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Rev. John It. Shoffner.
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what was known in those clays as a ? dulcimer,? and upon this he could make the sweetest music. In politics Joel Shoffner was a Whig, and in religion he belonged to the Lutheran Church. He died September hi, 18(52, and was buried in the Shoffner burying grounds at Jenkins? Chapel. IIis good wife, Matilda, survived him until 1888, when she, too, passed over the river to join her husband 011 the other shore. Thus, out of a family of twelve, six have gone on to a ? grand reunion,? where there will be no more parting or saying farewell; and if those who are left behind will live such lives as those gone before, happy will they be when their blessed Master calls them home to that great reunion, where all can join in the praises of Him who gave his life that all might live.
REV. JOHN R. SHOFFNER.
John I'., grandson of John and Amelia Shofner and second son of Joel and Matilda Shoffner, was horn in Carroll County, Tenn., November 24, 1835. He received his classical education at Bethel College, Mc-Lemoresville, Tenn. After returning to Middle Tennessee, he taught school for several years, and was quite successful. He was a citizen of his native State during the troublous times of our Civil War, going North soon after its close. Just before this he married Hattie J. Locke, "March 29, 18G8, Rev. William Jenkins officiating.
His first pastorate was at Anna, 111., where he settled in the beginning of 1S(!8, remaining until the spring of 1871.	I11 May, 18?1, having received a call from