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George Warren Shoemaker
1890 - 1934 (43 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. George Warren Shoemaker was born on 24 Dec 1890 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA (son of Warren Kelley Shoemaker and Jane Higgins Pence); died on 21 Feb 1934 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA. Notes:
Children:
Everett Shoemaker (1913-1980) m. Cleola Kummer (1911-1984) (Bluffton)
Roger W. Shoemaker (1917-1978) m. Mabel (1933-1996) (Kentucky)
2. Warren Kelley Shoemaker was born in Dec 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio (son of John Shoemaker and Rachel Johnson); died on 18 Mar 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Indiana. Notes:
Enlisted in Company E, Indiana 153rd Infantry Regiment on 06 Feb 1865. Promoted to Full Corporal March 1, 1865. Mustered out on 04 Sep 1865 at Louisville, KY.
The 1866 Tax assesment list has him as a stallion keeper in Harrison.
Both 1900 and 1910 censuses has Warren with second wife Jane in Wells Co. Indiana. In 1910 they had been married 22 years.
Records have him "buried" both at the Marion National Cemetery in Marion, Indiana, and at the Fairview Cemetery next to both wives in Fairview Cemetery in Bluffton.Warren married Jane Higgins Pence on 19 Apr 1888 in Wells Co., IN. Jane (daughter of James Harvey Higgins and Lydia Malory Chalfant) was born in 1859 in Indiana, USA; died on 14 Mar 1943 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jane Higgins Pence was born in 1859 in Indiana, USA (daughter of James Harvey Higgins and Lydia Malory Chalfant); died on 14 Mar 1943 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN. Notes:
1930 census has her as a widow in Harrison township, parents both born in Ohio.
Children:
- Lizzie H. Shoemaker was born on 7 Feb 1889 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 29 Jul 1972 in Duval, Florida, USA.
- 1. George Warren Shoemaker was born on 24 Dec 1890 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 21 Feb 1934 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA.
Generation: 3
4. John Shoemaker was born on 22 Oct 1819 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA; died on 1 Feb 1896 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA. Notes:
John was a blacksmith in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio in 1850 census. His closest neighbour was the physician Alexander Shoemaker, b. abt. 1802 in Pennsylvania and his wife Elizabeth.
Johns parents were William Shoemaker b. in Maryland and Betzy Welker. Williams father John was born in England.
Children:
Warren Kelly Shoemaker 1842 – 1917
Jane Amanda Shoemaker 1845 – 1917
Harriet A. Shoemaker 1850 – 1925
Bruce W. Shoemaker 1852 –
Rachel Ella Shoemaker 1858 – 1923
John J. Shoemaker 1860 – 1930
Taylor F. Shoemaker 1862 – 1930
Lizzie A. Shoemaker 1864 –John married Rachel Johnson on 17 Mar 1842. Rachel was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 May 1906 in Wells Co., IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Rachel Johnson was born on 18 Apr 1823 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 May 1906 in Wells Co., IN. Children:
- 2. Warren Kelley Shoemaker was born in Dec 1842 in Milton, Mahoning, Ohio; died on 18 Mar 1917 in Veterans Home, Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Indiana.
- Rachel Ellen Shoemaker was born on 21 Oct 1857 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; died on 30 Jun 1923 in Wells Co., IN; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.
6. James Harvey Higgins was born on 20 Dec 1818 in Scioto County, Ohio, USA; died on 2 Oct 1897 in Wells County, Indiana, USA. Notes:
Children: Lewis, Louisa Tice, Chads, Jane, George, McClellem, Ellen, George W., Adaline Higgins in Harrison, Wells, Indiana 1880.
James married Lydia Malory Chalfant on 16 Nov 1852 in Wells Co., IN. Lydia was born on 18 Jan 1826 in Scioto County, Ohio, USA; died on 18 Jan 1884 in Wells County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Lydia Malory Chalfant was born on 18 Jan 1826 in Scioto County, Ohio, USA; died on 18 Jan 1884 in Wells County, Indiana, USA. Notes:
Quaker
Children:
- 3. Jane Higgins Pence was born in 1859 in Indiana, USA; died on 14 Mar 1943 in Harrison, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.