Adam Stump (1854 - 1922)

Born 7 Jul 1854 in York County, Pennsylvania

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Died 18 Mar 1922 at age 67 in York County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Adam was born in 1854. He was the son of Adam Stump and Mary Geesey. He passed away in 1922.^[1]

Adam graduated from Gettysburg College in 1878, Gettysburg Seminary in 1881, and received a Doctorate of Divinity from Susquehanna University in 1903.

Adam served as a pastor with the following charges: Rossville, PA 1881-83; York Springs - (Holy Trinity Lutheran Church & Chestnut Grove Lutheran Church) ,PA 1883-85; North Platte, NB 1885-90; Quickel's Charge (Quickel's, Paradise, Wolf's and Mt. Zion Churches) - York Co. 1890-1922.

Adam was the author of the following books: "The Life of Huhlenberg", "The History of the West Pennsylvania Synod" and "The Secret of the Canyon".

According to a York Dispatch article, Adam's church in North Platte was particially financed by Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) whom was described as a warm personal friend.

Adam served as the chaplain of the local branch of the Union Veteran Legion. He also served as chaplain and trustee of the York Cadets. He was the president of the board of trustees of the York Co. Academy.

Children:

• Mary O. Stump
• Eugene I. Stumpf,
• Raymond N. Stumpf,
• Theda L. Stump
• Florence R. Stumpf ^[2]

Adam Stump has been a preacher in his native county of York Pennsylvania for the last twenty one years, after having been five years a missionary to Nebraska, before which he preached four years in York and Adams counties. The first member of the Stump family came to America in 1710 several other lines of ancestry he traces to a period nearly as early.

After leaving the farm in 1871 at the age of seventeen, he studied at York Academy taught school for two years then entered the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and upon graduation took the course in the Lutheran Seminary at the same place ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ http://manycoups.net/Stumpfs%20and%20Stumps%20page1.html
3. ↑ Publications, Volume 26 By Pennsylvania-German Society, 1918