Edith Hannah Neuschaeffer was the 15 year-old daughter (in the 1900 Federal Census) of Otto Theodore and Nancy Elizabeth Dale Neuschafer. A great example of the American Melting pot, Otto and Lizzie were both born in Missouri, but Otto’s parents were born in Germany and Lizzie’s father was born in England and her mother was born in Missouri.

On April 29, 1908, Edith married Fredrick Godfrey Schaffner. On January 30, 1909, Eunice Alveldia Schaffner was born. She went on to marry Anthony Martin Bonderer of the Bonderer family mentioned in Jesse’s diary. On March 16, 1912, Glenn Bennett Schnaffer was born, and he married Georgia Maxine Williams.