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Married:
- Henry's father, Peter Schumm, left Wurtemburg, Germany because he didn't want his sons serving in the military. He was a basket weaver and brought along roots of a particular willow species--roots which were passed down to every generation. These Schumms were Lutheran but Henry got involved with a widow in East Zorra, named Magdalena (Schultz) Schwartzentruber. It took a while for Henry to agree to marriage because he didn't want to join the Amish church and Magdalena refused to leave the Amish church. However, love won out and Henry joined the Amish church and married Magdalena on June 23, 1868. To this union were born Mary (b. 1865) and my Great Grandfather, John (b. Feb. 11, 1872)
from Fred Lichti
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