Robert M'D Shoemaker
Robert McDowell Shoemaker died at his residence in Forty Fort, aged 74 years. He had been ill for the past six months with a rheumatic affection, which, coupled with a general failing of the vital forces, culminated in his death.
Deceased was a son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, a prominent man in Wyoming in his day and generation. His great-grandfather, Benj. Shoemaker, emigrated from the banks of the Delaware (now Monroe County) to Wyoming in 1763, but as the attempted settlement was crushed by the Indians in that year he returned from whence he came and never came back. The grandfather of deceased, also Elijah, was among the Connecticut settlers who located at Wyoming in 1776. Two years later he lost his life in the massacre of Wyoming. He was survived by an infant son, also named Elijah, father of deceased. This infant was born May 20, 1778, his mother being Jane McDowell, daughter of John, of what is now Monroe County. The paternal name was bestowed upon the deceased. We quote from Kulp's "Families of Wyoming Valley:"
"Elijah, during the pendency of the disputes to the title to the land of the valley, cleared a portion of that which he had purchased with money left him by his father of the Susquehanna Company, built an unpretentious habitation, and engaged in farming in a small way. It was while his affairs were in this condition that the grandfather (of deceased) was born and the massacre of Wyoming occurred: wherein he acted as lieutenant in the little band of patriots, and was slain. The widow and her babe were left in very poor circumstances, for practically everything in their little home had been carried off or destroyed by the British and savages."
On his mother's side deceased's grandfather was Col. Nathan Denison, whose marriage in 1769 with Elizabeth Sill, is historic, having been the first nuptial knot tied in Wyoming Valley. From this marriage came Lazarus Denison, father of the late Charles Denison Esq. and the name is handed down to Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, a brother of the deceased. Mr. Shoemaker's death occurred upon the same fruitful acres that have been in the family for more than a century and which were paid for, not only with hard earned treasure, but with the life blood of a distinguished ancestor.
Deceased was born Feb. 12, 1812, and passed the whole of his life in the vicinity of Forty Fort. He was educated in the old Wilkes-Barre Academy and in his early manhood entered the mercantile business at Forty Fort, and retained his interest therein until some 12 or 15 years ago, when he retired from all active business and devoted himself to his farming interests. His disposition was quiet and retiring. Though a staunch Republican, he took no active participancy in politics and never held or sought any public office or trust. He was widely known and universally esteemed throughout the valley as a man of generous and refined nature, of the strictest integrity and in his earlier years of great industry.
He was the fourth son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, who had six sons and three daughters. Of this family, but two are now living. Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, of this city, and Caroline, wife of Dr. Levi Ives, of New Haven, Conn. Dr. Ives was in attendance in the consultation with local physician a short time before Mr. Shoemaker's decease.
He leaves one son, Robert, now superintendent for several collieries of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., who resides on North River Street, in this city, and is esteemed as one of the most efficient and energetic men connected with the company. The funeral took place on Friday at 2 pm. from the late residence, the interment being made in Forty Fort Cemetery.
Source: The Historical Record, Volume 1 (September 1886 to August 1887)
Note: Robert's grave is not listed among those lost to the 1972 floods.
Robert McDowell Shoemaker died at his residence in Forty Fort, aged 74 years. He had been ill for the past six months with a rheumatic affection, which, coupled with a general failing of the vital forces, culminated in his death.
Deceased was a son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, a prominent man in Wyoming in his day and generation. His great-grandfather, Benj. Shoemaker, emigrated from the banks of the Delaware (now Monroe County) to Wyoming in 1763, but as the attempted settlement was crushed by the Indians in that year he returned from whence he came and never came back. The grandfather of deceased, also Elijah, was among the Connecticut settlers who located at Wyoming in 1776. Two years later he lost his life in the massacre of Wyoming. He was survived by an infant son, also named Elijah, father of deceased. This infant was born May 20, 1778, his mother being Jane McDowell, daughter of John, of what is now Monroe County. The paternal name was bestowed upon the deceased. We quote from Kulp's "Families of Wyoming Valley:"
"Elijah, during the pendency of the disputes to the title to the land of the valley, cleared a portion of that which he had purchased with money left him by his father of the Susquehanna Company, built an unpretentious habitation, and engaged in farming in a small way. It was while his affairs were in this condition that the grandfather (of deceased) was born and the massacre of Wyoming occurred: wherein he acted as lieutenant in the little band of patriots, and was slain. The widow and her babe were left in very poor circumstances, for practically everything in their little home had been carried off or destroyed by the British and savages."
