The information included in this file,
from Edouad Bompasse to and including Frederick and his move to Ohio in the
early part of the 19th century, is from a book, Lynn Albert Bumpus’
Genealogy Compilation, which includes the following paragraph: “Copyrights for
this documentation have purposely not been applied for. My feeling is that the
information contained herein is for the use of any person mentioned or
whomsoever is related by blood line to use as they wish, for genealogical
purposes only, without restriction.”
LAB, 1986
Generation 1
1. EDOUAD BOMPASSE was born Abt. 1603 in England or Holland, and died February 03,
1692/93 in Marshfield MA.
Edouad Bompasse, [Edward Bumpas], as he was called in the Plymouth Colony,
was the first of his name, and the only of his name, as far as can be found, to
arrive in this country. The name has taken on various spellings as follows:
Bump, Bumpass, Bumpas, Bumpers, Bumps, Bump, and Bumpus. Edouad came as a young
man on the ship Fortune, the first ship after the Mayflower. The ship Fortune
arrived at Plymouth, now Massachusetts, on Nov 10 1621.
The Bompasse name is probably of French origin, possibly
Huguenot. The old Norman and French name Bonpas, literally translates to mean
‘goodstep’ [the phrase is used to mean ‘good job’], is an aristocratic name in
Europe. The Bonpas family originated in Perpignam in the extreme southwestern
portion of France near the Mediterranean. The name probably came to England
with the Normans and again with the Huguenots. Bumpus also exists as a name
derived from Boneboz in Normandy, a Fief held from the Earls of Mellent.
One source of information states that Edouad Bompasse was
born in 1605 in St. Bartholomew Parish, London, England, died 3 Feb 1693
Marshfield, Plymouth County MA. Edouad Bompasse was probably a member of the
Protestants who fled from Holland to Amsterdam. He was reportedly with the
Pilgrims in Leyden, Holland and probably went to England with those who
returned to England after the first attempt to sail to America failed.
Williamson, in his ‘Saints and Strangers’, states that Edouad Bompasse was a
saint and a native Leydender. Leyden was located six or seven miles up the
Rhine River and was the spiritual capitol of Protestant Europe.
In 1623 Edouad received one share of land allotment as
one of those who came in the Fortune, and in 1627 a share of cattle, indicating
he was unmarried. He sold his acre of land on the north side of town in 1628
and was granted 20 acres of land at Duxbury Bay,
where he settled and built a house and palisado. In March
of 1634/45, when the boundaries of Marshfield were laid out, his property was
included. He is included in the 1643 list of men of Marshfield able to bear arms.
Sometime before Sept 1645, he sold his property to Solomon Lenner.
Edouad or Edward, as he was now called, was one of the
original proprietors of Middleboro where his son, Joseph, settled. He was also
a partner in Dartmouth lands. On July 15, 1653, Edmond Chandler of Duxbury
exchanged his rights in lands in Satuchquett for Edward’s lands and rights in
Cushenet and Coaksett. He was on the jury in 1654 and 1655 and in 1657 ‘took
the oath of fidelity as of the town of Duxbury’. After 1656 he seems to have lost
control of his properties and, through the lack of cooperation in the family,
he and Hannah were to some extent dependant on the community for their
wellbeing. Although he and his sons, as first-born in the colony, were eligible
for grants, they did not take advantage of their position.
In the next generation, several branches of the family
prospered and left good estates. It was customary in those days, during the
transfer of property from father to son that the deeds call for the father and
mother to be ‘maintained for life’. Deeds between Edward and his sons did not
contain this provision. Edward and Hannah had at least 12 children, eight being
recorded at Mansfield. In my research, 13 have been indicated. There is some
question as to whether Faith is the first child. Some researchers show that she
was born in 1630. Others say she may have been a twin to Sarah and that she
died at birth or shortly after.
“There is much more that has been written about Edward
that I have not included here, much of which is repetitive and speculative.
Above are the highlights of what I have found. [LAB].”
Signed, Lynn Albert Bumpus
EDOUAD BOMPASSE and HANNAH:
Marriage: 1628, MA.
Children of EDOUAD BOMPASSE and HANNAH are:
i.
