"A Biographical History of Lancaster County", Elias Barr & Company, 1872 - p. 425
They were Mennonites who attend Shope Mennonite church; buried in a private cemetery on their farm, now owned by C. B. Williams
Data source is "The Mumma Family" by Samuel H. Mumma 1962 & Moomaw book 1990
5 generation chart of Nissleys in America - 1918 by J. Clarence Rust
Data source is Richard Mark Mumma. (Deceased)
1830 Census Portsmouth, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Christian Mumma
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3 (Soloman, Martin, ??)
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (Isaac)
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (Christian)
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 (Jacob)
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 (Christian Mumma)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 ( Betsy & Nancy)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Leah & Polly)
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Elizabeth Heagy)
1840 Census Lower Swartara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Christian Mumma
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 (Martin & Isaac)
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 (Solomon & ??)
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 (Christian Mumma)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Fanny)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (?)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (?)
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Elizabeth Heagy)
The Will of Christian Mumma is available for viewing on FamilySearch
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-28697-958-67?cc=1999196&wc=M99F-4RY:957662745
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Source: 1955 Yearbook of the PA Society Sons of the American Revolution, compiled by Floyd G. Hoenstine, p 596.
Add daughter Elizabeth Mumma b 25 December 1814 d 2 August 1874 under Family 1 Fanny Nissley.
Elizabeth married Jacob Hummel b 22 May 1812 d 23 May 1894.
child Elizabeth Hummel b 14 December 1849 d 11 October 1920 married in 1870
+ Lewis M. Strickler b 16 April 1847 d 25 March 1905
child Homer Hummel Strickler b 6 May 1886
+ Dorothy May Hartwell
Under Family 2 Elizabeth Hagy -Felty married on 11 May 1852 add Fanny Mumma b 11 December 1832 d 28 January 1909
+ Christian Landis Hershey b 24 February 1833 d 3 May 1908
child William Addison Hershey b 23 April 1859 married 11 October 1881
+Fanny Behm b 18 May 1862 d 19 December 1913
child William Addison Hershey b 18 Feb 1899 married 24 April 1946
+ Julia J. Mauer b 1902
Wed., Dec. 6, 1843 Lancaster Examiner & Herald, Marriages, p. 3:
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RESH-LANDIS.-On the 30th ult. by the Rev. J. C. Baker, Mr. Christian A. RESH to Miss Susannah LANDIS, both of Leacock.
MUMA-DETWEILER.-On the same day, by the same, Mr. Christian MUMA to Mrs. Mary DETWEILER, both of Dauphin county.
Christian Landis' (1833) parents were
Christian Landis b 29 August 1782 d 15 November 1854
Elizabeth Bauer b 9 February 1790 d 7 June 1858
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The existence of Amanda, a daugher born of his marriage to Mary Heagy, is recorded in his son, Isaac Mumma's bible. Information was extracted from the Isaac Mumma and Mary Nissley family bible which can be viewed at CONT The existence of Amanda,a daugher born of his marriage to Mary Heagy, is recorded in his son, Isaac Mumma's bible. Information was extracted from the Isaac Mumma and Mary Nissley family bible which can be viewed at
http://www.mumma.org/archives/bible1.html
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From a full page article published in the Sunday Patriot-News Bi-Centennial supplement of Harrisburg, his descendants (Robert Mann Mumma, II & III) claim ---
"Born Aug 12, 1783 in Swatara Twp., Dauphin Co and died there on May 30, 1855. He was a farmer, miller and distiller.
Christian's Will provided additional information about his daughter, Leah Mumma who married Michael Cassel. She is buried in the cemetery on the farm.
His Will also identified Mary Mumma who married Joseph Hoffer