 John David Shaver, son of Paul Shaver and Catherine Riffle.Born between 1797 and 1799 at Bourbon County, Kentucky, died 1871 at Green Creek, Roane County, West Virginia, buried at Vineyard farm near Poca River. Occupation: at Farmer and mill (grist or saw) operator; Married Feb 28, 1817 at Harrison County, West Virginia (18 years married) to:  Mary ParsonsBorn Jun 17, 1788 at Randolph County, West Virginia, died Aug 9, 1835 at Green Creek, Roane County, West Virginia, 47 years, buried at Shaver Farm now Henry Summers Cemetery, Walton, Virginia Some souces list her birth in 1805. Children: 1. Paul ShaverBorn 1818 at Harrison County, Virginia, died 1863 at Jackson County, 44 or 45 years 2. Susannah ShaverBorn ± 1820 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died 1906, approximately 86 years Alias: 3. Mary Catherine ShaverBorn Feb 18, 1822 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Jul 23, 1888, 66 years 4. John D. ShaverBorn Jul 2, 1823 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Aug 5, 1868 at Roane County, West Virginia, 45 years, buried at Shaver Cemetery, farm near head of Robinson Run, Roane County, Virginia Some sources list his death on March 6, 1906. 5. Henry S. ShaverBorn Jun 16, 1828 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Jun 11, 1892 at Jackson County, West Virginia, 63 years, buried at Shaffer Cemetery near Sherman, WV or Shaver's Knob, near Ravenswood, Jackso Some sources list his birth in January 1828. 6. Sarah Jane ShaverBorn Aug 1833 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died after 1878 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, at least 45 years, buried at Vineyard farm near Poca River, 3 mi N of Walton,Kanawha County, Virginia Some sources list her birth in 1834. 7. Henderson ShaverBorn Dec 1833 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died after 1894, at least 61 years, buried at Cart Cemetery, Wills Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia 8. Angnus ShaverBorn between 1817 and 1835 9. Sidney ShaverBorn 1824 at Green Creek, Roane County, West Virginia, died 1853 at Leatherwood, Kanawaha County, Virginia, 28 or 29 years Alias: Note: Only Lois Januszki (lois_januszki@@hotmail.com) lists Sidney as a daughter of John David Shaver and Mary Parsons. | |||
| 2nd marriage (divorced) John David Shaver, son of Paul Shaver and Catherine Riffle.Married May 5, 1836 at Ripley, Jackson County, Virginia Divorced Jul 1852 at Never finalized because Nancy had died (16 years married) from: Nancy TannerBorn between 1795 and 1820, died before Jan 15, 1856 at Jackson County, West Virginia According to Harvey E. Shaffer in his book, THE SHAVER/SHAFER AND DOUGHERTY/DAUGHERTY FAMILIES ALSO KISER, SNIDER AND COTTRELL, FERRELL, HIVELY AND LOWE FAMILIES. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1997 P. 160 & 161: "There can be no doubt that John did indeed marry Nancy soon after Mary's death and remained her legal husband for almost 20 years. During at least part, and probably nearly all, of that time he was living with Lydia Horner in Walton. When I first realized that, and recalled my parents' reluctance to talk about that part of my family history, I had very serious doubts about who my G-grandmother Shaver was. After all, my Grandpa Shaver was born in 1848, while his father was still married to Nancy. I also realized that the same question would be faced by several hundred other descendents of John's last 8 children. However, after reading Nancy's complaint many times and thinking about it for many hours, I am convinced that Nancy was not the mother of any of John's children. First, If we believe Nancy's claim that she never lieved with John except in Jackson County, it certainly rules her out as the mother of any of the 8 children who were raised in his household. Second, and perhaps more important, she didn't mention anything about children or alimonry in her complaint. Even though Nancy accused John of "cohabiting with various other women", she singled Lydia out as the one that he took into his house..." Children: 1. Malinda ShaverBorn Jun 1837 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Dec 16, 1890 at Roane County, West Virginia, 53 years, buried at Vineyard farm near Poca River, Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia Alias: 3. Edward ShaverBorn ± 1840 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died after 1850 4. Martha ShaverBorn Dec 21, 1842 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Mar 14, 1911 at Clover, Smithfield District, Virginia, 68 years, buried at Lewis Cemetery near Clover, Virginia Some sources list her birth in 1843. 5. Perry G. ShaverBorn Mar 21, 1844 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Jan 6, 1910 at Roane County, West Virginia, 65 years, buried 1910 at Claudius Kelly Cemetery, head of Johnson Creek Some sources list his birth in July 1844 or in 1846. 6. Frank ShaverBorn ± 1845 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia 7. Benjamin Franklin ShaverBorn May 1847 at Kanawha County, West Virginia 8. Samuel L. ShaverBorn Jan 8, 1848 at Walton, Roane County, Virginia, died Aug 20, 1913 at Walton, Big Creek, Roane County, West Virginia, 65 years, buried at Shaver-Beard Cemetery near Big Creek, Virginia Cause of Death: 9. Margaret Lydia ShaverBorn Aug 24, 1851 at Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, died Feb 11, 1940 at Elkview or Walton, Kanawha County, Virginia, 88 years, buried at Rayhill Cemetery, Elk District, Kanawha County, Virginia Alias: 10. Louisa ShaverBorn ± 1852 at Kanawha County, Virginia | |||
| 3rd marriage John David Shaver, son of Paul Shaver and Catherine Riffle.Married Jan 15, 1856 at Kanawha (now Roane) County, West Virginia (14 or 15 years married) to: Lydia Cottrell, daughter of William Cottrell and Rachel Hughes.Born between 1806 and 1808 at Harrison or Lewis County, West Virginia, died 1881, buried at Claudius Kelly Cemetery, head of Johnson Creek, Roane County, West Virginia, 1st marriage to: William Horner, 2nd marriage to: John David Shaver Alias: | |||