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Elmer Ellsworth Shafer

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Elmer Ellsworth Shafer

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1939 (aged 75–76)
Benton County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Garrison, Benton County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Elmer was born to George W Shafer and Antoinette "Nettie" Bronson Shafer. He was one of three children , the others being Carrie Redda Shafer, and Clayton Allen Shafer.

He was a stockman and proprietor of CEDAR LAWN STOCK FARM breeding Chester White Swine, and White Plymouth Rock Chickens. He was also an inventor and sold his patent for a Rotary Valve for Engines, in 1914 to the Western Fiduciary Company of Denver, Colorado for a larg sum of money .

He married , first, Anna Mable Baker, and they had three children Lee Earl , Ray and Anna Mabel.

When Anna died, he married second, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gordon. Theh had a daughter Bessie Mae and a son George. She died very young and he was widowed now with a total of five children.

He married then , the third time, to Nellie A Hatch . They had two more children Elsie Evangeline and Floyd Welton .

His obituary read that he was a member of the Woodman Lodge.
Elmer was born to George W Shafer and Antoinette "Nettie" Bronson Shafer. He was one of three children , the others being Carrie Redda Shafer, and Clayton Allen Shafer.

He was a stockman and proprietor of CEDAR LAWN STOCK FARM breeding Chester White Swine, and White Plymouth Rock Chickens. He was also an inventor and sold his patent for a Rotary Valve for Engines, in 1914 to the Western Fiduciary Company of Denver, Colorado for a larg sum of money .

He married , first, Anna Mable Baker, and they had three children Lee Earl , Ray and Anna Mabel.

When Anna died, he married second, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gordon. Theh had a daughter Bessie Mae and a son George. She died very young and he was widowed now with a total of five children.

He married then , the third time, to Nellie A Hatch . They had two more children Elsie Evangeline and Floyd Welton .

His obituary read that he was a member of the Woodman Lodge.

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