Minnie Galena Shaffer was born on October 20, 1876 in Kanawha County, WV to Eliza Virginia (Martin) Shaver, and had siblings Thomas Stanton Shaffer, Lafayette Shaver, Josephine Shaffer, William B. Shaffer, Rosilla Catherine Shaffer, Virginia Elizabeth Shaffer, Marcus Lafayette Shaffer, Andrew Johnson Shaffer, Nancy Alice Shaffer, Dioclesian Martin Shaffer, Cynthia Florence Shaffer, and James Hayes Shaffer. Minnie Shaffer died at age 42 years old on December 30, 1918 at Blue Creek in Kanawha County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Minnie Galena Shaffer.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...