Biography of George Shoner, page 929.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George Shoner, a tanner, Waterloo, Ind., is a native of Germany, born Sept. 
28, 1838, a son of John and Catherine Shoner. When he was thirteen years of 
age he came to America with acquaintances and located in Defiance, Ohio, 
where he worked a the cooper’s trade two years.  When eighteen years of age 
he began to learn the trade of a tanner, to which he has since devoted the 
greater part of his attention.  In the spring of 1867 he moved to Waterloo, 
where he now has one of the largest tanneries in the county, doing an annual 
business of $15,000.  He also superintends his farm of 150 acres in 
Smithfield Township.  He has a pleasant residence and five acres of land 
adjoining Waterloo.  Mr. Shoner was married May 27, 1865, to Adeline Harris, 
widow of Peter Hermer, who was a member of the Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry 
and died at Bolivar, Tenn., of disease contracted in the service.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Shoner have three children---Lillie, Emma and Charles.  Mrs. Shoner has 
one daughter by her former marriage ---Mary.  In politics Mr. Shoner is a 
Republican. He is a straightforward business man, and has the confidence 
of his fellow citizens.  He has held several offices of trust in the 
township.  He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
He is a member of Union Lodge, No. 1,436, K. of H.

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