This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer, Shaefer, McMahan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1054.2.1 Message Board Post: The answer to your question is no. His brother was William b. ca 1844, Fairfield Co. Ohio. Ephriam named one of his sons Noah Webster Shaefer, b. Jul 21 1867, Carroll Co. IN.