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Shoffner History.
? Died?At his residence in Bedford County, Tenn.. on the GtU day of January, 1857,?Mr. John Shofner; one of the early Pioneers of this State. Brother Shofner was born in North Carolina, on the 23d of Februar . 1787. When cjuite a young man, he came to thi- ?	-i-
try in company with his father, and, although ti then an almost pathless wilderness, he - ' home; returned to North Carolina, -back with his wife in 1815. Hi country uncultivated by ei. ? made his mark as a man, a inlluence deepened an- u
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not only by steam and pn?, but he liv.-d to know electricity was taught to s]K*ak the Hnglish lan?ruaj*-.
? Haring serve<l his day and generation. <iod U-in^ ])leased to release him from labour ; his well tried spirit.