Went to New York State prospecting with his brother Joshua in 1811. They located in what is now
Pavilion, NY, after two years' stay, returned to Massachusetts for their families and goods, after
which were transported thither on an ox-sled with two yokes of oxen - the journey covering
twenty-two days; occupation, farming
SOURCE: 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
#309, Book identification #2.
10 March 1870 Issue of the Le Roy Gazette records the death of Cyrrel Shumway, of the
town of Pavilion, Genesee county., at the age of 86 years, who had not been out of the
town since the great Whig Pole Raising at Le Roy in 1844 when he journeyed five miles
to witness that great political gathering. Strange to say the old man never saw a railway car.
Until recently he would not allow a reaping machine on his premises.
SOURCE: Vital Records Extracted from the Yates County Chronicle
Editor: Stafford C. Cleveland
January - April 1870
http://www.linkny.com/~history/jan70.htm
BURIED: Pavilion First Baptist Cemetery, Pavilion, Genesee, New York
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