Notes for: Andrew Shaver

Susan and Andrew supposedly came to Muhlenberg County about the year 1820

From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1466680&id=I1986:

Andrew was a successful farmer and did much toward encouraging others to settle in the "Dutch Settlement." His career, unfortunately, was a short one. One day, two strangers passing through the country came to Andrew Shaver's home and asked for supper and lodging. The were admitted for in the olden days strangers were welcomed into the homes of the pioneers - if not for any other reason than for the news they might bring from the outside world. Although the wanderers complained of being ill, they nevertheless gladly told the news they had heard along the road. The next morning it was discovered to the surprise of all that one of the men had smallpox. His companion nursed him through the siege, and although every precaution was taken to prevent the disease from spreading, Andrew contracted smallpox and died.