On his mother's side deceased's grandfather was Col. Nathan Denison, whose marriage in 1769 with Elizabeth Sill, is historic, having been the first nuptial knot tied in Wyoming Valley. From this marriage came Lazarus Denison, father of the late Charles Denison Esq. and the name is handed down to Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, a brother of the deceased. Mr. Shoemaker's death occurred upon the same fruitful acres that have been in the family for more than a century and which were paid for, not only with hard earned treasure, but with the life blood of a distinguished ancestor.
Deceased was born Feb. 12, 1812, and passed the whole of his life in the vicinity of Forty Fort. He was educated in the old Wilkes-Barre Academy and in his early manhood entered the mercantile business at Forty Fort, and retained his interest therein until some 12 or 15 years ago, when he retired from all active business and devoted himself to his farming interests. His disposition was quiet and retiring. Though a staunch Republican, he took no active participancy in politics and never held or sought any public office or trust. He was widely known and universally esteemed throughout the valley as a man of generous and refined nature, of the strictest integrity and in his earlier years of great industry.
He was the fourth son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, who had six sons and three daughters. Of this family, but two are now living. Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, of this city, and Caroline, wife of Dr. Levi Ives, of New Haven, Conn. Dr. Ives was in attendance in the consultation with local physician a short time before Mr. Shoemaker's decease.
He leaves one son, Robert, now superintendent for several collieries of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., who resides on North River Street, in this city, and is esteemed as one of the most efficient and energetic men connected with the company. The funeral took place on Friday at 2 pm. from the late residence, the interment being made in Forty Fort Cemetery.
Source: The Historical Record, Volume 1 (September 1886 to August 1887)
Note: Robert's grave is not listed among those lost to the 1972 floods.
Robert M'D Shoemaker
Robert McDowell Shoemaker died at his residence in Forty Fort, aged 74 years. He had been ill for the past six months with a rheumatic affection, which, coupled with a general failing of the vital forces, culminated in his death.
Deceased was a son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, a prominent man in Wyoming in his day and generation. His great-grandfather, Benj. Shoemaker, emigrated from the banks of the Delaware (now Monroe County) to Wyoming in 1763, but as the attempted settlement was crushed by the Indians in that year he returned from whence he came and never came back. The grandfather of deceased, also Elijah, was among the Connecticut settlers who located at Wyoming in 1776. Two years later he lost his life in the massacre of Wyoming. He was survived by an infant son, also named Elijah, father of deceased. This infant was born May 20, 1778, his mother being Jane McDowell, daughter of John, of what is now Monroe County. The paternal name was bestowed upon the deceased. We quote from Kulp's "Families of Wyoming Valley:"
"Elijah, during the pendency of the disputes to the title to the land of the valley, cleared a portion of that which he had purchased with money left him by his father of the Susquehanna Company, built an unpretentious habitation, and engaged in farming in a small way. It was while his affairs were in this condition that the grandfather (of deceased) was born and the massacre of Wyoming occurred: wherein he acted as lieutenant in the little band of patriots, and was slain. The widow and her babe were left in very poor circumstances, for practically everything in their little home had been carried off or destroyed by the British and savages."
On his mother's side deceased's grandfather was Col. Nathan Denison, whose marriage in 1769 with Elizabeth Sill, is historic, having been the first nuptial knot tied in Wyoming Valley. From this marriage came Lazarus Denison, father of the late Charles Denison Esq. and the name is handed down to Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, a brother of the deceased. Mr. Shoemaker's death occurred upon the same fruitful acres that have been in the family for more than a century and which were paid for, not only with hard earned treasure, but with the life blood of a distinguished ancestor.
