Catherine (Ryman) Shull (1840 - 1912)

Born 16 Sep 1840 in Ohio, United States

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Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1912 at age 71 in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio, United States

Biography

Catherine was born in Ohio in September 1840.^[1] She was the daughter of Samuel Ryman and Catherine Neff. She passed away in 1912. ^[2]

She married Harrison Shull, a farmer who also was a lay minister. The family moved from farm to farm in south-central Ohio. She and her husband had relatively little formal education, but they encouraged intellectual activity among their children. Catharine had a strong interest in serious reading, especially topics relating to natural history. ^[3]

The 1900 U.S. Census recorded the Shull household in Pike Township, Clark County, Ohio. Household members were Harrison Shull, age 59, born December 1840 in Ohio to parents born in Pennsylvania, a farmer; his wife Catharine Shull, age 59, born September 1840 in Ohio to parents born in Virginia; son James M. Shull, age 28, born in Ohio in January 1872, a farm laborer; daughter Elizabeth E. Shull, 23, born in Ohio in June 1876, at school; and Aaron F. Shull, 18, born in Ohio in August 1881, a school teacher. Harrison and Catharine had been married 36 years, and Catharine had eight children, of whom seven were living.^[1]

Research Notes

Name: Catharine Ryman Shull Titles and Terms: Event Type: Death Event Date: 05 Jan 1912 Event Place: Pike, Clark, Ohio Residence Place: Address: Gender: Female Age: 71 Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Housewife Birth Date: 16 Sep 1840 Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1841 Burial Date: 07 Jan 1912 Burial Place: Myers Cemetery Cemetery: Father's Name: Samuel Ryman Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Catharine Neff Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Spouse's Name: Spouse's Titles and Terms: File Number: fn 631 GS Film number: 1953095 Digital Folder Number: 004031994 Image Number: 00783

Citing this Record: "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8DK-Z55 : accessed 15 September 2015), Samuel Ryman in entry for Catharine Ryman Shull, 05 Jan 1912; citing Pike, Clark, Ohio, reference fn 631; FHL microfilm 1,953,095.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTJQ-SR7?cc=1325221&wc=9B72-1XH%3A1030551701%2C1030694601%2C1031929201 : 5 August 2014), Ohio > Clark > ED 10 Pike Township > image 15 of 31; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Entered by Dee Al-Hasan, Sunday, August 11, 2013.
3. ↑ Shull, Aaron Franklin. Encyclopedia.com. Accessed 4 August 2021.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dee Al-Hasan for creating Ryman-29 on 11 Aug 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Dee and others.