• Born: 25 March 1878, Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota, USA ^{3 4}
• Marriage (1): Milda Jane LINN on 20 November 1898 in Clackamas County, Oregon, USA ^{1 2}
• Died: 12 August 1951, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA at age 73
• Buried: 15 August 1951, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA

   Another name for Charles was Chas B. SHUMWAY.³

  General Notes

Father:  Pennervell Shumway (b. 10 Nov 1828 in Maine; d. 24 March 1901 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA)

Mother:  Phoebe R. ____ (b. Oct 1843 in Canada)

Second wife:  Nellie Esperence Hall (married 4 Aug 1917 in Columbia County, Oregon, USA)

Third wife:  Cora Jane Franklin

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Obituary from The Oregonian newspaper (August 15, 1951):

Last rites for Charles B. Shumway, 73, 9736 N.E. Wygant Street, will be at the Gable Funeral home at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Shumway died Sunday at a local hospital after a three year illness.
He was born at Anaka, Minn., March 25, 1878, but came to Oregon in 1886 and attended Russelville school. He was an engineer for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad for more than 30 years and was employed in the shipyards during World War II.
His widow, Cora J., survives, with two sons, R.B. Shumway and I.L. Shumway, and two step-children he had raised from infants. Mrs. LaVern Kiewell Benson and Robert Kiewell, all of the Portland area. There are three grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Roark and Mrs. Annie Taylor.
Interment will be at the Lone Fir cemetery.

[There was a funeral notice on August 14th that had the same information but included a brother, W.F. Shumway.]

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  Burial Notes

Lone Fir Cemetery, Plot: G 3S L33 S37

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He has conflicting birth information of 25 March 1878 and Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. ³

• He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 8 June 1880 in Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota, USA.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 12 June 1900 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA. ³

Charles married Milda Jane LINN, daughter of Benjamin Franklin LINN and Susan Catherine NOYER, on 20 November 1898 in Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce before 4 August 1917. (Milda Jane LINN was born on 3 September 1880 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA,³ died on 25 April 1935 in Wasco County, Oregon, USA ⁵ and was buried in 1935 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• They were divorced before 4 August 1917 in prob Multnomah County, Oregon, USA. ^{1 2}