Henry Shaffer

As printed in 1881

HENRY SHAFFER, farmer and ship.er of moulding sand; P. O. Alliance; was born in Washingtcm Tp., Stark Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1834; the fourth of eight children born to Samuel and Mary (Berger) Shaffer, whrjse sketch appears in this work. His parents moved to Alliani'e when he was quite young. He went out to his uncle.Jonathan Shaffer's, where he lived three years, Wh(n about 10 years of age, he began to learn the carp(Miter's trade with James K. Blackburn, and followed that business until 1850, in the meantime having contracted and built many farm buildings. Dec. 24, 1855, he married hJlizabeth Chance; they have one child, Franklin H. Mrs. Shaffer is a daughter of Perry and Lovina Chance, of Alliance. For two years he was running a saw-mill, and in 1858 he rented a small farm and turned his attention to farming, which lasted only that season. Having lost all his crops by the severe and memorable freeze in June, 1858, he became disgusted, and secured a position on the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R., as a brakeman, but was soon placed in chargeof a freight train; then promoted to coruhictor on a passenger train between Ft. Wayne and Chicago, having his residence in the latter place, from 1801 to 1800. They returned to Alliance, when he quit railroad work, where he has remained since. He purchased a small farm of 43 acres, on which is found valuable beds of moulding sand, for which there is a good demand in the moulding establishments all over the country, from Pittsburg east, to Indianapolis and Chicago in the west Mr. Shaffer has been a member of the ATasonic faiternity since 18(i0. He has been a Director of the Alliance & Lake Erie Railroad, and for two years Superintendent of said railroad, and one of its promoters.

As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.