From "Genealogy of the Shumway Family", pages 91-92:
At the outbreak of the War of 1812, he joined the army and remained until the close of the war.
He participated in the last battle in Canada and at the close of the war went to Ohio. The trip was
made down the Ohio River on a flatboat which he built himself and on which he loaded his wife
and children togther with lumber and shingles to build them a home in the wilderness and their
household effects. He selected a site a few miles from the location of Portsmouth, having made
a water journey of nearly 350 miles. Some years later, having loaned another settler money with
which to make his first payment on neighboring land, he was compelled in order to protect this loan,
to raise the money for the second payment which he did by the sale of corn at 12 1/2 cents a bushel
and eggs at 3 cents a dozen.
From an email message located on the Scioto County, Ohio, web site:
Harrison Township was organized 06 Mar 1832, including all of township
three, range 22, and sections 24 and 25 of township two, range 21. It
is bounded on the north by Madison Township, on the east by Bloom,
south by Porter and west by Clay and a portion of Jefferson Townships.
(See http://www.scioto.org/Scioto/locations/sciotoneighbors.html for a
complete township map of Scioto County Ohio.) Harrison Township was
formed from land taken from Madison, Porter and Green townships.
Harrison Furnace would have been in Madison Twp *but* Harrison Furnace
wasn't established until 1833 (Boston Eifort and Henry Spellman,
founders). It went into blast in that year, and continued until 1860.
The owners then failed, and it was purchased by Samuel McConnell and
Daniel Sommers, who continued in business until 1872. They also
failed, the furnace was blown out and a receiver appointed for the
property (i.e., bankruptcy proceedings as we would know it today).
John Lodwick as Receiver disposed of the property, with the land being
sold as farmland.
Harrison Township, along the valley of the Little Scioto, was settled
as early as 1798. Among the old settlers may be mentioned such names
as Simeon Wood, Joseph Bennett, Solomon Monroe, George Bowers, S.T.
Shumway, Saul Crull, R.T. Collins, Daniel White, John White, Thomas
Feurt, John Snyder and Robert Bennett. In 1884, Mr. John Snyder and
wife were the oldest living residents in Harrison Township, he being
born 23 May 1798 and Mrs. Snyder 14 Jan 1804. They were married 03 Jan
1821 and have lived in Madison/Harrison townships since their marriage.
For more about some of the residents of Harrison Township, take a look at
http://www.scioto.org/Scioto/bios/bios-harrison.html for Harrison Twp biographies.
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