Boonsboro Cemetery website lists Samuel's birth date as July 21, 1824, which appears to agree with headstone (various other records say July 22 and July 24). Second of seven children born to John and Mary Mumma. Married Ann Catherine Alter in 1847; one child, daughter Ann C. Mumma. Wife Ann died in 1848. Married Amelia Alter in 1855; one child, son John E. Mumma.
The Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light, Thursday, April 4, 1895:
Samuel Mumma, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Boonsboro, died at his residence in that place on Wednesday morning, after an illness of six weeks from the grip, aged 70 years. He is survived by his wife and several grown children.
(NOTE: The Wednesday death referred to in this article was not the day before the Thursday publication, but rather the Wednesday one week prior to this, March 27, 1824)
The Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light, Thursday, April 4, 1895:
Samuel Mumma, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Boonsboro, died at his residence in that place on Wednesday morning, after an illness of six weeks from the grip, aged 70 years. He is survived by his wife and several grown children.
(NOTE: The Wednesday death referred to in this article was not the day before the Thursday publication, but rather the Wednesday one week prior to this, March 27, 1824)
Boonsboro Cemetery website lists Samuel's birth date as July 21, 1824, which appears to agree with headstone (various other records say July 22 and July 24). Second of seven children born to John and Mary Mumma. Married Ann Catherine Alter in 1847; one child, daughter Ann C. Mumma. Wife Ann died in 1848. Married Amelia Alter in 1855; one child, son John E. Mumma.
The Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light, Thursday, April 4, 1895:
Samuel Mumma, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Boonsboro, died at his residence in that place on Wednesday morning, after an illness of six weeks from the grip, aged 70 years. He is survived by his wife and several grown children.
(NOTE: The Wednesday death referred to in this article was not the day before the Thursday publication, but rather the Wednesday one week prior to this, March 27, 1824)
The Hagerstown Herald and Torch Light, Thursday, April 4, 1895:
Samuel Mumma, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Boonsboro, died at his residence in that place on Wednesday morning, after an illness of six weeks from the grip, aged 70 years. He is survived by his wife and several grown children.
(NOTE: The Wednesday death referred to in this article was not the day before the Thursday publication, but rather the Wednesday one week prior to this, March 27, 1824)
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