I just got back to you original message and note We seem to have a link,,, What are the dates for your Jacob???? Can you find my Hannah (who married John Adam Bloss) in your children of Jacob and Elizabeth? Dick Bloss --- William Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Sue Propst, > I am trying to do research on the Shaeffer > family. My grgrgrgrandfather > Jacob Shaeffer married Elizabeth Propst in > Shenandoah County. Their children > were born in Rockingham County, some around Dayton, > and then they moved to > Ohio during the Civil War because there was fighting > on their farmland. > My research hasn't gotten me very far in VA. > Are there any suggestions > that you can give me or possibly was Elizabeth a > member of one of your > ancestors family? > If you can help me at all, I certainly would > appreciate anything that > you can suggest. Thank you. Bonnie Jones > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:57 AM > Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Selah F. Denton > (ca.1821-1895) obit > > > > Deb, > > > > Good to see that you are still getting to do > research. I have not done > > as > > much as I would like to lately, due to keeping my > grandson. He is 22 > > months > > and quite active. He has been with us full time > since he was 3 months > > old. > > > > Thanks for the newspaper articles. I love how > the old ones were written > > (Death Angel). > > > > Take care and hope we meet again soon. > > > > Sue Propst > > > > PS - when digging around in the microfilm, if y > ou see any east > > Rockingham > > County names (Hensley, Dean/mom's side), let me > know. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Dick, The children that I have for Jacob & Elizabeth Propst Shaeffer are: Moses b. 5/23/1843 Rockingham Co., VA d. 8/9/1939 Darke Co., OH Josepth b. 3/29/1845 Rockingham Co., VA d. 2/23/1903 Preble Co., OH Samuel b. 12/25/1847 Rockingham Co., VA d. 3/16/1907 Susanna b 5/30/1849 Rockingham Co., VA John Fretreg b. 3/5/1852 Dayton, Rockingham Co., VA d. 12/7/1938 Darke Co., Elizabeth Magdalin b. 1/2/1855 I have no Hannah listed. This list came from Jacob's family Bible. There's no indication of another child. After the family had moved to Preble Co., they joined the German Baptist Brethren Church . I know that there are Old German Baptist Brethren/Churches of the Brethren in Rockingham County but I have no idea if they attended any of these churches in VA. I don't know for sure when they moved north but my grgrandfather (another Jacob) was born in 1864 in Preble Co., to Josepth and Rebecca Wehrley Shaeffer. The name Shaeffer is spelled so many ways that it is hard to find the correct family. Thank you for your diary. I wish that my family had written something down but I haven't found anyone in the family that knows about a written story. Only a distant cousin remembers that some of the family have told that during the Civil War there was fighting on their farmland. They packed up and left and two of the sons were not at home. When the sons arrived home and found that the others were gone, they followed and caught up with them. Evidently there had been discussion beforehand or the young men would not have known where to go. We may still find a connection somewhere. In some of the information that I have seen, there are many Jacob's. That name must have been very popular. Bonnie Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bloss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [VAROCKIN] Selah F. Denton (ca.1821-1895) obit >I just got back to you original message and note We > seem to have a link,,, What are the dates for your > Jacob???? Can you find my Hannah (who married John > Adam Bloss) in your children of Jacob and Elizabeth? > > Dick Bloss > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > >