Jacob Mumma and Mary Schopf
Husband Jacob Mumma 1
Born: 14 Sep 1809 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: John Mumma ( - ) 2 Mother: Elizabeth Frantz ( - ) 2
Marriage: 25 Sep 1862 3
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Nissley ( -1836) 2 - 19 Jan 1832 2
Other Spouse: Catharine Eberly ( -1861) 4 - 1 Dec 1836 3
Wife Mary Schopf 5
AKA: Mary Schoph,3 Mary Shupp 6 Born: - Lancaster Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Henry Schoph ( - ) 3 Mother: Elizabeth Kauffman ( - ) 7
Other Spouse: Rudolph Hertzler ( -1855) 8
Children
1 F Emma Mumma 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Jacob Mumma
He was born six miles east of Harrisburg, in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and remained on the farm with his father until his marriage. He and his wife moved to Lancaster County, in 1835, and engaged in farming until 1839. In the spring of that year he came to Cumberland County and bought a farm in Monroe Township, afterward purchasing the old homestead farm in Silver Spring Township.
He was one of the founders of what eventually became the First National Bank of Mechanicsburg.
His second wife was the mother of six children; four were living in 1886.
He and his wife were members of the Mennonite Church at State Hill.
1 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 427, 495, 568, 570.
2 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 427.
3 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 428.
4 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 428, 570.
5 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 571.
6 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 568.
7 Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 429.
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Editor, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 428, 568.
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