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 COIX'MUIA AXD MONTOUR COUNTIES a fte r which his health liecattic norma). M r. G rove has c.xtcndcd the scope o f his business, ashling <liffcrent lines to his stock until he is noxv the leading merchant of Catawissa, car­ rying a full line o f dry goods, groceries and men’s furnishings. In 1 9 ^ he put up what is now his main building, hut in 1900 found it necessary to erect an addition on Alain street, adjoining the Catawissa National Hank, and another enlargement has been necessary since, made in the summer o f 19 13 . A t present he has 14.000 square feet o l floor space, which is barely sufficient fur the exacting demands o f his large trade, and gives employment to from thirteen to twenty clerks according to the sea­ son. His store is largely ]Kitronizcd not only by the people o f Catawissa. but tho>e from a large territory contiguous to the borough. M r. G rove tolong.s to the P . C). S. o f .A., Camp N o. 540. o f Catawissa Herbert S. Grove m arried Lillian L. Oberd o rf, 3 ilaughtcr o f Martin L. and Frances ( K isslcr) O bcrdorf. and grandaughtcr of Nathan O bcrdorf. M r. and Airs. G rove have no issue. C IL A R L F .S S H .A R P L E S S SH U A LA N. now a resident o f Brooklyn, N. Y ., is a de­ scendant of the Shuman fam ily which has been settled in Columbia county fo r several genera­ tions. its members ranking among the lead­ ing citizens o f Alain township and Catawissa borough, where it is represented at the pres­ ent day by several who arc licaring the name creditably. William K. Shinnan. father o f Q iarles S. Shum an, w as to m in Alain township, Colum­ bia county, A pril 8, 1849, son o f John T. Shum an, a lifelong resident o f that township, being the eldest o f his fam ily o f six sons und th ree daughters. H is early education w as se­ cu red in a countr)* school, and he later at­ tended and graduated from (he M illville A ca­ dem y. o f Alillville. P a., a fte r which he taught Si'hool fo u r years. On A pril 18. 18 7 1, in his twenty-third year, he married Emma J. Hess, a dnugluer o f Phillip and Sarah (P o h e) Hess. S h e w as bom M ay 12, 1852, at Mlffiinvtllc, Pa. T h re e children were hom to this union: Alinn ic, who died at the age o f thirty-four ye ars; C h arles Shaqiless, and (Jcorge A rio. A fte r m arriage Afr. Sbuman purchased one o f his fa th e r's farm s, where he liveft until his death. H e w*as temperate in his habits and at all times a progressive and hanl-w orking fam icr. Po­ litically he w as a Democrat, and held several tow*n>hi|> offices. Both he and Airs. Shuman w c rc memliers of the Luthcnui Church. In the

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fall o f 1893 he w as taken with a severe cold, due to over-exposure, which developed into typhoid fever, aud after a short iUncss he died, N ov. 8th, at his home in Main township, and was buried at Catawissa. H is widow is still living at Espy, P a. T he youngest son. George A rio Shuman, is a .student at JcfTcrson Medical College, Philadelphia. Cliarles Sh aq iless Shuman, son of William K. Shuman, w as bom at Alainvillc, P a., Oct. 2 3, 1880. H ts early c<lucation w as rcccix^cil at a country school, w hkh he attended until thir­ teen years old, when his father died. H e then xvcnt to the gram m ar and high schools at Cata­ wissa and kitcr to the State Normal School at Bloomsburg. H e taught school at M cAuley one year, and at the age o f twenty went to Philadelphia, where he graduated from the Palm er business college, to tc r he took a course in electrical aigineering at D rexel In ­ stitute. In 1906 he liecame affiliated with a concern in New Y o rk manufacturing automo­ bile parts and accessories, aud he still con­ tinues in this business. H e is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of the State o f New Y o rk, and has taken an active part in (he work of the fraternity. H e is also a memlier o f (he Sons of the Revolution of the State o f New Y o rk, as well as several clubs. In Ju n e, 19 13. M r. Shuman married Evelyn Crcvcling, d a u ^ tc r o f Air. and M rs. John C. Crevcling, o f E sp y. Pa. T hey have no children. Air. and Airs. Shuman reside at No. 802 Presi­ dent street, Brooklyn. ITiey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is an independent Kcpublican. W T L L IA M F R E D E R I C K J A C O B S, who is engaged in a general insurance business at Danville, has established a lucrative patron­ age in the comparatively short time he has followed that line. H e was born in Danville Oct. V 1862. son o f John and CharloUe (F risch ) Jacobs, and belongs to a much rcsjiectcd fam ily of the borough. John Jacobs, late o f Danville, was one of the substantial business men o f his day. Bom in Ctermany Sept. 19, 1836, he was a son o f Henry and Elizabeth (Wkber) Jacobs, both also natives o f that country, where they were farm ing people. T hey had a fam ily o f eight children, o f whom John w as the sixth. He was reared on a farm until he reached the age o f seventeen years, at which time, in 1854, he came to Am erica. H is first location in this country w as at Pottsinllc. Pa., where he learned the trade o f baker and confectioner. In the year 1859 he came thence to Danville,