FAITH [2] BOMPASSE, b. 1630.
ii.
SARAH BOMPASSE, b. March 09, 1630/31.
iii.
ELIZABETH BUMPAS, b. March 29, 1633.
iv.
JOHN BUMPAS SR. b. June 06, 1636, Marshfield MA: d.
March 07, 1714/15,Rochester, MA
v.
EDWARD BUMPAS, B. April 15, 1638.
vi.
JOSEPH BUMPAS, b. February 15, 1639/40.
vii. ISAAC
BUMPAS, b. March 31, 1642.
viii. JACOB
BUMPAS, b. March 25, 1644.
ix.
HANNAH BUMPAS, b. April 03. 1646.
x.
PHILIP BUMPAS, b. Abt 1648.
xi.
THOMAS BUMPAS, b. Abt 1650.
xii. MARY
BUMPAS, b Abt 1652.
xiii. SAMUEL
BUMPAS, b Abt 1654.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN
BUMPAS SR. [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born June 06, 1636 in Marshfield MA,
died March 07, 1714/15 in Rochester MA. He married SARAH HUNTER Abt 1670
in Marshfield MA. She was born Unknown in unkn and died Aft. 1710.
John Bumpas SR lived at Scituate in 1676 when
Indians burned his home and barn. He moved to Rochester MA before 1685. He also
resided at Marshfield MA. His children were born at Scituate MA.He moved to
Middleboro from Marshfield and then to Rochester and perhaps again to
Middleboro. John took an oath of fidelity at Marshfield in 1657 and made
Freeman.
From the Lynn Albert Compilation.
JOHN BUMPUS SR and SARAH HUNTER:
Marriage: Abt 1670, Marshfield MA.
Children of JOHN BUMPUS SR and SARAH HUNTER
are:
i.
MARY [3] BUMPAS, b. August 28, 1671.
ii.
JOHN BUMPAS JR, b. September 28, 1673.
iii. SAMUEL
BUMPAS, b. April 30, 1676.
iv. JAMES
BUMPAS, b. June 16, 1678.
v.
ISAAC BUMPAS, b. March 27, 1681.
vi. ZOAR
BUMPAS, b. March 27, 1681.
vii. JOB
BUMPAS, b. April 29, 1683.
viii. RAH
BUMPAS, b. September 16, 1685.
ix. EDWARD BUMPAS,
b. September 16, 1688, Rochester MA: d. November 14, 1745.
ix. JEREMIAH
BUMPAS, b. August 24, 1692.
His Will was proven June 7, 1715. He was a farmer. He did
not mention his son Samuel who, had already disappeared to the south nor did he
mention his sons Zoar or Jacob. He mentions Job, who went south after his
father’s death.
Generation No.
3
3. EDWARD
BUMPAS [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born September 16, 1688
in Rochester MA, and died November 14,1745. He married [1] RHODA BUMP in 1708.
There is no record of her birth. She died bef. Feb 28 1717. He married [2] MARTHA
RAYMENT or RAYMOND February 28, 1717/18 in Middleboro MA, and daughter of
JOHN RAYMOND and MARTHA WOODIN. She was born August 11, 1692 in Middleboro MA,
and died Aft. November 17, 1766.
Notes for EDWARD BUMPAS:
Edward and Martha resided at Wareham MA. He was
authorized to call the first town meeting in 1739 and presided as moderator. He
was a Juryman in 1743, Edward and Martha joined the new church of Wareham in
1739. He was proprietor of land in Rochester, MA, 1713-40.
Martha, widow of Edward Bumpus joined the Amenia NY
church, Nov 17, 1766 [church record]. At the time she was living with her
daughter, Loes, who married John Randell and were living in Amenia NY.
The first town meeting of Warham was held Aug 6, 1739.
Edward was the Master of Ceremonies at the ordination of the first Minister of
the new Church of Warham.’[Rev. Rowland Thatcher, who was ordained Dec. 26,
1739].
In 1734, on the petition of ‘Sundry Bumpases’ Rochester
consented to set off its east end to be a Agawan Plantation in the composition
of the new town, etc.
(From the compilation of Lynn Albert Bumpus.)
Children of EDWARD BUMPAS and MARTHA RAYMOND
are:
i.
