Dear Elaine Dieteman-Haberland. Our first Shuman was Jacob, He was born in 1819-21 (long delivery??) in Germany (Prussia probably). He died April 14, 1865 in Campbell Army Hospital, Washington DC of wounds sufered in Co I, 188th Reg of NY volunteer Infantry, and was buried at Arlington Nat. Cem. He was married to SARA ANN WEEKS, (b 9 Sept 1833 in Montogmery or Herkimer Co NY). The marriage took place in Dansville (Livingston County) NY 27 Sept 1848. Between 1848 and 1865 they lived in NY Stat. The children were born in Dansville, Avoca, and Wheeler, NY. The Children wer George (1850), MATTHIAS D (1852), CARADON O (1854),ISAAC (1856), FRANKLIN (1858), ALEXANDER (1860), JACOB (1862), AND HELEN ALVIRA (1864). After the War, SARA and her family moved to Wisconsin, although MATTHIAS is listed as having died in Naples NY Aug 31 1925, having married a Mary Jane McNeil on April 15, 1875. Any of this strike a chord??? We have no info on Jacob's parents or kin, althoug Cousin George is pretty certain from the Army records that Jacob came from Prussia. -- Richard L. Friedman Web Works West -- Web Design for the 21st Century Macintosh LC III (68030); OS=7.5.1; Monitor= 640x 480; HD=430m; Netscape Navigator 3.0.