Marty, Does any of your Holderman's come from PA? Thanks Ardella My Jacob, as you can see, was born in Botetourt county, >VA >and came to Preble county, Ohio in 1805 with his father in law Christian >Holderman. > >Don't know if this gives you any help or not. > >I am the second born of Helen Gertrude Shewman, a fifth generation >descendant of >Jacob. > >Marty > >Descendants of Jacob Shewman, Sr. > > > > >Generation No. 1 > > >1. JACOB1 SHEWMAN, SR. was born 11 November 1778 in Botetourt County, >Virginia, and died 12 May 1840 in Monroe twp, Preble county, Ohio. He >married HANNAH HOLDERMAN 10 March 1804 in Botetourt County, Virginia, >daughter of CHRISTIAN HOLDERMAN. She was born Cir. 1786 in Franklin County, >Virginia, and died 30 January 1860 in Harrison Township, Darke County, >Ohio. > >Notes for JACOB SHEWMAN, SR.: > >>From the book, "History of Preble County, Ohio." > >Published by H. Z. Williams & Bro., Publishers. 1881 > > >Page 275: > >"Christian Holderman, his son Abraham and son-in-laws, Jacob Shewman and >John Koyle, and their families came out from Botetourt county, Virginia, in >1805." (This was in Lanier township.) > >Page 290 > >"Jacob Shewman, sr., was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, in 1778. In >1800 he married Hannah Holderman, who was born in Franklin county, >Virginia, in 1786. Nine children were born to them, three of whom are >living - Jacob, Martin and Susannah. In the early settlement Shewman came >to Preble county and settled on Aukerman's creek, in Lanier township. He >stayed there three years, and then moved to Gasper township. He had little >or no capital when he came to this county, but had accumulated a property >of a hundred acres of land before his death, which occured in Monroe >township in 1840. His wife died in 1861, in Darke county. Jacob Shewman, >jr., was born was born in Gasper township in 1812. In 1837 he married >Elizabeth Sayler, born in Gasper in 1820. They have had twelve children, >seven of whom survive. Mr. Shewman was township trustee for thirteen years, >from 1850 to 1863. Martin Shewman, born in Gasper township in 1817, >married, in 1841, Sarah A Cosby. She was born in Hamilton county in 1822. >They have had eleven children, five of whom are living. He was township >trustee from 1864 to 1877. He now owns and farms one hundred and >twenty-three acres in Monroe township." > >More About JACOB SHEWMAN, SR.: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > >More About HANNAH HOLDERMAN: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > > >Children of JACOB SHEWMAN and HANNAH HOLDERMAN are: > >i. ?2 SHEWMAN. > >ii. ? SHEWMAN. > >iii. ? SHEWMAN. > >iv. CHRISTIAN SHEWMAN, m. ELLA A. FALL, 31 December 1830, Preble County, >Ohio; b. Cir. 1807. > >v. JOHN S. SHEWMAN, b. 18 November 1805, Lanier twp, Preble county, Ohio; >d. 05 October 1873, Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio; m. SUSANNAH >SHOWALTER, 05 April 1830, Preble County, Ohio. > >More About JOHN S. SHEWMAN: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > >More About SUSANNAH SHOWALTER: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > >vi. JACOB SHEWMAN JR., b. 15 December 1812, Old Trace Road, Lanier twp, >Preble county, Ohio; d. 27 March 1903, Near Eldorado, Monroe twp, Preble >county, Ohio; m. ELIZABETH SAYLER, Cir. 1837, Preble County, Ohio; b. 02 >February 1820, Gasper Township, Preble Cnty, Ohio; d. 03 March 1886, Monroe >Township, Preble County, Ohio. > >More About JACOB SHEWMAN JR.: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > >More About ELIZABETH SAYLER: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > >vii. JOSEPH SHEWMAN, b. 06 April 1815, Old Trace Road, Gasper twp, Preble >County, Ohio; d. 26 October 1855, Gasper twp, Preble Cnty, Ohio; m. MARTHA >JANE COSBY, 09 October 1839, Preble County, Ohio; b. Cir. 1824; d. Cir. >1880. > >More About JOSEPH SHEWMAN: > >Burial: Saylor Cemetary, Gasper twp, Preble county, Ohio > >More About MARTHA JANE COSBY: > >Burial: Saylor Cemetary, Gasper twp, Preble county, Ohio > >2. viii. MARTIN SHEWMAN, b. 28 December 1817, Old Trace Road, Gasper twp, >Preble county, Ohio; d. 19 October 1890, Eldorado, Monroe twp, Preble >county, Ohio. > >ix. SUSANNAH SHEWMAN, b. 29 November 1822, Monroe Township, Preble County, >Ohio; d. 14 August 1893, Harrison Township, Darke County, Ohio; m. WILLIAM >BROWN, 17 March 1842, Preble County, Ohio. > >More About SUSANNAH SHEWMAN: > >Burial: Yankee town cemetary, Harrison twp, Darke county, Ohio > > > >Generation No. 2 > > >2. MARTIN2 SHEWMAN (JACOB1) was born 28 December 1817 in Old Trace Road, >Gasper twp, Preble county, Ohio, and