Sylvan Schumacher

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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.

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

Oral History- Interview | Narrator Sylvan Schumacher Interviewer Deborah Locke made in New Ulm, MN | Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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