Charles W. SEARCH
Catharine SHAFFER
Husband:  Charles W. SEARCH
Birth:  ca. 16 Jan 1782, Morris Co., NJ
Death:  9 Dec 1841, Marion Co., OH
Disposition:  buried Old Cemetery, Marion, Marion Co., OH
Father:  William SEARCH (1736-1810)
Mother:  Mary McMASTERS (1735-    )
Marriage said to have been:  ca. 1805, Northumberland Co., PA
Wife:  Catharine SHAFFER
Birth:  ca. 16 Jan 1789, NJ — said to have been Northumberland Co., PA
Death:  25 Feb 1863, Marion Co., OH
Disposition:  buried Old Cemetery, Marion, Marion Co., OH
Children:
— born in PA:
  1.  William SEARCH, b. 6 Dec 1807 

— born in Ross Co., OH:
  2.  Elizabeth SEARCH, b. 1809
  3.  Mary SEARCH, b. 1810; m. 3 Jan 1833, Ross Co., OH, John GREAVES / GRAVES
  4.  Henry SEARCH, b. 13 Aug 1810
  5.  Sarah SEARCH, b. 1813
  6.  Martha SEARCH, b. 1814 
  7.  Margaret SEARCH, b. 1815
  8.  Harriet Jane SEARCH, b. 1816 
  9.  Francis A. SEARCH, b. 1818
10.  James M. SEARCH, b. 1820
11.  Jacob SEARCH, b. 8 Jun 1822, Chillicothe
12.  Catharine A. SEARCH, b. 30 Sep 1824, Chillicothe; m. 1 Mar 1846, Marion Co., OH, Abraham E. LUCAS
13.  Charles B. SEARCH, b. 1826, Chillicothe
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1810

3.  1820

4.  1830

5.  1840

6.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #45 of 55):  Marion Twp., Marion Co., OH, p. 88A/175, 317/315, enumerated 23 Jul 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Ammon Watkins 42 M   Farmer   Va
Jane     " 33 F       O
[Ammon & Jane's five children]
Catharine Search 60 F       NJ
Jacob        " 28 M   Farmer   O
Charles B    " 24 M   " 1200 O
Mary Graves  " 35 F       O
Hariet Stroub  9 M       O
Jane (SEARCH) WATKINS is Catharine's daughter.  Mary (SEARCH) GRAVES is Catharine's widowed daughter, who is fibbing about her age.  Harriet STROUB is Catharine's orphaned granddaughter (d/o Samuel STROUB & Martha SEARCH, who are apparently deceased).

7.  Paul J. Midlam & Barbara Midlam.  1985.  Marion County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions (online at Heritage Pursuit):
SEARCH, Charles d Dec 9 1841 Aged: 59y 3m 14d Marion Old Cemetery Marion [Twp.]
SEARCH, Catherine w/o Charles d Feb 25 1863 Aged: 54y 1m 9d Marion Old Cemetery Marion [Twp.]

8.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's JavaScript Birthday Calculator.
Name Deathdate Age at Death Result
Charles SEARCH  9 Dec 1841 14d 3m 59y 25 Aug 1772
Catherine SEARCH 25 Feb 1863  9d 1m 54y 16 Jan 1809
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)
The tombstone had to have been misread; she should have been 74 years old, not 54 (the month and day are correct).

9.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

10.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

11.  Email from Judy Peterson (10/05).

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