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himself, he was always ready to do lii.s part for his church.
In 18-1:5 he married Sarah Elizabeth McQuiddv, and again he enjoyed a loving companionship; but it was only for a brief period, for in 184(5 ho was again left alone in the world, with the exception of a daughter born just before his second wife died. In this daughter, Sarah Elizabeth (so named for her mother), he centered all the hopes and joys of a fond parent; and the two lived happily together for twenty years. But during this time his widowed sisters, Martha and Jane, spent several years with him and his daughter; and his brother, Daniel, and wife spent one year with him. These did everything in their power to drive awav the weary hours brought on by the loss of dearly beloved ones.
But, just as the daughter bloomed into young womanhood he lost her, too, in matrimony; for she decided to leave the parental roof and assist in building a fireside of her own. In September, lSlili, Sarah Elizabeth was married to John W. Wells, who had just surrendered with the ?lost cause,? been mustered out, and returned home. In the course of time a son, Otlmiel 0., was born; and in 1870 another son came, William Shofner. Upon these two grandchildren and their mother Loton Shofner bestowed all the parental love of his affectionate nature.
But this happiness was soon broken; for the grim reaper visited the home of Mr. Wells in September, 187:5, and carried away the loving mother and the much-beloved wife and daughter. Thus left with but two grandchildren in his family, Loton Shofner directed his