This is the tombstone of Maria (Pflueger) Schumm, located in row 5 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:
Maria A.
Ehefrau von
G.M. Schumm
Geboren
Den 20, Juni
1820
Gest. Den 25
Marz 1903
SCHUMM
Maria A., wife of G.M. Schumm, born the 20 June 1820, died the 25 March 1903.
Anna Maria Pflueger was born 20 June 1820 in Schrozberg, Wuerttemberg, the daughter of Christian and Anna Barbara (Sekel) Pflueger.
“Maria” immigrated with her parents and 5 siblings in 1832 and lived in Holmes County, Ohio, for a few years. Maria married George Martin Schumm there on 1 May 1838. George Martin (1812-1871) was also a German immigrant.
George Martin and Maria (Pflueger) Schumm lived in Holmes County in 1840 [1] but moved to Van Wert County by December 1847, where their daughter Margaretha Barbara was born, according to Zion Schumm’s records.
The George Martin Schumm family in 1850: George, 38; Mary, 30; Fred, 11; Louis, 9; George, 8; John, 6; Rosina, 5; Margaret, 2; Mary, 1; Elisabeth Flecker [Pflueger]; and Jacob Bentz, 24. The father George Martin was a farmer. [2]
The George Martin Schumm family in 1860: George, 47; Mary, 46; Frederick, 21; Louis, 19; George, 18; John, 17; Rosina, 15; Mary, 11; Jacob, 9; Christian, 7; Henry, 5; and Martin, 4 months. [3]
1870: George, 57; Mary, 50; Mary [no age]; Jacob, 19; Henry, 16; Martin, 10; and Sophia, 7. Husband George Henry was a farmer. [4]
George Martin Schumm died in 1871 and in 1880 Maria, enumerated as May, lived with son Henry Schumm and his wife Anna. Their household in 1880: May [Maria] Schumm, 59, widow; Henry Schumm, 35; Anna Schumm, 23; Fred Buchner [?], 19, farm labor; and Peter Sults, 30, day labor. [5]
In 1900 Maria Schumm continued to live with her son Henry “H.G.” and his wife Anna (Roehm) and their 5 children: Henry G Schumm, 45, head; Anna, 43, wife; Amelia, 19; Anna, 17; Henrietta, 15; Walter E, 11; Ester, 6; and Maria, 79, mother, widow. [6]
Maria Schumm died in Willshire Township, near Schumm, on 25 March 1903, following a severe coughing spell, according to Zion Schumm’s records. According to her Van Wert County death record she died of old age. She was 82 years, 9 months, and 5 days old and was buried on the 29th.
George and Maria (Pflueger) Schumm had the following children:
Jacob “Frederick” (1839-1927), married Maria Germann
Louis M. Sr (1840-1922, married Mina Domke
George M. (Rev.) (1841-1917, married Charlotte Breuninger; married Amalia Justine Markworth
John (1843-1864)
Anna “Rosina” (1845-1928), married John Roehm
Margaretha Barbara (1847-1851)
Marie “Mary” (1849-c1876), married Claus L. Peters
George “Jacob” (1851-1895), married Lena Kellerman; married Amalia K. Backhaus
George “Christian” (1852-1895)
George Henry “H.G.” (1854-1939), married Anna Roehm; married Mina Kroemer
Jacob Wilhelm “Will” (1857-1858)
Jacob “Martin” (1859-1909), married Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ehrenmann
Anna Magdelina “Sophia” (1862-1924)
[1] 1840 U.S. Census, Millersbury, Holmes, Ohio, p.292, line 3, Chris Filenger; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ : viewed 10 Jan 2021.
[2] 1850 U.S. Census, Willshire, Van Wert, Ohio, p.166B, dwelling 114, family 131, George Shuman; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ : viewed 10 Jan 2021.
[3] 1860 U.S. Census, Willshire, Van Wert, Ohio, p.425, dwelling 1068, family 1062, George Schanen; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ : viewed 10 Jan 2021.
[4] 1870 U.S. Census, Willshire, Van Wert, Ohio, p.439A, dwelling 131, family 132, George Schumm; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ : viewed 10 Jan 2021.
[5] 1880 U.S. Census, Willshire, Van Wert, Ohio, ED154, p.450C, family 132, May Schumm; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ : viewed 10 Jan 2021.
[6] 1900 U. S. Census, Willshire, Van Wert, Ohio, ED97, p.10, dwelling 193, family 206, Henry G Schumm; digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ : viewed 10 Jan 2021.