Searching for the origins of the following Shaffer Family. Thanks, Patrick Murphy Generation No. 1 1. MICHAEL1 SHAFFER was born January 1807 in Pennsylvania, and died June 04, 1866 in Charlottesville, IN. He married ANNA ?. Notes for MICHAEL SHAFFER: Michael Shaffer is buried at Six Mile Creek Cemetery north of Charlottesville, IN. Children of MICHAEL SHAFFER and ANNA ? are: 2. i. JOSEPH2 SHAFFER, b. 1833, Ohio; d. June 1884, Hancock County, IN. ii. AMELIA A. SHAFFER, b. 1834, Ohio; m. JESSE DAWSON, June 10, 1856, Hancock County, IN. iii. IRA M. SHAFFER, b. 1843, Ohio; m. (1) MARIA J. LUMMIS, March 17, 1870, Hancock County, IN; m. (2) MINERVA J. ANDERSON, May 02, 1879, Hancock County, IN. iv. JOHN SHAFFER, b. 1846, Ohio. v. WILLIAM SHAFFER, b. September 22, 1847, Ohio; d. March 07, 1869, Charlottesville, IN. Notes for WILLIAM SHAFFER: William is buried with his parents at Six Mile Cemetery north of Charlottesville, IN. vi. ELIZA E. SHAFFER, b. April 1850, Charlottesville, IN. Generation No. 2 2. JOSEPH2 SHAFFER (MICHAEL1) was born 1833 in Ohio, and died June 1884 in Hancock County, IN. He married (1) MARGARET ADKINS February 22, 1857 in Charlottesville, IN, daughter of MILTON ADKINS and PATSEY ATKISON. He married (2) SARAH E. FORT March 14, 1866, daughter of ANTHONY E. FORT. Notes for JOSEPH SHAFFER: Joseph Shaffer was a wagon and carriage maker at Charlottesville, IN and Carthage, IN. Children of JOSEPH SHAFFER and MARGARET ADKINS are: i. MILTON THAYER3 SHAFFER, b. 1858, Charlottesville, IN; m. ELDORA BUNDY, November 24, 1879, Rush County, IN. More About MILTON THAYER SHAFFER: Fact 1: 1880, Lived in Ripley Twp., Rush County, IN ii. MELISSA ADALINE SHAFFER, b. January 1860, Charlottesville, IN; d. December 31, 1927, Indianapolis, IN; m. AMOS DAVID MURPHY, December 28, 1882, Cleveland, IN. Notes for MELISSA ADALINE SHAFFER: Melissa lived at 431 Fourth Street in Greenfield, IN in 1920. More About MELISSA ADALINE SHAFFER: Fact 1: Died at 832 N. Drexel Avenue in Indianapolis, IN Fact 2: Buried at Park Cemetery at Greenfield, IN Notes for AMOS DAVID MURPHY: Amos David was living at Knightstown, IN when joined the 84th Indiana Volunteers Infantry, Company K and then Company F., during the Civil War. He went AWOL three times. More About AMOS DAVID MURPHY: Fact 1: Buried at Gilboa Cemetery in Blue River Twp., Hancock County, IN Children of JOSEPH SHAFFER and SARAH FORT are: iii. WILLIAM3 SHAFFER, b. 1868, Carthage, IN. iv. JOHN SHAFFER, b. 1870, Carthage, IN. v. FANNIE SHAFFER, b. 1874, Charlottesville, IN. vi. ODUS SHAFFER, b. 1880, Charlottesville, IN.