Welcome, Diane, You have found The Place! There are quite a number of subscribers descended from one or the other of these two men, who are thought to have been brothers. You will find lots of information on them at our web site, at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~shuman/genealogy.html We're glad for your contributions to our growing store of information. Several of us may quiz you for further details. JS List Custodian >Hi! My name is Diane Swiger and I just joined this list yesterday. I >thought I would post my interests and see what's going on with everyone else. > >I actually descend from two lines of SHUMANs that eventually connect. Dates >are mostly speculative because they were received from other people and have >not been checked out further except for Marion County, WV, ancestors. > >My first line is: >1. Henry SHUMAN -- born 1782 and died 7 June 1857 in Monongalia Co, VA. He >married Sarah ?. > [snip] > >My second line is as follows: >1. John SHUMAN -- born ca 1760-70 in PA; died May 1832 in Monongalia Co, WV; > He married Elizabeth SMITH ca 1785. > [snip] > ____________________________ James Shuman, art instructor Modesto High School jshuman@telis.org ____________________________