Name Prefix: Col.
He was a captain of militia in War of 1812, and later became a colonel.
In the 1850 US Census, Duty lives on a farm in Granville, Washington County, NY.
He is 68 years old and his farm is vauled at $3,000. Eunice, his wife, is 53 and lists
her birth place as CT.
His son, Joseph Boardman Shumway, 28 years old, and daughter
Eliza Shaw Shumway, 18 years old, are also living on the farm.
Joseph is listed as a farmer.
A little 9 year old girl names Frances Farnsworth, born in NYS,
is also listed as residing on the Duty Shumway farm. She may be the
daughter of Ebenezer Farnsworth, as Ebenezer was Duty's neighbor
according to the 1840 census.
"Duty Shumway came from Belchertown in 1794, to West Granville Corners,
when eleven years of age, and learned the blacksmith trade of his uncle,
Benjamin Town. He married Eunice Kinney, of Fort Ann; lived and died at West Granville"
"The first blacksmith in this section was probably Benjamin Town."
Benjamin Town is listed as one of the first members of the Presbyterian Church at North
Granville along with a Joseph Town, Hanna Town, Asenath Town. Salem Town
was the first clerk.
All of the above was in "The History of Washington County"
Who is this family member?