Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shoemaker, Edward April 22, 1867
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The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938: April 25, 1867
In this place, on Monday, 22d inst., after a brief illness, Edward Shoemaker, Esq.,
in the 70th year of his age. Mr. Shoemaker was born, we understand, in Philadelphia,
and was a descendant of one of the old Quaker families of that city. Reverses of
fortune left him poor in early life and about 1830 he sought a home in the confines
of Clearfield county, near the Cambria line, then a comparative wilderness... After
remaining here a few years he removed into Cambria county, that portion then
embraced in Clearfield township, (now White) some two miles from the northern
boundary of the county. Here he purchased a piece of wood land, and settled down
with his family, for the purpose of opening up a farm...Mr. Shoemaker removed to
Ebensburg in the autumn of 1839, and continued to reside here until his demise...His
remains were yesterday morning interred in the cemetery of St. Patrick's Church,
where they were followed by his numerous relatives, and an immense concourse of
citizens, who knew the man and admired his many virtues. 

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