Deceased was born Feb. 12, 1812, and passed the whole of his life in the vicinity of Forty Fort. He was educated in the old Wilkes-Barre Academy and in his early manhood entered the mercantile business at Forty Fort, and retained his interest therein until some 12 or 15 years ago, when he retired from all active business and devoted himself to his farming interests. His disposition was quiet and retiring. Though a staunch Republican, he took no active participancy in politics and never held or sought any public office or trust. He was widely known and universally esteemed throughout the valley as a man of generous and refined nature, of the strictest integrity and in his earlier years of great industry.
He was the fourth son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, who had six sons and three daughters. Of this family, but two are now living. Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, of this city, and Caroline, wife of Dr. Levi Ives, of New Haven, Conn. Dr. Ives was in attendance in the consultation with local physician a short time before Mr. Shoemaker's decease.
He leaves one son, Robert, now superintendent for several collieries of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., who resides on North River Street, in this city, and is esteemed as one of the most efficient and energetic men connected with the company. The funeral took place on Friday at 2 pm. from the late residence, the interment being made in Forty Fort Cemetery.
Source: The Historical Record, Volume 1 (September 1886 to August 1887)
Note: Robert's grave is not listed among those lost to the 1972 floods.
Robert McDowell Shoemaker died at his residence in Forty Fort, aged 74 years. He had been ill for the past six months with a rheumatic affection, which, coupled with a general failing of the vital forces, culminated in his death.
Deceased was a son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, a prominent man in Wyoming in his day and generation. His great-grandfather, Benj. Shoemaker, emigrated from the banks of the Delaware (now Monroe County) to Wyoming in 1763, but as the attempted settlement was crushed by the Indians in that year he returned from whence he came and never came back. The grandfather of deceased, also Elijah, was among the Connecticut settlers who located at Wyoming in 1776. Two years later he lost his life in the massacre of Wyoming. He was survived by an infant son, also named Elijah, father of deceased. This infant was born May 20, 1778, his mother being Jane McDowell, daughter of John, of what is now Monroe County. The paternal name was bestowed upon the deceased. We quote from Kulp's "Families of Wyoming Valley:"
"Elijah, during the pendency of the disputes to the title to the land of the valley, cleared a portion of that which he had purchased with money left him by his father of the Susquehanna Company, built an unpretentious habitation, and engaged in farming in a small way. It was while his affairs were in this condition that the grandfather (of deceased) was born and the massacre of Wyoming occurred: wherein he acted as lieutenant in the little band of patriots, and was slain. The widow and her babe were left in very poor circumstances, for practically everything in their little home had been carried off or destroyed by the British and savages."
On his mother's side deceased's grandfather was Col. Nathan Denison, whose marriage in 1769 with Elizabeth Sill, is historic, having been the first nuptial knot tied in Wyoming Valley. From this marriage came Lazarus Denison, father of the late Charles Denison Esq. and the name is handed down to Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, a brother of the deceased. Mr. Shoemaker's death occurred upon the same fruitful acres that have been in the family for more than a century and which were paid for, not only with hard earned treasure, but with the life blood of a distinguished ancestor.
Deceased was born Feb. 12, 1812, and passed the whole of his life in the vicinity of Forty Fort. He was educated in the old Wilkes-Barre Academy and in his early manhood entered the mercantile business at Forty Fort, and retained his interest therein until some 12 or 15 years ago, when he retired from all active business and devoted himself to his farming interests. His disposition was quiet and retiring. Though a staunch Republican, he took no active participancy in politics and never held or sought any public office or trust. He was widely known and universally esteemed throughout the valley as a man of generous and refined nature, of the strictest integrity and in his earlier years of great industry.
He was the fourth son of Col. Elijah Shoemaker, who had six sons and three daughters. Of this family, but two are now living. Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, of this city, and Caroline, wife of Dr. Levi Ives, of New Haven, Conn. Dr. Ives was in attendance in the consultation with local physician a short time before Mr. Shoemaker's decease.
He leaves one son, Robert, now superintendent for several collieries of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., who resides on North River Street, in this city, and is esteemed as one of the most efficient and energetic men connected with the company. The funeral took place on Friday at 2 pm. from the late residence, the interment being made in Forty Fort Cemetery.
Source: The Historical Record, Volume 1 (September 1886 to August 1887)
Note: Robert's grave is not listed among those lost to the 1972 floods.
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