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Arthur W. Shaver
1894 - 1940 (45 years)
Generation: 1
1. Arthur W. Shaver was born on 21 Jun 1894 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York; died on 4 May 1940 in Bath, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Wayland Village Cemetery, Wayland, Steuben County, New York. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: Abt 1917; World War I (US)
Notes:
Mr. Arthur Shaver was a lifelong resident of Wayland, a member of the First Evangelical Church and the I.O.O.F. He died in the Veterans’ Hospital in Bath in May 1940. His wife, the former Grace Totten survived him. Mr. Shaver had served in France during World War I, and was active in Wayland’s Theodore R. Van Tassell American Legion Post, whose members formed an escort of honor for his funeral procession. The W.H. Gunlocke Chair Co., his employer, closed its plant for the afternoon of his funeral so that fellow workers could attend. Burial was in the Village Cemetery.
(Wayland Register May 9, 1940)