Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Amos Gum    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah ___     
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Henry Harrison Gum 1     
         Census name: Harrison H. Gum 
                Born: Jul- 5-1837          in Highland Co, VA  2,3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-17-1913          at Roberts Fork (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  4,2
              Buried:                      in Lough (Loft) Cemetery, Roberts Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV  1,4
              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
                Wife: Sarah A. White  b. Oct- 1-1843  d. Jan-25-1906  
       Also known as: Mary A. White 10
             Married: Oct-20-1859           11

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(4) Obituary. 
(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) Obituary of husband. 

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.







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