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Subject: [PAWYOMIN-L] FLOYD SHOEMAKER Windham Wyoming Co Pa
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:58:30 EDT
Floyd Shoemaker, son of Gardner and Sarah Williams Shoemaker, lived on the old
homestead in Upper Scotsville. He married Blanche Keeney of Golden Hill and
they had 3 children Harold, Madge and Richard. Madge at about the age of
three was so badly burned by sparks from a brush fire that she died. The
tragedy brought so much sorrow to the parents that they decided to move to
Laceyville, where Mr Shoemaker began to work for the Whipple Brothers Lumber
Co. later they moved elsewhere to work for the company. Blanch died and
Floyd later married Myrtle Gibbs. He died at the age of 86, and was buried at
North Flat near his wife and daughter Madge.
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