Shafer, Jacob C.

Passed: 1911-08-04

Age: 91

Source: Mountaineer

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1911-08-09

Information: Jacob C. Shafer, civil war veteran and one of the oldest citizens of the county, died at his home at Evans on Friday, August 4, 1911, at 10:45 a.m. aged nearly 91, with infirmities due to old age.  Mr. Shafer was born in what is now Harrison County, West Virginia, on the eleventh day of November, 1820.  He went to New Orleans at the age of 16 and became a riverman.  In 1848 he joined the standing army but was discharged before the civil war.  He reenlisted during the 60's in the company F of the First West Virginia Veteran Infantry.  After the war he became a steamboat pilot, following this until 1880, spending the declining years of his life at Evans.  He had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than fifty years.  Deceased is survived by three sons and three daughters, Mr. Samuel Shafer, of Huntington, A. B. Shafer, of West Alexander, Pa; James Shafer, of Plymouth, Putnam county; Mrs. Joseph Myres, of Steubensville, Ohio; Mrs. Barney Myres of Sandyville, and Mrs. T. A. Withrow, of Evans; excepting Samuel Shafer and Mrs. Myres of Steubensville, all attended the funeral.  The burial occurred Saturday at Otterbein.