This may not be the BEAVER family you are searching for, Valerie, but I have
a George W. Beaver who married Mary Anne ANDERSON in Rushville, Rush Co IN,
in 1862. They are listed on the 1870 census in Wayne twp in Henry Co, living
in or near Knightstown near the border of Hancock Co & Henry Co. Maryanne
Anderson's sister, Jane Elizabeth Anderson married Robert ENRIGHT in
Rushville in 1864 & then moved to a farm near Wilkinson in Hancock Co. The
Anderson & Enright families were both from Ireland.
In a message dated 6/27/01 1:46:59 PM, ValerieAuld(a)aol.com writes:
<< Searching for descendants of the following people who were in Hancock Co.
Vernon Twp. in the 1870 census:
1. George BEAVER b. abt 1815 and wife Esther
with children Eli, Eliza, Mary, Hannah, Stephen,
and Robert. Also living with them was
2. William A. SHAFFER age 2
Living 2 houses away was
3. Elizabeth SHAFFER widow b. about 1814
and her children Andrew b. 1838, Mary b. 1847,
Adolphus b. 1849, Charles b. 1857 and
Peter b. 1840
Little William A. SHAFFER listed above is probably grandson of the above
Elizabeth.
Believe Elizabeth also had children named Pleasant and Rebecca who were older
than Andrew. At least some of them ended up in Caldwell County Missouri over
the next 10-20 years.
These families were somehow related to WARDEN and REAGAN (probably WILLIAM
REAGAN--who probably married Rebecca Shaffer listed above.)
Any match???
Valerie in Kansas >>