Sylvan Schumacher

Sylvan Schumacher was born in Leavenworth Township near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota in 1934 to Ben and Francis Schumacher. He lives on the home place that his great-grandfather, John Joseph Schumacher homesteaded.

Title	Other Details
Title Everyone else left the area Sylvan Schumacher \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: 1862 Topics: Aftermath of 1862, Family in 1862 Keywords: Leavenworth, Wounded Knee
Title He couldn’t let the dog bark, so he had to drown his dog Sylvan Schumacher \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: 1862 Topics: Family in 1862 Keywords: Slough, Leavenworth
Title I was always interested in what a dugout was like Sylvan Schumacher \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: Immigration Topics: Settler Life, Homesteading, Sod Houses Keywords: Homesteading, Sod Houses, Midwifery
Title War is always that way Sylvan Schumacher \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: 1862 Topics: Perspectives on 1862 Keywords: War

Sylvan Schumacher

Associations: New Ulm (Settler Descendant),

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