Levi P. Shoemaker
 

LEVI P. SHOEMAKER, one of the most prosperous farmers of Union township, Boone county, was born in Union county, Ind., August 18, 1835, the son of George and Martha M. (Harvey) Shoemaker -- the father a native of Guilford county, N. C., of German descent, and the mother a native of Union county, Ind., of Irish extraction. George Shoemaker came to Indiana in 1832, and for three years worked in a distillery in Union county, then came to Boone county and entered eighty acres in Center township, which land he afterward sold, and entered another farm of eighty acres in Union township, where he died in 1888. He was twice married, and by his first wife, Martha M. Harvey, he was the father of seven children, viz.: Levi P., Betsey, Isaac M., Michael H., Malinda J., Eliza E., and Mary M. Mrs. Martha Shoemaker died December 24, 1848, and the second marriage was to Elizabeth Allen, daughter of John Allen. To this union were born the following. children: John C.; Frances H., wife of Samuel N. Good; James B. and Laura B., the wife of Francis Hutton. Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker still survives. Levi P. Shoemaker was reared to the life of a farmer and was educated in the subscription schools. On starting in life for himself at the age of twenty-one he bought a farm of eighty acres in Union township, Boone county which he afterward increased to 270 acres the greater part of which he has himself improved. He has also rendered efficient aid in the building of the gravel roads of Boone county and is universally recognized as one of the most enterprising and industrious men of his part of the country. His farm is considered to be one of the finest in Union township and his residence is unexcelled for comfort and convenience. Mr. Shoemaker was married October 6, 1856, to Mary A. Dulin who was born in Boone county, January 31, 1838. Her parents John and Priscilla (Boswell) Dulin, were born in Virginia and Kentucky respectively, came to Boone county, Ind., in an early day, and were the parents of ten children, of whom seven are still living. To the union of Levi P. and Mary A. Shoemaker have been born six, children, viz.: Erasmus T., of Union township; Carvallace W., a druggist of Whitestown; Clarinda R., who died May 30, 1864; Elizabeth E., who died May 26, 1877; Rhoda M., wife of Armenious E. Hine; and Willard P., at home. Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker are consistent members of the Baptist church and they and their family are looked upon as being among the most respectable residents of the township. In politics Mr. Shoemaker is a democrat, and has been entrusted by his fellow-townsmen with the responsible position of township trustee.

Transcribed by: Chris Brown
Source: "A Portrait And Biographical Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," pp 462-465, published in 1895 by A. W. Bowen & CO. Chicago