died 19 October 1890 in Eldorado, >Monroe twp, Preble county, Ohio. He married SARAH A. COSBY 27 November 1840 >in Preble County, Ohio, daughter of THOMAS COSBY and ANNA. She was born >Cir. 1822 in Hamilton twp, Butler county, and died 17 January 1883 in >Eldorado, Monroe Township, Preble county, Ohio. > >More About MARTIN SHEWMAN: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble county, Ohio > >More About SARAH A. COSBY: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > > >Children of MARTIN SHEWMAN and SARAH COSBY are: > >3. i. WILSON3 SHEWMAN, b. November 1848, Monroe Twnshp, Ohio; d. 08 March >1935, Monroe Twnshp, Ohio. > >ii. HENRY SHEWMAN, d. 07 October 1862. > >iii. MARGARET SHEWMAN, b. Cir. 1841. > >iv. THOMAS SHEWMAN, b. Cir. 1843. > >v. WILLIAM ALAN SHEWMAN, b. 05 June 1844. > >vi. FRANKLIN SHEWMAN, b. 08 September 1845. > >vii. OLIVER SHEWMAN, b. Cir. 1854. > >viii. CLAYTON SHEWMAN, b. 28 October 1856. > >ix. ELLEN SHEWMAN, b. 07 September 1861. > >x. ALBERT H. SHEWMAN, b. 18 June 1864, Monroe Township, Preble County, >Ohio; d. 30 July 1893, Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio. > >More About ALBERT H. SHEWMAN: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > > > >Generation No. 3 > > >3. WILSON3 SHEWMAN (MARTIN2, JACOB1) was born November 1848 in Monroe >Twnshp, Ohio, and died 08 March 1935 in Monroe Twnshp, Ohio. He married >SARAH SAYLOR 07 February 1875. She was born 06 May 1854, and died 02 March >1935. > > >Children of WILSON SHEWMAN and SARAH SAYLOR are: > >i. EVA4 SHEWMAN, b. Cir. 1876; m. IRA GUCKIN. > >ii. HALLIE SHEWMAN, b. 05 December 1877; d. 20 May 1898. > >iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHEWMAN, b. 20 March 1882; d. 18 February 1946; m. >DAISY MAE JAQUA, 29 March 1902. > >iv. HATTIE SHEWMAN, b. February 1884; m. ANDERSON FUDGE. > >4. v. JOSEPH MARTIN SHEWMAN, b. 28 November 1886, Greenville, Darke Cnty, >Ohio; d. 04 February 1959, Greenville, Darke Cnty, Ohio. > >vi. CORA SHEWMAN, b. September 1889; m. WILLIAM RITZ. > >vii. CLARA EDITH SHEWMAN, b. November 1892; m. WADDEL HARRISON WILL. > >viii. IRENE SHEWMAN, b. February 1897; m. ORVILLE RICHARDS. > > > >Generation No. 4 > > >4. JOSEPH MARTIN4 SHEWMAN (WILSON3, MARTIN2, JACOB1) was born 28 November >1886 in Greenville, Darke Cnty, Ohio, and died 04 February 1959 in >Greenville, Darke Cnty, Ohio. He married ROSA LEE WILL. She was born 17 >October 1885 in Botetourt County, Virginia, and died 20 November 1954 in >Greenville, Darke Co., Ohio. > >More About JOSEPH MARTIN SHEWMAN: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > >More About ROSA LEE WILL: > >Burial: Stump Cemetary, Monroe twp, Preble cnty > > >Children of JOSEPH SHEWMAN and ROSA WILL are: > >i. HELEN GERTRUDE5 SHEWMAN, b. 19 August 1911; d. 13 October 1982, Cape >Coral, Florida. > >ii. ? SHEWMAN, b. Unknown. > >iii. ? SHEWMAN, b. Unknown. > >iv. ? SHEWMAN, b. Unknown. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <BAShuman@aol.com> >To: <SHUMAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, 05 May, 2000 11:35 PM >Subject: Re: [SHUMAN] Fw: Shuman Genealogy > > >> In a message dated 05/05/2000 10:12:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >> BBrownB@aol.com writes: >> >> < Hi, >> < I have a Jacob Shuman who I am trying to verify as my ggggrandfather. >He >> was >> < born in 1778, possibly in Botetourt Co, Va. He was in Ohio by 1810 as >I >> have >> < found him listed on the tax list for that year in Hamilton Co. >> < >> < I had hoped this Jacob was my gggrandmother Catherine Shuman's father, >but >> I >> < have her as being born in 1792, so the dates don't support that. If >the >> < dates are accurate, Jacob and Catherine could have been siblings...or I >may >> < just be on the wrong track. >> < >> < I am quite sure that Catherine married Daniel 'Whitaker at Springfield, >> < Hamilton Co, OH in 1814. I have quite a lot of info on Daniel's >> descendants. >> < >> < Does any of this seem to connect with your Shuman's? >> < >> < BBB >> >> The dates are far too early to be any one of the Jacobs in my line, >but >> I need a small clarification: 'Springdale' is located in Hamilton Co., >OH., >> while 'Springfield' is actually located in Clark Co., OH. Which location >is >> correct? Oh, and there's also a 'Springboro' in Montgomery Co., OH. I >had >> various SHUMAN relatives at one time or another in all of these Ohio >> counties, and it would be helpful, and more certain, to understand the >proper >> location. If the location can be confirmed, then I can either confirm or >> eliminate any possible link. >> >> Bruce Shuman >> BAShuman@aol.com >> >> > > > >