Cyrus Egelman Hafer

M, (20 January 1862 - 9 July 1922)
     Cyrus Egelman Hafer was born on 20 January 1862 at Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of Henry Hafer and Juliana Maria Egelman. Cyrus Egelman Hafer married, at age 22, Jemima Paulhamus, age 26, daughter of John M. Paulhamus and Melinda Corbett, on Wednesday, 19 November 1884 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Cyrus Egelman Hafer died on 9 July 1922 at Linden, Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 60 years, 5 months and 19 days.2,3 He was buried on 12 July 1922 in the Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, located in Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
     He was a farmer in 1900.

Children of Cyrus Egelman Hafer and Jemima Paulhamus

  • Amelia Emma Hafer (18 Aug 1885 - 7 Jun 1888)
  • Frederick Henry Hafer (6 Apr 1888 - 10 Oct 1974)
  • Walter Henry Hafer+ (20 Jul 1889 - 10 Jul 1964)
  • Hiram Westley Hafer (3 Jul 1890 - 13 Dec 1970)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Hafer (24 Mar 1893 - 19 Nov 1898)
  • Katie Nora Hafer (6 May 1894 - 1 Jun 1894)
  • Franklin Irvin Hafer (5 Dec 1895 - 10 Jan 1978)
  • Elmer Earl Hafer (28 Jun 1897 - 28 Aug 1897)
  • Harry Clifton Hafer (14 Dec 1898 - 21 Apr 1972)
Last Edited=18 May 2009

Citations

  1. [S174] Cyrus E. and Mina Hafer tombstone, Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, 3240 Grimesville Road, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; photographed by Kevin L. Sholder, in March 2002. The tombstone marker was made of dark granite and in good shape. It shows the name Hafer, then Cyrus E. 1865 - 1922 and Mina his wife 1857 - 1929. The year on the cemetery tombstone conflicts with the established birth year of 1862.
  2. [S4] Genealogical Records Committee Fort Antes Chapter D.A.R., Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Inscriptions (Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1961), p. 79.
  3. [S174] Cyrus E. and Mina Hafer tombstone, Buchanan Baptist Church Cemetery, 3240 Grimesville Road, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.