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John N. B. Shuler, another of the well-known farmers of Steel Township, Lafayette County, was born in Orangeburg District, S. C, September 7, 1837, a son of Capt. Frederick W. and Barbara (Bowman) Shuler, natives of South Carolina. Capt. F. W. Shuler was born in 18—, a son of Timothy and Barbara (Crum) Shuler, of German descent, and old settlers of South Carolina. He was killed by a bite from a rattlesnake. The father of our subject was a farmer by occupation, and died in South Carolina, in I860. He was a member of the Masonic order. He was married to Miss Barbara Bowman, a daughter of John and Clara Bowman, who were of English descent, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1865, after bearing her husband fourteen children, seven of whom are still living. Three of the seven sons who participated in the late war, in the Confederate army, were killed. Those now living are Timothy (a farmer and mechanic of South Carolina), George (a carpenter, of South Carolina), David (a farmer, also of this State), Renvy (now Mrs. Jordan), Margaret (now Mrs. McCrow), and Rachel (now Mrs. Bunch), all of South Carolina, and John N. B., the subject of this sketch. He was reared in his native State, and at the age of eighteen years came to Arkansas, locating in Columbia County, where he has lived ever since, until 1885, when he came to this county. In 1861 he enlisted in the Columbia Guards, and served until the close of the war, participating in many battles, the principle ones being Shiloh, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Murfreesboro, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and all the principal battles of the Georgia campaign. He was twice captured—first at Jonesboro, when he was taken to Nashville, and there exchanged, and next at Decatur, Ala., during Hood’s last raid through Tennessee. He was then taken to Chicago, at Camp Douglas, and held there until the cessation of hostilities. Mr. John N. B. Shuler served through the war without being seriously wounded, although he received four or five flesh wounds. He was married in 1867, to Miss Mary Strange, a native of Arkansas, born in Columbia County, in 1855, daughter of Thomas Strange, a native of Alabama, and by this union has had five children, four now living, viz.: Frederick (now attending school), George, Rufus and Joseph. Mr. Shuler owns 160 acres of fine farming land, and is one of the progressive and substantial agriculturists of this section. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat in politics.