H. SCHIFFBAUER DIES, AGE 92
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ARRINGTON RETIRED FARMER WAS VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR AND EARLY DAY PLAINSMAN
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A teamster and scout during the Civil War, Henry Schiffbauer, 92, Atchison County retired farmer of Arrington, died at 8 o'clock last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Nevins, Valley Falls.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Arrington M.E. Church.
Mr. Schiffbauer would have celebrated his 93rd birthday the 27th of this month. He was born on that date at Cologne, Germany in 1841, and came to the US with his parents when nine years old. The family first lived in Kentucky, then moved to Herman, Missouri, where his mother died. The elder Schiffbauer was engaged in the Confectionary business for many years. Henry came to Leavenworth with his father in 1856.
Henry Schiffbauer's first employer was a Dr. Davis, a pioneer Leavenworth physician. In 1857, Henry entered the U.S. Quartermaster Corps at Fort Leavenworth as a teamster. During the same year he was with the famous Cheyenne Expedition. In 1858 he went across the plains to Fort Bridger and from there was detailed to accompany Kit Carson, the noted Scout, to Alberquerque, New Mexico with important dispatches. From there he went to Salt Lake City where he remained until 1859, when he returned to Fort Leavenworth and was promoted to Wagon Master.
In 1861, he went to New Orleans and returned to be sent to Fort Gibson for 18 months as wagon master. He was then sent with his outfit to Fort Smith, Arkansas where he served for nearly a year when he was wounded in the hip while on a scouting expedition at Rays Mills. Upon his recovery he resumed charge of his wagon train and returned to Ft. Leavenworth.
Shortly after the close of the War, he was honorably discharged and went to Arrington to take over a 320 acre farm. He married Miss Margaret Gliem in 1867. Mrs. Schiffbauer died March 30, 1933.
He is survived by the following family: Mrs. Christina Kincaid, Bellingham, Wash., Mrs. L.E. Wagner and George Schiffbauer of St. Louis; W.J. & R.J. Schiffbauer of Arrington, Ks.; Mrs. John Nevins, Valley Falls; Henry Schiffbauer Jr. of San Antonio, Texas; and Ed Schiffbauer of Belle Plain, Kansas.
Mr. Schiffbauer was well known and respected in the Arrington community.