General Notes

According to Harvey E. Shaffer in his book, THE SHAVER/SHAFER AND 
DOUGHERTY/DAUGHERTY FAMILIES ALSO KISER, SNIDER AND COTTRELL, FERRELL,
HIVELY AND LOWE FAMILIES. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1997 P. 160 &
161: "There can be no doubt that John did indeed marry Nancy soon after
Mary's death and remained her legal husband for almost 20 years.  During
at least part, and probably nearly all, of that time he was living with
Lydia Horner in Walton. When I first realized that, and recalled my
parents' reluctance to talk about that part of my family history, I had
very serious doubts about who my G-grandmother Shaver was.  After all, my
Grandpa Shaver was born in 1848, while his father was still married to
Nancy.  I also realized that the same question would be faced by several
hundred other descendents of John's last 8 children.  However, after
reading Nancy's complaint many times and thinking about it for many
hours, I am convinced that Nancy was not the mother of any of John's
children. First, If we believe Nancy's claim that she never lieved with
John except in Jackson County, it certainly rules her out as the mother
of any of the 8 children who were raised in his household. Second, and
perhaps more important, she didn't mention anything about children or
alimonry in her complaint.  Even though Nancy accused John of "cohabiting
with various other women", she singled Lydia out as the one that he took
into his house..."