DANIEL [4] BUMPAS, b. May 01, 1719.
ii.
RACHEL BUMPAS, b. April 20, 1720.
iii. SALATHIEL
BUMPAS, b. May 31, 1722.
iv. JOANNA
BUMPAS, b. March 17, 1723/24.
v.
EDWARD BUMPUS JR. [BUMPAS], b March 22, 1725/26,
Rochester, MA; d. 1816.
vi. JAMES
BUMPUS, b. December 02, 1727.
vii. ELENER
BUMPAS, b. May 08, 1729.
viii. LOES
BUMPAS, b. October 06, 1731.
ix. JEDIDIAH
BUMPUS, b. November 25, 1732.
Generation No. 4
4. EDWARD
BUMPUS JR.(or BUMPAS) [3] EDWARD [2] BUMPAS, JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD
BOMPASSE] was born March 22, 1725/26 in Rochester, MA, and died, 1816 at age
90. He married [1] MARIAH BENSON November 24, 1748, daughter of JOSEPH BENSON
and JERUSHA ELLIS. She died Bef 1758. He married [2] SUSANNAH DEAN March
08, 1758 in Cornwall Congregational Church, Cornwall, CT, daughter of REUBEN
DEAN.
After his second marriage Edward
JR moved to Duchess County, NY, according to the Bible record of Salathiel Bump
[grandson of Edward]. He died at age 90. He was Hog Reeve at Wareham in 1748.
Impressed at Warham on March 4, 1745. French and Indian Wars. Signed the Rev.
War Pledge, [History of Amenia N.Y.]. Joined the Warham Church 1741/43.
Dismissed from church to go to Sharon CT. Nov 19,1752. Purchased land in Sharon
CT 1752 and 1756.
Children of EDWARD BUMPAS and
MARIAH BENSON are:
i.
EDWARD BUMPUS 11, b. November 15, 1749.
ii.
JAMES BUMPUS, b. Betw 1748 – 1858.
Children of EDWARD BUMPAS
and SUSANNAH DEAN are:
iii
REUBEN BUMPUS, b. March 22, 1760.
iv. FREDERICK BUMPUS b. Between 1760 –
1770, Sharon CT.
v
SARAH BUMPUS, b. Unknown.
Most of the following information is based on my
personal research. I have attempted to be as through as possible but there may
be mistakes as this remains a work in progress.
Marlow Samuel Bumpus
Generation
No. 5
5. FREDERICK
BUMPUS [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR. [BUMPAS], [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPUS
SR [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born Bet 1760 and 1770 in Sharon CT. His wife may
have been a MARLOW and they may have been married in New York.
I find no record Reuben Bumpus b.
NY, 1800 is the son of Frederick Bumpus SR b. 1760/70 in Sharon CT. I base my
theory that Reuben was a son of Frederick SR on the fact that Frederick SR and
his sons John, Frederick JR, Salathiel, and daughter Isabella all moved to
Richland County, Ohio about the same time, by 1833 when Reuben’s son Frederick
was born. Several census records indicate sons of Frederick SR the correct age
to include Reuben in the home through 1830 but no names are given in the census
records before 1850, only “Head of Household”. Also, Reuben married Pricilla
Colby in 1853 in Richland County Ohio. In the 1860 census in Springfield TWP,
LaGrange County, IN, Pricilla Bumpus, 21 [the 1870 census has her birth year as
Abt 1830] and Permelia Colby, 33, were living in a house next door to Joseph
Bumpus, b. 1825, Richland County, OH., to John Bumpus, son of Frederick SR.
Even though Lynn Albert Bumpus and other sources indicate that a Reuben Bumpus,
brother of Frederick Sr., b. Sharon CT, 1760/70 had no children, the census
record for 1810 indicates a Reuben Bumpus had a male child under ten years old
living with him in Orwell, Luzern County, PA. but no record of the child’s
name. It may turn out that this Reuben is the father of Reuben Bumpus
who married in 1835 and 1853 in Richland County OH. Even though Reuben and
Frederick Sr. had the same father, the line of decent in this generation is still
in question. The possibility exists that either the older brother John or
brother Salathiel is the father but I have no evidence to indicate this
possibility.
