Hi All, Looking for possible connections to John SHAFER, Sr. John SHAFER, Sr. b. May 18, 1801 in West Penn Twsp. of what is now Schuylkill Co. Research indicates that in 1801 this area was part of Penn Twp., Northampton Co., PA. d. Aug. 14, 1883 and is buried in the White Haven Cemetery. This cemetery is now called the Laurel Cemetery. Married Magdalena FREYMAN in 1832. Ceremony was conducted by Rev. John Zulick. Employed by the Little Schuylkill Railroad Company while in the Schuylkill County area. Moved with family to Dension Twsp., Luzerne Co., PA in 1838. Employed by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. after moving to Luzerne Co. John and Magdelena had 14 children - 5 girls and 9 boys. The children in chronological order where: Sarah b. 08/10/1832 d. 04/13/1915 Issac b. 03/15/1833 d. 03/30/1867 John Jr. b. 10/14/1835 d. 10/21/1917 Nathan b. 06/04/1837 d. 01/25/1933 Mary b. 01/15/1839 d. 06/24/1919 Jacob b. 05/24/1841 d. 11/01/1869 David b. 06/15/1843 d. 10/20/1933 William b. 02/15/1845 d. 07/05/1932 Hannah b. 12/20/1846 d. 05/15/1920 Catherine b. 03/15/1849 d. 09/22/1851 Daniel b. 01/09/1852 d. 01/10/1903 George b. 12/08/1853 d. 02/22/1917 Edward b. 10/21/1855 d. 09/28/1944 Mirah (Miriah?) b. 10/01/1858 d. 07/12/1944 Specifics that may help make connections are as follows: To my knowledge all of the family remained in the general area of Luzerne County, PA except Edward. Edward was my great-grandfather and moved to Pittsburgh with his own family in 1904. He had married Mary Theresa Speck and had 7 children. Five of the boys fought in the US Civil War, as follows: Nathan and Jacob: 61st. Pa. Vol. Reg. David 132nd. Pa. Vol. Reg. 8th Pa. Cav. John, Jr. 143rd. Pa. Vol. Reg. (Roy Stone's Bucktail Brigade which was 1st. Corp, 3rd. Div., 2nd. Brig.) William 153rd. Pa. Vol. Reg. John, Jr., William, and Jacob were all at Gettysburg. Jacob was a railroad worker for the Lehigh Valley R.R. and was killed in an accident on Nov. 1, 1869. I have verified all the civil war records and they are correct. Much of the information as to dates was compiled by my g-gf Edward SHAFER several years prior to his death at age 89 in 1944. As he did this from memory small variations are quite possible. -- Regards, Michael Shafer Researching the SHAFER(&variations) Pittsburgh, PA, USA name in eastern Penna. Luzerne, Email: [email protected] Berks, Carbon and surrounding areas. And Col. Roy Stone's PA Bucktail Brgd 143rd,149th,&150th. PA Vol.Regs.