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 #297, Book identification #1817.
He studied medicine with his father, Dr. Samuel Shumway, afterwards graduating from the College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York City. He graduated with high honors in 1848. He practiced medicine about 10 years in Essex,
where many would have testified to his courageous long rides through drifting snow on the shores of Lake Champlain
to relieve their sufferings, when few would brave the weather. He went to Chicago in 1858 and built up a large practice
on the West side . He was esteemed by a large circle, both as physician and friend. Probably no other physician in the
city had a larger list of patients where no charge was ever made. He was one of the charter members of He speria
Lodge F. and A. M. A member of Prof. David Swing's congregation and of the Chicago Medical Society.
State of Illinois, Cook County, City Board of Health, Physicians
certificate of death, #56504 gives the following information:
Charles W. Shumway, Male, 58 years, 11 months, 13 days old at death.
Occupation physician, date of death 1 Jan 1885 in the A. M., married.
American, born Essex, Essex County, N. Y., 27 years in the state of
Illinois, was living at 72 Park Ave., 12th Ward. Death caused by Diabetes Mellitus.
Name Prefix: Dr.
Studied medicine with his father. Practiced in Essex for a few years before moving to Chicago in 1858
See D.A.R. Lineage Book Vol 51, p 369, #50826.
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