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Frederick Stumbaugh

Born about 1783 in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Son of Frederick Stumbaugh and Margaret (Houdershell) Stumbaugh [uncertain]

Brother of Adam Stumbaugh, Eve (Stumbaugh) Warren, John Hudson (Stumbaugh) Stumbo, James Stumbaugh, Benjamin Stumbaugh, David Stumbaugh and William Joseph Stumbo

Husband of Sally Sara (Bracks) Stumbaugh — married 1 Nov 1805 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth (Stumbaugh) Stumbo, Jane (Stumbaugh) Stumbo, Mary M (Stumbaugh) Stumbo, Margaret Peggy (Stumbaugh) Ashenfelter, Sarah (Stumbaugh) Taylor, Rachel Ann (Stumbaugh) Freeze, George Washington Stumbo, David Stumbaugh and John Stumbaugh

Died about 1840 at about age 57 in Jackson Twp., Highland Co., Virginia

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2 Children of Frederick and Margaret (Houdershell) Stumbaugh
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4 Sources

Biography

Frederick Stumbaugh was born about 1783 in Milll Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Frederick was the son of Frederick Stumbaugh and Margaret Houdershell. He married Sarah Brock on 01 Nov 1805, in Friedens Church, Rockingham County, Virginia. Frederick passed away about 1840, in Highland County, Ohio.

The following information comes from Stumbo family expert, Donald Stumbo:

Frederick (Son) was the child of Frederick Stumbaugh and Margaret Houdershell Stumbaugh. They apparently lived in the Rockingham County area of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It is assumed that Frederick (Son), was born in the Rockingham County area about 1783.

I have no information on the birth place of Sarah Bracks (Brock). Records of the Friedens Church indicate that Friedrick Stombaugh and Sara Bracks married on 01 Nov 1805, in Rockingham County. Friedrick Stambach and Sarah (Brock) Stambach were confirmed in the Friedens Church on 10 Jun 1810. He was 27.

Following notes provided by Stan Stumbo, May 2001:

FREDERICK2 STUMBAUGH (JACOB1 STAMBACH) was born Abt. 1736 in Germany, and died after 1832, in Lawrence County (?) Ohio. He married Houdershell-1 | Margaret Houndersheel]]. She was born about 1755, in the American Colonies, and died in May 1795, in Rockingham County, Virginia. He also married (2) MARY ROLAS after May, 1795. Notes for FREDERICK STUMBAUGH: The Stumbaugh's were early settlers in Virginia. Frederick was a Revolutionary War soldier. He moved to Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, about 1796-1799, then later to Scioto County, Ohio. The move took place between 1815 and 1820. Emigrated about 1754.

Children of Frederick and Margaret (Houdershell) Stumbaugh

1. FREDERICK3 STUMBAUGH, JR., b. 1783, Shenandoah County, Virginia; m. Mary Rolas. d. bet 1840 - 1850, Highland Co, Ohio. Children of Frederick and Mary:

a. BENJAMIN3 STUMBO, b. Aft. 1795.

b. JAMES STUMBO, b. Abt. 1796.

c. PHILLIP STUMBO, b. Aft. 1795.

2. ADAM STUMBAUGH, b. 1784, Shenandoah County, Virginia; d. 1847, Scioto County, Elizabeth Twp, Ohio.

3. EVE (EVA) STUMBO, b. Abt. 1785; m. JOHN WARREN.

4. JOHN HUDSON STUMBO, b. November 15, 1785, Shenandoah County, Virginia; d. 19 Mar 1863, Falls City, Richardson Cty,Neb.

5. DAVID STUMBAUGH, b. 1788, Shenandoah County, Virginia; d. 27 May 1850, Cass County, Indiana.

6. CATHERINE STUMBAUGH, b. Abt. 1789, Shenandoah County, Virginia; m. JEREMIAH HULL, 16 Apr 1803, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

7. BARBARA STUMBO, b. about 1790 ; m. JOHN BLACK, 12 Jul 1812, Rockingham County, Virginia.

8. SARAH (SALLY) STUMBACH // STUMBOUGH, b. 18 May 1792; d.17 Sep 1834, Rockingham County, Virginia.

9. SOPHIA STUMBAUGH, b. 17 Oct 1793, Rockingham Co, VA. Baptism: 1794, Friedens Lutheran & Reformed Congregation, Rockingham Cty, Virginia.

