Data source is the 1971 self published book by Richard Glenn Huffman [deceased], "George Muma Genealogy".
Family listed in the 1910, 1920 & 1930 census of Cresswell, Cowley Co., KS. In 1910 & 1920, the surname is transcribed as 'Merman'.
Burial info =
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/cowley/cemetery/Pleasant-Valley/cem-pleasant-valley.htm
Emporia KS Gazette, Wednesday, December 23, 1936
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KANSAN'S INJURIES FATAL
Arkansas City, Dec. 23, (AP) --
John Mumaw, 62, farmer, died of injuries received in a collision here last night. His car collided with an oil field truck. The truck driver, E. E. Sanders, was not hurt.
John Mumau Family
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John Mumau, born February 12, 1874 to Daniel and Anna Ruth Mumau on their homesteaded farm north of Arkansas City. He married Myrtle Musetta Shivers May 27, 1902. Musetta was born July 31, 1878 in Taylorville, Illinois. She came to Kansas with her parents in a covered wagon when she was about three years old. She died August 18 1968. John died December 22, 1936, John and Musetta are both buried in the Pleasant Vcilley (Hackney) Cemetery.
They had one daughter, Iona born August 14, 1910. Iona married George A. Day February 27, 1938 at the First United Presbyterian Church in Arkansas City, Kansas. George worked at the Shell Refinery until it closed in June of 1938. We moved to Wichita, Kansas and he went to work at Boeing in Wichita, Kansas. In 1942 we moved back to Arkansas City, Kansas and he went to work at Kansas Gas and Electric Company. He worked there until retirement March 1, 1972. Iona and George have two children, James Daniel Day and Mauricia Lea Day. James is self employed at Day and Company in Overland Park, Kansas, Mauricia Lea (Day) Prosser is teaching school in Great Bend, Kansas. She has been in the Great Bend school system since she graduated from College in 1972.
Submitted by Iona Day
Scanned out of the Cowley County Heritage book, Page 247.