George W. Mumper and Mary Jane Mateer

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Husband George W. Mumper ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Jan 1828 - Carroll Twp, York Co, PA 1 4
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         Father: John Mumper (Abt 1782-1863) 1 2 3
         Mother: Jane "Jennie" Beelman (      -1864) 1 3

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       Marriage: 2 Nov 1854 - Dillsburg, York Co, PA 1

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Wife Mary Jane Mateer ^{1 3 4}

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           Born:  - Lower Allen Twp, Cumberland Co, PA
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         Father: William Mateer (      -      ) 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Ann Porter (      -      ) 4 5 7

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Children

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1 M William Murray Mumper ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M John Mumper ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Lulu B. Mumper ^{1 3 4}

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4 M George B. McClelland Mumper ^{1 3 4}

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         Spouse: Campellena McKeever (      -Bef 1905) 3 4

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5 M Samuel Mumper ^{1 3 4}

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         Spouse: Harriet Nixon (      -      ) 3 4

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6 F Mary Ann Mumper ^{1 3 4}

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General Notes: Husband - George W. Mumper

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He resided on property that had been in possession of the Mateers for many years, but was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mumper after their marriage, he at that time purchasing the interest of the other heirs.
He was prominent in political circles, both national and local, and was one of the first Representatives elected under the new Constitution in the county of Cumberland. For eighteen years or more he served on the school board, of which he was continuously president.

He grew up a practical farmer, and remained at Dillsburg until his marriage, when he bought a fine farm property in Lower Allen township. Cumberland County, on which he made his home until the spring of 1901, when he removed to a spacious residence at Elmwood.
A lifelong Democrat and a conscientious supporter of the principles of that party, he became prominent in Cumberland County, and in 1874 was elected to the House of Representatives, serving through two terms. For twenty-one years or more he was president of the school board.
He was a leading member and one of the liberal supporters of the Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, and one of its trustees. Fraternally, he was a Mason.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Jane Mateer

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from Dillsburg, York Co, PA

She was a graduate at Lititz.

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 495.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 708.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 68.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 709.

5 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 406, 495.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 56.

7 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 67.