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CHAPTER V.
HOME LIFE.
On his return to North Carolina after his first visit to Tennessee, John Shofner married Amelia Shofner, February 18, 1810, she being the daughter of his uncle, Michael Shofner. In 1815 John settled on Duck River, about live miles from Shelbyville, on the farm now owned by Mrs. .Margaret Wells, a lineal descendant of the Shofner family, where can be seen to-day many indications ox his once active career.
Here he reared a large family, the births of his children numbering fifteen. Ten of these?Joel, Loton (both born in North Carolina), Michael, Folly, Julia, Daniel, Martha, Jane, F>elle, and John Clay?grew to manhood and womanhood and married, and in many respects followed the footsteps of their parents. Of the fifteen children, only three are living to-day?Mrs. Jane Hester, of Rover, Bedford Count}?, Tenn.; John 0. Shofner, of Nashville, Tenn.; and Mrs. Belle Coleman, of Columbia, Tenn. The last two named are children of his second wife. After their marriage, the children scattered all over the State; and the grandchildren have gone still farther, until to-day there are very few States in the Union in which some of these descendants cannot be found; and some have wandered to other countries, and are seeking their fortunes there.
In 1848 John Shofner, his wife, and daughter, Jane,