{"id":3310,"date":"2022-01-10T17:25:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:25:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:25:09","slug":"shoffner-daniel-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/shoffner-daniel-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoffner, Daniel P."},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel P. Shoffner<\/strong>, a very prominent manufacturer and saw-mill owner of
\nLauderdale County, was born in Carroll County, Tenn., January 25, 1839. His
\nparents were Joel and Matilda Shoffner; the father was born in North Carolina,
\nand was one of the pioneers of West Tennessee. He married in Carroll County,
\nwhere he lived until 1840, then moved to Bedford County, where he died in
\n1862. The mother was also a native of North Carolina, and is still living,
\nwith her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Woosley, of Obion County. Our subject is the
\nfifth of ten children — seven sons and three daughters; he was raised on a
\nfarm, and while his educational advantages were limited, he has, by his energy
\nand close application to business, brought himself to the front as one of the
\nself-made, practical business men of the county. When quite young he began
\nsteam saw-milling, and has since continued it; his father was one of the
\npioneers in the business in West Tennessee. Mr. Shoffner moved from Bedford
\nCounty to West Tennessee, and settled in Union City, where he has been one of
\nthe founders of most of the manufacturing interests of the place. Mr.
\nShoffner went into the Confederate Army and was sergeant-major of the
\nSeventeenth Tennessee Infantry, and was acting adjutant and major during
\nBragg’s raid through Kentucky, and was at the battles of Fishing Creek, Ky.,
\nWild Cat, back of Cumberland Gap, Murfreesboro, and Perryville; he was wounded
\ntwice at Murfreesboro, and was captured at Chattanooga, and held as a
\nprisoner, then paroled after three years, hard service. Mr. Shoffner was
\nmarried in Bedford County, December 28, 1865, to Miss Mary B. Howard, a
\ndaughter of Maj. Howard of Lincoln County, Tenn.; she was born in that county,
\nMay 23, 1842. Florence M. and Lotta D. were the two children born to this
\nmarriage. Our subject is neutral in politics; he is a member of the F. & A.
\nM., of the K. of P., and the K. of H., and was president of the C. B. A., two
\nyears. Himself and family belong to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His
\nhome is at Union City, but his milling and lumber interests are at Hall’s
\nStation on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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