Biographical Sketch of Charles R. Shawhan, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Charles R. Shawhan, P. O. Bates City, Missouri, was born in 1829, in
Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he was raised and educated, and where
he resided until 1865, when he came to Missouri and settled in Jackson
county.  He farmed in Jackson until 1871, and then purchased the farm
of 260 acres in this county, upon which he has since resided.  In 1862
he enlisted under Gen. Morgan, in the C. S. A.  He was wounded near
Burksville, and was at the battle of Hartville, Tennessee, and was 
with Morgan in his raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.  Dischar-
ged in June, 1863, on account of wound.  He has lost three wives.  He
married his present wife, Miss Lucy Ann Williams, of Jackson County,
Missouri, February 9, 1869, by whom he has one child living, Julia F.;
is a member of the Christian Church.

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