According to the Lynn Albert
compilation:
“Joseph Bumpus m. Mary A. Sears.
They went to Lime TWP, LaGrange County, IN”. In 1846 and moved to Springfield
TWP in the same county. in Abt 1850.
[The 1860 census has Mary Bumpus as Margarett.]
Further investigation finds a
headstone in the Marlow Graveyard, Richland County, OH., inscribed: “Frederick
Bumpus Rev War”. The headstone was placed there recently but the reason is not
clear.
Frederick’s Residence: 1790,
Resided Renselaerville, Albany County, NY.
Children of FREDERICK BUMPUS
and UNK. are:
i.
JOHN BUMPUS, b. 1795, NY: d. Ruggles, Ashland, OH.
ii. REUBEN
BUMPUS, b. Abt 1800, NY; d. September 14, 1873, Henry County, IN Poor Farm.
iii
FREDERICK BUMPUS, b Bet 1805 – 1810.
iv
SALATHIEL BUMPUS, b. Unknown.
v
ISABELLA BUMPUS, b. 1815.
Generation No. 6
6. JOHN
BUMPUS [5] FREDERICK, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS),
[3] EDWARD BUMPAS,[2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, and [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born 1795 in NY, and died in
Ruggles, Ashland, OH. He married UNK.
Children of JOHN BUMPUS and UNK
are:
i. JOSEPH
[7] BUMPUS, b. October 25, 1825, Richland County, OH.
ii.
SUSANNAH BUMPUS, b. 1829.
iii.
SAMANTHA BUMPUS, b. 1834.
iv.
MARIA BUMPUS, b. 1836.
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REUBEN BUMPUS [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS
JR , [BUMPAS], [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPUS SR, [1]EDOUAD BOMPASSE]
was born Abt 1800 in NY, and died September 14, 1873 in Henry County, IN
Poor Farm. He married [1] NAME UNKNOWN Bef 1833, who died Bet 1833 –1835 in OH.
He married [2] JANE WELLS October 17, 1835 in Richland County, OH. She
was born Abt 1815 and the1850 census has her birthplace as OH, later census has
PA. She died before June 1853 in Richland Co., OH.. He married [3] PRICILLA
COLBY June 01, 1853 in Richland County, OH. She was born Abt 1829 in OH and
died January 28, 1877 in Henry County IN Poor Farm.
Note for [6] REUBEN BUMPUS:
Census Records show Reuben Bumpus
SR was born in NY in about 1800. The
Henry Co. Indiana Paupers Asylum has his age at death in 1873 as 70. For the
reasons stated in the notes for Frederick, I believe he was born in Albany
County N.Y. and until I can find a birth record, I will list his birth year as
1800. The marriage records of Richland Co., OH. show a marriage between Reuben
Bumpus and Jane Wells in 1835. This is the earliest date I can find Reuben’s
name in that county. Marriage and census records firmly establish Reuben and
Jane Bumpus as the father and mother of Samuel Bumpus b. 1840 as established by
the 1850 census record and some later documents I received from the National
Archives. The 1850 Census also shows in Reuben’s home, a son, Frederick, born
abt 1833, indicating an earlier marriage.
Reuben and Pricilla Bumpus moved with the family to Boluntsville,
Henry County Indiana in 1856/57.
Blountsville is in the NE corner
of Henry County and less than five miles from the farm of N J Hunt in
Losentville, Randolph County, Indiana, where 20-year-old Samuel Bumpus was
listed as a farmhand in the1860 census.
Child of REUBEN BUMPUS and NAME
UNKNOWN is:
i.
FREDERICK [7] BUMPUS, b. Abt 1833. OH.
Children of REUBEN BUMPUS
and JANE WELLS are:
ii.
WILLIAM [7] BUMPUS, b Abt 1837.
. iii. SAMUEL BUMPUS b. Abt 1840,
OH., d. August 13, 1885, Carthage MO.
iv.
EMANUEL BUMPUS, b. Abt 1843.
v.
NANCY BUMPUS, b Abt 1847.
vi.
MARIA BUMPUS, b. Abt 1853. Maria may have been a child of
Pricilla.
