Searching for Daniel Shaver, Jr. born 1813 in Augusta County, Va died after 1863 in Rockingham, Va

LoriCelozzi

I know Daniel Jr.'s parents were Daniel and Catherine (Michael) Sheffer. Daniel was married to Mariah Losh. Their children were Mary, Eliza, Joseph, James, Sara, Francis, and Eli. They were living in Rockingham, Va in 1860. Daniel last shows up on the tax records in 1863. Mariah and her children move back with her father, Daniel Losh. By 1880 Mariah and her children live in Lewis, West Virginia. Sara died, and Mary and James are missing from records. I'm trying to find out how and when Daniel Jr. died.

Thanks, Lori Celozzi

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