Putnam County, Indiana - The whole text, 1887 (part 12 of 12)

| JjgJEORGE P. SIIOPTAUGII, superinteni dent of the Putnam County Infirmary. | '^y. was born in this county September 10, ' 1X37, son of Jacob and Mary Shoptangh, ! natives of Kentucky. His lather's ances- ! tors were German. About 1828 his father J removed to Putnam County with his family I and settled on section is. Marion Township, j where he entered 223 acres of land. lie iirst \ erected a rude log cabin in which to shelter | his family, and there cultivated a good farm, j reared a family, and remained there until his ; death. He was the father of thirteen chil- ' dren, seven of wh*.m survive - William A., I Henry S., George P., Benjamin P., Mary, 1 Ella and Sophia. Being a pioneer, he was | obliged to undergo many hardships and j ri- ! vations. He was very highly esteemed by all who knew him. George P. Shoptangh j was reared to manhood in this county and : received only a limited education. Xovem- ! ber 23, 1800. he was married to Lucy W. 1 Chism, born February 22, 1844, in Mont- 1 gomery County, Kentucky, and daughter of : Samuel and Sarah Chism, who came to this county in 1852, settling in .Monroe Township, where they remained until their decease. Mr. anil Mrs. Shoptaugh have had I three children, two of whom are living -

Henry F., a student at Do Pauw University, arid Sophia E. Mr. Shoptaugh served as assessor of Marion Township four years. In 1870 he received his present appointment, and was re-appointed yearly until 1881, in which year he gave up the position. In 1886 he was again appointed and is still serving. He is a Democrat in politics, and was formerly a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

|mLONZOE. CHAMBERLAIN, farmer c"vb and stock-raiser, Cloverdale Township, fe;.;^ was born in that township March 7, 1817, son of Benjamin A. and Margaret M. (Ingram) Chamberlain. Benjamin A. was born in New Hampshire, December 27, 1811, and came with his parents, Benjamin and Ilosanna (Atnsden) Chamberlain, to Putnam County. Mis father was born in New Hampshire, and his mother in Massachusetts. They were married in Vermont, and settled in this county in 1839, locating on section 35. Cloverdale Township, where they lived until their decease. The father died March 16, 1850, aged sixty-nine years, six months and five days, ami the mother August 26, I860, aged seventy-four years, six months and four days. The}' were the parents of five children - four sons and one daughter. The father was a Universalist in religious belief, and a fanner by occupation. He was of Scotch-English ancestry, and the mother of English descent, Benjamin A. Chamberlain, the father of our subject, was married in 1816 to Margaret M. Ingram, a native of Tennessee, lie was a farmer by occupation, and followed it until his death. The mother died September 18, 1857, aged thirty-one years, five months and eighteen days. She had four children, three sons and one daughter. The father afterward married, and died -July 26, 1876. He was a Democrat in politics, and held the office of township trustee. Alouzo E.. our subject, was reared in Putnam County, and received a common-school education, lie was married, March 21, 1868, to Almira J. (dine, born in Cloverdale Township, October 30, 1816. a daughter of Nicholas and Lucinda Ciine. They have had three children - William L., Mattie E. and an infant unnamed, now deceased. Mr. Chamberlain owns 175 acres of land, all lying in Cloverdale Township. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain are members of the Old Baptist church.