Pittsford Lumber Co, Dispatch Lumber in E. Rochester N.Y. Built many homes and commercial buildings. Went to Washington Territory in 1886 to cut timber. Returned to marry the girl next door, Mary Wiltsie. They lived in Spokane until 1893 then returned to Pittsford, NY. Mary's mother Emily Hastings Wiltsie lived her final years in Mary's house at 19 N. Main St Pittsford. CHW,Jr. says: "As a small boy I remember being taken to visit my Great Grandmother who was very old, but a beautiful lady." (c1932) b,m,d. A.H.Davison Ms in the Iowa Historical & Genealogical Library. Des Moines, IA. This reference says she was b 28 oct 1833! Grand Master, Northfield Lodge #426 F&AM Capt 2nd Regt Washington Nat Guard Spokane WA.
Literally married the "boy next door". The Wiltsie and Wadhams houses stand at 19 & 23 North Main St. Pittsford, NY.
Pres. Moore Shafer Shoe manufacturing in Brockport with his cousin Wilson
Moore. Shafer Bib. Brockport NY Museum & Seymour Library. Dates from Sarah's
family bible and published obits preserved therein.
Second wife of M. A. Shafer given family bible which is in the possession
of C H Wadhams. Contains entries on family history in the Goodsell and related families. Met Manley while attending Normal School at Brockport, NY. Years later she was a trustee of Brockport State (SUNY). Dorm named after her at Brockport. She was a feisty, alert, lady until her death at age 97. God grant that we may emulate her long and interesting life.
Forced to give up his grocery store in Georgetown DC when he was suffering from TB, Schaaff refused to go to a sanitorium to recover. Instead he retired to his attic in north Washington, D.C. and began inventing mechanical equipment. He started with a small alternating current motor which was then used to furnish power for office equipment. He invented the electric typewriter, the electric card punch and reader, and licensed ten patents to what became IBM. He worked with Thomas J. Watson 1910 until his death in 1933. Correspondance shows negotiations and personal rapport. Schaaff was paid royalties for the balance of his life and Lillian's. The family thought that Lillian had little financial substance. At her death in 1958 she left each of her five children 660 shares of IBM stock. He had negotiated a license for $1 a machine, put into use, for three years if the machine was rented and 10% of the price if sold. No machines were sold! It was a 1910 deal!
A wonderfully Christian woman, her will simply stated: "I leave to each of my five children their faith in Almighty God and their love for one another. Pay my bills and share what's left with each other". It was in letter form and summarily probated by the Courts in the Dist. of Col.. When her mother died in 1880 Lillian took her sister Jinx with her while continuing her studies at Greensboro College. Virginia (Jinx) was known as the "Greensboro College Baby"
Called "Bompie" by his grandchildren, he was president of the Genesee
Valley Trust Co. which merged and became Marine Midland. Avid horseman in
Rochester.
Truly loved by all who knew her. She had a cottage at Manitou Beach on Lake Ontario all her life.