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George W. Shanafelt

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
3 May 1864 (aged 24–25)
Grant County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
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Son of Henry and Elizabeth (Ward) Hanaway Shanafelt. Left Ohio for Indiana as an infant, then soon thereafter family left Indiana for Keokuk County, Iowa. George married Sarah Ann Wright on 22 Aug 1858 in Keokuk County and together they had two sons, Henry O. Shanafelt, born 6 Jun 1859, and Edward Arthur Shanafelt, born 25 Mar 1861.

Twenty-three year old George W. Shanafelt of Sigourney, Iowa enlisted as a Private, Union Soldier on 8 Oct 1862 with Company H, Iowa 33rd Infantry. George W. Shanafelt took a bullet through his heart on 30 April 1864 at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, Arkansas and died three days later on the 3rd day of May, 1864.

George W. had five half-siblings born to his father Henry and Hannah (Hartle) Shanafelt:

Sarah (Shanafelt) Ballard,
Samuel Shanafelt,
Solomon Shanafelt,
Sophia (Shanafelt) Reagan, and
Elizabeth Jane (Shanafelt) Alderson.

He had one brother,
Wesley Shanafelt and one sister Eliza born to his parents Henry and Elizabeth (Ward Hanaway) Shanafelt.
Son of Henry and Elizabeth (Ward) Hanaway Shanafelt. Left Ohio for Indiana as an infant, then soon thereafter family left Indiana for Keokuk County, Iowa. George married Sarah Ann Wright on 22 Aug 1858 in Keokuk County and together they had two sons, Henry O. Shanafelt, born 6 Jun 1859, and Edward Arthur Shanafelt, born 25 Mar 1861.

Twenty-three year old George W. Shanafelt of Sigourney, Iowa enlisted as a Private, Union Soldier on 8 Oct 1862 with Company H, Iowa 33rd Infantry. George W. Shanafelt took a bullet through his heart on 30 April 1864 at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, Arkansas and died three days later on the 3rd day of May, 1864.

George W. had five half-siblings born to his father Henry and Hannah (Hartle) Shanafelt:

Sarah (Shanafelt) Ballard,
Samuel Shanafelt,
Solomon Shanafelt,
Sophia (Shanafelt) Reagan, and
Elizabeth Jane (Shanafelt) Alderson.

He had one brother,
Wesley Shanafelt and one sister Eliza born to his parents Henry and Elizabeth (Ward Hanaway) Shanafelt.


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