Milford Ray Schaffner, Esq.

1856 - 1922  (65 years)

• Name	Milford Ray Schaffner
  	— Attorney Father: Jacob Shaffner Mother: Maria Metz [8, 10]
  Birth	5 Oct 1856	Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [3, 6, 10]
  Census	1860 (3 years)	Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [1]
  In the 1860 US Census, he was recorded as age 5, living in Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania with his parents.
  History	12 Apr 1861 (4 years)	Civil War Begins
  Census	1880 (23 years)	Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [2]
  In the 1880 US Census, he was recorded as age 22, living in Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania with his widowed mother.
  Organization	1881 (24 years)  [8]
  In 1881, he was admitted to the bar.
  Census	1900 (43 years)	McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [3]
  In the 1900 US Census, he was recorded as age 43, living in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. He was an attorney.
  Census	1910 (53 years)	McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [4]
  In the 1910 US Census, he was recorded as age 63, living on Second Street, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. He was a widower, and an attorney.
  Second Marriage	24 Jun 1914 (57 years)	Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [8, 9]
  He married second on 24 June 1914 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Annie B. Frey, the daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Artz) Frey. .She was born about 1866 om Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She died 7 March 1931 om McConnelsburg, Pennsylvania.
  	Marriage Record of Annie Frey and Milford Shaffner
  Census	1920 (63 years)	McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [5]
  In the 1920 US Census, he was recorded as age 63, living on Second Street, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania with his second wife, Annie. He was an attorney.
  Death	6 Jul 1922	McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.   [6, 8, 10]
  Age: 65
  Agency: at home
  Cause: angina pectoris
  Burial	9 Jul 1922	Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania   [6, 8, 10]
  He is buried in Section 8; Plot 92. [6]
  Obituary	13 Jul 1922 (65 years)  [8]
  WELL KNOWN ATTORNEY DEAD Milton Ray Shaffner, for thirtyeight years a practicing attorney before the courts of Fulton County died at his home in McConnellsburg about' 6 o'clock Thursday morning July 6, 1922, at the age of 65 years, 9 months and 1 day. Mr Shaffner was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shaffner, deceased, and was born in Big Valley, Huntingdon County. He read law in the office of J. M. Bailey in Huntingdon and 1881 was admitted to the bar. Dureyeing the first year of his practice he was retained as counsel in a case which required that he go to England which he did in 1882 and also in 1883. In 1884 he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Oaks and in that year Mr. and Mrs. Shaffner took up their residence in McConnellsburg where Mr. Shaffner opened an office for the practice of law, writing insurance and specially interesting himself in the securing of pensions Tor veterans of the Civil War and widows of the veterans of that war, " in the discharge of which duty he was very successful. Through close application to business and because of a natural faculty for the acquisition of money he became quite wealthy. In 1903 Mrs. Shaffner died and in 1914 he was again united in marriage, this time Miss Annie B. Frey of McConnellsburg being his bride, who survives, together with one sister and two brothers--J. M. Shaffner of Hammontown, Pa., Mrs. Harriet Rakerd of Norristown, Pa., and Mrs. Anna Logan of Huntingdon, Pa. No children were born to either union Mr. Shaffner was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and for a number of years was very active in Sunday School work having served as president of the Fulton County Sunday School Association for a number of terms. In the home he was kind and considerate, in social intercourse with his fellow men he was courteous and affable, and took a philosophical view of life and its duties. Mr. Shaffner was a 32 degree Mason, being a member of A. F. and A. M. of Huntingdon, Huntingdon Commandery No. 65 Knights Templar, Harrisburg Consistory A. A. S. R. of Harrisburg and Zembo Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. The funeral obsequies were conducted by the Masonic fraternity at 2 p. m. Sunday, the 9th inst. the remains being placed in the Shaffner vault in the Huntingdon Cemetery. A brief service was held in the home prior to starting to the place of interment, conducted by Rev. William J. Lowe. Published by The Fulton Democrat, 13 July 1922
  Person ID, Branch	I25943
  Last Modified	24 May 2026

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Margaret Oakes,   b. 12 Apr 1850, Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d. 28 Jun 1903, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1885  [3, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	He : 28 years and 7 months - She : 35 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F9529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2026

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 5 Oct 1856 - Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1860 - Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1880 - Brady Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1900 - McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1910 - McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Second Marriage - 24 Jun 1914 - Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Census - 1920 - McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Death - 6 Jul 1922 - McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Burial - 9 Jul 1922 - Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S191] Bureau of the Census, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Brady, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1115; Page: 67; Family History Library Film: 805115. [S189] Bureau of the Census, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Brady, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1134; Page: 180b; Enumeration District: 193. [S137] Bureau of the Census, 1900 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1412; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0072. [S186] Bureau of the Census, 1910 U.S. Federal Census , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 20), Year: 1910; Census Place: McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1348; Page: 6a; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1375361. [S26] Bureau of the Census, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1920; Census Place: McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1572; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 55. [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 13384344 Milford Ray Shaffner . [S2513] Obituary of Maggie Shaffner, (McConnellsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Fulton County News, 1 July 1903, page 1). [S2514] Obituary of Milton Ray Schaffner, (McConnellsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Fulton Democrat, 13 July 1922, page 1). [S695] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Marriage Record of Annie Frey and Milford Shaffner. [S121] Pennsylvania’s Department of Health, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1973, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Certificate of Death for Milford Ray Shaffner.