Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1823, and when eight years of age was taken by his parents (Christian Kauffman and Esther Witmer) to Dayton, Ohio. In his youthful days he was reared upon a farm and afterward taught a country school in which he had formerly been a pupil. In 1855 he removed to Iowa and was engaged in horticultural pursuits in Mt. Pleasant for about four years, after which he began farming in that community. He raised a company for service in the Civil war, but was rejected because of weakness in his ankle which prevented him from walking freely. He was a citizen of worth in his community, serving for about fifteen years as supervisor of Henry county, Iowa, and for two terms in the Iowa legislature from 1875 until 1879. While R. B. Hayes was president of the United States, Mr. Kauffman was recommended by General Fisk as Indian agent and after his appointment to the position was stationed at Fort Berthold, North Dakota. He was not only a capable farmer but was very conscientious in all that he did. After leaving the agency he went to Illinois, where he became superintendent of the Kauffman Milling Company, of which his brother and Frank Edgar Kauffman were the owners. There he remained until 1891 when he removed to St. Louis and retired from business. He was a lifelong and consistent member of the Methodist church and during his younger years was very active in Masonry.
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