History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              1144 HISTORY OF AYINNEBAGO COUNTY.
of the family still living, with whom our subject maintains a correspondence.
Our subject's parents left the colony in Canada in 1824 and removed to Yermont, settling at Franklin, and in 1854 the fam¬ ily removed to AVisconsin and located on the farm now owned by Air. AI. P. Broderick, in Section 25, Poygan township. The father spent his life here and died at the age of seventy-two
years, on January  , 1868.    The mother died in 1871, aged
sixty-five years. They Avere thrifty and enterprising people, and represented the best class of pioneer citizens, who devoted their lives to building up the country and adding to its taxable Avealth. They reared a family of nine children—three of Avhoni are now living; Air. Shufelt, our subject, being the oldest.
He received his education in the Yermont schools, and upon his arrival in AVisconsin with his family bought a farm adjoining his father's, which at that time was covered Avith dense timber Avhich he has since cleared and made into one of the finest farms of its size in the county. It comprises 110 acres, and is a beau¬ tiful piece of land, well drained, finely improA^^ed and kept in the best of order, and makes a model home.
In his early life Mr. Shufelt learned the mason's trade and folloAved it for twenty-tAvo years, in the meantime looking after his farm interests.
On January 19, 1864, he enlisted in Company D, Seventh AVis¬ consin Yolunteer Infantry. This was during the draft, but he was accepted as a volunteer after having been twice before re¬ jected on account of rheumatism. He was mustered in at Fort Howard and sent to the front under Colonel Richardson, and was assigned to General Grant's command, and kept on duty at Petersburg until the close of the Avar, when he was honorably discharged and returned to his AVisconsin home to again take up the duties of the American soldier citizen.
Air, Shufelt has always taken an active interest in public af¬ fairs, both local and national, and has been a member of the Republican party since its organization, and has missed but one vote for President since 1845, and that was while in the army. He has held many school and toAvnship offices, and in 1876 and 1877 he was a member of the state legislature. He is a char¬ ter member of the J. F. Sawyer, G. A. R. Post.
On February 1, 1853, Air. Shufelt Avas married to Aliss Alary Condon, a native of Canada. Mrs. Shufelt comes of a highly respected family and is a lady of noble character, Avith a wide