of Champaign County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Silas C. Shofstall b. 1844
Silas C. Shofstall⚭ Belle McCrea
childrenRollin McCrea Shofstall
Source: Biographical Record of Champaign County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Urbana shoe merchant.
Civil War veteran, Company A, 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, held prisoner at Libby Prison, Richmond.
Born about 1844 (age 17 at war's outbreak).
Married Belle McCrea in 1872.
Died at his home in Wisconsin.
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