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- The Shuey family originated in France, where the name was spelled Juy. Huguenots, they fled to Germany about 1700, where the name became Schuy. They stayed in France until 1832, when they arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Johnson." By the time they came to America, they had become "Germanized," so initially it appeared that they were, indeed, Germans. They immigrated with Germans, married German women, and spoke the German language. They lived in Pennsylvania until 1805, when they moved to German Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. John Martin Shuey was active in the early court records of Montgomery Co. for not paying his debts! His son, Martin Shuey, served in the military and was placed in command of the 8th Military District of Ohio in 1810. After serving in the War of 1812, he was promoted to Major of his battalion, and in 1816 he became Colonel. In 1818 he was made a Brigadier General. He resigned from the Army in 1820 and went to Shelby County, Indiana, where he farmed for several years. In 1829, he moved his family westward to Adams County, Illinois, where he remained for 20 years. Eighteen fifty-nine found the 74 year old General crossing the plains to California, where he settled near San Francisco. John Shuey, son of General Martin Shuey, married Lucinda Stowe in Adams Co., Illinois. They had ten children, including two sets of twins. Sarah I. Shuey, one of the twins, earned her M.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1876. She was attending physician to a wealthy family and practiced medicine for many years in California. Her sister, Elisabeth Sophronia (Sophie) married John Henry Putman and went to Seattle, Washington. The Shuey family is well documented in the book, "History of the Shuey Family in America," by D.B. Shuey. Originally published in 1876, the second edition carried the family to 1919.
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