Wilson L. Shoffner Bio

Wilson L. Shoffner
a Somervell Co. TX Sheriff
submitted by Larry Shoffner

Wilson L. Shoffner was born February 25, 1844 in Tennessee. He married Hellen M. Crigler in Ellis County, Texas on December 10, 1874. Hellen was born August 4,, 1858 and died December 29, 1903 near Chalk Mountain, Texas. Her parents were born in Missouri.

Wilson and Hellen were the parents of at least five children. There are two infants buried in the Waxahachie City Cemetery in Ellis County, Texas. They were born after 1874 and died before 1879.

Edgar E. Shoffner was born about 1879, probably in Ellis County Texas. He married Birtie Childress in Somervell County, Texas on January 19, 1900.

Willie Shoffner was born October 8, 1881 and died April 28, 1886. He is buried in George's Creek Cemetery.

The last known child was a daughter, Elizabeth A. "Bettie" Shoffner who was born in October of 1882. She married S.E. Newman on September 23, 1900 in Somervell County, Texas.

Wilson L. Shoffner was elected Sheriff of Somervell County, Texas on November 6, 1894 and served until January 1, 1897. He died one mile east of Chalk Mountain, Texas on May 3, 1904. Both he and his wife Hellen are buried at Chalk Mountain Cemetery. The cemetery is located in the extreme eastern section of Erath County, Texas on the Somervell County line.

Wilson L. Shoffner and wife, Hellen M. Crigler Shoffner

Shoffner monument at Chalk Mountain