Notes:
both buried in Chestnut Hill Cemetery; were Presbyterians
Data source is "The Mumma Family" by Samuel H. Mumma 1962 & Moomaw book 1990
Data source is "The Brenneman History", 1938 by Albert H. Gerberich, p.665. Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA
Chestnut Hill cemetery burials
MUMMA, Milton 1858-1943
Ellen, 1856-1935
Romaine, 1882-1971
Sarah, 1892-?
Sarah Ellen Eberly, wife of Milton, 1856-1935
From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 812-813
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MILTON S. MUMMA. Cumberland county, Pa., is one of the best developed
farming districts of the Keystone state, and in the township of Silver Spring
are found many who have successfully carried on that calling for years, among
whom may be mentioned Milton S. Mumma, born one mile north of Mechanicsburg, Oct. 5, 1858,
son of Martin and Catherine (Shelly) Mumma, prominent people of that locality.
Milton S. Mumma was reared upon the farm he now owns, and was well-educated
in the district schools, after which he chose to be a farmer, and he now owns
the old Mumma homestead of 100 acres, well improved and in a good state of
cultivation, and he has been eminently successful in all his operations.
On Dec. 23, 1880, Mr. Mumma married Miss Sarah Ellen Eberly, daughter of
Joseph and Sarah Eberly, of Hampden township. The Eberly family is one of the
oldest in Cumberland county. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Mumma: C. Romaine, Mary Ellen, Martin Eberly and Sarah E. Mr. Mumma is a
member of the Republican party, but has not as yet been very active in local
affairs. He is very prominent in the Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, of
which he is a consistent member and treasurer, as well as member of the board
of trustees and an elder. Mr. Mumma is a man of sober, temperate habits, is
industrious and enterprising, and has won the full confidence of his
neighborhood.
Obituary
Milton S. Mumma, 84, 415 West Main street, Mechanicsburg, died at his home Monday. A retired farmer and banker, Mr. Mumma moved to Mechanicsburg from his Silver Springs township farm 20 years ago, having been an elder in the Silver Springs Church. He was an elder in the Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church. A year ago he retired as a director of the First Bank and Trust Company and as president of Allen and East Pennsboro Mutual Fire Insurance Company, He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Samuel C. Hertzler, Carlisle; Romane and Sara Mumma, both at home; a son, Martin, Baltimore; two grandsons; a sister, Miss Clara Mumma, and one brother, William H., both. of Mechanicsburg. Burial in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
Harrisburg Telegraph, 9 Mar 1943