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COL. C. H. SHAPLEY. The above gentleman has been identified with Jasper county since May, 1866, having then settled near where he now resides, one quarter of a mile north of the county line, being the only settler at the head of Duval Creek at that time. He is a native of Madison county, N. Y., born in 1839, being a son of C. H. and Louisa (Sutherland) Shapley, both natives of New York. The father was born in 1800 and died in 1868, and the mother was born in 1806 and died in 1875. They had a family of two children. The above gentleman, with his parents, moved to county, Ill., in 1839, and settled on a farm, where he grew to manhood and received a good education. In 1853 he married Miss Malissa Carmichael, a native of New York, born in 1831. In 1861 Mr. S. responded to his country’s call and enlisted as private in Company D, Fifteenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and participated in many battles. He was promoted to second lieutenant in 1863, and the same year was made captain of a company in the Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. During 1864 he was made commander of a regiment of volunteers in northern Missouri, being located at St. Joseph. In 1865 he did service on the frontier. He was mustered out at Springfield, Ill., in December, 1865, and returned to McHenry county, Ill. The following year he settled in Missouri. Mrs. Shapley died in 1871, leaving a family of seven children. He was married the second time, in August, 1873, to Miss Kate Stowell, a native of Bloomington, Ill., but raised in Madison county, N. Y., born in 1843, and was a daughter of H. and Ann (Andres) Stowell. Mr. and Mrs. Shapley’s family are as follows: Willis H., Alice, Louisa, Bell, Ruth, Kitta M., Ada, Lloyd H., Edith A., and Walter.