Followed the sea from his twentieth birthday, first in whaling, later as a man-of-war's
man. Was Captain of foretop on battleship Cumberland during the Mexcian War, died
in a California hospital
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.
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