This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WCC.2ACE/4262 Message Board Post: Born to the marriage of Jacob C. Shafer and Sarah Hannah(Rucker) Shafer in 1847 Kanawha Co. Va./ W Va. Names are copied from their family Bible. Children listed are Mary Eleanor Feb. 9 1850. Samuel Marion b.Oct.26,1852 Albert Bunyan b.Oct.17, 1854. David Allison b. Nov. 26, 1858-d.1870 Martha Marbella b. Sept.16, 1856 Samantha Louise b. 24, 1861 (my grandmother) and James Francis b.?Apr. 1865. There were other children, but they died in infancy. Perhaps you have one of theses as a member of your family. Trying to find Jacob C. and Sarah (Ruckers)parents. Many Thanks