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• Birth	7 Dec 1775	Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  BIRT	1777
  Died	1841	Morgan Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio
  Buried	1841	Morgan Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio
  Person ID	I107125	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Matthias SHANOR, b. 1735, Strassburg, Alsace, Germany-Lorraine, France
  Mother	Sophronia Fanny POE, b. 1739, Frederick Co., Maryland
  Family ID	F45290	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Margaret JOHNSON, b. 1782
  Married	6 Feb 1810	Muskingum, Ohio
  Children	> 1. Matthias SHANER, b. 1811 > 2. James Johnson SHANER, b. 1812, Muskingum, Ohio   3. Rebecca SHANER, b. 1815, , Muskingum, Ohio > 4. Henry SHANER, Jr, b. 8 May 1817, Muskingum Co., Ohio   5. Sophronia SHANER, b. 1818, Muskingum, Ohio
  Family ID	F45342	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Margaret EVANS, b. 1797
  Married	23 Jun 1825	Muskingum Co., Ohio
  Children	> 1. Adam Shelby SHANER, b. 1827, Harrison Twp., Perry Co., Ohio > 2. Joshua H. SHANER, b. 26 Mar 1829, Harrison Twp., Perry Co., Ohio   3. Harriet D. SHANER, b. 2 Jan 1832, Perry Co., Ohio > 4. Eli G. SHANER, b. 6 Apr 1834, Morgan Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio > 5. Ruth Elizabeth SHANER, b. 27 Jun 1840, Morgan Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio
  Family ID	F45345	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Henry was listed as being a resident of Clayton Township, Perry County, when it was formed 26 Dec 1817, from Muskingum, Washington and Fairfied Counties. Taken from "The History of Muskingum County", published 1880. BIOGRAPHY: In would seem in researching the Shaner Family that Henry and Adam his brother, left Southwestern PA., about the same time or together. The main travel routes were the rivers but there were also some overland trails to follow. Their way to Muskingum County, Ohio, could have been down the Ohio river and up the Muskingum to a point known as Duncan's Fall in Muskingum County, which was established on 7 Jan 1804, from Fairfiled and Washington Counties. BIOGRAPHY: Henry was listed as being a resident of Clayton Township, Perry County, when it was formed 26 Dec 1817, from Muskingum, Washington and Fairfield Counties. Taken from "The History of Fairfield and Perry Counties", published 1880. There is a record that shows that Henry & Margaret (Evans) Shaner, along with Frederick & Harriet Groves, Jonas & Mary Groves, Isaac & Julian Gardner and George & Hannah Mains sold their land 80 acres in all, on 28 Sep 1830. The land was the west half-NW Quarter, Sec. 1, Range 15, Twp. 15, being in Pike Township in Pike Township of Perry County, Ohio. Land was bought by Henry Shaner on 2 Dec 1834 and it listed his residence as Athens County. The land consisted of 80 acres, the west half of the S.E. Quarter oand 40 acres, the S.E. Quarter of the S.E. Quarter in Section 32, Range 14, Township 12. This land was in Monroe Township of Perry County, Oho. Evidently he sold this and moved to Morgan Township, Gallia County, Ohio where his is listed in the 1840 Ohio Census. EMAIL FROM MERLIN EUGENE SHANER TO RANDY LEE EVERETTE, 30 JAN 2000 Adam and Henry migrated to Muskingum Co., OH (near Zanesville). Then Adam and Deborah moved to Athens Co., OH. Later the county changed name to Morgan Co., OH. Merlin Eugene Shaner's family is from this area. Audrey, Laurence, Rose, Betty, and Mark live within 5 miles of where they were born and that is within 2 miles of where Adam and Deborah resided, near Bishopville, OH. EMAIL EXCERPT FROM 22 FEB 2000 "...Henry Shaner setteled in Perry County which is near Zanesville. He then migrated to Gallia County of Ohio." Email from Faith Shaffer to Randy Everette, dtd 26 July 1998: Faith claims the following tree belongs to this Henry, but the wife's name and daughter Sarah don't match up: Henry marries Mary Magdalene Sterner (b. 1761) and has Sarah Salome Shaner (1813-1877). Sarah marries Charles P. Shaffer (1801-1876) and has Richard Lee Shaffer (1853-?). Richard marries Zuleka Gardner (b. abt 1857) and has Robert Emerson Shaffer (1883-1965). Robert marries Rose Elizabeth martin (1886-1977) and has Robert Lee Shaffer (1910-1969) who marries Florence Feller (1910-1994). Faith must be a child of Robert Lee S. and Florence F.