10. WILLIAM "BILLIE JOE" JOSEPH STUMBO, b. May 1795, Rockingham, Virginia; d. 1861, Aid, Lawrence County, Ohio.

A FREDRICK STUMBAUGH was listed in 1799 tax list for Greenbrier County,Virginia (now West Virginia). The actual visitation was made on May 22nd(28) and listed two white males of tithable age (16 to 21 for a malechild and 21 or older for a head of household). Another source indicated the same FREDRICK and one other tithable on the 1800 GreenbrierCounty Tax list (29). The 1810 Greenbrier County Tax listed only onetithable (30). A FREDERICK STUMBO was listed in the 1815 tax list forthe same county as one tithable (31). The Greenbrier County, Virginia tax lists for 1796 and earlier do not list any Stumbo's orsimilar surnames. This suggests that these Stumbos migrated to this areabetween 1796 and 1799 (32). FREDERICK STUMBO moved to Scioto county, Ohiobetween 1815 and 1820. He is listed in the 1820 U.S. Census for Ohio(23) as living in Scioto County. The census indicates that he was over45 and that a female over 45 was also a member of the household. This means thatFREDERICK would have been born prior to 1775. To have enlisted in theContinental Army in 1781 his birthday probably would have been prior to1765. FREDERICK was still living in August of 1832 when he appeared incourt in Lawrence county, Ohio with his son JOHN to seek veteransbenefits for service in the Revolutionary War. The following was recordedin the Lawrence County, Ohio Common Pleas Court Record Journal 1830-1835(26)."8-29-1832 - This day appeared in open court FREDERICK STUMBAUGH whomade and filed his declaration to obtain the benefit of the act ofcongress of the 7th June 1832 granting pensions for services rendered inthe revolutionary war and the said court having examined the applicantfind that by reason of an infirmity occasioned by a paralytic shock he isunable to give any direct or intelligible testimony of his services orthe names of officers except by an interpreter, his son JOHN STUMBAUGHand by this help a very imperfect testimony is obtained but from theevidence of said JOHN STUMBAUGH and the applicant and Judge Reuben Kelleyand Preston Moore who were acquainted with the applicant witnessesexamined before us the court are of the opinion that the above namedapplicant was a revolutionary soldier that he enlisted in March 1781 andserved to the conclusion of the war. Yet as to the term of service or thetime when he was discharged the court gives no opinion except that heserved from March 1781 till after the surrender of Cornwallis at YorkTown".

FREDERICK probably died shortly after the hearing because no additionalreference to him has been found. He was not listed in the 1830 or 1840census for Scioto or Lawrence county, Ohio (25,33). No record of hisdeath or burial has been found but it is presumed that he was buried onthe farm of one of his sons or in the community of Aid that was established by his son John.

needed to begin the genealogicalsearch on the family.

The following story was received from Dorothy Wortman Gunness (5) concerning the European origin of our Stumbo family: “The story of the Stumbos varies according to the person telling it, but I will try to putdown here only the details which seem to be agreed upon by all branchesof the family, or in some cases give both versions, and the reader maytake his or her choice. The surname, all agree, in those days was spelled Stumbaugh.

0riginator of the family in America, according to one source, is Jacob.” John Stumbo’s daughter Eliza Stumbo, said the surname of the subject of this story was Frederick, which would be herGrandfather. “This man was born somewhere on the Rhine River to a Catholic family who owned a mill, and apparently were quite prosperous.Some say he was an only child, and others say he had brothers. It is doubtful whether we will ever be able to determine this. As a young boy heentered a monastery and was studying for the priesthood. He was granted leave to visit his family, and while there he became involved in an argument with his father and ran away from home and from the priesthood.

Eliza’s grandsons remembered her saying that while at home he was cuddling on the ground with his brothers. His father felt that this was behavior unbecoming to a future priest, and gave him a sound threshing,which so infuriate the boy that he ran away.”“All versions agree that he came to Philadelphia as an indentured servant. One side of the family believes that he was sold to a merchant for whom he worked three years. When the merchant saw his writings he begged the boy to notify his parents of his whereabouts, but he refused, so the merchant wrote himself, and received from the parents the money to pay off his bondage.”

Another branch of the family heard that when the boy ran away some friends of the family in Hamburg found him there and notified the parents. His mother went to Hamburg and begged him to return home, but he had already put himself in bondage to a ship-owner to pay his way to America. His mother then sold her jewelry and paid half his fare,thus cutting the time of his bondage. When he arrived in America he was bound out to a stone quarry where, due to his education received in the monastery he was qualified as a bookkeeper, and was soon able to complete his term of bondage. You may take your pick of these stories. The concepts agree, but the details differ. When he was free he went out into the country near Philadelphia to work. According to one family source this man was Jacob.

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“THE EARLY ROOTS OF ONE STUMBO FAMILY” BY DONALD ARTHUR STUMBO DRAFT COPY - March 27, 2001 was 22.

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Name

Name: Frederick Stumbaugh ^[3]^[4]

Birth

ABT 1783, Sheandoah County, Virginia^[5]^[6]

Death

BET 1840 AND 1850, Jackson Twp. Highland County, Ohio

Source: Wilma Stumbaugh Ellis, Private Correspondence 5/14/97

Imported only 1840 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Notes

Note NI00171According to a copy of a family group sheet prepared by a Margaret (Wal____) of Boone, Iowa, the children of Frederick Stumbo and Sara Brught were Dave, who married Anna Bennett in 1833; Bill; John; Jackson; George, who married Elizabeth Bennett in 1833; Peggy, whose married name was Frieze; Sally, whose married name was Taylor; Ione whose married name was Ashenfellow; and Mary M who married James Bennett.

Dorothy Wortman Gunness in private correspondence gives Frederick's birthdate as 1788. She states that he was 62 in the 1850 census.

According to "Marriage Records of Highland County, Ohio", Compiled by David N. McBride and Jane N. McBride, A David Ashenfelter married Peggy Stumbo Aug 22, 1822 and Amos Bennett maried Catharine Stumbo Jan 21, 1827. Mary M. Stumbo married James Bennett Aug 11, 1833.

A statement in material supplied by Richard Stumbo (Detroit) and written to Milo A. Stumbo by Lavonne Stumbo in 1984 provided the following information on the Stumbaugh - Stumbo name. "Evidently, James Q. and Joshua, while serving in the Army, during the Civil War, wrote to their Uncles, but used the spelling of their names as STUMBO. The Uncles said, " If you're ashamed of your name, don't write back, and contact was lost." The Uncles were apparently David and John who used the spelling Stumbaugh.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Don Stumbo for creating WikiTree profile Stumbaugh-122 & Stumbaugh-121.

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Chalkboard

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