Husband Joseph Shumaker 1
Born: 16 Apr 1799 - Loudoun Co, VA 2
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Died: 15 Apr 1874 2
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Father: Solomon Shumaker (1770-1854) 3 4
Mother: Elizabeth Uncafer (1774-1846) 3
Marriage: 18 May 1825 2
• Residence: : Armstrong Co, PA. View of the residence of Josiah Shoemaker from the History of Armstrong County, PA, 1883; pg. 249x
Wife Salome Weinel 2
Born: 10 Jul 1806 2
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Died: Aft 1883
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Father: Rev. William Weinel ( - ) 2
Mother: Catharine Frye ( - ) 2
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1 M William L. Shumaker 2
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2 M Josiah J. Shumaker 2
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3 M Theodore T. Shumaker 2
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4 F Sarah Jane Shumaker 2
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5 M Alexander D. Shumaker 2
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6 F Maria C. Shumaker 2
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7 F Anna Mary Shumaker 2
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Spouse: Rev. P. Baker ( - ) 2
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Shumaker
He and his wife lived with his parents until he could build a hewed-log house on a farm of 315 acres, which he purchased for a home. He afterward built a hewed-log barn. This land, for which he gave $700.37, was thickly covered with forest, and he began and successfully carried on the work of clearing it. In 1840 his farm had been brought into such good condition that he needed a new barn, and he built one, a frame structure, 75x50 feet. In 1845 he built a brick house which was probably the best farm dwelling in the township. He began his career under difficulties, having to use the old-fashioned plow with a wooden moldboard, and similar primitive farm implements, but being an industrious man and a good manager, he developed his heavily-timbered land into a fine farm, and, with the aid of his excellent wife, secured for himself and family a pleasant home.