Shumway, Gary L.

Albert Robison Lyman (1880-1973), and his wife Mary Ellen Perkins were the first settlers of Blanding, San Juan, Utah. He wrote an autobiography, poetry and historical biographies.

Albert Robison Lyman was born on 10 January 1880 in Fillmore, Utah to Platte De Alton Lyman and Adelia Robison. He married Mary Ellen Perkins 26 June 1902 in Salt Lake City. She died in May of 1939 and he remarried to Mary's widowed sister, Gladys Perkins, on 24 July 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Albert and his wife Mary were the first settlers of Blanding, San Juan, Utah. He enjoyed writing and learning and wrote an autobiography, poetry, and historical biographies. Albert died 12 November 1973 in Provo, Utah.

Gladys Perkins Lyman was born 5 June 1888 in Teasdale, Wayne, Utah to Sarah Williams and Benjamin Perkins. She died 10 April 1972 in Blanding, San Juan, Utah.

From the guide to the Oral history interviews with Albert R. and Gladys Perkins Lyman, 1970, 1973, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Ruth Shumway Robinson was born 14 March 1900 in Fruitland, New Mexico, to Peter Minnerly and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Shumway. She married Paul Asbury Robinson on 29 September 1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She had three children. Ruth died 9 July 1993 in Napa, California.

Gary Lee Shumway was born 21 January 1930 in Blanding, San Juan, Utah. He married Sandra Jean Butler on 26 May 1961 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah. He has four children.

From the guide to the Peter and Mary Johnson Shumway family history, 1976, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Allan Black (1907-2002) worked many jobs and eventually settled into a plumbing career.

Allan Black was born 28 October 1907 in Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado, to Edwin Zemira and Chloe Allan Black. He grew up in New Mexico and moved to Arizona in 1926. There he worked as a trucker for movie productions, for the Bureau of Public Roads, Flagstaff Electric Light Plant and the Arizona Power Company. He met and married his wife, Genevieve Lewis, in Flagstaff on 2 April 1929. His eventually settled into a plumbing career and moved back to Blanding, Utah. He died there on 5 February 2002.

Genevieve Mary Lewis Black was born 25 January 1913 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, to Joseph and Vivian Lewis, the last of six children. She lived in Prescott until she married Allan Black and had four children. They later moved to Blanding, Utah.

From the guide to the Oral history interviews with Edwin Allan and Genevieve Mary Lewis Black, 30 May 1978, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Irene Hatch Redd was born 30 September 1887 in Greenwich, Piute County, Utah. She moved to the Mormon colonies in Chihuahua, Mexico, when she was ten-years-old. She left Mexico in 1911 and married Burt Redd in El Paso, Texas. They settled in Blanding, Utah, in 1912 and had seven children. Burt died in 1930. Irene died July 1983 in Utah.

From the guide to the Oral history interview with Irene Hatch Redd, 18 October 1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Marvin Finlinson Lyman was born 18 September 1894 Salt Lake City, Utah to Walter Clisbee and Elizabeth Finlinson Lyman. He married Margie Jeanette Hurst 7 June 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Marvin died 11 October 1972 in Blanding, San Juan, Utah.

Margie Jeanette Hurst Lyman was born 12 December 1898 in Dublan, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico to George Arthur and Mary Maria Terry Hurst. She died 29 July 1994 in Blanding, San Juan, Utah.

From the guide to the Marvin and Margie Lyman oral history interviews, 1971 July 1, 1972 July 11, 1972 August 13, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)