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Rachel Shaum Letherman

Birth: 24 Mar 1831
Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death: 6 May 1889 (aged 58)
Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA
Burial: North Union Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 53008308 View Source

Obituary

Herald of Truth , Vol. XXVI, Number 11, June 1, 1889 - Page 172, 173

LEATHERMAN - On the 7th of May, near Wakarusa, Ind., of cancer of the stomach, Rachel, daughter of John and Sarah Shaum, of Wayne county, Ohio, and wife of Isaac Leatherman, aged 58 years, 1 month and 13 days. The deceased professed faith in Christ and united with the church about the year of 1856. She was a great sufferer the last few years of her life, but waited patiently for the end. Of fourteen children eleven are living. May the Lord richly bless them and our deeply bereaved brother. Buried at North Union where services were held by Daniel Brenneman and John S. Coffman.

Obituary

Herald of Truth , Vol. XXVI, Number 11, June 1, 1889 - Page 172, 173

LEATHERMAN - On the 7th of May, near Wakarusa, Ind., of cancer of the stomach, Rachel, daughter of John and Sarah Shaum, of Wayne county, Ohio, and wife of Isaac Leatherman, aged 58 years, 1 month and 13 days. The deceased professed faith in Christ and united with the church about the year of 1856. She was a great sufferer the last few years of her life, but waited patiently for the end. Of fourteen children eleven are living. May the Lord richly bless them and our deeply bereaved brother. Buried at North Union where services were held by Daniel Brenneman and John S. Coffman.

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Isaac Kolb Letherman

1827–1910 (m. 1848)

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Created by: Melaney Friesen Shaum
Added: May 29, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53008308/rachel-letherman: accessed ), memorial page for Rachel Shaum Letherman (24 Mar 1831–6 May 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53008308, citing North Union Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Melaney Friesen Shaum (contributor 47261644).

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