Otis and Sally Shumway were baptized into the latter day saint movement in Oct 1832.
They lived at Kirtland, Ohio and helped build the temple there. Otis was ordained a seventy
and preached in Kirtland and the surrounding country. The Shumway family went to
Far West, in July 1838, joining with the Zion's Camp at Petersburg, Ohio. The family continued
on with this company until they reached Far West. Later they went with the Saints to
Nauvoo, Illinois, remaining there until after the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
The Shumway family then started west with Brigham Young, going by way of Council
Bluffs, Iowa. They soon discovered they had made an error in going with him, and one
dark night they wrapped the wheels of their wagon with burlap and drove away. The lived
at Inland, in Cedar County, near Tipton, Iowa for awhile. In 1846, Otis and his family went
to Voree, Wisconsin to investigate the claims of J.J. Strang. He accepted them and on
July 9, 1846 Otis was ordained a high priest. (We read that Mrs. Shumway was
also ordained a high priest!) Soon after this, they became disgusted with the Strangite
church and left again for Cedar County, Iowa.
A Few years later they joined the Reorganization and Otis served as a Seventy. A report
from the Ouorum of Seventy to the Annual Conference of 1875 mentions Otis Shumway as
follows: Otis Shumway: about 82. Always had a good standing in the church,
preaching in the branch and vicinity.
SOURCE: The Progenitors of Claude & Ermina Bronson and their history in The Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
By Barbara Bronson Hutchinson
Name Death Date Birth Date Cemetery Town Additional Details
(Including Relatives) Level Info
Otis Shumway 31 Jan 1879 21 Jul 1793 Inland Inland Cedar County Cemetery Record
Granddaughter of Claude & Ermina
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