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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES (lustries in (he town and was interested in the shoe factory, the nail factory, and many of the smaller establishments of the past. Franklin L. Shuman has seen considerable public service, having been justice of the peace for several terms, and for ten years as­ sociate justice of the Columbia county courts, elected first in 1876 and reelected in 1881. During his term the trial of the "M ollie M a­ guires ' took place, and he w as directly con­ nected with the case at the time. Ilis long and continuous retention in office shows better than mere words what his services in the past have meant to the community, and how much they have been appreciated by his towns­ men. who have given substantial recognition of his ability by thcir continued support. His work has b ^ i o f permanent value, and few men have so careful or so ready to give thcir lime and attention to nutters affecting the general w elfare. Politically he is a Demo­ crat. in religious connection a member o f St. John's I.uthcran Church. On Ju ly 27. 1854. M r. Shuman nurried Angcline Michael, .md to them were bom four children: Charles, who w as employed .it Glen City. Columbia county, and who was acci­ dentally killed at his father’s mines at that place when twenty-one years old (he is buried at C a ta w issa ): Paris H.. mentioned liclow: .Alice, who dic<l when thirteen years o ld : and I.illie, who died when four years old. Mrs. Shuman is a member o f S t. John’s Lutheran Church. Manassch Michael, father o f M rs. .AngcHne (M ichael) Shuman, w as bom in Beaver town­ ship. Columhia county, son o f .Adam Michael, a native o f Columbia county, who engaged in farming in Be:»ver township and also kept hotel at Beaver V alley until his death, which occurred In tlu t township in 18 4 1. H is w ife passed aw.ay several years later, and they arc buried in the family cemetery on the old homestead. T hey had children as follow s: Manassch. Charles. Washington. Andrew. Betsy, Sallie and Caroline. Manassch Michael livcoat. and w as eiig.agc<l in carrying coal from the vicinity o f Pottsville to Philadelphia until he met wiih an accident, a piece o f liml»er falling on him. He lingered for nine years, dying in Dcccmtor. 1838. at the early •age o f thirty-seven, in Berks county, and he is buried there, at Strausstown. in the Michael Church cemetery in Bern township. He m ar­

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ried Susanna Hossler. member o f a wellknown family o f Berks county who had extensive farming interests, and they had children a s follow s: L evi, a merchant in Beaver township, who died in 19 14 (he served three years in the Civil w a r ) : William, a miller, who died near .Allentown. Pa. (he was in the Civil w ar for three y e a r s ); .Manassah. who was in the hotel business and died at Pottsville, P a .; Ebczinc, widow o f Josiah Johnson, residing on Penn stcret in Reading. P a .: Lucy .Ann. who married Thom as Shu ­ man. a merchant at Beaver V a lle y : and .Angeline (M rs. Shum an). .About 1850 the widowed mother removed with her family to Columbia county, settling in Reaver township, where she died E'eb. 16. 1884. .She is buriro in St. Peter’s churchyard (H aid e r cem etery), in that section. P a r i s H. SHitM.xx, only surviving child of Franklin L. .Shuman, w as born Tan. 2 1 . 1857. at Beaver X’alley. Columbia Co., Pa., and received his early education in the public schools. I^ tc r he attended the State Normal School at Bloomsburg. In his youth and early manhood he a.ssistcd his father in the store and mines and for a time w as in the First N a­ tional Bank o f Catawissa. F o r over thirty years he has been connected with the Cata­ wissa w alcnvorks. He came to Catawissa with his father in 1875, and in 1882 w as one of the charter members of the company which established the waterworks, which he and his mother now own. M r. Shuman having the entire management. Under his intelligent and up-to-date direction the plant is one of the most effective in this section of the State, and is undergoing constant improvement. The reservoir capacity is great enough to meet all demands. Nature and man’s ingenuity have combinctl lo give Cjitawissa this pure water supply, which is drawn from springs in the Catawissa H ills and runs by gr,ivily system into Ihe reservoir, which has a capacity of 330.000 gallons, and from there is fed into the pipes that supply the town, the gravity pressure being sufficient to answer all pur­ poses. In .addition, M r. Shuman has sunk several artesian wells, which, i f necessary, can be used during a very dry season, and has a modern pumping station fitted with high jiowcr air compressor and force pumps. T lic cst.ahlishmcnt is a model one. and the people of Catawissa have alw ays liccn satisfied with the service the Shumans have supplied. On March 14, 1878. M r. Shuman was m ar­ ried to .Adah, daughter o f John V. and Sarah (B au ch ) Boyer, o f Catawissa. and they have