Jul-28-2018
Husband: Henry Harrison Gum
Census name: Harrison H. Gum
Born: Jul- 5-1837 in Highland Co, VA 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Apr-17-1913 at Roberts Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 3,1
Buried: in Lough (Loft) Cemetery, Roberts Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 4,3
Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2)
Occupation: farmer 5,6
Military: Pvt, Co G, 8th Va. Cav, CSA, Civil War (enlisted 9/27/1862 in Calhoun Co) 7,8,9
Father: Amos Gum
Mother: Sarah ___
Wife: Sarah A. White 10,11
Also known as: Mary A. White 10
Married: Oct-20-1859 12
Born: Oct- 1-1843 1,2
Died: Jan-25-1906 1
Buried: in Lough (Loft) Cemetery, Roberts Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Solomon White (1818 - 1894)
Mother: Catharine Halterman (1824 - 1908)
F Child 1: Rachel Virginia Gum
Born: May-20-1860 in Highland Co, VA 13,14,2 (see note 3)
Died: Mar- 8-1936 13
Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 14
Resided: 1913 in Greenbrier Community (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 15
Census: 1870, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Aaron Criss Snider b. Feb- -1855 d. Apr-12-1941
Married: Jan- 5-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 16 (see note 4)
M Child 2: James William Gum
Born: ca 1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 17,18
Census: 1930 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 17
Resided: 1913 at Roberts Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 15
Resided: 1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 18
Census: 1870, 1880, 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 19
Wife: Sophia Gamsjager b. ca 1868 d. Dec-17-1889
Married: Apr-23-1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 20
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Burnside b. Mar-13-1870 d. Aug-20-1938
Married: Jan-27-1891 in Lewis Co, WV 18
M Child 3: John Gum
Born: ca 1865 5
Resided: 1913 in Lewis Co, WV 15
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 4: Henry Gum
Born: Oct- 7-1866 at Roberts Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 4,2,21,22,23
Died: Jan- 6-1951 in Harrison Co, WV 4,21
Buried: in Morris Chapel Cemetery, Benson, Harrison Co, WV 4
Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1913 at Roberts Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 15
Census: 1900, 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 2
Wife: Nancy Jane Nutter b. Feb- -1871 d. Dec- 9-1930
Also known as: Jane Nutter 11
Married: May-19-1892 near Benson, Harrison Co, WV 22
Sources:
(1) Headstone.
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
(3) Obituary.
(4) Findagrave.com.
(5) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).
(6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
(7) Obituary, Obituary states that he was a "soldier of the Civil War," but provides no further details.
(8) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(9) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(10) Marriage record of daughter.
(11) Marriage record of son.
(12) Obituary of husband.
(13) West Union Herald, Obit. 3/12/1936.
(14) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 243.
(15) Obituary of father.
(16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Aaron C. Snider, 24, of Doddridge Co, son of Stephen & Sarah A.; and Rachel V. Gum, 19, b. Lewis Co, res.
Doddridge Co, dau of Henry H. & Sarah A. Married Jan 5 1880.
(17) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
(18) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.
(19) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
(20) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(21) Headstone (year only)
(22) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(23) Birth record of son.
Event Notes
Note (1) Obituary specifies birth date as Jul 4 1838, but it also states age at death
as 75y 9m 12d, which calculates to a birth date of Jul 5 1837. This is also the
birth date on his headstone, and is in agreement with the July 1837 date in the
1900 Census.
Note (2) As a widower in 1910, listed in the household of his son James.
Note (3) Marriage record states birthplace as Lewis County.
Note (4) Wife's obituary states marriage date as Jan 8 1880.
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