Nicholas Shaffer

SHAFFER, SIMS, CLINE, MAY, FAIRCHILDGROGAN

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Date: 1/13/2014 at 16:25:40

NICHOLAS SHAFFER, liveryman, Cascade; son of John N. Shaffer and Mary Barbara Cline; was born Dec. 25, 1825, in Lorraine, France; came to Indiana with his parents in 1831, and up to his 24th year was at home on the farm. Was married in Indiana, Dec. 18, 1849, to Miss Mary Sims, by whom he has had six children; the following are still living: Mary R., John, Henry and William; the other two died in infancy. After marriage, he worked two years on the Wabash & Erie Canal, then five years as a cooper, then, in 1856, came to Cascade; was two years partner of Frank May in starting a brewery; then resumed occupation of cooper, in 1871, bought livery stable and stock of Lemuel Fairchild, and now has the main livery establishment in Cascade. At Dubuque, in November, 1863, was married to his second wife, Mrs. Margaret Grogan, of La Fayette, Ind.; by this union he had had three children, all now living- Josephine, Ellen and Margaret. Himself and wife are members of the St. Martins Church; is a Democrat. Has been President of the School Board, also served four years as Justice of the Peace in the township of Whitewater.

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