Politician / Iron Manufacturer
Born: 22 June 1826, Manor Township, Pennsylvania
Died: 20 November 1894, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Colonel Christian Shuman Kauffman was a son of Andrew Isaac Kauffman and Catherine Shuman; educated, public schools; merchant and iron manufacturer; elected, Union Party, Pennsylvania, House of Representatives, 1857; military aide, Colonel, Governor James Pollock’s staff, 1858; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1879-1882; married, Jane M. Strickler; (d.1887), married, Florence Rebecca Bachman, children, Christian Charles Kauffman (also, later a representative and senator), Hugh McGlung Kauffman, Oliver Allen Kauffman, Catharine Elizabeth Kauffman, Clara Virginia Kauffman Lee; interment, Mount Bethel Cemetery Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Member, organizer, and first master, Masonic Lodge #286 at Columbia.
Elected, Union Party, Pennsylvania, House of Representatives, 1857.
Military aide, Colonel, Governor James Pollock’s staff, 1858.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Lancaster (Part) County, 1879-1882; committee assignments, Agriculture, Canal and Inland Navigation, Constitution Reform.
Christian purchased the Cordelia Furnace year Columbia and was engaged in the iron business for over 40 years.
Christian Shuman Kauffman is buried in Mount Bethel’s only underground vault. Once, one could walk down into the vault, but this access has long been filled in.
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https://www.library.pasen.gov/people/member-biography?ID=4667
Christian Shuman Kauffman, Pennsylvania H of R (1857). Pennsylvania State Senator (1879-1882).
gov. james pollock, Pennsylvania’s 13th governor (1855-1858). Christian was POLLOCK’S military aide-de-camp (1858).
Mount Bethel Cemetery is an
Equal Opportunity Provider.
A 501(c)(13) Non-profit Organization.
Additionally, we are a Level One Accredited Arboretum working under the name: The John Houston Mifflin Arboretum at Mount Bethel Cemetery.