Sidney Shufelt was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

Biography

Shufelt was born on April 19, 1824, in

Franklin County, Vermont Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,946. Its county seat is the city of St. Albans. It borders the Canadian province of Quebec. The county was created in 1792 and organi ...

. He moved to

Poygan, Wisconsin Poygan is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,301 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and ...

in 1854. He married Mary Walker on January 12, 1848. They had two children before her death in 1851. Shufelt later married Mary Condon on February 1, 1853. He died in 1910.

Career

During the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

, Shufelt served with the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was a member of the Assembly from 1876 to 1877. Positions Shufelt held in Poygan include Town Chairman. He was a

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