William Schaffer was born in 1913 to Christopher and Katharina Schaffer. He married at Jamestown in 1935, Beatrice Brady, daughter of the Thomas Bradys, who was born in 1917 in Jamestown.
The family lived in Glacier Township, Wells County, on a farm. Mr. Schaffer served on both township and school boards. After Mr. Schaffer's death in 1981, Mrs. Schaffer moved into Carrington.
They had five children: Marvin, Audrey, Ronald, Kenneth and Mary Kay.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 37B