Bio of Henry C. SHUFELT (b.1831), Faribault Co., MN

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The following is an 1895 biography of Henry C. Shufelt

"Henry C. Shufelt, residing on a farm in section 18, Winnebago City
township, Faribault county, is one of the representative pioneers of
southern Minnesota.  Mr. Shufelt was born in Vermont, November 10, 1831,
son of George and Alvira (Glover) Shufelt, who were of Holland descent. 
About 1854 his parents left the Green Mountain State and took up their 
abode in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, where they passed the residue of 
their lives and died. 
Hency C. was reared on a farm in his native state and received his 
education in the common schools of the neighborhood in which he lived. 
After his marriage, which event occurred in 1852, he settled down on a 
farm in Vermont, and continued to reside there for two years. He then 
sought a home in the West. For six years he was engaged in farming in 
Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and at the end of that time came from there 
to Minnesota, first settling in Rice county, and two years later coming 
to Faribault county and locating upon the land he still owns and occupies. 
He secured title to this farm under the homestead act; and here for 
thirty-five years he has lived and prospered. He now has a beautiful 
home, shaded by trees of his own planting, his farm is well improved with 
good barns, fences, grove, etc., and an air of general thrift prevails.
August 28, 1852, at Enosburg, Vermont, Mr. Shufelt married Miss Alice 
Joynt, a native of county Limerick, Ireland. She came to America when 
twelve years of age, in company with an aunt, and afterward was joined by
her mother and sisters. For some years she lived with an uncle and aunt in
New Jersey, where she received a fair education. Mr. and Mrs. Shufelt 
have had five children, only one of whom, William Henry, is living. He was
married July 1, 1892, to Miss Delia Bartholomew, a native of Marquette
county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Dexter and Ellen (Jones) Bartholomew,
the former a native of Jefferson county, New York, and the latter of Wales.
Some years ago her parents settled in Blue Earth county, Minnesota, and
there, Novembver 26, 1893, her father died. Her mother is still a resident
of that county.
Politically, Mr. H. C. Shufelt has been a Republican since the organization
of that party. He has held the office of Supervisor in his township and has
also filled other local offices. December 14, 1863, he enlisted in Company 
H, Second Minnesota Cavalry, and served during the Indian troubles, being 
on duty until November 20, 1865, when he was discharged on account of 
disability. He is a member of James Clabaugh Post, No., 54, G. A. R.  
During the Indian troubles, while her husband was absent from home, Mrs. 
Shufelt and her nine-year-old son remained alone, and were here at the 
time the Root family were massacred by the Indians, seven miles north of 
her shanty. Many were the hardships and trials she endured in the early 
years of their residence on the frontier, but she proved herself equal
to every emergency. For the past fourteen years she has been an invalid, 
and the same courage and Christian fortitude that sustained her in early 
life now help her to bear up under affliction. She is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church."