The Howells & Frost Families with Related Lines


Melvin Jerome SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 22 May 1876 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He died on 3 Jan 1972 in St.Petersburg, FL. He was buried in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He married Christina REEL about 1900.

Christina REEL [Parents] was born on 19 Feb 1872 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She died in 1951 in . She was buried in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown. She married Melvin Jerome SCHRUM about 1900.

They had the following children:

  F i Living
  M ii Leonard M. SCHRUM
  F iii Esther Louise SCHRUM
  F iv Gladys M. SCHRUM
  M v Harry Leroy SCHRUM
  M vi Stewart SCHRUM was born in 1910 in Mahoning Co., OH. He died in 1910 in Mahoning Co., OH. He was buried in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown.

David Edward SCHRECKENGOST was born on 20 Nov 1882 in Pittsburgh, PA. He died in 1969 in . He was buried in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown, OH. He married Mary Blanche SCHRUM on 23 Nov 1912.

Mary Blanche SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 27 Feb 1881 in W.Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She died on 31 Mar 1975. She was buried in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown, OH. She married David Edward SCHRECKENGOST on 23 Nov 1912.

They had the following children:

  M i Dean Edward SCHRECKENGOST
  M ii Edward SCHRECKENGOST was born in 1920 in Youngstown, Mahoning, OH. He died in 1920 in Youngstown, Mahoning, OH.
  F iii Living

Peter Devoe SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 10 Feb 1884 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He died 1 on 22 Oct 1980. He was buried in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He married Ruth.

Last residence Girard OH; Last benefit, Mineral Ridge, OH

Ruth was born on 4 Feb 1893. She died 1 in Apr 1980 in Mahoning Co., OH. She married Peter Devoe SCHRUM.

They had the following children:

  M i Living

Glenn MCMAHON.Glenn married Maggie Mae SCHRUM on 20 Oct 1902.

Maggie Mae SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 5 Apr 1886 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She died on 14 Jul 1980. She was buried in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She married Glenn MCMAHON on 20 Oct 1902.

They had the following children:

  M i Living

Thomas Spurgeon SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 18 Sep 1888 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He died on 1 Jan 1963. He was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Boardman, OH. He married Della A. TAYLOR on 1 Jan 1914 in Mahoning Co., OH.

Della A. TAYLOR [Parents] was born on 13 Nov 1890 in Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH. She died on 16 Oct 1977. She was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery. She married Thomas Spurgeon SCHRUM on 1 Jan 1914 in Mahoning Co., OH.

They had the following children:

  M i Robert T. SCHRUM
  M ii Living
  M iii Thomas Eugene SCHRUM was born on 12 Oct 1927. He died on 28 Dec 1962.

Clyde DeWitt SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 23 Nov 1890 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He died 1 in Mar 1987 in Plant City, Hillsborough, FL. He married Martha E.

Martha E was born on 3 Apr 1900. She died 1 in Aug 1989 in Plant City, Hillsborough, FL. She married Clyde DeWitt SCHRUM.


Leroy DAVIS [Parents] was born on 21 Aug 1888 in Austintown, OH. He died on 24 Oct 1974. He married Grace Victoria SCHRUM on 24 Jul 1913 in Mahoning Co., OH.

Grace Victoria SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 27 Aug 1893 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She died on 30 Dec 1984 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She was buried in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She married Leroy DAVIS on 24 Jul 1913 in Mahoning Co., OH.

They had the following children:

  F i Wilma Grace DAVIS
  M ii Living
  M iii Living
  F iv Living
  M v Living

Samuel Ripple SCHRUM [Parents] was born on 26 Aug 1896 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. He died 1 on 9 Apr 1984 in Mahoning Co., OH. He was buried in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown. He married Edith Roselta BISHOP before 1916.

Edith Roselta BISHOP [Parents] was born 1 on 8 Feb 1898 in Austintown, OH. She died 2 in Aug 1966 in Mahoning Co., OH. She was buried in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown, OH. She married Samuel Ripple SCHRUM before 1916.

They had the following children:

  M i Wilbur SCHRUM
  F ii Living
  F iii Living
  F iv Living
  F v Charlotte Louise SCHRUM
  F vi Living
  F vii Eleanor SCHRUM was born on 14 May 1925. She died on 14 May 1925. She was buried 1 in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown, OH.
  F viii Living
  M ix Samuel R SCHRUM Jr was born on 28 May 1929. He died on 30 May 1929. He was buried 1 in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown, OH.
  F x Living
  F xi Living
  M xii Living

Peter KEENAN was born 1 in Jul 1855 in OH. He died in Mineral Ridge, Trumbull Co., OH ?. He was buried 2 in Brunstetter Cemetery, Austintown, OH. He married Mary KELLY on 14 May 1891 in Mahoning Co., OH. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:
NEFF, Lucretia

According to interview with Margaret L. (Schrum) Howells --
Peter Keenan was raised in an orphanage in Sharon, PA. He married Lucretia Neff. She died when their daughter Blanche was only 18 months old.
He married a lady from Sharon and they had two more children, Marie and Vince. He workde for the Wicks and bonnells; took care of their horses.
She (left him/divorced him) and took the kids to Denver, Colorado where she operated a boarding house.
He died here (Austintown) and is buried at Brunstetter Cemetery, no marker.

Mary KELLY was born 1 in Sep 1855 in PA. She married Peter KEENAN on 14 May 1891 in Mahoning Co., OH. The marriage ended in divorce.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Vincent KEENAN was born 1 in Mar 1892 in Youngstown, Mahoning, OH.

Possibly worked for a railroad. He came to Austintown to visit his half-sister Blanche a couple times. Wade Schrum took Blanche (his mother) out to Colorado to visit them once.
  F ii Living

Jonas NAFF [Parents] was born on 13 Oct 1816 in Austintown, Trumbull, OH. He died on 16 Dec 1889 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. The cause of death was Bright's Disease. He was buried 1 in Smith Corners Cemetery, Austintown. He married Sarah ROWE on 24 Apr 1838 in Austintown, Trumbull, OH.

Estate of Henry Nafe (Knaf) Trumbull County. Guardianship papers for Jonathan, son of Henry Knaf . Book PR4.
Name is Jonathan in 1840 Census; Jonas thereafter.

Sarah ROWE was born on 23 Feb 1819 in PA. She died 1 on 1 Jul 1890 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She was buried 2 in Smith Corners Cemetery, Austintown. She married Jonas NAFF on 24 Apr 1838 in Austintown, Trumbull, OH.

They had the following children:

  M i John NEFF
  F ii Mary Ann NEFF
  M iii George NEFF
  F iv Lucinda NEFF
  F v Martha Magdalena NEFF
  M vi Elias NEFF
  F vii Amanda NEFF
  F viii Elizabeth Ann NEFF
  F ix Caroline Paulina NEFF
  F x Sarah Ann NEFF
  F xi Emma NEFF was born on 24 Sep 1855 in Austintown, Mahoning, OH. She was buried in Austintown, Mahoning, OH.
  F xii Jerusha NEFF
  F xiii Lucretia NEFF

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