Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Calvin Leroy Shuman    
                Born: Sep-  -1870          in Monongalia Co, WV  1,2,3,4
                Died: Feb-28-1923          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  5,2
              Buried:                      in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  7,8
              Census: 1920                 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  5,9
              Father: Benjamin Shuman   (1832 - 1916) 
              Mother: Jemima Foster   (1840 - 1896) 
                Wife: Lydia Ellen Freeman   10  
             Married: Aug-13-1891          in Doddridge Co, WV  11
                Born: Apr- 9-1863          in Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV  5,3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb-23-1940          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6
              Census: 1920                 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880, 1900           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: William Freeman   (1835 - 1917) 
              Mother: Jane White   (1840 - 1870) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Maud Edna Shuman      
       Also known as: Edna Shuman 12,13,14
                Born: May-29-1892          in Doddridge Co, WV  15,3,1
                Died: Mar-29-1975          in Akron, Summit Co, OH  16,15
              Buried:                      in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Akron, Summit Co, OH  15,16
             Resided: 1944, 1966           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  17,12
              Census: 1920, 1930           at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1909                 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Phillip Sherdeain Cowman  b. Jun-21-1883  d. Oct- 9-1944  
             Married: Oct-10-1909          at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  3
           F Child 2: Bessie Lillian Shuman      
                Born: Jun- 9-1894          at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  18 (see note 2)
                Died: Dec-23-1966          in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  16
              Buried:                      in Memorial Park Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  10
             Resided: since 1923           in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH  19
             Resided: 1916                 in Barrackville, Marion Co, WV  20
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1916                 school teacher at Barrackville in Marion County  20
             Husband: Miner Francis Smith  b. Nov-25-1884  d. Mar-17-1985  
         Census name: Minor F. Smith 1
             Married: Mar-30-1918          in Washington, DC  10
           F Child 3: Jessie Fay Shuman      
       Also known as: Fay Shuman 21,22,23,9
                Born: Aug-31-1899          at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  24,15,1,3
                Died: Nov- 7-1982          in Athens, Athens Co, OH  16,15
             Resided:                      in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  25,21,12
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1900                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Ancel Smith  b. Nov-21-1883  d. Apr-29-1966  
          Birth name: Ansel Smith 24
             Married: Nov-10-1920          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  26
             Husband: Charles Tomas Hardesty  b. 1895  

Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(4) Birth record of daughter. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(7) Obituary of brother. 
(8) Obituary of father. 
(9) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(10) Virginia Dunn Smith, Lake Suzy, FL 34266 . 
(11) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(12) Obituary of sister. 
(13) Obituary of daughter. 
(14) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 280. 
(15) Social Security Death Index. 
(16) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(17) Death record of husband. 
(18) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Bessie Lillian Shuman, b. Jun 9 1894 at Rock Run, dau of 
Calvin Shuman (age 24, b. Monongalia Co, occup farmer) & Lydia E. Freeman Shuman (age 30, b. Doddridge Co), this being 
the second child born to this mother. BR p. 324. 
(19) Obituary. 
(20) West Union Record, 12/7/1916. 
(21) Death record of mother. 
(22) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(23) Marriage record of daughter. 
(24) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. 
(25) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(26) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Ancel Smith, 36, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Jessie 
Fay Shuman, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Nov 10 1920 in West Union. MR p. 475 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11796049&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 17 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1863, and death record states
birth date as Apr 9 1863.  But 1900 Census shows birth date as Sep 1864.
Note (2) Birth date given as Jun 1895 in 1900 Census, but birth record and SSDI show
it to be Jun 9 1894.







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