Notes:
Data source is "The Mumma Family" by Samuel H. Mumma 1962 & Moomaw book 1990
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA
Pages 570-571
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JOHN MUMMA, farmer, P. 0. Mechanicsburg, the second son of Jacob Mumma, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1836, and resided with his father until 1863, when he commenced business for himself on a farm near Mechanicsburg. Nine years later he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Rudolph and Mary (Schopf) Hertzler, old residents of Cumberland County, but natives of Lancaster County, Penn. To Mr. and Mrs. John Mumma have been born six childrcn-all living: Charles H., Mary A., Grace E., Blanche V., Jacob R. and John I. Our subject first purchased land in 1865, which he still owns. He bought the present homestead fifteen years later. This farm is very attractive, and its comfortable surroundings and fine improvements make it indeed an elegant home. Mr. Mumma, one of the representative men of the township, is a member of one of its oldest families, and merits the greatest confidence reposed in him by the public.