When Festus M Gumm was born in March 1831 in Galesburg, Illinois, his father, Jesse, was 26 and his mother, Margaret, was 21. He married Mary E Willetts on December 2, 1851, in Knox, Illinois. He died after 1900, probably in Polk, Missouri.
Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960, Child Stella May Twentyman
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Festus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Festus: