Notes:
Data source - Family bible owned by Clarence A. Mumaw, Dover, OH and copied by Mrs. Robert Mumaw (Shirley) of Akron, OH and sent to Marilyn Welsh.
Data source is Carol Sue Mumaw Ault. E-mail Carol cault@adelphia.net
Data source is Jazille Eilles. E-mail Jazille@gmail.com
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There is strong evidence which suggests that William Harrison Mumaw was an illegitimate child through a liason of his father with a neighbor, Jemima Lutz. This was prior to his father's departure from Shenandoah County. A child was born b. 30 Sept 1864 and was named William Harrison Mumaw. Evidence to support this child is from this child's marriage certificate in which his father and mother are named as William H. & Jemima. William H. Mumaw, his father doesn't marry Jemima, but relocates to Augusta/Rockingham Counties where he marries Martha M. Adams a couple of years later on 22 Nov. 1866. William and Martha remain primarily in Rockingham County where they raise a family of 10 children.
Jemima Lutz, in the meanwhile, marries a fellow by the name of Lorenzo Grim on 19 Mar 1868 in Shenandoah County. This is recorded in the Shenandoah marriage records. Both she (age 22) and Lorenzo (age 20) are listed as being "single", which would be correct if Jemima never married William Mumaw. Jemima's parents are listed as Abraham and Eve Lutz.
Most likely Jemima died not long after her marriage to Lorenzo Grim. Lorenzo Grim is enumerated in the 1880 census, but he has a different wife by the name of Angeline.
1880 Census Place: Ashby, Shenandoah, Virginia Page 465A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Lorenzo GRIM Self M M W 33 VA
Occ: Farm Hand Fa: VA Mo: VA
Angeline J. GRIM Wife F M W 32 VA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA
Annie R. GRIM Dau F S W 11 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Amanda C. GRIM Dau F S W 8 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Samuel D. GRIM Son M S W 5 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Virginia F. GRIM Dau F S W 2 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Bertie M. GRIM Dau F S W 7M VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
So, what happened to William Harrison Mumaw if indeed his mother died when he was an infant? Since William would not have been Lorenzo Grim's biological son, William was likely placed with kin folks. So, low and behold, William appears in the 1880 census, living with his maternal grandmother, Eve Lutz. Abraham has since died and Eve Lutz is a widow and has a son and his family living with her.
1880 Census Place: Ashby, Shenandoah, Virginia, Page 487B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Eve LUTZ Self F W W 73 VA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Charles T. LUTZ Son M M W 34 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Artie LUTZ DauL F M W 28 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Ida LUTZ GDau F S W 9M VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
William MUMAW GSon M S W 15 VA <== William Harrison Mumaw
Fa: VA Mo: VA
William Harrison Mumaw, William's illegitimate son marries Elizabeth S. Eilles in 1889 in Shenandoah County, VA. Eventually William Harrison Mumaw and Elizabeth migrate to Tuscarawas Co., OH where he dies in 1931. His marriage certificate indicated that his his father's name was William H. Mumaw and his mother's name was Jemima.
1900 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Ashby Dist, Conicville
Mumaw, William H., head, Sept 1864, m 10 years, b: VA/VA/VA, merchant
" , Elizabeth, wife, Jan 1868, 32, m 10 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, b: VA/England/VA
" , Annie M., dau, May 1890, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Mamie F., dau, Sept 1891, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Clarence, son, Dec 1898, b: VA/VA/VA
1910 Census, MI, Montcalm Co., Bloomer Twp.,
Mumaw, William H., head, 46, m1, 20 yrs, b: VA/VA/VA, farmer, general farm
" , Elizabeth S., wife, 42, m1, 20 yrs, 3 children 3 living, b: VA/VA/England
" , Mamie F., dau, 18, single, b: VA/VA/VA, servant, hotel
" , Clarence A., son, 11, b: VA/VA/VA
Johnson, Dudly O., head, 27, m1, 2 yrs, b: WV/WV/WV, laborer
" , Anna M., wife, 20, m1, 2 yrs, 1 child, 1 living, b: VA/VA/VA (daughter of William Mumaw)
1920 U.S. Federal Census, Ohio, Tuscarawas Co., Dover Twp., ED 138, sheet 4B, Jan 8, 1920
William H. Mumaw, head, 55, b. VA/VA/VA laborer in steel mill
Elizabeth S. Mumaw, wife, 51, b. VA/England/VA
Clarence A. Mumaw, son, age 21, b. VA/VA/VA, laborer in steel mill
1930 U.S. Federal Census, Ohio, Tuscarawas Co., Dover Twp., ED 79-10, sheet 7B
William H. Mumaw, 65, m. @ age 24, b. VA/VA/VA - Gardener
Elizabeth S. Mumaw, age 61, m. @ age 21, b. VA/England/VA