Foreman Sun
8/2/1946
DEATH CLAIMS PIONEER LADY
Mrs. Eliza
Schuman, pioneer citizen of this community, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. R.E. Bowles, in this city Sunday, July 28, at 10 am at the age of 84
years. She was born October 21, 1861.
Mrs. Schuman was
the daughter of Daniel Simpson, who was the son of Samuel Simpson and Lady Jane
Kidd of Annemount, Town of Keady, County of Armaugh, the ancestral home of the
Kidds in Ireland. Mrs Schuman’s mother
was Mary Ann Lemons, the daughter of Dr. John Lemons of the County of Armaugh,
Town of Keady, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs.
Simpson were married in 1841 and came to America by sail vessel, landing in New
Orleans in 1841. From New Orleans they
came to Laynesport, Arkansas on Red River in 1844, where he did a merchandising
business for a number of years. He also
had a store in Rocky Comfort, Arkansas, during the Civil War, and one on his
farm near Indian Territory until his death in 1873. His wife, Mary Ann Simpson, died in 1900.
Mrs. Schuman was
one of eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, and until her death was the
last survivor.
Mrs. Schuman, nee
Eliza Ellen Simpson, was married to Carl Schuman in 1877 at Rocky Comfort,
Arkansas and to this union one child was born, Mrs R E Bowles of this city, who
survives. Carl Sanderson of Memphis
Tennessee, a grandson, is the only other immediate relative surviving. Mrs. Schuman was preceded in death by her
husband in 1920.
Mrs. Schuman was
the oldest pioneer resident of Rocky Comfort with the exception of Mrs. M B
Taaffe. She was a pioneer member of the
Episcopal Church and during her early life devoted much time to the work of the
church.
The esteem in
which Mrs Schuman was held by her many friends and acquaintances was attested
to by the beautiful floral offerings, although a request was made that no
flowers be sent.
Funeral services
were held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the St. Barnabus Episcopal church in
this city, conducted by Father Carson, pastor of the St James Episcopal church
of Texarkana. Interment was in the Dollarhide
cemetery under the direction of the Phillips Funeral Home of Ashdown.
Pallbearers were
Bob Smith, Sam Seligson, Jimmy Taaffe, S D Matteson, Edward Hawkins and Eugene
Ellis.
Out of town
relatives and friends who attended the funeral were Mrs. Lena White, Mrs Sam
Sawyer, Mrs. Haizlip, and Miss Willa West of Idabel, Ok; Mrs. CL Dillahunty of
North Little Rock, Arkansas and Mr and Mrs Carl Sanderson of Memphis,
Tennessee.