Old Bayview Cemetery

West Broadway Street | Waco Street | Ramirez Street | Padre Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

Mary E. Shaeffer

Mary E. Shaeffer
wife of
F.W. Shaeffer
Born March 20th, 1829
Died February 5th, 1875
Preserve me oh God for in
Thee do I put my trust"

Mary E. Shaeffer Headstone

Mary E. Shaeffer Headstone

Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales


Obituary

Died—In the city of Corpus Christi at 1 o'clock AM, Friday, February 5, 1875, after a short but most severe and painful illness, Mrs. Mary E. Shaeffer, a native of Augusta, Georgia, born March 20, 1829; wife of Frank W. Shaeffer, of Nueces County. San Antonio papers please copy.

Corpus Christi Weekly Gazette, 6 February 1875, page 3, col. 3. Documents indicate that Frank and Mary married in New York after Frank's adventures in California. MAH

Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell