John MUMPER (23 [or 27] August 1829) m. 18 January 1855 to Sarah Jane GARDNER (30 July 1829). The family traveled considerably, moving from place to place. They started a second move west in 1867, and stopped in Baden, PA., Broadwell, IL., Bolivar, MO., in Texas, (1880 census) Lincoln, NE., and finally in 1881 settled in Greeley, Weld co., Colorado. John d. 16 January 1896 near Greeley, Colorado. Sarah Jane d. 24 January 1915 near Greeley, Colorado.
Mumper Hill, near Greeley, Colorado, is named for the Mumper family.
DIED: MUMPER - At ranch residence, Thursday afternoon, January 16, 1896, of cancer of the pancreas, John Mumper, aged 67 years. Deceased, with his family, resided on a fine ranch north of the Eleventh avenue bridge for about fifteen years. He was a man of sterling character and well liked by neighbors and friends. For years he has been a great sufferer from the disease which caused his death and the end was a release.
He leaves a wife, two sons, Frank and Abram, three daughters, Lizzie, Anna, and Sarah Jane (Mrs. Perry A. Duncan), of Sheridan, Wyo., to mourn his departure.
The funeral took place from the family residence Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of Occidental Lodge No. 20, A.F. & A.M., the Rev. Willis G. Clark of the Baptist church officiating, and the remains were escorted to Linn Grove by a large procession of relatives and friends.[1]
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Categories: Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado