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The Chronicle May 31 1912, and also the Sherwood Herald page 8
Susannah Kuszmaul was born in Cumberland Co Va in the year of 1824 departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs Emma Roush May 19 1912 at the age of 88 years. She leaves to mourn her sad departure five sons and two daughters Lewis W and Wesley N of Camden Ind, Michael M of Orwell Ohio, Jacob E of Pioneer Ohio, Mrs Ella (Lewis) Roehrig of Defiance Ohio, Martin F and Mrs Emma Roush of Sherwood Ohio, also forty two grand children and eightly great grandchildren. She has lived a devoted Christian life since the age of twenty five.
The funeral was held in the U.R. church on Wednesday May 22 at 10 o'clock conducted by Rev Peoples and the body laid to rest in Sherwood Cemetery Sherwood Ohio.
----------------------------------- Defiance Paper, April 28 1902 Once Prosperous, age Citizen Dies in InfirmaryMartin Kushmaul died at the county infirmary at 6 p.m. today aged 83 years of shaking palsy. He had been an inmate of the infirmary for fourteen years. The deceased was at one time a big land ownere in this county. He was well connected and had many family friends who were well able to take care of him but it is said that he was hard to get along with and for that reason spent he last days in the infirmary. A second stroke of paralysis last week hastened the death of the old man.
(He is buried at Burnersburg Cemetery and had been married to Susannah Kuszmaul but she devorced him in 1886)
Nancy Sines Schultz, vschultz@gte.net, 1-27-2002
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