Carpenter and millwright by trade and in 1820 assisted in building the Fairmount dam on the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania he owned a small mill near his home and was killed by falling on the mill wheel while in motion.
Basic information taken from the book "Genealogy of the Shumway Family in
the United States of America." Compiled by Asahel Adams Shumway. Volume 1.
Reprinted 1972 by Maple Press, George Shumway, Publisher, York, PA. Page
#121, Book identification #2.
In Belchertown, Mass. Mr Nathan Shumway, aged 53. While at work under his grist mill, near the water wheel, a tub wheel, so called,
he slipped on the ice, and was caught and instantly killed, his body being shockingly mangled. He was industrious and useful
citizen
Submit (Widow Robinson), second wife of Nathan Shumway, from the church in Williamsburgh, Rev. H. Lord, Pastor. Her husband,
Nathan Shumway, was suddenly killed by falling on a mill wheel in rapid motion, in February, 1827, aged 52. After his death his
widow removed to Ware Village in 1836. Nathan Shumway was son of Nathan Shumway, who died in this town, December 30, 1818,
aged 88.
SOURCE: Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass.
by Mark Doolittle - 1852 - Belchertown (Mass.) - 282 pages
Steve Shumway - shumways@@petershumway.org
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