Edward T ShafferAge: 67 years1850–1917
- Name
- Edward T Shaffer
- Given names
- Edward T
- Surname
- Shaffer
 Birth | 1850 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | Sarah Ellen McNeil — View this family February 16, 1869 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer March 4, 1871 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 12, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Arthur Buck Widick — Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer — View this family May 23, 1894 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Leroy Arthur Widick August 2, 1896 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Clarence Edward Widick January 3, 1898 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Irene Widick February 24, 1899 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick November 7, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Helen Louisa Widick September 22, 1904 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Evelyn Widick March 25, 1907 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Evelyn Widick January 1, 1910 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Margaret Jane Widick September 16, 1912 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
 Death | August 27, 1917 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Family with Sarah Ellen McNeil |
| himself |
Edward T Shaffer Birth: 1850 — Ohio, United States Death: August 27, 1917 — Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Ellen McNeil Birth: 1848 — Indiana, United States Death: June 1937 — Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 16, 1869 — Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer Birth: March 4, 1871 21 23 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: December 7, 1968 — Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Edward T Shaffer - Household
Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
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