Husband Levi Kauffman 1
Born: 13 Sep 1833 - Little Washington, Lancaster Co, PA 2
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Died: 10 Feb 1882 2
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Father: Hon. Andrew I. Kauffman (1802-1861) 2
Mother: Catharine Shuman (1806-1875) 2
Marriage: 5 Feb 1856 2
Wife A. Elizabeth Coover 3
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Father: John Coover (1787-1862) 4
Mother: Salome Keller (1792-1883) 4
Children
1 M Percival C. Kauffman 5
Born: 13 Aug 1857 - Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA 5
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2 M Walter Lee Kauffman 5
Born: 9 Aug 1860 - Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA 5
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3 F Edith B. Kauffman 5
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4 M Harvey Kauffman 5
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Willie Kauffman 5
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Levi Kauffman
At the age of thirteen he left home and entered the drug store of Dr. George Ross, at Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as an apprentice. At the end of four years he received, from Dr. Ross, a strong testimonial of his ability as a druggist, for aptness, intelligence and integrity of character. Mr. Kauffman remained in the drug business in Elizabethtown until April, 1854, when he removed to Mechanicsburg, and opened a new drug store in that place. A year or two later, in connection with his father, Hon. Andrew I. Kauffman, and Henry G. Rupp, he entered the hardware business, connecting the drug store therewith, and continued therein until 1859, when he accepted the position of cashier in the banking house of Merkel, Mumma & Co., subsequently chartered as the First National Bank, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. This position he resigned in 1862, when he was appointed by President Lincoln collector of internal revenue for the Fifteenth District of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties of Cumberland, York and Perry. He held that position until September, 1866, when he resigned rather than endorse the odious policy, known as "My Policy," of President Johnson. His letter of resignation, published in the Philadelphia Press of that date, gave clear evidence of his sterling patriotism. Early in 1864 Mr. Kauffman assisted in organizing and became cashier of the Second National Bank of Mechanicsburg, and held that position until he resigned in the latter part of 1869. The State Guard, a daily newspaper, started at the state capital during 1867, was a project of Mr. Kauffman, and one in which he invested a large sum of money; not proving a financial success he abandoned its publication in 1869. From 1870 until the time of his death, Mr. Kauffman was engaged in the fire insurance business, having the state central agency of several large companies, his principal office being at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
As burgess, town councilman, school director, and member of the board of trustees of Irving Female College, he was always on hand to take his full share of work and responsibility.
For more than thirty years he was a member of the Church of God, and filled the offices of superintendent of the Sabbath-school, deacon and elder. He frequently represented his church in the annual eldership of east Pennsylvania, and on several occasions was a lay delegate to the triennial sessions of the general eldership of the church.
"Mr. Kauffman was a man of strong will, great energy, dauntless courage, inflexible in the right, and afraid of nothing but of being wrong. Fond of the sports of his children, as they were of playing and being with him. While abounding in anecdote, jovial at table, with a pleasant voice."
Politically Mr. Kauffman, like the others members of his family, was a Republican, and assisted in the organization of that party in Pennsylvania. He took a keen interest and active part in the primary and general elections, frequently participating as a delegate in the party conventions. In 1864 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Baltimore, and assisted in the nomination of Lincoln and Johnson.
His eldest brother, Hon. C. S. Kauffman, of Columbia, Penn., represented Lancaster County in the State Senate from 1878 to 1882. Lieut. Isaac B. Kauffman, his second brother, served faithfully in the war of the Rebellion in the Ninth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and died June 7, 1862, from disease contracted in the service. His brother, Andrew J. Kauffman, Esq., a member of the bar of Lancaster County, was appointed, by President Arthur in 1882, collector of internal revenue for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania.