Shoemaker - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Benson Shoemaker left last Friday for his home in Centerville, Kansas, after a visit with D. W. Gerard and family. Mr. Shoemaker was raised in this county and served in the 116th Indiana during the war. In 1868 he, in company with John McClure and Dr. Earl, left Pleasant Hill for Kansas and were five weeks in making the trip, going overland in wagons. Mr. Shoemaker came back to Indiana this fall partially to attend the soldiers’ reunion but more particularly to attend the birthday celebration of his stepmother, Mrs. Sobrinia Shoemaker, of near Hillsboro. This old lady is 103 years of age and is still active mentally. She has smoked all her life and is still able to draw great solace from her pipe.