Marie A Shafer

Marie A was born in May 1882 in Illinois.  Marie A's father was Peter H Shafer and her mother was Annie E (Anna) Middleham.  Her maternal grandparents were William H Middleham and Lucy Jane Marshall. She had five brothers and four sisters, named William J, Henry F, Robert S, George W, Emerson C, Nealie, Nellie, Alice, Myrtle M and Ethel L.  She was the fifth oldest of the ten children.