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Bessie Lillian SHUMAN

Bessie Lillian SHUMAN

Female 1894 - 1966  (72 years)


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  • Name Bessie Lillian SHUMAN
    Birth 9 Jun 1894  Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Birth date given as Jun 1895 in 1900 Census, but birth record and SSDI show it to be Jun 9 1894.
    Gender Female
    Census 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1916  [2] 
    school teacher at Barrackville in Marion County 
    Residence 1916  Barrackville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence SINCE 1923  Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 23 Dec 1966  Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Burial Memorial Park Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I8167  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2018

    Father Calvin Leroy SHUMAN,   b. Sep 1870, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years)
    Mother Lydia Ellen FREEMAN,   b. 9 Apr 1863, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1940, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F4003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Miner Francis SMITH,   b. 25 Nov 1884, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1985, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
    Marriage 30 Mar 1918  Washington, DC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    >1. Neal Austin SMITH,   b. 10 Feb 1919, Norwich, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1989, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +2. Carl Alden SMITH,   b. 4 Dec 1930, Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 324.
      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.

    2. [S1897] West Union Record, 12/7/1916.

    3. [S14] Obituary.

    4. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    5. [S887] Virginia Dunn Smith, Lake Suzy, FL 34266 .