Member Biography

Jacob Good Shuman 

Jacob Good Shuman 

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Bergner Tintype etching, 1857

 

Sessions Office Position District Party
1855       7 Whig
1856       7 Whig
1857       7 Whig

COUNTIES: Lancaster, Lebanon  


Biography

07/27/1811 - 08/04/1858

Jacob Good Shuman (Whig7) Lancaster and Lebanon Counties 1855-1857

Early Life:            

Jacob Good Shuman, born, July 27, 1811, Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob and Mary Witman Shuman; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1855-1857; married, Frances “Franny” Stehman, seven children, all died before reaching eighth birthday; died, August 4, 1858, Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, speculation, Henry Hostetter Farm Cemetery, one mile South West Central Manor, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, no records found.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, 1855-1857.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Daily Evening Express (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Monday, August 16, 1858, page 2.

So far this is the only known accurate information.