Solomon Stump (1780 - 1865)

Born Oct 1780 in Northumberland County Pennsylvania

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Died 2 Sep 1865 at age 84 in Elkhart County, Indiana

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Biography

Solomon Stump (born Shamokin Twp, Northumberland Co,PA), son of Abraham Stump & his wife.

Married Anna Burkholder Stump, daughter of Ulrich Burkholder & his wife Mary Bohr Burkholder

John C Burkholder, 1865 exec of his estate. John was married to daughter Catherine Stump Burkholder. John was also the minister of the German Baptist Church, Union Center. Later became known as Union Center Church of the Brethren (COB, not BIC)

Solomon's brother Daniel was a bishop in the River Brethren Church, later known as the Brethren in Christ Church (BIC, not COB)

Solomon J. Strycker, one of the foremost farmers of Union township, Elkhart county, Ind., was born May 25, 1847, and is the only son of Christian and Mattie (Stump) Strycker, both natives of Canada, the former born in 1817 and the latter in 1818. When a young man the father came to Indiana, settled in Union town ship, and bought 160 acres of land. Being a single man he boarded with John Burkholder, his nearest neighbor, and cleared five acres of land on which he erected a log cabin. After marriage he cleared up his farm and passed through all the hardships of pioneer days, but was very successful as an agriculturist. Later he bought more land, and sold eighty acres of the farm he had bought to his son-inlaw. He and his brother, Jacob, bought the first threshing machine in the township. On the farm where he had passed the best years of his life his death occurred May 11, 1887, and no man was better respected or more highly esteemed. In religion he was a German Baptist, and in politics a Democrat. Mrs. Strycker was a young lady when her parents, Solomon and Anna (Burkholder) Stump, moved to Elkhart county and settled in Union township. There both passed the remainder of their days. Mrs. Strycker has one brother living in the township. She was married to MEMOIRS OF INDIANA. 407 Mr. Strycker on March 3, 1842, and became the mother of five children: Anna, born November 18, 1844, and died at the age of eighteen months; Mariah, born January 16, 1845, married Isaiah Rummel, and now resides in Union township; Solomon J. ; Elizabeth, born January 28, 1850, married, but is now deceased; and Sarah, born March 3, 1854, is at home. Mrs. Strycker is still living, is seventy years of age, and is a member of the German Baptist Church. Solomon J. was born on the farm where he now lives, and received his scholastic training in the old log school-house. When twenty-three years of age he was married to Miss Isabel Skinner, who was born November 17, 1854, and who was the daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Black) Skinner, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Mr. Skinner was a pioneer settler of Noble county, Ind., and died in 1882, when seventy years of age. Mrs. Skinner's father, John Black, was a pioneer settler of Elkhart county and a prom inent citizen of the same. She is still living and was the mother of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Strycker were married in 1870, and four children have blessed this union: Ephraim, born April 15, 1871, married September 15, 1892, to Miss Ida M. Walters, of Union township, where he now lives; Mary A., born April 20, 1873, married Daniel B. Stouder, and resides on a farm in Union township; Elizabeth, born March 11, 1877, died March 25, of the same year; and William H., born July 3, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Strycker are members of the German Baptist Church, and he is a deacon in the same. He has one of the best improved farms in this part of the county, and has been very successful as a stockraiser. In his political affilia tions he is a Democrat. He is one among the best citizens of the county, and is active in his support of all worthy enterprises. Mr. and Mrs. Strycker have taken a little girl to raise, Emma M. Stouder, who was born September 5, 1885.

Research Notes

Solomon's son Abram/Abraham and his family is listed as a separate family in the same dwelling on the 1850 Federal Census of Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52192579

• https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QaeVdvbnc81W12faDZWGQSJq26OPR3ykX_5z4JmiwHnmGGO-DtExyCBvmKUKexenRq2pgypuk3sdnHroQ867EtlZ58D4amE-t260-8EnWl4lEbmjBFBEuXGmzMnTZdd5EsAT39z6AARAHf2qdr48EP_w-HhAmQTuZqtF5gF5OPmkS3ZvOOr_BDHJdfs2JgIUmNQsRfRp1CGPPu_BBuQ_rBk1D0M6CxtjcYprbrMPiLAzvp4DCHkj5tLDYv5cw8HYoM6wlyCMWDQND-B0SJY6E1F3qYESMEGUndmgPiETvXphQuml82k

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LKQ-LCQ?cc=1401638&wc=95RC-82Z%3A1031336301%2C1033478201%2C1031403901 : 9 April 2016), Indiana > Elkhart > Union > image 6 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBY-93T9?cc=1473181&wc=7QK5-RZC%3A1589426070%2C1589426339%2C1589422372 : 24 March 2017), Indiana > Elkhart > Union Township > image 15 of 30; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).