H. T. Scofield

SCOFIELD, BONHAM, SHIRES

Posted By: Peggy Elliott Webster (email)
Date: 2/16/2014 at 19:44:22

H. T. Scofield, who lives on section 8, and is one of the representatives of men of Grand River township, was born near Cleveland, Ohio, November 21, 1842, being the son of B.B. and Sarah A. (Bonham) Scofield. When H. T. Scofield was ten years of age his parents moved to Henry county, Illinois, where he resided on a farm, and received a common-school education, August 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 112th Illinois infantry, the company being commanded by T. J. Henderson, ex-United States senator. He took part in a number of important engagements, among which we will mention Knoxville, Atlanta and Franklin, and was discharged in July 1865. After his discharge he returned to Henry county, Illinois, where he remained three years, and in 1869 come to his present location, which was at that time wild land. His farm contains one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land, upon which he has a nice comfortable residence and other improvements, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Scofield was married in February, 1869, in Henry county, Illinois and has six children—Jennie M., Marion E., Marion E., Clara Dell, Minnie, James Bert and Fanny. He is a members of Myers' Post, G. A. R. of Greenfield, a member of the school board, and in politics is a greenbacker.