Sarah Melissa Shaeffer
Sarah Melissa Shaeffer (Clark) was born on July 28, 1861, in Fairfield County, Ohio, to Emanuel and Lucy Clark. She was raised, however, by Gilbert and Mary Shaeffer, and she took their last name. She married Jethro Ayers Hatch on May 26, 1881, and they had at least two children: Darwin, born around 1883; and Hazel, born around 1886. They lived in Kentland, Indiana, and her husband worked as a doctor. They moved to Victoria, Texas, around 1907, and her husband died there on August 3, 1912. She returned to Kentland in the 1910s. She applied for a widow’s pension in August 1912 and eventually secured one. She died of “coronary thrombosis” in Knox, Indiana, on December 9, 1947.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2227) | Shaeffer, Sarah Melissa ~ Clark, Sarah Melissa ~ Hatch, Sarah Melissa | 1861-07-28 | 1947-12-09 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 4
- (6661) [recipient] ~ Darwin S. Hatch to Sarah M. Shaeffer, 11 January 1903
- (6663) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Sarah M. Shaeffer, 26 May 1901
- (6664) [recipient] ~ Frances S. Knight to Sarah M. Shaeffer, 9 July 1897
- (6665) [recipient] ~ George W. Boerstler Jr. to Jethro A. Hatch to Sarah M. Shaeffer, 22 February 1883
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Death Certificates, 1903-1982, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com.
