Son of Frederick and Catherine Ocumpaugh.
He was the brother of Moses Ocumpaugh.
He married Sarah Julia Darrow on September 13, 1859 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.

Obituary:
Death of One of Rochester's Best Known Merchants
He Had Been Engaged in Business on Main Street for Many Years.
A Prominent Member of the Methodist Church and a Mason of High Degree

Edmund OCUMPAUGH died at his home, 34 South Goodman street, yesterday morning, aged 56 years. The end was not unexpected. The deceased had been suffering for some time, and his death had been daily expected for several weeks.
Mr. OCUMPAUGH had been a successful business man and was a well-known and highly respected resident of this city. He began his business career when but 16 years of age at the city of Troy, and success marked his efforts in that city, and later in Rochester, where he removed thirty-six years ago.
Edmund OCUMPAUGH was born in Catskill, Greene county, N. Y., in 1839. He received a fair district school education. He went to Troy in 1854 to learn the shirt and collar trade, and in 1858 came to Rochester to open a gents' furnishing store for Danforth & Hart. The enterprise did not prove a financial success, and after a few months' trial was abandoned; but Mr. OCUMPAUGH felt that there was a favorable opening in this city for such a business and immediately opened rooms in the Wainsley block. He established this business on his own responsibility and found that there was profit in it, and so when the stores were built on the bridge over the river on Main street, he leased one, and, up to the time of his death, remained in that locality engaged in the same business.
He was one of the incorporators and a trustee of the East Side Savings Bank.
He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the senior trustee of its board, and was for many years the superintendent of the Sunday school, continuing as such up to the time of his decease. Although his parents were members of a sister denomination, he was warmly attached to the one of his choice, and received many positions of honor and trust at the hands of his fellow church members. He was at one time a member of the general conference, and at the time of his death was a trustee of the Syracuse University, and of the Lima Seminary, of which board he was for many years the president. He was a trustee of the Chautauqua Assembly and of the Genesee Camp Ground Association at Silver Lake. At the time of his demise he was president of the Rochester Methodist Episcopal Union. He also equipped and uniformed a military company of the students of Lima Seminary, which bear the name of the OCUMPAUGH Guards. He was a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce also.
Mr. OCUMPAUGH was prominent in Masonic circles, being one of the incorporators of the Masonic Temple Association and a member of the following named organizations: Genesee Falls Lodge, 507, F. and A. M.; Doric Council, 19, R. and S. M.; Hamilton Chapter, 62 R. A. M.; Monroe Commandery, 12, K. T., and Rochester Grand Consistory.
In 1859 Mr. OCUMPAUGH married Miss Sarah J. DARROW, daughter of the late James Henry DARROW of Troy. The widow survives and also these children: Mrs. Alice O. MUNSON, Miss Louise OCUMPAUGH, Charles H. OCUMPAUGH, Edmund OCUMPAUGH, Jr., Frank OCUMPAUGH, Miss Sarah D. OCUMPAUGH, Miss Grace OCUMPAUGH, John OCUMPAUGH, Miss Emily OCUMPAUGH and Miss Catherine OCUMPAUGH of this city; and Mrs. C. J. BEADLE of Lima. One brother and two sisters also survive; Moses OCUMPAUGH of Henrietta, Mrs. Deborah WEED of Cortland and Mrs. Charles LEE of Troy.
Mr. OCUMPAUGH had been a sufferer from kidney trouble for the past ten years. Three years ago he went abroad. He visited Carlsbad and other places and returned in better health. This continued but a short time, however, and then he began to fail again. He visited Dr. PEPPER of Philadelphia and Dr. JANEWAY of New York, but he could not gain permanent relief, and his decline has been steady and unfailing.
Mr. OCUMPAUGH's unerring foresight early taught him the importance that Rochester would assume in later years and he made many real estate investments which later on multiplied in value.
Of recent years he has devoted much of his time outside of his business, leaving that to the direction of his sons, Charles H. and Edmund, Jr., the junior members of the firm.
It has been decided that the funeral will be held from the First Methodist Episcopal Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. The interment will be in Mt. Hope private.