Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Reedsburg:

Rev. W. Shumway, was born Jan. 24, 1815; he came to Johnstown, Rock Co., Wis., in 1844, and in the same year was ordained a minister of the Christian Church; during the past thirty five or thirty-six years, Mr. S. has preached nearly every Sabbath, while giving his attention during the week-days to the transaction of other business; for a period of eleven years, Mr. S. filled an appointment on Narrow Prairie, Wis.; he is now preaching at Excelsior, near Reedsburg; he lived to ten years in Rock Co., Wis.; then, in 1854, removed to Reedsburg, Wis., where for two years he held a position in a store; after this, he opened a meat market, and carried on that business for two or three years, when he went out on a farm three miles to the southeast of Reedsburg, where he spent eight years; during this time, he did a little in the hop-raising business; in May, 1876, he returned to town. Mr. S. was married April 10, 1836; Mrs. Shumway was, before her marriage - Miss Sarah Bushman; she was born Dec. 29, 1816; she died July 1, 1877, leaving three daughters - Hattie, now Mrs. Sprague; Angie, now Mrs. Medbury, and Matie, who is now Mrs. Pietzsh; the dates of their births are; Hattie, born Nov. 18, 1842; Angie, July 25, 1845; Matie, July 13, 1848.

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