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 <blockquote id="newscom-article-:R1md9lcqsd9ll:" data-embed-url="https://www.newspapers.com/embed/126090903/"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/state-indiana-sentinel-waterman-senator/126090903/">Waterman, Senatorial Convention</a> </p> Article from Jul 12, 1849 State Indiana Sentinel (Indianapolis, Indiana) <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?tag=1849">1849</a>, <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?tag=Miles Waterman">Miles waterman</a> <!--- <img src="https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=126090903&width=699&height=236&ts=1607535806" style="display:none"> --> </blockquote> <script async src="https://www.newspapers.com/nextstatic/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

  http://genealogytrails.com/ind/dekalb/bios1885WZ.html WATERMAN, Miles             Hon. Miles Waterman, section 17, Franklin Township, was born in Onondago County, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1818, a son of Elijah and Sarah Waterman, natives of Massachusetts, the former of Pittsheld and the latter of Salem.             In the spring of 1837 he accompanied his parents to Steuben County, Ind., and the following fall to De Kalb County, and settled on section 19, Franklin Township. At that time there was no house between their place of settlement and Auburn, a distance of eight miles. The principal inhabitants were Indians, who often visited them to exchange cranberries and game for corn meal and bread. The father died in 1864, aged seventy-five years, the mother having preceded him several years.             Our subject was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education. After coming to De Kalb County he assisted his father in clearing his land and improving a farm, and since attaining manhoo

Hi Vickie Lynn,      I haven't been into my emails for a few days but am pleased to find some from you with results of your research.  The articles make fascinating reading.  Here are a few comments.  I don't know the reason for the misspelling of my grandfather's name, but can make a guess.  Dad mentioned a few times over the years that during World War One, many people in this country in this country who had German names changed the spelling.  They were trying to avoid the ill feeling against those of German ancestry, which was a real problem.   For example, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, the top US flying ace of the war and future head of Eastern Air Lines, changed his spelling from an even more German spelling.        In connection with grandfather being a lawyer, Dad said that there were fewer requirements for that in those days, not like attending college extra years to obtain a law degree.  But it still was an accomplishment.      As to the electric train, dad said inte

  Name Simon Shuman Gender Male Birth Date 29 Jul 1803 Death Date 14 Jan 1879 Death Place Seneca County, New York, United States of America Cemetery Pleasant Union Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Old Fort, Seneca County, Ohio, United States of America Has Bio? N Spouse Mary A Shuman Mary A Shuman Children William F. Shuman Jacob Shuman Thomas G. Shuman Mary E. Knepper David Shuman Eli Shuman George Shuman Philip Randolph Shuman Daniel Shuman Simeon Shuman John Shuman URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7447663/simon-shuman Save