Frank Newton Shaffer
The life span of Frank N. Shaffer covered but thirty-five years, yet within that time he attained an enviable reputation at the bar and developed a character of upright manhood that endeared him to all with whom he was associated and made his death one deeply regretted throughout the entire community as well as in his own household. Mr. Shaffer was bom in Xenia, on the 3d of September, 1865, and was a son of the Rev. J. F. Shaffer. He was reared amid the refining influences of a good Christian home and his boyhood's training left its impress upon his life. He acquired his literary education in the public schools of Xenia and Wittenberg College, of Springfield, Ohio, in which he was graduated on the completion of the regular course with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For one year thereafter he engaged in teaching school in Missouri, but with a desire to become a member of the legal profession he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and after completing his studies there was admitted to the bar of Ohio in June, 1888, upon passing a successful examination. He located for practice in Xenia, and here in his native city Mr. Shaffer soon won a good clientage. He possessed strong mentality, keen analytical power, was logical in argument, forceful in his presentation of a case and won a position of distinction at the bar.
On the 25th of September, 1888. Mr. Shaffer was united in marriage to Miss Rosa D. Daugherty, a daughter of James H. and Cynthia (Compton) Daugherty. They became the parents of one daughter, Louisa B., a bright little girl, whose birth occurred January 5, 1895. It was on the 17th of September, 1900, that Mr. Shaffer was called to his final rest and the community mourned the loss of one of its valued and representative men. He was popular in social circles because of his unfailing courtesy, his deference to the opinions of others and his deep and never failing interest in his fellow man. He was always found on the side of progress and improvement and was a member of the Presbyterian church, in which lie served as deacon. Faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation, he will long be remembered by those who knew him as a man of genuine worth, deserving of the highest regard.
From History of Greene County, Ohio, by George F. Robinson (S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1902)