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The Old J.N. Shoptaugh place of 160 acres; good farming land lying just north of Williamstown, Mo.
For particulars write
Mrs. P.T. Hedges
Natochitoches, La.
The Canton Press, Canton, Missouri. Friday, 23 October 1925, page 4.
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- James Noah Shouptaugh was born in Rockport, Indiana, November 12, 1836. He came to Missouri on horseback in 1855, at the age of 19 years; stayed out here only a few months and returned to Indiana and came the second time by boat in 1857, locating at Williamstown. November 12, 1861, he was married to Sarah Daugherty in Canton, Missouri, by Rev. W.B. Moody.
To this union were born eleven children, one son and ten daughters. He united with the M.E. church in 1865, under the ministry of Rev. Gardner. His father was one of the pioneers in the organization and building of the M.E. church at Williamstown, at which place the funeral services were held, conducted by his pastor, F.J. Young of La Belle.
In 1866 he moved to the farm, one and a half miles north of Williamstown, where he spent the remainder of his life. He departed this life October 13, 1915.
There is left to mourn his loss a wife, one son and seven daughters. John of Williamstown; Mrs. May Buckley, of Warm Springs, Montana; Mrs. Isa Stanford, of Polson, Montana; Mrs. Lola Nichols, of Willington, Kansas; Mrs. Musa Hawkins, of Clear Water, Idaho; Mrs. Catherine Baynard, of El Paso, Texas; Mrs. Ina Hedges, of Natchetoches, Louisiana, and Mrs. Grace Ross, of Missoula, Montana. Three children, Mrs. Mathursa Chappell, Mrs. Stella Nichols and Lina, having preceded him to the great beyond.
Interment was in Williamstown cemetery.
The La Belle Star, La Belle, Missouri. Friday, 22 October 1915. F.J. Young.
LKH note: the author of the news article is his pastor. The article spells his surname with the extra "u" making it Shouptaugh rather that the usual spelling in other records as Shoptaugh.
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