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JOB M. SHAFER, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 27; P. O. Versailles; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Sept. 4, 1830; his father, John Shafer, was born in the same county, July 17, 1802, and married Dorothy Mann Feb. 24, 1824, of the same county; she was born Feb. 20, 1804; his father, Sickfrit Shafer, was born in Virginia, and married Mary Hess; Mrs. John Shafer’s father, Jacob Mann, was born July 27, 1763, and married Dorothy Hill June 13, 1786; she was born May 2, 1761; Mr. Jacob Mann died Nov. 5, 1830; Dorothy, his wife, died Aug. 6, 1845; John Shafer moved to Darke Co. in 1837; they had five children, viz.: Anna, born April 30, 1826, married Alexander B. Brandon; Mary, born June 9, 1828, died June 20, following; Job M., the subject of this sketch; Margaret, born Oct. 7, 1833; died Sept. 5, 1841, of the milk sickness, and Jacob, born Dec. 10, 1835, died Dec. 11, 1845. John, the father, resides where he first settled in Richland Township; his wife died April 11, 1875. Job M., the subject of this sketch, has always followed farming on the old homestead, where he now resides; he was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1856, and served three years, and has been Township Trustee. He married Elizabeth Brandon March 20, 1851; she is the daughter of James R. Brandon, and was born in Darke Co. (see Alexander B. Brandon’s biography in this work) Oct. 10, 1831; they have six children, viz.: Dennis, born Dec. 24, 1851; Margaret A, born March 11, 1855, married Cyrus White; John C., born May 13, 1858; Allen W., born March 30, 1862; Mary, born March 24, 1866, and Bertha, born Jan. 31, 1872. He owns 263 acres of land and a good home.