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John Stump (1795 - 1880)

John Stump
Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Franklin County, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 85 in Summit County, Ohiomap
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Biography

John Stump was a native of Franklin county, Pa., was there married to Elizabeth Grove, and after two children had been born to the marriage, came to Ohio and purchased a tract of 164 acres in Summit county, which tract he succeeded in denuding of the dense growth of trees with which it was encumbered, and eventually converted it into a profitable farm. His children were born in the following order:

  • Jacob,
  • David,
  • Catherine,
  • Mary,
  • Eliza,
  • John,
  • Levi
  • Sarah,

of whom David, Catherine and Mary are the only survivors. In his politics Mr. Stump was a democrat and a leader in local party management. An elder in the German Reformed church, he assisted in forming, in his own house, the first society of that denomination in Summit county. He was an industrious man and a good manager, and succeeded in acquiring a comfortable competency.[1]

Sources

  1. A portrait and biographical record of Portage and Summit counties, Ohio




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