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