Children of REUBEN BUMPUS and
PRICILLA COLBY are:
vii.
MARY [7] BUMPUS, b. Abt 1855.
viii.
ISABELLE BUMPUS, b. Abt 1856.
ix.
REUBEN BUCANNON BUMPUS, b. Abt 1857, Blountsville, Henry
County, Indiana; d. Kansas City, Missouri; m. ANNA E. WILSON, May 31, 1885.
x.
BETEY BUMPUS, b. Abt 1858.
xi.
EDITH BUMPUS, b Abt 1869, Blountsville, Henry County, Indiana;
d. June 09, 1885, Henry County, Indiana Pauper’s Asylum.
xii.
JAMES BUMPUS, b. Abt 1862, Blountsville, Henry County Indiana,
d.
May 20, 1920,
Henry County Indiana Pauper’s Asylum.
(This is
probably the “Uncle” James Bumpus, ½ brother that George James Bumpus went to
live with when he was about 15 and learned the chefs trade in James’ tavern,
the occupation he stayed with the rest of his life. The tavern may have been in
Chicago as George James was living there as a young man in about 1897 according
to a deposition taken from his sister Clara in that year.)
xiii.
HARRIET BUMPUS, b. Abt 1866.
The following information about
Reuben Bucannon Bumpus is from messages posted on the Genealogy.com Bumpus
message board by Debra Bumpus-Brown, census records, and the Henry Co., IN.
Genealogy site.
[The records show that on 10 Dec.
1867 Elizabeth and Reuben Bucannon Bumpus were released from the Henry Co. IN.
Paupers Asylum. It is my belief that Samuel took Reuben Bumpus Jr. to Holt Co.,
MO. Samuel Bumpus arrived in Jasper Co., MO. in early 1868. Reuben B Bumpus is
in the 1870 census living with 30 year old John Strough, b. IN., in Union, Holt
Co., MO. This is likely the same John Strough listed in 1860, 19 years old and
living with John Strough SR. in Fall Creek, Henry Co., IN. He may have been a
friend of Samuel and/or the Bumpus family in Henry Co., IN.]
I
don’t find an Elizabeth Bumpus in the 1870 census records. I do find Eliza
Bumpus b.
1859
in the Jasper Co., MO. Poor Farm records, admitted Sept. 1887 listed as ‘Blind,
Widow,
6 children, all dead’, but her birthplace is listed as MO. so I believe this is
not the
same person.
Generation
No. 7
7. JOSEPH
BUMPUS [[6] JOHN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS,[4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR, (BUMPAS),
[3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR,
[1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born October 25, 1825 in Richland
County, OH.
He married MARGARETT or MARY A.
SEARS. She was born June 10, 1832 in NY.
Children of JOSEPH BUMPUS and
MARGARET SEARS are:
i.
SAVILLA BUMPUS.
ii.
VIOLA BUMPUS.
iii. RODNICK
BUMPUS.
iv. NELLIE
BUMPUS.
v.
CARRIE BUMPUS.
vi. JOSEPH
BUMPUS.
vii. CORA
BUMPUS.
The LAB Compilation includes a
daughter Pricilla Bumpus but I think he included her because Pricilla Bumpus is
living next door in the same home as Permelia Colby. Reuben’s wife Pricilla’s
maiden name was Colby.
The “1882 History of LaGrange
County, Indiana” by F.A. Battey & Co., Springfield Township states:
“Josephus Bumpus, son of John
Bumpus, Native of New Youk, of Welsh descent, was born Oct 25,1825, in Richland
County, Ohio. Mr. Bumpus is a cooper by trade and came to this country in the
spring of 1846, location at Onterio where he was employed the first season at
his trade, then in his shop until 1849, when he rented the “Widow Newton” farm,
north of Ontario. About a year later he purchased land in this township. That
has reached it’s present improved state by Mr. Bumpus’ industry. December 10,
1848 Mr. Bumpus was married to Mary A. Sears, who was born in New York, June
10, 1832. She came to this country with her father Chancey Sears in about 1836
and lived with Judge Luther Newton from the age of six years until her
marriage. Mr. And Mrs. Bumpus have seven children – Savilla, Viola, Roderick,
Nellie, Carrie, Joseph, and Cora.”
