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John Wilson Shaffer

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John Wilson Shaffer

Birth
Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
31 Oct 1870 (aged 43)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
Plot
NE Section - Row 17
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Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Utah Governor. Prior to the Civil War, he was active in Republican politics in Illinois, when commissioned an officer in the Union Army. For his war service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in March, 1865. After the war, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him the Governor of the Utah Territory in 1870 and he died while in office.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Utah Governor. Prior to the Civil War, he was active in Republican politics in Illinois, when commissioned an officer in the Union Army. For his war service, he was brevetted Brigadier General of US Volunteers in March, 1865. After the war, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him the Governor of the Utah Territory in 1870 and he died while in office.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2001
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5996343/john_wilson-shaffer: accessed ), memorial page for John Wilson Shaffer (5 Jul 1827–31 Oct 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5996343, citing Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.