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Thomas J. Rumbley

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
6 Mar 1915 (aged 75–76)
Kansas, USA
Burial
Colony, Anderson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Thomas was age 12 in the 1850 Union County, Illinois census with his parents, H. M. (Habbakuk M.) and Elizabeth. H. M., age 43, was born in North Carolina and Elizabeth, age 40, was born in Ohio. Thomas's siblings were listed as Mary, 18; John, 16; Marion, 14; Jane, 12; James, 8; Marinda, 5; Calvin, 2; & Ellen, 2.

This family was in Washington Township, Anderson County, Kansas Territory by 1860. Thomas enlisted in Co. D, 9th Kansas Cavalry in December of 1859 and mustered out in December of 1864.

Thomas married Sarah E. Mason, a Civil War widow, 11 Dec 1865 in Anderson County, Kansas. They are listed in several census reports together. After Sarah's death, Thomas was listed with wife Julia in 1910 in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas. Julia received a Civil War widow's pension in April of 1921.

Family information from Ancestry.com lists the death of Thomas J. Rumbley at the hospital in Osawatomie in 1915. Julia was listed alone in a 1913 Ottawa city directory and also in the 1815 Kansas state census in Ottawa. She was listed as a widow, age 78, in the 1920 census in Ottawa.

C. E. Rumbley is listed as a Civil War veteran buried in the Colony Cemetery in an unmarked grave. (unmarked graves of veterans list compiled in 1983 in Anderson County) However, no records for a C. E. Rumbley who served in the Civl War have been found. Charles E. Rumbley was a son of Thomas J. Rumbley and is buried in Neosho County, Kansas. Most likely it is Thomas J. Rumbley who is buried here and C. E. Rumbley who purchased the cemetery lot.

Thomas was age 12 in the 1850 Union County, Illinois census with his parents, H. M. (Habbakuk M.) and Elizabeth. H. M., age 43, was born in North Carolina and Elizabeth, age 40, was born in Ohio. Thomas's siblings were listed as Mary, 18; John, 16; Marion, 14; Jane, 12; James, 8; Marinda, 5; Calvin, 2; & Ellen, 2.

This family was in Washington Township, Anderson County, Kansas Territory by 1860. Thomas enlisted in Co. D, 9th Kansas Cavalry in December of 1859 and mustered out in December of 1864.

Thomas married Sarah E. Mason, a Civil War widow, 11 Dec 1865 in Anderson County, Kansas. They are listed in several census reports together. After Sarah's death, Thomas was listed with wife Julia in 1910 in Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas. Julia received a Civil War widow's pension in April of 1921.

Family information from Ancestry.com lists the death of Thomas J. Rumbley at the hospital in Osawatomie in 1915. Julia was listed alone in a 1913 Ottawa city directory and also in the 1815 Kansas state census in Ottawa. She was listed as a widow, age 78, in the 1920 census in Ottawa.

C. E. Rumbley is listed as a Civil War veteran buried in the Colony Cemetery in an unmarked grave. (unmarked graves of veterans list compiled in 1983 in Anderson County) However, no records for a C. E. Rumbley who served in the Civl War have been found. Charles E. Rumbley was a son of Thomas J. Rumbley and is buried in Neosho County, Kansas. Most likely it is Thomas J. Rumbley who is buried here and C. E. Rumbley who purchased the cemetery lot.



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