Person:Wilson Shoffner (1)

Wilson Brown Shofner
b.18 May 1821 Tennessee
m. 15 Jan 1811
  1. Jeptha Harrison Shoffner1811 - 1886
  2. Eliza W Shofner1813 - 1887
  3. Martin King Shofner1815 - 1845
  4. Matilda Shofner1817 - 1839
  5. William Jennings Shofner1819 - 1907
  6. Wilson Brown Shofner1821 - 1865
  7. Nancy Allen Shofner1823 -
  8. Amanda Shofner1824 -
  9. Webb Kidd Shofner1826 - 1880
  • HWilson Brown Shofner1821 - 1865
  • WMary Snoddy1825 - 1910
  1. Sara Elizabeth Shoffner1845 - Abt 1883
  2. Eliza Jane Shoffner1847 - 1931
  3. Robert Christopher Shoffner1849 - 1942
  4. William Thomas Shoffner1852 - 1943
  5. James Payton Shoffner1855 - 1916
  6. Jeptha Newton Shoffner1858 - 1900
  7. Henry F ShoffnerAbt 1861 -
  8. Wilson L Shoffner1863 -
Facts and Events
Name Wilson Brown Shofner
Gender Male
Birth? 18 May 1821 Tennessee
Marriage to Mary Snoddy
Census? 1860 Brewer, Pike County, Arkansas
Death? 12 Mar 1865 CIVIL WAR - Richmond, Virginia
Burial? Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

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Land Patents in Howard County: four patents for 40 acres each issued to Wilson B Shoffner on 1 May 1855


CIVIL WAR: SHOFTON, WILSON [Wilson Brown Shoffner], Pvt, C - Witherspooons Arkansas Cavalry- Mary Shoffner applied for a Confederate pension from Howard County in 1892, stating that her husband had served in Co. C, 1st Arkansas Cavalry, and died in service on March 12, 1865. The official designation of Witherspoon's Battalion was the 16th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, but was sometimes called the 1st Arkansas Cavalry, and more usually Witherspoon's Arkansas Cavalry.

Shofner, Wilson Brown—Private, Co. C, 16th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry; exchanged prisoner; died at Richmond, March 12, 1865.