Frank married Emma Caroline Guss about 1882 in Iowa, USA. Emma (daughter of Samuel Foose Guss and Mary Elizabeth Hill Hadley) was born on 27 Dec 1857 in Livingston, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Sep 1939 in La Harbra, Orange, California, USA; was buried in Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ed Guss Shaffer was born in 1883 in Corning, Iowa, USA.
2. Charles Birdwell Shaffer was born on 10 Mar 1883 in Iowa, USA; died on 19 Oct 1956 in Orange, California, USA; was buried in Melrose Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Orange, California, USA.
3. Elizabeth Guss Shaffer was born in 1887 in Corning, Adams, Iowa, USA.
4. William Ivern Shaffer was born on 24 Jul 1888 in Shelby, Iowa, USA; died in 1965; was buried in North Platte, Lincon, Nebraska, USA.
5. Mary Guss Shaffer was born on 6 Aug 1895 in Greeley Township, Shelby, Iowa, USA.