 Birth | 1848 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 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 13 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 19 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 19 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | Edward T Shaffer — View this family February 16, 1869 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 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 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 30 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 32 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Arthur Buck Widick — Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer — View this family May 23, 1894 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Leroy Arthur Widick August 2, 1896 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Clarence Edward Widick January 3, 1898 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick November 7, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Helen Louisa Widick September 22, 1904 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Evelyn Widick March 25, 1907 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Evelyn Widick January 1, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Margaret Jane Widick September 16, 1912 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 68 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a husband | Edward T Shaffer August 27, 1917 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Eugene Shaffer Widick November 21, 1918 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 69 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 |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 70 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 81 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | June 1937 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |