Solomon Coggeshall Shumway (1808 - 1887)

Born 29 May 1808 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Clarissa Ann (King) Shumway — married 15 Nov 1829 in Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1887 at age 79 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Solomon Coggeshall Shumway was born on the 29th of May 1808 in Belchertown, Massachusetts.^[1] He was the son of Solomon Shumway Jr. (1780-1819) and Mary Coggeshall (1783-1847).

He married Clarissa Ann (King) Shumway (1806-1864) on the 15th of November 1829 in Ware, Massachusetts.^[2] They raised seven children.^[3][4][5]

1. Sarah Jane Shumway (1830–1917)^[6]
2. Solomon "Sevons" Shumway (1832-1894)^[7]
3. Rufus King Shumway Sr. (1834–1904)^[8]
4. David King Shumway Sr. (1836–1916)^[9]
5. Edwin Shumway (1838–1841)^[10]
6. Clara Pamelia Shumway (1845/46–1893)^[11]
7. Baby boy Shumway (1842–1842)

In 1865 he was widowed living in Belchertown, Massachusetts.^[12] In 1880 he was living with his daughter Clara's family in Bridgeport, Connecticut.^[13]

Solomon passed away on the 10th of August 1887^[14] He was a merchant.^[14] He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Belchertown, Massachusetts.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Solomon Coggeshall Shumway, 1808.
2. ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 20 December 2022), Solomon C. Shumway, 1829.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 22 December 2020), Solomon C Shumway, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Massachusetts State Census, 1855, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 11 March 2018), Solomon C Shumway in household of E J Goodspeed, Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,946.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearh link: 18 February 2021), S C Shunnway, 1860.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Soloman C. Shumway in entry for Sarah Jane Shumway, 1830.
7. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Soloman C. Shumway in entry for Soloman Shumway, 1832.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Soloman C. Shumway in entry for Rufus King Shumway, 1834.
9. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Soloman C. Shumway in entry for David King Shumway, 1836.
10. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Soloman C. Shumway in entry for Edwin Shumway, 1838.
11. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 14 January 2020), Soloman C. Shumway in entry for Clara P. Shumway, 1845.
12. ↑ Massachusetts State Census, 1865, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 22 February 2021), Solomon C Shumway, 1865.
13. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 13 January 2022), Solaman Shumway in household of Watson L. Wentworth, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 17 November 2022), Solomon C. Shumway, 1887.
15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (FindAGrave link: accessed 28 January 2023), memorial page for Solomon Coggeshall Shumway (1808–10 Aug 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67363137, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denny Shumway (contributor 47234573).