Military: CWR: Shumaker, Solomon of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Shumaker, Solomon

* Born Feb. 6, 1831 
* Died Mar. 11, 1914 
* Buried in Comps Cemetery, Southampton Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private Co. K 82nd Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Served Nov. 26, 1864 - July 13, 1865 - 7 month 17 days 
* Pension application: Certificate 634,668, Disease of toes result of frost 
bite, Rheumatism and resulting Disease of Heart, Rate $17; Widow applied for 
pension

SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Veterans Grave Registration [Lists year of birth as 1837] 
* 1890 Veterans Census, Southampton Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. [Lists name as 
Shoemaker] 
* Meyersdale Republican Dec. 24, 1903 [Lists name as Shoemaker] 
* H. C. McKinley Ledger page 182 and 199