(There is no mention here of a
Pricilla. I found this transcription on the internet.)
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SAMUEL BUMPUS [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS,
[4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, and [1]
EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born Abt 1840 in OH, and died August 13, 1885 in Carthage,
MO. He married [1] CATHERINE ISABELLA LATTIN, September 05, 1869 in
Carthage, MO, daughter of DIMMICK LATTIN b. abt 1800 N.Y. and SERENA TAYLOR. B.
abt 1815, OH. She was born Abt 1852 in Knox County, IN, and died 1875/76 in
Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas. He married [2] MARY AMANDA BALLINGER May 02,
1881, in Carthage, MO, her father and mother were both b. TN. She was born Abt
1845 in TN. and died in MO. December 23, 1911 of TB.
Notes for SAMUEL BUMPUS:
Samuel Bumpus was born in
Richland County, OH in about 1840, according to the earliest records I have
found. Some later records put his birth year as late as 1844 but the 1860
census shows his younger sister, Mary, was born in 1841 or 42. Samuel moved
with the family to Blountsville, Henry County, Indiana, in about 1856 where
they established a farm. 1860 finds Samuel working on the NY Hunt farm near
Losentville, Randolph County, Indiana, about five miles from the Bumpus farm.
Samuel’s military record shows him joining the 8th Indiana Volunteer
Infantry in Sept 1861. Depositions taken during a 17-year investigation into
the application of a soldier’s pension and later a widow’s pension, tell a
fairly complete story of the rest of Samuel’s life.
Samuel joined the Army with at
least one boyhood friend from Indiana and they mustered in at Indianapolis.
Their unit was sent to the SW District and on that march Samuel Bumpus and at
least one other soldier contracted measles. Samuel was hospitalized for three
months. After his return to the 8th, his voice was described as
‘weak’ and ‘unable to speak above a whisper’. This condition lasted for the
remainder of his life. He was often in the hospital after that until his death
on 13 August 1885. [In a recent conversation with a doctor, I was told that the
measles likely destroyed his immune system.] Upon his return to his Army unit,
Samuel was assigned as ‘Wagon Master’. That was probably due to his weakened
condition. Samuel spent considerable time in hospitals during the remainder of
the war and his entire life, including the hospital at Sarcoxi, MO. near
Carthage and the Lattin farm, where he returned in 1868. The 8th
Indiana was in many skirmishes in Missouri and some major battles in Missouri,
Arkansas and throughout the Mid West and the South, including the Battles of
Pea Ridge, Helena, and theSiege of Vicksburg, where Samuel was wounded in the
left leg below the knee ‘at a place called Champions Hill’. This wound didn’t
hit the bone but was severe enough to put him in the hospital for six months
with a ‘poisoned leg’. He was then transferred to the Invalid Corp and mustered
out shortly after in late 1864. He returned to the family farm in Henry County,
Indiana. He also spent time in Randolph County.
Samuel Bumpus married Catherine
Isabelle Lattin in 1869. They had two children; George James in 1870
and Clara Manda in about 1863, Catherine and the children were staying with her
sister, Amanda Long, in Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas in 1876 while Samuel was
working in Carthage. Samuel returned to the Long farm the evening before
Catherine died. Samuel returned Catherine to Carthage to be buried near her
father, probably Catherine’s wish, in the Sidensticker Graveyard also known as
the Indian/White Graveyard. While Samuel was gone, Amanda Long gave the
children to the county agent who gave them to John and Mary Thompson of Cottage
Grove TWP, Allen County, Kansas, near Humboldt, to be reared as their own. From
the 1880 census I learned that Clara had been given the Thompson name and
George was still a Bumpus. A fifth child in the Thompson home in 1880 was
17-year-old Elwood Baker, farmhand, later to become the husband of Clara who
was using the name Clara Amanda Bumpus when they married. In a Deposition taken
in the 1890s Clara Manda said she added the A to her middle name ‘because it
sounded better’ and ‘I think I saw her father once after my mother died’.
