West Virginia Pioneers
Martha M Shafer
1856 - 1928 (72 years)-
Name Martha M Shafer Born 17 Oct 1856 West Virginia, USA [1, 2] Gender Female Died 28 Dec 1928 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Jackson Co, WV Notes
Death Record
Name: Martha/Myers
Sex: Female
Death Date: 28 Dec 1928
Death Place: Jackson, West Virginia
Age at Death: 72y2m11d
Birth Place: WV
Marital Status: M
Father: Jacob/Shaffer
Informant: Robert Myers
Person ID I29417 WVPioneers Last Modified 4 Aug 2013
Father Jacob C Shafer, b. Abt 1825, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Hannah Sarah Rucker, b. Abt 1832, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 19 May 1847 Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 5/19/1847
Place: Jackson
Jacob C Shaver
Hannah S Rucker, daughter of Samuel Rucker
[1850 Kanawha, VA #1410-1439
Shaver, John 38 shoemaker all born VA
Sarah 18
Mary 3/12]
1870 Kanawha Co WV Elk Dist
Jacob Shaver 44 VA now WVa
Hannah 35 VA now WVa
Samuel 18 VA now WVa
Boom (m) 16 VA now WVa
Martha 12 VA now WVa
Samantha 10 VA now WVa
James 6 WVa
David 8 VA now WVa
Maggie 1 WVa
1880 Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia
Jacob SHAVER Self M M W 59 W. V.
Occ: Pilot On Steam Boat Fa: W. V. Mo: W. V.
Sarah SHAVER Wife F M W 47 W. V.
James SHAVER Son M S W 16 W. V.
One World Tree has her dob as 1832, VA, father Samuel Rucker, has a daughter Martha J, born c 1856, married to Adam Cart - but that Martha's father was Paul Shafer, so that entry is incorrect as so many are.
Birth Record
Name: Samantha Louisa Shaver
Birth Date: 24 Jan 1861
Birth Place: Aaron's Fork of L Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Sex: Female
Mother: Catharine Shaver
Father: Jacob C. Shaver
Birth Record
Name: James F. Shaver
Birth Date: 17 Apr 1865
Birth Place: Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Sex: Male
Mother: Hanna Shaver
Father: Jacob Shaver
Family ID F10162 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Giles Barnett 'Barney' Myers, b. May 1850, Virginia, USA , d. 16 Mar 1943, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 92 years) Married Abt 1880 [1] Notes
Marriage License Record
Date: 9/8/1873
Place: Kanawha
Charles B Myers, 22
Martha M Shaver, 17, father present
1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV
Myers, Giles B 5/1850 m 20y VA VA VA
Martha M 9/1856 8-8
Maggie 10/80
Vernie da 4/83
Charles G 9/85
Dora B 5/89
James R 9/91
Denna W sn 4/95
1910 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV
Myers, Giles B 59 m1- 37y VA VA VA
Martha M 54 m1- 37y 9-9 children WV WV WV
Charley G son 24 s WV
Dora B da 20 s WV
James A son 18 WV
Denny W son 15
Chloe E da 7 WV
1920 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV
Myers, G B 69
M M 63
C E da 16
D B da 28
V E da 2
1930 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV
Myers, Giles B 79 wd
JCBR for son James shows (fpob) Salem, VA (mpob) Kanawha Co
Mount Hope Church of God Cemetery
Myers, Barney no dates beside fence underbush single
Myers, Martha no dates beside Barney single
Children 1. Maggie Myers, b. Oct 1880, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 2. Sarah Luvernie 'Vernie' Myers, b. 24 Apr 1882, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 3. Charles G Myers, b. 6 Sep 1883, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 4. Dora Blanche Myers, b. 16 May 1889, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1971 (Age 81 years) 5. James Robert Myers, b. 25 Sep 1891, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 6. Dennie Wilmer Myers, b. 4 Apr 1895, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 7. Chloe E Myers, b. CA 1903, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F8963 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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