      
                Born: Jun-19-1907          in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  13,14
                Died: Dec-19-1943          in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  14
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  14
             Resided:                      in Salem, WV  14,15
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      glass worker  14
                Wife: Naomi Merle "Nim" Davis  b. Jun-25-1921  d. Oct-30-2006  
       Also known as: Naoma 16
             Married: Jun-30-1943          in Salem, WV  15
           M Child 4: Cecil Richard "Whitey" Shaffer      
         Census name: Richard C. Shafer 
                Born: Jun-12-1909          at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV  17,11
                Died: Dec-14-1992          at Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  18,11
              Buried:                      in Big Isaac Cemetery, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV  17
             Resided:                      at Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  17
          Occupation:                      maintenance dept, Salem College (retired)  17
                Wife: Garnet Ruby Bernice Knight  b. Jan-17-1915  d. Nov- 6-2008  
       Also known as: Garnet Bernice Shaffer 1
             Married: Mar-14-1931          in Doddridge Co, WV  3,19
           F Child 5: Wanda Leona Shaffer      
       Also known as: Leona Shaffer 19
                Born: Jan- 3-1921          in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  20,21
                Died: Sep-21-1965          near Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  20
              Buried:                      in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Quiet Dell, Harrison Co, WV  20
      Cause of death:                      cancer  20
             Resided:                      near Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  20
              Census: 1940                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1939                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  21
          Occupation:                      store clerk  20
             Husband: Charles Jennings Bonnell  b. Aug-24-1920  d. Apr- 5-2010  
       Also known as: Jennings Bonnell 22
             Married: Mar-25-1939          in Winchester, VA  21

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of daughter. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(3) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(4) Marriage record of son. 
(5) Obituary of son. 
(6) Death record of daughter. 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(8) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. 
(11) Social Security Death Index. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(13) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Clarence Vaughn Shaffer, white male, born Jun 19 1907 at 
Avon (Salem), son of Christopher Columbus Shaffer & Maudie Viola Swisher Shaffer.  Informant:  Maudie Viola Shaffer, 
mother.  (Note:  Birth date given in his marriage record as Jun 19 1905, but death record and birth record show it to be 
Jun 19 1907.), BR p. 154. 
(14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(16) Death record of husband. 
(17) Obituary. 
(18) Obituary - At home. 
(19) Obituary of husband. 
(20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1336929&Type=Death. 
(21) Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com. 
(22) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 194. 







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