Notes for Levi Shumway

Notes for Levi Shumway

According to A.A. Shumway- Levi married at an early age and moved to Belchertown, MA. He appears on a roll of
Capt. John Cowl's company in the regiment of Col. B.R. Woodbridge in 1775, his name appears as a private. He is
thus identified with the soldiers of the revolution. His name is also on the pension roll of later date. with others from
Belchertown. After the close of the war he moved to Whittingham, Vermont and became one of the pioneer settlers of
that area, clearing the land for his home and becomig one of the thrifty farmers of that section. Later he owned and
occupied a farm in Readsboro, until his death.

Shumway, Levi, Belchertown. Private, Capt. John Cowls's co., Col. Woodbridge's regt., which marched April 20, 1775,
in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service to April 30, 1775, 11 days; also, Capt. John Cowls's co.,
Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's (25th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775;
service, 3 mos. 8 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775].

BURIED: South Hill Cemetery, Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont
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