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Edward W. Schauffler and J.A. French (Sixth-Plate Ambrotype by James M. Perry, Nashua, New Hampshire)
Identification on photographer J.M. Perry’s card, which was enclosed with the ambrotype case: Ned W. Schauffler, J.A. French, Class of 1862 Williams College. (Note: Ned Schauffler is on the left.)
Edward “Ned” William Schauffler was born in Vienna, Austria on 11 September 1839, the son of William Gottlieb Schauffler (1798-1883) and Mary Reynolds (1802-1896). William Schauffler was a German immigrant who came to the United States and eventually became a missionary. He was serving in Constantinople, Turkey, when he and his wife went on summer vacation in Vienna, where Ned was born. The family returned to Constantinople, and Ned gained a working knowledge of Turkish, to the extent that he served as an interpreter for the British Army during the Crimean War. He then served as an attache to the U.S. legation in Constantinople. In 1857, Ned came to the United State, and by 1859 was enrolled in Williams College in Massachusetts (the college listed his residence as Kansas City, Missouri). His education was interrupted by the Civil War, and he enlisted on 26 August 1862 as an officer in Company D, New York 127th Infantry Regiment; he was promoted to full adjutant on 3 December 1862 and to captain on 1 January 1865. He served for a time on the staff of General Alexander Schimmelpfenig. Ned was mustered out on 30 June 1865. He then attended and graduated from the medical school of Columbia University, serving during the period as house physician at Bellevue. Dr. Schauffler elected to return west, and settled in Kansas City, Missouri in 1869. Schauffler had a long and significant career in Kansas, including serving as Classical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas. He also was married three times: Martha Haines (1841-1883); Emma G. Wright (1853-1894); and Mary Hibbard. He had at least three children. He was described as a scholar, linguist, pioneer organizer of Western Medical College, master internist and teacher, a champion of open air schools (to combat tuberculosis), and supporter of sanitariums at state and local levels. One newspaper noted that he brought not only a medical training that was rare for those days in the West, but also the cosmopolitan culture of his rich experiences in Europe. Dr. Edward Schauffler passed away on 29 October 1916 in Kansas City.
James Abbott French was born 28 March 1840 in Boscawen, New Hampshire, the son of John L.A. French (born 1806) and Mary Everdean (born 1810). In 1850, James was living with his parents and three siblings in Nashua, NH, where his father worked as a bonnet bleacher. James graduated from Williams College in 1862 in Historical Oration. He than attended Union Theological Seminary in New York, graduating circa 1868. He took over the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. He was married on 14 September 1870 to Emily Woolsey Leavitt (born 1848). In 1877, James was named pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois; he remained in that position until 1880, when ill health resulting from overwork forced his retirement. He also served as a trustee for the Chicago Theological Seminary. During his recovery, he traveled to Europe with Emily. In 1890, he became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Flushing, New York City. He remained there until 1901, when poor health led to his retirement. James French passed away on 23 February 1909.
Photographer James M. Perry was born 7 August 1817 in Keene, New Hampshire, the son of James Perry (1790-1852) and Betsey Morse (born 1794). He was married on 16 March 1842 to Eliza A. Johnson (born 1819) and the couple had at least five children. In 1850, James and family were farming in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He then was a painter in Hartford, Connecticut for a short period, before taking up photography in Nashua, NH, sometime prior to 1864. It seems that by 1872, he had given up that profession and had become an upholsterer. James passed away in Nashua on 18 September 1893.
Edward W. Schauffler and J.A. French (Sixth-Plate Ambrotype by James M. Perry, Nashua, New Hampshire)
Identification on photographer J.M. Perry’s card, which was enclosed with the ambrotype case: Ned W. Schauffler, J.A. French, Class of 1862 Williams College. (Note: Ned Schauffler is on the left.)
Edward “Ned” William Schauffler was born in Vienna, Austria on 11 September 1839, the son of William Gottlieb Schauffler (1798-1883) and Mary Reynolds (1802-1896). William Schauffler was a German immigrant who came to the United States and eventually became a missionary. He was serving in Constantinople, Turkey, when he and his wife went on summer vacation in Vienna, where Ned was born. The family returned to Constantinople, and Ned gained a working knowledge of Turkish, to the extent that he served as an interpreter for the British Army during the Crimean War. He then served as an attache to the U.S. legation in Constantinople. In 1857, Ned came to the United State, and by 1859 was enrolled in Williams College in Massachusetts (the college listed his residence as Kansas City, Missouri). His education was interrupted by the Civil War, and he enlisted on 26 August 1862 as an officer in Company D, New York 127th Infantry Regiment; he was promoted to full adjutant on 3 December 1862 and to captain on 1 January 1865. He served for a time on the staff of General Alexander Schimmelpfenig. Ned was mustered out on 30 June 1865. He then attended and graduated from the medical school of Columbia University, serving during the period as house physician at Bellevue. Dr. Schauffler elected to return west, and settled in Kansas City, Missouri in 1869. Schauffler had a long and significant career in Kansas, including serving as Classical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas. He also was married three times: Martha Haines (1841-1883); Emma G. Wright (1853-1894); and Mary Hibbard. He had at least three children. He was described as a scholar, linguist, pioneer organizer of Western Medical College, master internist and teacher, a champion of open air schools (to combat tuberculosis), and supporter of sanitariums at state and local levels. One newspaper noted that he brought not only a medical training that was rare for those days in the West, but also the cosmopolitan culture of his rich experiences in Europe. Dr. Edward Schauffler passed away on 29 October 1916 in Kansas City.
James Abbott French was born 28 March 1840 in Boscawen, New Hampshire, the son of John L.A. French (born 1806) and Mary Everdean (born 1810). In 1850, James was living with his parents and three siblings in Nashua, NH, where his father worked as a bonnet bleacher. James graduated from Williams College in 1862 in Historical Oration. He than attended Union Theological Seminary in New York, graduating circa 1868. He took over the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey. He was married on 14 September 1870 to Emily Woolsey Leavitt (born 1848). In 1877, James was named pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois; he remained in that position until 1880, when ill health resulting from overwork forced his retirement. He also served as a trustee for the Chicago Theological Seminary. During his recovery, he traveled to Europe with Emily. In 1890, he became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Flushing, New York City. He remained there until 1901, when poor health led to his retirement. James French passed away on 23 February 1909.
Photographer James M. Perry was born 7 August 1817 in Keene, New Hampshire, the son of James Perry (1790-1852) and Betsey Morse (born 1794). He was married on 16 March 1842 to Eliza A. Johnson (born 1819) and the couple had at least five children. In 1850, James and family were farming in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He then was a painter in Hartford, Connecticut for a short period, before taking up photography in Nashua, NH, sometime prior to 1864. It seems that by 1872, he had given up that profession and had become an upholsterer. James passed away in Nashua on 18 September 1893.