Notes:
Data source is RODERICK GENEALOGY, published in 1999 by Dave Roderick Dlroder@aol.com
Data source is Lura L. Vogel. E-mail llv@quixnet.net
Data source is Doug Mumma.
Obituary found in the Shenandoah Herald, Friday Apr 7, 1905 and the "The Republican" Mountain Lake Park News, Mountain Lake Park, MD. 6 Apr 1905)
William used the MUMAW spelling all his life and that spelling is used in his obituary. All of his children and descendants used and continue to use the MOOMAW surname spelling. Many of the Mineral County birth records list his name as "Moomaw" as well as the children. There other "Moomaw" & "Moomau" families lived in the same county.
His marriage record uses the "Moomaw" spelling and it only identifies his parents as "Mr. Moomaw". Because of the listing of his father as "Moomaw", I believe the clerk wrote the spelling that they were familiar with.
A careful examination of his mother's marriage records and census records, suggested that William was illegitimate and quite possibly his father's name was WEBB as listed in the 1850 census. Family lore claims he had an unhappy childhood and left home early. He used his mother's maiden name and apparently added the middle initial of "F", possibly after the surname his step-father, William Fadely.
In addition the following statement was discovered in Harmon Webb's Will written on 6 Feb, 1849. Harmon was separated from his wife at that time. Harmon Webb died shortly after writing his Will. It said:
"I give to my housekeeper Ann Mumaw, provided she stay with me while I live and does for me as she has been doing the sum of one hundred dollars in lieu of all other claims against me for services except for her wages at fifty cents a week - to her and her heirs forever."
DNA testing of a descendant of William Mumaw/Moomaw and and two descendants of Harmon Webb has confirmed that William F Moomaw/Mumaw was the illegitimate son of Anna Mumaw and that Harmon Webb, b. 1784, was his likely father..
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1850 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., 58th District, Page 91
William FADELEY, M, 26, b: VA
Anna FADELEY, F, 27, b: VA
William WEBB, M, 4, b: VA
Emily C. FADELEY, F, 6/12, b: VA
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1860 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Mount Jackson
Isaac Brinker 44
Susan Brinker 42
La Brinker 11
Mary Brinker 4
Lucy Brinker 1
William Merman (Mumaw) 14
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1880 Census WV, Mineral County, Elk Garden Page 168D
William F MUMAW, 34, Occ: farmer, b: VA, Fa: VA, Mo: VA
Elizabeth J. MUMAW, Wife , 22, Occ: Keeping House, b: VA, Fa: VA, Mo: VA
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1900 Census MD, Garrett Co., Deer Park Twp., 10th district, ED 46
William Mumaw, head, Oct 1845, 54, m: 19 yrs, b: VA, farm laborer
Elizabeth Mumaw, wife, June 1856, 43, m: 19 yrs, 9 children, 8 living, b: WV
Susan E Mumaw, June 1881, 18, b: WV
Benjamin F Mumaw, Oct 1882, 17, b: WV, farm laborer
Corinda E Mumaw, June 1885, 14, b: WV, at school
Gussie C Mumaw, Oct 1886, 13, b: WV, at school
Robert W Mumaw, Sept 1888, 11, b: WV, at school
John E Mumaw, Dec 1890, 9, b: WV, at school
Walter K Mumaw, Dec 1895, 4, b: WV
Burnis O Mumaw, Dec 1900, 6/12, b: MD
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In "Someone You Knew II, a Necrology, of Shenandoah County, VA l869-1989", the following appears:
Mumaw, William F. age 60 MD d 3-30-05, wife Lizzie Rhederick (probably misspelled) srv; moth Mrs. Annie Dellinger srv; 4 sons & 4 dau;
formerly Conicville
He served in the Virginia Infantry Unit 33, Company K, enlisted on 12 Sept 1863 at age 18 as a private and was a private when he was discharged. This unit was the called the Shenandoah Riflemen (Shenandoah Co., VA)
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33rd Virginia Infantry
A Brief History of the Regiment
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They sprouted in the Shenandoah Valley and adjoining counties, these ten companies that gained undying fame as the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment. Single came from counties such as Page, Rockingham, Frederick, Hampshire, and Hardy.
Mostly they were products of the soil and accustomed to the use of firearms. Picking off Yankees was as natural to them as bringing off wild game. And when Virginia declared open season on invading bluecoats, her sons responded swiftly and eagerly.
They were young - one was only 14 - and they were old - one was 62 - and they were fiercely independent. For whatever reasons suited them, or for no reason at all, they deserted in appalling numbers. in the first six months of 1862, a period embracing the Valley Campaign and the Seven Days Battles around Richmond, 158 men took leave without permission.
The ranks were full of names that suggested the Scotch-Irish stock that settled the Great Valley of Virginia, and the Germans who migrated into the area from Pennsylvania. There also was a pure Irish strain which was provided by the Sons of Erin who helped construct the Manassas Gap Railroad around New Market. These immigrants composed the colorful "Emerald Guard," or Company E. When there was no enemy in their front, the pugnacious Irishmen remained in battle trim by fighting among themselves.
The regiment was commanded by colonels covering a wide spectrum, from Arthur C. Cummings, a veteran of the Mexican War, through John Neff, the son of a pacifist minister, and Frederick W.M. Holliday, a Winchester lawyer, and down to its last commander, Abraham Spengler, a diminutive carpenter from Hardy County.
The regiment fought with distinction in its first major engagement, at Manassas in 1861, and never wavered in the years that followed. After the Stonewall Brigade, of which the 33rd was part, was annihilated at Spotsylvania Court House, remnants of the regiment were united with survivors of 13 other decimated Virginia units to form William Terry's Brigade.
In this role, memebers of the 33rd followed their battle standard to the finish. At Appomattox Court House only 15 remained to receive paroles, all that was left of the regiment whose four-year muster roll carried more than 1,300 names.
Companies:
A - Potomac Guards (Hampshire Co.)
B - Toms Brook Guard (Shenandoah Co.)
C - Tenth Legion Minute Men/Shenandoah Riflemen (Shenandoah Co.)
D - Mountain Rangers (Winchester, Frederick Co.)
E - Emerald Guard (Shenandoah Co.)
F - Independent Greys/Hardy Greys (Hardy Co.)
G - Mount Jackson Rifles (Shenandoah Co.)
H - Page Grays (Page Co.)
I - Rockingham Confederates (Rockingham Co.)
K - Shenandoah Riflemen(Shenandoah Co.)