Ephraim Shafer

     Ephraim Shafer was born on 30 September 1859 at Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Johann Frederick Schäfer and Elisabeth Heim. Ephraim Shafer married, at age 22, Melinda Koch, age 20, daughter of Jacob Koch and Magdalena Edler, on Thursday, 17 August 1882 at Lutheran Church, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, by the Reverend [—?—] Schultz. Ephraim Shafer died on 7 June 1957 at Balls Mills, Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 97 years, 8 months and 8 days. He was buried in the Blooming Grove Cemetery, located in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
     He From 'History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania', by John F. Meginness ed., (1990 edition, prepared by Lycoming County Historical Society; Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1892), pages 1195 and 1196.

Ephraim Shafer, son of John F. and Elizabeth Shafer, was born in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, September 30, 1859. John F. Shafer, a native of the same township, was born in 1821, and removed to the farm where he now lives after his marriae about 1848 to Elizabeth Heim, who bore him four children: Samuel B. who married Mary Heim; Christian, deceased; Ephraim, who married Malinda Koch and William F., who married Mattie Beidlespacher. Mr Shafer is a member of the Dunkard church, and is a supporter of the Democratic party. His son Ephraim, the subject of this sketch, was reared on the homestead farm, and received a common school education. August 17, 1882, he was married to Malinda Koch, who has had four children: Miriam; Mabel, deceased; Edna, and Horace. The family are adherents of the Baptist church; in politics Mr. Shafer is a Democrat, and has filled the office of school director for six years. He was Farmer.