Shulmire, Daniel

SHULMIRE

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Date: 7/2/2021 at 20:46:10

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.869

DANIEL SHULMIRE
Daniel Shulmire, who is one of the leading farmers of Richland Township and an honored veteran of the Civil War, came to Iowa in 1852 and the follow­ing year located in Warren County, with whose development and upbuilding he has since been identified. His early home was on the other side of the At­lantic, for he was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, on the 7th of March 1843, a son of David Shulmire. He was only an infant when his mother died and at the ageof seven years he accompanied his father on his emigration to America in 1850, locating at Ligonier, Indiana, where the latter died soon afterward.
Thus Daniel Shulmire was left an orphan at an early age and he was reared by strangers. He came to Iowa with his brother-in-law in 1852, and after spending a year in Muscatine County removed to Warren County, where he grew to manhood, in the meantime earning his own livelihood by working on a farm by the month.
Loyal to the interests of his adopted country, Mr. Shulmire enlisted in August, 1861, as a member of Company G, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee, and his first engagement was at Charleston, Missouri. Later he was in the battles of New Madrid, Jackson, Black River; the siege of Vicksburg and of Corinth; the battles of Iuka, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge; the Atlanta campaign; the engagement at Jonesboro; and Sherman's march to the sea. The army then proceeded northward, passing through Raleigh, Petersburg and Richmond to Washington, D. C., where it participated in the grand review. Mr. Shul­mire then went with his command to Louisville, Kentucky, and on to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was mustered out, being honorably discharged at Davenport in August, 1865. He received a gunshot wound in the left hand at Vicksburg and was in the hospital at St. Louisville for one month. While in Alabama his term of enlistment expired and after veteranizing he returned home on a thirty day furlough.
For several years after the war Mr. Shulmire engaged in farming on rented land in Richland Township and then purchased a farm of one hun­dred acres, which he operated a number of years, but finally sold that place in 1901 and bought the farm where he now resides. He has made many useful and valuable improvements upon the place, which consists of ninety-four acres, but since 1905 he has rented the land and is now practically living-retired, en­joying a well earned rest.
Mr. Shulmire was married in Hartford, in September, 1867, to Miss Sallie Tidball, who was born and reared in Ohio, and they became the parents of five children who are still living, namely: Martha Alice, the wife of William Nichols, of Hartford; Elizabeth J., the wife of Joshua Carrens, of Colorado; John H., a resident of California; Lettie, a teacher of Colorado, and Lena B., at home. They also lost three children in infancy. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Shulmire was again married in 1884, his second union being with Lizzie Vernon, a native of Ohio.
The Republican Party finds in Mr. Shulmire a staunch supporter of its principles, and he has served as road supervisor and also on the school board for fifteen years. He is a Master Mason, belonging to the blue lodge at Hart­ford, and is also an honored member of Hartford Post, G. A. R., where he enjoys meeting with his old army comrades. His wife is a member of the Christian Church and both are held in high regard by all who know them.