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Submitted: 6/12/20 • Approved: 6/17/20 • Last Updated: 6/20/20 • R324781-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE Company E 96 Infantry
World War I
November 6, 1894, Milano, Milam County, Texas - March 11, 1965, Cameron, Milam County, Texas
Family Members
Parents
William Edward Shafer
1869–1943
Mary Elizabeth Ingham Shafer
1876–1929
Spouses
Cordelia Ophelia Porthenia Hux Shafer
1903–1943 (m. 1920)
Ruth Marie Capps Perkins
1925–1978
Siblings
Clara Mae Shafer Mowdy
1894–1947
Raymond Theodore Shafer
1901–1963
Irene Shafer Fuller
1909–1991
Floey Anne Shafer Markham
1913–1968
Mary Lou Shafer Halpain
1917–1969
Children
Wesley Lavern Shafer
1939–2017
James Edward Shafer
1948 – unknown
Photo courtesy of: Holly Bonorden Jentsch
Contributed on 6/12/20 by lynst.peters62
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