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	\|Additional Remarks: Enlisted the age of 18.<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> "Wounded in the Battle of [[Cold Harbor\|Cold Harbor]] June 3, 1863 and taken prisoner was paroled came home and re-enlisted in the 7th H Arty in the fall of 1863 Discharged May 1865 P.O. Bern Albany Co N.Y." <ref name="Town and City Registers"/> He was shot in the abdomen at the Battle of Petersburg but recovered and lived a long life.		\|Additional Remarks: Enlisted the age of 18.<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> "Wounded in the Battle of [[Cold Harbor\|Cold Harbor]] June 3, 1863 and taken prisoner was paroled came home and re-enlisted in the 7th H Arty in the fall of 1863 Discharged May 1865 P.O. Bern Albany Co N.Y." <ref name="Town and City Registers"/> He was shot in the abdomen at the Battle of Petersburg but recovered and lived a long life.

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==Birth==
Elias M. Shafer was born in March 1843<ref name="1900Census">1900 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> in Berne to [[John N. Shafer]] (B. Aug 6, 1809, D. unk) and his wife Margaret Cole (B. Aug 20, 1806, D. Feb 14, 1878).<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref> Elias was the youngest of six children.<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

==Marriage & Children== 
On January 26, 1868, Elias married [[Isabella Wilson]] (B. March 4, 1841, D. 1917), the daughter of [[Reuben Wilson]] and his wife Lany Ann.<ref name="Bernehistory"/><ref name="WilsonBible">Wilson Family Bible, Vedder Memorial Research Library, Green County, NY at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~green2/wilson_family_bible.htm</ref> They had two children:
*[[Edith L. Shafer]] (B. abt 1871, D. after 1930)<ref name="Bernehistory"/>
*[[Myron E. Shafer]] (B. Nov 28, 1879, D. May 26, 1955)<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

==Occupation==
Elias M. Shafer was a farmer who owned his own farm.<ref name="USCensus">US Censuses</ref><ref name="NYCensus">NY State Censuses</ref>



==Military Service==
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|Name:
|Elias Shafer
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|Residence at Enlistment:
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|Place of Birth:
|Berne, NY<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Date of Birth:
|31 March 1844<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Names of Parents:
|John N. (Shafer) and Margaret Cole<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Marital Status:
|Single<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Occupation:
|Farmer<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Bounty Received:
|$100.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Enlistment Date:
|25 Aug 1862
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Berne, New York
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
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|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|61st Infantry
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|Company:
|Company I
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|Wounded on:
|June 3, 1863
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|Wounded at:
|[[Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]], VA and taken prisoner
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|Paroled and returned to home:
|on or about September of 1863
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|Re-Enlisted on:
|28 Dec 1863<ref name="Carnival"> Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998</ref>
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|Re-Enlistment Place:
|Albany, New York <ref name="A-G Report">[[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]]</ref>
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private <ref name="A-G Report"/>
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|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|'''[[7th Regiment|7th Regiment]]''' NY Heavy Artillery<ref name="Carnival"/> <ref name="A-G Report"/>
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|Company:
|Company M <ref name="A-G Report"/>
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|Mustered Out Date:
|9 Jun 1865 versus died on 5 Aug 1864 at Andersonville<ref name="Carnival"/>
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|Mustered Out Place:
|Washington, DC <ref name="A-G Report"/>
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{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted the age of 18.<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> "Wounded in the Battle of [[Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]] June 3, 1863 and taken prisoner was paroled came home and re-enlisted in the 7th H Arty in the fall of 1863 Discharged May 1865 P.O. Bern Albany Co N.Y." <ref name="Town and City Registers"/> He was shot in the abdomen at the Battle of Petersburg but recovered and lived a long life.

Born in Berne, NY, Age 19, Farmer, Black eyes, Dark hair, Light complexion, 6' tall.<ref name="Muster Roll Abstracts"> NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, Ancestry.com Military databases</ref>
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|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers & U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; 1865 NY State census Berne, Albany Co., NY; Howell, George Rogers, [[History of the County of Albany]], NY from 1609-1886, W. W. Munsell & Co., 1886, page 817; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War; Keating, Robert, [[Carnival of Blood|Carnival of Blood]]: The Civil War Ordeal of the Seventh New York Heavy Artillery, Published by Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, Md 1998; Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York for the year 1898.

|}

==Life==
Elias was recorded in the 1865 NY State census as being still in the army by his parents.<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> After the war he returned to Berne where he married on January 26, 1868.<ref name="WilsonBible"/><ref name="Bernehistory"/>

Elias was a farmer in Berne. In 1880, his widowed father John Shafer was living with Elias and his young family.<ref name="1880Census">1880 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> Elias was recorded in the 1890 Veterans Census in Berne as Miner Shafer, reverting to the name with which he re-enlisted.<ref name="1890Census">1890 US Veterans Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> In the 1905, Elias was living on Country Road in Berne with his wife and son Myron.<ref name="1905Census">1905 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> A decade later, still in Berne while in his early 70s he was still working as a farmer.<ref name="1915Census">1915 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> His wife Isabella died in 1917. By 1925, he was living in Berne on Switzkill Street with his housekeeper Emma Southerland.<ref name="1925Census">1925 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref>

==Death==
Elias died on or about August 31, 1929 at 2608 Albany St., Schenectady at the home of his daughter Edith, second wife of Max Jacob Ritz.<ref name="Bernehistory"/> He was buried at [[Beaverdam Cemetery]] in Berne.<ref name="Bernehistory"/> Elias died on August 31, 1929 at Schenectady.<ref name="Civil War Pension Records"> Civil War Pension Records @ Fold3.com</ref>

==Obituary==
THE ENTERPRISE, ALTAMONT, NY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1929 <br>

''The funeral of Elias M. Shafer one of the oldest residents of the community was held from the Lutheran church on Tuesday afternoon of this week. Mr. Shafer has been in failing health for some time and the end came as a relief to his suffering. He has been with his daughter, Mrs. Reitz in Schenectady for some time. He was a staunch member of the Lutheran church and although unable to attend services recently, retained his interest in his church. He served in the Civil War and was the last of the veterans in this locality. Mrs. Shafer leaves one son, Rev. Myorn Shafer of Florida, and one daughter, Mrs. Reitz, of Schenectady and a host of friends to mourn the loss. Rev. Miller officiated and undertaker Hochstrasser was in charge. Burial was in [[Beaverdam Cemetery]].

==Additional Research Notes== 

The Slingerland Bulletin no date given however in about early February in about 1915:

''Berne: Mrs. George Culver of Schenectady, who has been spending a couple of weeks with her parents Mr. & Mrs. Elias M. Shafer, returned home on Wednesday.''<ref>The Slingerland Bulletin no date given however in about early February in about 1915, Berne column</ref>

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