Hi all, I'm doing some research for a friend of my dad, and thought I'd (as usual) check in with you all for thoughts. George Shaffer was born around the mid 1870s. His parents were William and Rebecca Shaffer. They're buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in East Taylor Twp, and from my research, William was born August 5, 1848, and died September 10, 1902. (Rebecca's says she was born January 30, 1847, but no death date listed.)George married an Amanda Brown in 1896. Approximately two years later, so the story goes, he was riding in a horse and carriage and was shot. (The family member I'm researching for only knows that family legend says the man who shot him was Italian, and that's all she knows.) The family apparently lived around Hinkston Run Dam. Any ideas how I'd go about finding the full story? I've searched for George's grave at Wesley Chapel, no luck. (There's a George there, but that's not his stone, and it's got wrong dates.) Amanda went on to marry two subsequent husbands, a Mr. Wilson and a Mr. Page. The family member believes that she is buried in a cemetery at the "Devlin Dip", aka, the "Brown Leidy" cemetery, but hasn't been able to find the headstone. Any advice is greatly appreciated!! This is a fascinating one. Joyce _________________________________________________________________ You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298556/direct/01/
Please keep us updated on this. It does sound interesting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Homan" <joyce_homan@hotmail.com> To: <pacambri@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 12:48 PM Subject: [PACAMBRI] Shaffer shooting? > > Hi all, I'm doing some research for a friend of my dad, and thought I'd > (as usual) check in with you all for thoughts. > > George Shaffer was born around the mid 1870s. His parents were William > and Rebecca Shaffer. They're buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in East > Taylor Twp, and from my research, William was born August 5, 1848, and > died September 10, 1902. (Rebecca's says she was born January 30, 1847, > but no death date listed.)George married an Amanda Brown in 1896. > Approximately two years later, so the story goes, he was riding in a horse > and carriage and was shot. (The family member I'm researching for only > knows that family legend says the man who shot him was Italian, and that's > all she knows.) > > The family apparently lived around Hinkston Run Dam. > > Any ideas how I'd go about finding the full story? I've searched for > George's grave at Wesley Chapel, no luck. (There's a George there, but > that's not his stone, and it's got wrong dates.) > > Amanda went on to marry two subsequent husbands, a Mr. Wilson and a Mr. > Page. The family member believes that she is buried in a cemetery at the > "Devlin Dip", aka, the "Brown Leidy" cemetery, but hasn't been able to > find the headstone. > > Any advice is greatly appreciated!! This is a fascinating one. > > Joyce > _________________________________________________________________ > You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298556/direct/01/ > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.1/1730 - Release Date: 10/17/2008 8:07 AM -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 6517 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message