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Brother Abraham Shoemaker

circa 1767 (computed from age at death) – 1857

Died aged ninety years less nine days, Mahoning County, Ohio — oldest member of his Brethren congregation, Gospel Visitor, January 1857

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

1857

Date of birth

circa 1767 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

ninety years, less nine days

Place of death

Mahoning, Ohio, United States

Inscription transcription

Obituary from The Gospel Visitor January 1857 page 32

DIED in our own church, Mahoning co. Ohio brother ABRAHAM SHOEMAKER, the oldest member in our little flock, aged ninety years, less nine days. Text : Gen. 47 : 9.

The obituary states no death date; the year 1857 is taken from our archive's index entry for this record. Because the notice appeared in the January 1857 issue of the Gospel Visitor, the death may equally have occurred in late 1856; both readings are preserved.

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Source & citation

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
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Transcription only — obituary text transcribed from the Gospel Visitor, January 1857, page 32; no photograph in this record

Citation: Obituary of Abraham Shoemaker (1767–1857) of Mahoning County, Ohio, from the Gospel Visitor (German Baptist Brethren monthly periodical), January 1857, page 32. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/shoemaker-abraham-1857/ : accessed [your access date]).

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