Jesse Gum

1804 - 1854  (50 years)

• Name	Jesse Gum
  Born	1 Jun 1804	Pendleton Co., Va/Wv
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Aug 1854	Lawrence Co., Mo
  Person ID	P16795	Arbogast
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	Jacob Gum,   b. Bef 1760, , Augusta, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1820, Pendleton Co., Va  (Age > 60 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Dorothy "Dolly" Arbogast,   b. Abt 1765/1769, Crabbottom Sect., Augusta Co., Va ,   d. Abt 1839, Pendleton Co., Va/Wv  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1780/1790	, Augusta, Virginia, United States
  Family ID	F3215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aletha Dunkle,   b. 14 Aug 1812, Oh ,   d. 10 Mar 1902, Lawrence Co., Mo  (Age 89 years)
  Married	26 Nov 1832	Fayette Co., Oh
  Children	1. Lewis Wilson Gum,   b. 17 Jan 1833, Fayette Co., Oh ,   d. 14 Mar 1916, Lawrence Co., Mo  (Age 83 years)   2. James H. Gum,   b. 6 Jul 1835,   d. 17 Sep 1862  (Age 27 years)  [Natural]   3. William Madison Gum,   b. 15 Sep 1837,   d. 12 Mar 1907  (Age 69 years)  [Natural]   4. George Washington Gum,   b. 26 Jun 1839, Highland Co., Oh ,   d. 30 Dec 1925  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]   5. Jesse M. Gum,   b. 18 Mar 1842,   d. 1 Aug 1899  (Age 57 years)  [Natural]   6. Mary Ellen Gum,   b. 31 Jul 1844,   d. 6 Sep 1887  (Age 43 years)  [Natural]   7. Martha Jane Gum,   b. 10 Sep 1846,   d. 5 Dec 1891  (Age 45 years)  [Natural]   8. Sarah Elizabeth Gum,   b. 14 Mar 1849,   d. 26 Feb 1935  (Age 85 years)  [Natural]   9. Talitha Gum,   b. 29 May 1851,   d. 24 Jul 1921  (Age 70 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F3604	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From family group record by Amanda Arbogast Forbes. Jesse went to Fayette Co., OH after death of mother and later went to Lawrence Co., MO where he was killed in 1854. Named in Fayette Co., OH deed in 1839. From, Leaves From The Gum Tree, 1984, by Muriel Martens Hoffman, records land sales in Virginia during the mid 1820's. Jessee followed his brother, Jacob and sister Nelly (Gum) Jenkins to Fayette Co., OH. They were there for the 1830 census. A number of other Virginia families are also recorded there in 1830, ie, Dunkles, Claypools, Fisher (Flesher), Jenkins, etc. Jesse married in 1832. Shortly after signing the deed to dispose of his mother's land, he migrated to Barry Co., MO, along with John Dunkle, his brother-in-law, and possibly others. Jessee filed for patent lands in Barry Co. in Nov. and Dec. 1839. Barry Co. became part of Dade Co. in 1842, which mergerd into Lawrence Co. in 1845. According to family stories, Jesse was killed by guerilla raiders in the border fights before Kansas became a state. Children, their spouse and descendants fromt this book. Credits in the book are to Edrie M. Graham of St. Louis, MO, Mrs Irene Whittenberg, Carthage, MO and Nolan Gunter, Miller, MO. Fred Mieswinkel, Mt. Vernon, MO, supplied records from Lawrence County Cemeteries and Court Records, 1975.