George Taylor Sheaffer Notes

George Taylor Sheaffer was born in Los Angeles in 1881, where the family had settled after moving from Pennsylvania (with a short stop in Kansas).He was the son of William Henry Sheaffer and Sarah Belle Henry. They moved to the Mendocino country of California while he was an infant. At age of 12 George went to work for a nearby dairy farmer, and shortly thereafter began a long career in logging, his first job being skidroad greaser for ox-team logging in the redwoods.

With the advent of steam donkeys in the logging industry in the late 1890's, his work changed and by 1900 he had become a "donkey puncher", an occupation he followed for over 40 years. About 1910 he travelled (by schooner) to the Grays Harbor area of Washington. Over the years he worked for Saginaw Timber Co., Union Timber Co., Polson Logging Co., and Mason County Logging Co. in Grays Harbor. In his later years he worked for Weyerhaeuser in the Longview area. George married Cora Sarah Langenbach Price in 1917 and his home was in Oakville until his death in 1973.