Benjamin
P
Shuman
Born in Monongalia County, Virginia, United States
Son of John Shuman
and Elizabeth (Smith) Shuman
Brother of
Catherine (Shuman) Kendall, Mary (Shuman) Kendall, Rachel (UNKNOWN) Fetty, Joseph Shuman, Jonathan Shuman, Jacob Shuman, Leticia (Shuman) Huffman, Hannah (Shuman) Kendall, Elizabeth (Shuman) Floyd, Sophia Shuman, David Shuman and Joshua Shuman
Husband of
Ruth (Darrah) Shuman
— married
about 1817 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 71
in Marion County, West Virginia, United States
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Biography
Benjamin P. Shuman was born in 1799 to John and Elizabeth (Smith) Shuman. He was a farmer by trade. He married (1) Ruth Darrah (1801-1851) and (2) Louisa Winters (abt 1810-?)
Children of Benjamin and Ruth
- Martha Anna Shuman Wilson (1818-1889)
- John Shuman (1821-?)
- Jonathan Shuman (1823-1897)
- Mary Shuman (1825-1881)
- Henry Shuman (1828-1908)
- Hannah Shuman (1829-?)
- Joseph Shuman (1831-1890)
- Benjamin P. Shuman Jr. (1832-1916)
- Daniel Shuman (1834-1909)
- David Shuman (1836-?)
- Robert F. Shuman (1837-1908)
- Naomi? Shuman (1846-?)
- Milo Shuman (1851-?)
Children of Benjamin P. Shuman and Louisa Winters
- Esther Shuman (1854-1891)
- John Lacey Shuman
Benjamin Shuman died from Dysentery on 28 September 1870 and was buried in in Shuman-Toothman Cemetery in Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia, United States.[1]
Notes
Naomi or Noami Shuman is listed in 1860 census as male aged 16.
Sources
- ↑
Burial:
"U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current"
Ancestry Record 60525 #24043753 (accessed 21 June 2022)
Benjamin P Shuman burial (died on 28 Sep 1870) in Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia, United States of America. Find A Grave: Memorial #64135395
- United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Western Division, Monongalia, Virginia; Page: 57; NARA Roll: M33_142; Image: 114.
- United States Federal Census, 1830; Census Place: Western District, Monongalia, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 191; Page: 416; Family History Library Film: 0029670.
- United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: West Monongalia, Monongalia, Virginia; Page: 112.
- United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Western District, Marion, Virginia; Roll: M432_958; Page: 160B; Image: 322.
- United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 5, Marion, Virginia; Roll: M653_1361; Page: 631; Family History Library Film: 805361.
- United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Paw Paw, Marion, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1693; Page: 455B; Family History Library Film: 553192.
- West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, Marion County, West Virginia.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64135395/benjamin-p-shuman : accessed 07 November 2021), memorial page for Benjamin P. Shuman (14 Mar 1799–28 Sep 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64135395, citing Shuman-Toothman Cemetery, Baxter, Marion County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by GLENDA EISENHOUR (contributor 47259424) .
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~3.12%
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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~0.78%
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