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Jane Shrum

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Jane Shrum

Posted: 6 Jun 2014 3:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: SHRUM
I've been looking for information on a relative of mine who I believe may be in the Shrum family from Franklin County and/or Muskingum County in Ohio. She is my great-great-grandmother.

Jane (Shrum?)
b. 1810 in New Jersey
d. 1893 in Le Sueur, MN

m. 1830 to Morgan Savidge in Zanesville, Ohio
m. 1847 to Manning Kingsley in Van Wert, Ohio

I have her obituary which states that she moved with her family from New Jersey to Zanesville, OH when she was 7 years old (around 1818). She moved with some of her children to MN after the death of her second husband around 1850. Jane is buried in MN on the same plot as James Shrum (1808-1879) who I'm guessing might be her brother based on the birth year. I assume it isn't a third husband as the obituary didn't mention him. The name Shrum (nor any maiden name) was not mentioned in the obituary, but on Ancestry.com a number of family trees list Shrum as her maiden name. I'm looking for confirmation and eventually for the names of her parents.

One other clue that Jane might be a Shrum is from the names of two of her children: Archibald and Cinderella. I have found an Archibald Shrum in OHIO that could be her brother (based on birth date ~1818) as well as a Cinderella Shrum that could be her sister. I realize this is a weak connection but I haven't had much to go on.

I'd appreciate any help.

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