City: Haley
SHOFNER, Joseph T., farmer; born at Haley, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863; German descent; son of Albert J. and Eran (Landis) SHOFNER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Frederick and Julia (Coble) SHOFNER; maternal grandparents John and Polly (Loe) LANDIS; educated at National Normal University, Lebanon, O., and graduated from same, completing the commercial course, Jan. 19, 1888; after graduation taught school for a number of years, gave up teaching on account of ill health and spent two winters in Galveston, Texas; returned in Tenn., and engaged in farming, in which business he is now interested; also interested in banking; member of the County Board of Education of Bedford Co., Tenn., since 1908; married Annie May SLATER Oct. 24, 1894; member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
