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Rev. Isaiah W. Schumaker
REV. ISAIAH W. SCHUMAKER, a Baptist clergyman of Manor township, Armstrong
county, was born Nov. 16, 1839, in this county, son of Daniel and Catharine
(Ringer) Schumaker.George Schumaker, his grandfather, was of German descent, and it is
believed he was the original ancestor in America to come here from Germany.He married a Miss Miller, and subsequently took up land in Armstrong
county, Pa., which he operated, being among the early settlers in his section.
His children were: Isaac, John, Peter, Daniel, Joseph, and three daughters. In
religious belief he was a Dunkard.Daniel Schumaker was born in Armstrong county and was a farmer all his
life. He and his wife, Catharine (Ringer) Schumaker, were the parents of
eleven children: Josiah, who died young; Eliza, wife of Thomas Young;Joseph; Sarah, wife of Gideon Heckman; Isaiah W.; Margaret, wife of Josiah
Shall; Lucinda, wife of Isaac Schumaker; John; Lebenus, a Baptist minister;
Mary, wife of C.W. Webster; and Albert, a Baptist minister, who died
unmarried.Isaiah W. Schumaker attended public school in Armstrong county, and studied
under Prof. Samuel Murphy, a noted educator of those times. Mr. Schumaker then
devoted eight years to teaching school, two of them being spent in Maryland
and six in Armstrong county. He was a close student, and through his own
efforts became master of the dead languages, and well informed on all the
topics of the day. In 1867 he became a minister of the Brethren Church, and
served in that capacity for ten years, when he was admitted to the ministry of
the Baptist denomination. He is well known as a clergyman in Armstrong,
Indiana, Fayette and Westmoreland counties, and for forty-seven years has
labored as a minister of the gospel. Eloquent and forceful, Mr. Schumaker has
exerted a powerful influence for good, and endeavors to live out in his life
the principles he teaches.In 1860 Mr. Schumaker was married to Maria McKee, daughter of Thomas McKee,
.of Armstrong county. Two children have been born to this marriage, Elmer and
Milton. Elmer Schumaker married Rose Zitler, of Chicago, and they have three
children, Lois, Ruth and Halsey; he is a Baptist minister, and served eleven
years as missionary to Japan, but is now retired, on account of failing
health. Milton is a physician and surgeon of Tarentum, Pa.; married Maggie
Rhodes, of Armstrong county, and they have two children, Claude (a dentist)
and Margaret.Source: Page 468-496, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J. H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed May 1999 by Michael S. Caldwell for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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