He married Alice Armena Oliver about 1908.[1][2][3]
Killed by a cave-in at his vanadium mine on 3 Jun 1941 in San Juan, Utah, United States[4] and was buried in Blanding City Cemetery, Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States, Plot: 1_50_1_9.[5]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGSV-SRD : accessed 22 October 2017), Joseph S Shumway in household of Wm E Oliver, Shiprock, San Juan, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 190, sheet 10B, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 917; FHL microfilm 1,374,930.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PN-6JF : accessed 22 October 2017), Sixtus J Shumway, Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States; citing ED 94, sheet 8A, line 25, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1864; FHL microfilm 1,821,864.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6D-5J4 : accessed 22 October 2017), Sixtus Shumway, Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 2B, line 90, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2417; FHL microfilm 2,342,151.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J9-ZDW : 12 December 2014), Joseph Sirtus Shumway, 1917-1918; citing Salt Lake City no 4, San Juan County, San Pete County, Utah, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,984,053.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT49-R6V : accessed 22 October 2017), Sextus Shumway, Moab, Election Precinct 1 East Moab, Grand, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-1, sheet 1B, line 80, family 19, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4213.
"ObitsUtah Obituary Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSC-V15T : 30 June 2016), Joseph Sixtus Shumway in entry for Elma Shumway Burr Westwood, 2010; citing Utah Funeral Directors Association, Utah.
"ObitsUtah Obituary Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSC-PT5Q : 30 June 2016), Joseph Sixtus Shumway in entry for Zona Shumway Ashcroft, 2011; citing Utah Funeral Directors Association, Utah.
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