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Susan Hart <I>Shelby</I> Magoffin

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Susan Hart Shelby Magoffin

Birth
Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
Death
26 Oct 1855 (aged 27)
St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Block 79/80, Lot 1002
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The granddaughter of Revolutionary War hero and first governor of Kentucky Issac Shelby, Susan Shelby married Santa Fe trader Samuel Magoffin. They became wealthy from the trade and traveled across the United States to their stores in Mexico. She is best known for the journal she kept during a caravan trip from Independence, Missouri along the Santa Fe trail.
The granddaughter of Revolutionary War hero and first governor of Kentucky Issac Shelby, Susan Shelby married Santa Fe trader Samuel Magoffin. They became wealthy from the trade and traveled across the United States to their stores in Mexico. She is best known for the journal she kept during a caravan trip from Independence, Missouri along the Santa Fe trail.

Bio by: Connie Nisinger

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  • Maintained by: J. C. Clark
  • Added: Jul 9, 2001
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22936/susan_hart-magoffin: accessed ), memorial page for Susan Hart Shelby Magoffin (30 Jul 1828–26 Oct 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22936, citing Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by J. C. Clark (contributor 47094715).