EDWIN SHAFFER

SHAFFER, GIBBS

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Date: 5/19/2005 at 20:29:31

SHAFFER, Edwin, proprietor of the City Meat Market; Clermont; born in Dane County, Wisconsin, in 1845; moved to Mitchell Co., Iowa, in the Spring of 1872; to Spirit Lake in 1873; to Castalia in 1874, and to Clermont in 1875. He was married in 1876 to Miss Jennie Gibbs, from New York; they have one child - Arena L., born Feb. 3, 1878. Mr. S. enlisted in 8th Iowa Vol. Regt. in 1861; he was wounded in the battle of Corinth in May, 1862; mustered out in 1862; re-enlisted in the 3d Wis. Regt., in December, 1862; mustered out in the Fall of 1864.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Clermont Twp.
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