John Shoemaker
Ostler at the Cunningham Hotel
John is 38 years old and employed by James Cunningham in 1860 at the former tavern renamed the Cunningham Hotel. His job was to take care of horses belonging to the hotel's guests. His duties would have included feeding, brushing, taking off and putting on the horse's tack (such as bridles, saddles, harness), cleaning the stables, and providing veterinary care as needed for minor illness and wounds. He would have also been responsible for the care the Cunningham's horses, tack, and wagon or carriage.
By 1870, John is living in a Poor House in Elkton, MD run by Stephen Pluck and his wife Mary. 58 men, women, and children, some as part of family units live in the Poor House with John.
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Biographical Information
Born:
ca. 1822 in Maryland
Parents:
unknown
Spouse:
unknown
Children:
Unknown
Lived:
Perryville, Cecil County, MD
Died:
unknown
Additional Information
Source Information
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 7, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: M653_472; Page: 621; Family History Library Film: 803472. Accessed through Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/53735786:7667
Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: M593_583; Page: 104A. Accessed through Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/23433426:7163?tid=&pid=&queryId=118f199f-fc97-4748-9a81-4f6e52be7984&_phsrc=uek378&_phstart=successSource.
