Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - David Shuler
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David Shuler, a carpenter, was born in Licking
County, Ohio, October 4, 1832. His parents, William and Sarah
(Dupler) Shuler, were natives of Pennsylvania. He is the eldest
of seven children, five of whom are now living. He passed hie
early life on the farm and received his education in the common schools
of the country. October 1863, he enlisted in Company B,
Thirty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served in the
Seventeenth Army Corps, mud participated in the battle of Baker's
Creek, and then accompanied Gen. Sherman on the Atlanta campaign, and
was active in all the battles in which the Thirty-second Regiment was
engaged. He went throughout the march to the sea, and was in all
the battles of that famous march. He was known as one of
"Sherman's bummers." Subsequently he fought at Bentonville, N.
C., and wag then marched to Washington, D.C., where he attended the
grand review. He was discharged with honors at Columbus, Ohio, at
the close of the war. He resumed his trade carpenter and followed
it till 1873, when he engaged in getting Out spokes and felloe
strips. In 1877, he began manufacturing, which he has since
followed. December 28, 1858, he was married to bliss Clarissa,
daughter of Willard and Mary (Poster) Edson, by whom he had four
children, viz.: Willis V., Ellice V., wife of Edward Fleck; and Mary
E.; Grace died aged seventeen years. Mr. Shuler is a member of
the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R. Politically, he is a Republican. He
served one term as Township Treasurer. In 1861, he was appointed
Postmaster at New Dover and has since held the office.<>