Samuel returned to Carthage after
the death of Catherine and the loss of his children and was working on a farm
with Mary Amanda Ballinger when he entered to the Jasper County Poor Farm in
1880. Pregnant Amanda Ballinger was also there in 1880. They were married in
1881 in Jasper County. Samuel left the Poor Farm from time to time to work
while Mary Amanda remained there until sometime in late 1883 or early 1884. They
had two daughters together; Lilly May, on 8 June, 1882, and Cora Lee, 31 July,
1885, almost two weeks before Samuel died on 13 Aug 1885. Samuel and Mary
Bumpus had been living on the Rolston farm near Knights Station, Carthage,
Jasper County, Missouri, for about 18 months when Samuel got sick the last
time. He died a few days later. Mary returned to the Poor Farm the same month
where she stayed until12 Oct. 1894 when she went to live with Mr. Estes. The
rest of her life she was ‘too week to take care of herself’. Samuel was
described as ‘able-bodied’ before he joined the Army and as ‘sickly and weak’
after the war. Samuel was alternately listed in the census records as ‘Farm
Labor’ and ‘House Carpenter’. Mary put the two girls up for adoption in about
1886 and she died in 1911 of TB.
SAMUEL BUMPUS burial: August 20,
1885, Carthage, MO, near Knight’s Station.
MARY AMANDA BALLINGER: Burial:
December 26, 1911, Dudman Cemetery, 10 mi. E. of Carthage MO.
Children of SAMUEL BUMPUS
and CATHERINE LATTIN are:
i.
GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS, b. 1870, Carthage, MO; d. 1932,
Selma, CA.
ii.
CLARA AMANDA BUMPUS, b. 1873, Carthage, MO. Probably died by
suicide, Fresno Co., CA. per family lore.
Children of SAMUEL BUMPUS and
MARY BALLINGER are:
iii LILLY MAY [8]
BUMPUS, b. June 08,1883.
iv CORA LEE
BUMPUS, b. July 31, 1885.
Generation
No. 8
8 GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS [7] SAMUEL BUMPUS, [6] REUBEN
BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD
BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS),
[3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPUS SR, [1]
EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born 1870 in Carthage MO, and died 1932 in Selma CA. He
married MARY ELLEN DILLON, 1894, daughter of JEREMIAH DILLON and CLARA
OLIVE GARDNER. She was born September 30, 1874 in Joplin, MO, and died 1955 in
Sacramento, CA.
GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS Burial:
Selma, CA.
Children of GEORGE J. BUMPUS
and MARY E. DILLON are:
I MARLOWE
BUMPUS, b. 1895, Little Rock, ARK; d. 1959, San Francisco, CA.
II.
GEORGIA ISABEL BUMPUS, b. January 06, 1906; d. Sacramento, CA.
8 CLARA MANDA (AMANDA) BUMPUS was born Abt
1873 in Carthage MO. She married ELWOOD BAKER, November 13, 1888, in Allen
County, Kansas, son of ALEXANDER BAKER and MARY H. He was born Abt 1864 in Indiana.
Children of CLARA BUMPUS and
ELWOOD BAKER are:
I ERLINE BAKER.
II Daughter BAKER.
Generation No. 9
9
MARLOWE BUMPUS [8] GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS, [7] SAMUEL
BUMPUS, [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS
SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born 1895 in Little Rock, AR. and died 1959 in San
Francisco, CA. He was cremated. He Married, [1] MARIA CALIVILLO, daughter of
FRANCISCO CALVILLO and CARLOTTA. She was born October 13, 1903 in Mexico. He
married [2] HELEN VIRGINIA HART, daughter of CHARLES HART and LILA
CONLEE. She was born 1898 in Exeter CA, and died 1984 in Summerland, BC,
Canada. After the death of his father he changed his game to George Marlowe
Bumpus.
Helen Virginia
Hart was cremated and the ashes were placed overlooking Arrow Lake (Columbia
River) in British Columbia on the farm of her son Logan Bumpus, near Fauquier
BC. Helen first married Chester Goodale, 1916 and had a daughter, Jean. in
1917.
9
GEORGIA ISABEL BUMPUS [8] GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS, [7] SAMUEL
BUMPUS, [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS),
[3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR,
[1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born January
05, 1906, and died in Sacramento
CA. She married ANDRE PICHLY. He died in Sacramento, CA.
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