Category: Schumm

Nov 23

Tombstone Tuesday-Anna W. & Henriette C. Schumm

This is the tombstone of Anna W. and Henriette C. Schumm, located in row 8 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

Nov 09

Tombstone Tuesday-Elizabeth (Boroff) Smith Schumm

This is the tombstone of Hester Elizabeth (Boroff) Smith Schumm, located in Tomlinson Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

Mother
Elizabeth Smith
Schumm
1886-1962

Hester “Elizabeth” Boroff was born in Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio, on 20 September 1886, the daughter of William I. and Mary Catherine (Coil) Boroff. [1] Her mother died in 1889 and her father married Effie Hale in 1891.

Nov 05

Excavating C.L. Schumm Pond

Problem: a low-lying, wet, unfarmable area on a farm. Solution: a pond. A reasonable solution, especially when your son-in-law has earth-moving equipment. Back in the 1960s my Grandpa Cornelius Schumm had a low area on his farm, located a little northeast of his barn.

Nov 02

Tombstone Tuesday-John Martin Schumm

This is the tombstone of John Martin Schumm, located in row 4 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

Father
JOHN MARTIN SCHUMM
Aug. 18, 1873
Apr. 28, 1954

Oct 22

Digging a Pond, 1974

Across the road from Zion Lutheran Church in Schumm is a nice home and farm buildings, owned by Ned Alspaugh in the 1970s and beyond. West of the barn is a pond, dug in 1974. My mom and dad took these photos of Alvin Krueckeberg excavating and digging Ned Alspaugh’s pond in 1974.