Notes:
Data source is Norman Rouch (deceased)
Data source is Charles Leville "Bud" Mumma, deceased
Data source is Harold Ellsworth "Hank" Muma. E-mail hmuma@towson.edu
Data researcher is Doug Mumma doug@mumma.org
!BIRTH:Calculated from his burial record of 74 years, 10 months and 23 days, deducted from his death date.
!MARRIAGE:Records of the IGI of Pennsylvania.
!DEATH:Grave marker and Will
!BURIAL: Buried, re-intered, Section 141-H at Ferncliff Cemetery,Springfield, Clark County,Ohio on 28 Feb.1872, other cemetery unknown.
!WILL: Christian had a will which was contested.
!CENSUS:1850-1860
1820 East Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Christ Mumma
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2[?, age 1 + Jacob, age 0]
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1[Christian, age 29]
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2[Elizabeth, age 19]
1830 Census East Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Christian Mumah
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1[Henry, age 2]
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3[John, age 6, Christian Jr., age 7, Jacob, age 9]
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1[Christian, age 39]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1[Elizabeth, age 2]
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1[Elizabeth, age 29]
1850 Census, OH, Clark Co., Moorefield twp.
*** dwelling 1229 ***
Christ Muma, 58, farmer, $2500 real estate, b: PA
Elizabeth " , 47, b: PA
John " , 25, farmer, b: PA
Henry " , 23, farmer, b: PA
Jacob " , 29, farmer, b: PA
Wm. H. " , 19, b: OH
Elizabeth Deffilbaugh, 12, b: PA
*** dwelling 1220 ***
Jacob Muma, 30, farmer, $1200 real estate, b: PA
Hette " , 27, b: PA
Amanda " , 6, b: PA
Milton " , 4, b: PA
[Note: is is unclear who this Jacob's father is, but likely related to Christian Mumma. Jacob and family obviously arrived in Ohio between 1845 & 1850. Hette's maiden name is Deffenbach, so the Elizabeth Deffenbach living with Christian is somehow related - perhaps a sister to Hette]
1860 Census, OH, Clark Co., Moorefield Twp., Sprinfield P.O.,
*** dwelling 117 ***
Christian Mumau, 68, retired farmer, $4000 real estate, $200 personal, b: PA
Elizabeth " , 58, b: PA
Elizabeth Hause, 77, $50 personal, b: PA
*** dwelling 118 ***
Henry Mumau, 32, farmer, $750 personal, b: PA
Allinor ", 26, b: PA
Salmon " , 7, b: OH
Sally " , 5, b: OH
William " , 1, b: OH
The following birth document was found amoung the belongings of Carolyn Louise Johnson Rice of Springfield, Ohio - She is a descendant of Christian Mumma. The original document was written in German and transcribed by Corinne Ernest of East Berlin, PA.
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Christian Mumma was born the 30th August in the year 1791 and gave himself in matrimony with Elizabeth Hass on the 31st of December in the year 1818. She was born the 4th of August in the year of our Lord 1802
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These above mentioned parents had the following children born
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[name erased] was born the 30th August in the year 1819 in the sign of Steinbock (capricorn)
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Jacob Mumma was born the 4th September in the year 1820 in the sign of Löwe (lion)
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Christian Mumma was born the 3rd February in the year 1823 in the sign of ???
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Johannes Mumma was born the 4th December in the year 1824 in the sign of ????
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Elizabeth Mumma was born the 3rd July in the year 1827 in the sign Waage (Libra)
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Henrich Mumma was born the 3rd July in the year 1827 in the sign Wagge (Libra)
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a little son was stillborn the 3rd August in the year 1829 in the [sign of] Virgo
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The Mumma family came to Clark County in 1837. There was a Christian Mumma, probably his son, who became a member of the United Menonite Church of Bethel Township in 1862. (next to the Ford Dealership, Park Layne Manor), Bethel Township, Clark Co., OH The children and grandchildren were named in his will. It appears he was re-intered from another cemetery near Springfield, probably near their homestead three miles North of the City, buying their property July 9 1839 at Section 19- Tract 5- Range 10 for a total of 85 acres. He bought the second tract of land , 35 acres at Section 27 - Township 5 - Range 10 on March 5 1859.
The parents of Christian Mumma, Jr. received a letter of his death by a Stewart at the Hospital and the letter reads as such;
Hospital No. # 5
Lebanon, Kentucky, Nov. 12th,1862
Mr. Mumma,
It is my lawful duty to inform you of the death of your son, Christian Mumma. He died in this Hospital, Nov. 1st, 1862 of Typhoid Fever. The letters and his description roll were in his pocket. I have done up in a packet and sent to you by express. He had nothing of value about him. Hoping the above will meet with your approbation.
I remain yours truely,
J.K. Wilden,
Stewart of Hospital.
This was a letter Hannah (Reynolds) Mumma used as proof for her pension which amounted to be $12.00 for her and the raising of two minor children.
Chuck Grife contributed that Christian is listed in "Portrait and Biographical Album" p 681, Akron Ohio, Public Library.
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Mennonite - Herald of Truth - October 1866 - Vol. III, No. 10 - Page 76
Near Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, Christian Mumma, who was born Aug. 30th 1791, and died on the 21st of July 1866, aged 74 years, 10 months, and 22 days. His health had been failing for several years. But he was still able with the assistance of two canes to walk about until a short time before his death. I visited him several times during his last illness. He bore his affliction with Christian fortitude, and his desire was to go home and meet his smiling Jesus. On the morning of the day of his death, he asked his wife, if she thought he would die that day. She answered that he looked as if he might, and at five o'clock he was a corpse. He died without a struggle. His funeral took place on the 23rd. Funeral sermon by the writer from 2 Cor. 5: 1-3. He was formerly from Lancaster Co., Pa.
JOHN M. GREIDER.
THE OLD-SCHOOL MENNONITE CHURCH
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David Neff, John Neff and their wives had been living in Bethel Township for a number of years; became desirous of joining this denomination, and, no organization existing in their neighborhood, Henry Huber, who was a member, sent to Jacob Bowman, a Mennonite minister, living at Winchester, Franklin Co., Ohio, to visit and form a church, and receive the Neffs into the connection. Mr. Bowman, not having full authority, sent for the assistance of John Brenneman, of Allen Co., OH, who came to John Neff's house in the spring of 1858. These ministers held a meeting of days, during which David and John Neff and their wives were baptized, and they, with Michael Kaufman, Christian Mumma. a. John M. Crider and Henry Huber, and Elizabeth Kaufman, who were already members, were organized into a Mennonite Church, consisting of twelve members. The church held meetings at somewhat long intervals, being supplied with preaching by ministers from other churches. This continued until December 20, 1862, when John M. Crider was set apart and regularly ordained a minister. Mr. Crider has served the church as Pastor up to the present time, preaching every two weeks. From the organization of the church; they worshiped in the schoolhouses in the neighborhood until the fall of 1867; they built a meeting-house on the farm of Henry Huber, on the New Carlisle & Dayton Pike. Mr. Crider was consecrated Bishop in 1872. Present number of members, twenty-four.