Posted on: Madison Co. Oh Queries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Oh/Madison?read=608 Surname: Shaffer, Snyder, Snider ------------------------- Looking for information regarding the ancestry of the Shaffer and Snyder (Snider) family. George Shaffer was born in Bavaria in 1798, married Margaretta Snyder (b. 1809) in 1832, and immigrated to Columbus, OH that year along with Jacob Snyder (b. 1805). They all moved to Madison County, Lafayette, Ohio in 1836, and in the fall of 1838 the Shaffers moved to Van Wert Co. Liberty Township, OH (the farm was partially in Mercer Co. Dublin Township). Jacob Snyder followed the Shaffers to Van Wert County in 1852.