G. Stonebreaker

STONEBREAKER, BRISTOL, UPSON

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/24/2004 at 22:26:18

G. Stonebreaker was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, October 25th, 1840. Here he remained until fifteen years of age and received a good common school education. In 1855 he moved with his parents, Peter and Julette (Reed) Stonebreaker, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he remained until he entered the army. He enlisted in Company K, First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, in 1863 and served as a non-commissioned officer until honorably discharged at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the close of the Rebellion.
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Upon his return to Kenosha, he engaged in stock buying, which business he followed until 1874, when he came to Shell Rock, Iowa, and opened a drug store. He was appointed postmaster of Shell Rock, December 25, 1875, and fills that position at the present time, besides doing a good business as a druggist.
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He was married in October, 1861, to Miss Addie Bristol, who died in 1863. He again united himself in marriage to Miss Lucy M. Upson, in August, 1866. They have had three children, two of whom are now living – Ellen A. and Grace Edna.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 716 - 717