1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

John SHUMAN Death: 16 Apr 1832 Marriage: 01 Feb 1816, of Landisburg, Perry, Pennsylvania Spouse: Mary STROOP Birth: 22 Dec 1795 Source: patron submission

Children born in Millersburg, Perry Co., PA: Priscilla SHUMAN; Birth: 27 Mar 1817 Catharine Wilt SHUMAN; Birth: 15 Mar 1819; Death: 06 Oct 1888 George Stroop SHUMAN; Birth: 11 Jan 1821; Death: 24 Apr 1865 Jacob Stroop SHUMAN; Birth: 31 Mar 1824; Death: 14 Feb 1894 William Armagast SHUMAN; Birth: 02 Feb 1827; Death: Sep 1860 Mary Elizabeth SHUMAN; Birth: 16 Oct 1830; Death: 26 Aug 1834 Father: John SHUMAN; Mother: Mary STROOP Source: patron submission

2.  1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 8 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820

PA

Perry Co.

Greenwood Twp.

Roll M33_104

p. 363

Ln. 16

Shuman John

000010-21100-_-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	26-44	1775-1794	= John
2 females	9 or under	1810-1820	= Catharine (b. 1819) = Priscilla (b. 1817)
1 female	10-15	1804-1810	= ?
1 female	16-25	1794-1804	= Mary (b. 1795)
1	person engaged in agriculture

It appears John may have had a prior wife and that the teenage girl is her daughter.  This enumerator didn't take data for Column 12, "Foreigners not naturalized."

3.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830

PA

Perry Co.

Greenwood Twp.

Millers Town

Roll 156

p. 328

Ln. 18

John Shuman

120 001 - 002 101

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	4 or under	1825-1830	= William (b. 1827)
2 males	5-9	1820-1825	= Jacob (b. 1824) = George (b. 1821)
1 male	30-39	1790-1800	= John
2 females	10-14	1815-1820	= Catharine (b. 1819) = Priscilla (b. 1817)
1 female	15-19	1810-1815	= ?
1 female	30-39	1790-1800	=  Mary (b. 1795)

4.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, and our widow is not living with her married daughter, Priscilla.

5.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 10):  Borough of Millerstown, Perry Co., PA, Roll M432_805, p. 543A/1103, 35/39, enumerated 3 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

William Goodman	35	M		Contractor	500	Penna
Priscilla  "	33	F				"
Mary M E   "	7	F				"
George     "	6	M				"
Mary Shuman	54	F				"

Listed next to George HINES (æ 62, b. PA) and wife, Elizabeth (æ 55, b. PA), with whom is living Luther H. STROUP (æ 8, b. PA).

6.  Archives of PAGenWeb (online at ftp://rootsweb.com):

History: 1821: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA... File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vi. P. Limric... LAWS PASSED SESSION 1819/20 HARRISBURG, PA... Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  In General Assembly met and is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same... 121. An act authorizing sundry persons to sell and convey estates... That the administrators of GEORGE STROOP, dec., JACOB STROOP and JOHN SHUMAN, are hereby authorized to execute a deed, for four lots of ground in the town of Landisburg, Perry county, #1, 2, 23, and 24, with their tenements and appurtenances, to the administrators of JOHN HIPPLE, in trust for the use the heirs, as soon as the administrators of John Hipple shall have paid to Jacob Stroop and John Shuman the balance of the purchase money.

George STROOP is John SHUMAN's father-in-law.