Suffering from a paralytic stroke, Mrs. Anna M. Shumway a pioneer resident of Marshall county passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. V. Masser at Ogden Saturday afternoon, February 9, 1935.
Mrs. Anna M. Shumway was born on Cedar Grove Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia, Sept. 20, 1857. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Abigail Haines Roberts. She came to Iowa with her parents in November 1870. They settled on a farm south of Marietta.
October 26, 1881 she was married to Howard Haywood Shumway. They moved to a farm in Marietta township which they purchased and which became their home for the next forty-one years.
They retired from active farm work in 1931 and moved to Marshalltown. Her husband preceded her in death May 17, 1932.
The deceased is survived by two sons, Chester R. of Ravenna, Ohio and Loren F. Shumway of Alexandria, Virginia and one daughter Mrs. Abigail Masser of Ogden, also four grandchildren survive.
Suffering from a paralytic stroke, Mrs. Anna M. Shumway a pioneer resident of Marshall county passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. V. Masser at Ogden Saturday afternoon, February 9, 1935.
Mrs. Anna M. Shumway was born on Cedar Grove Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia, Sept. 20, 1857. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Abigail Haines Roberts. She came to Iowa with her parents in November 1870. They settled on a farm south of Marietta.
October 26, 1881 she was married to Howard Haywood Shumway. They moved to a farm in Marietta township which they purchased and which became their home for the next forty-one years.
They retired from active farm work in 1931 and moved to Marshalltown. Her husband preceded her in death May 17, 1932.
The deceased is survived by two sons, Chester R. of Ravenna, Ohio and Loren F. Shumway of Alexandria, Virginia and one daughter Mrs. Abigail Masser of Ogden, also four grandchildren survive.
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