NameSamuel Joseph SHAFER 
Census notes for Samuel Joseph SHAFER
1870 Iowa, Jackson County, Farmer’s Creek Twp., page 18, stamped page 424, film M593-397
dwelling 133, family 133
Shaffer, Daniel, age 51, male, white, farmer, real estate $1600, personal $900, born Ohio
---------, Mary, age 47, female, keeping house, born Ohio
---------, Wilson, age 13, male, white, at home, born Iowa
---------, Samuel, age 8, male, white, attending school, born Iowa
---------, Maria, age 7, female, white, attending school, born Iowa
---------, Margaret, age 5, female, white, attending, born Iowa
---------, Robert, age 2, male, white, born Iowa
---------, William, age 1, male, white, born Iowa
1880 Iowa, Jackson County, Farmer’s Creek Twp., E.D. 319, page 18B, stamped page 416, film T9-345
dwelling 177, family 178
Shofer, Mary J., white, female, age 56, head, widowed, housekeeper, born Ohio, father born Ireland, mother born Pennsylvania
--------, Samuel, white, male, age 18, son, farmer, born Iowa, parents born Ohio
--------, Mariah, white, female, age 17, daughter, works in house, born Iowa, parents born Ohio
--------, Margret L., white, female, age 15, daughter, works in house, born Iowa, parents born Ohio
--------, Robert, white, male, age 12, son, works on farm, born Iowa, parents born Ohio