Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth1833, Highland County, VA33839,33840,33841,33835,33816,32933
Memo1829? abt 1830? 1832?
Census1840, Bath County, VA32936
Census1850, Highland County, VA33841
Census1860, Highland County, VA33839
MemoMeadow Dale
Census1870, Highland County, VA33840
MemoBlue Grass, Montery
Death5 Sep 1894, Lewis County, WV33843,33816
Memoage 65 years
Alias/AKAThursday, Thirsey; Thursdar Ann; Thersey; Thursda33841,33835,33843,33816,33815,33844,33819,33845,33846,33824,33825,33826,33827,33828,33829
FatherJames John Curry (1809-)
MotherMary Briscoe (1806-1891)
Research
Married to Jehu not John Gum5702
Spouses
Memoabt 1770?
Census1830, Bath County, VA33833,33834
Census1850, Highland County, VA33807,29783
MemoDistrict 25
Census1860, Highland County, VA33805
MemoMeadow Dale
Census1870, Highland County, VA33806
MemoBlue Grass, Montery
Deathaft 5 Sep 1894, Highland County, VA33835,33816
OccupationFarmer33805,33806
Anst File#AFN:10SD-WRK32739
FatherLeonard Lee Gum (1788-1853)
MotherAnna Mary Seybert (1785-1861)
Military
American Civil War Soldiers2484
John Gum
Residence: Highland Co, VA
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 11 Jun 1861
Enlistment Place: Hevener’s Store, VA
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: VA
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 Jun 1861; Enlisted in on 11 Jun 1861
Sources: 21
Height: 5’11”
Eye Color: Grey
Hair Color: Light
Complexion: Light

US Civil War Soldier Records & Profiles977
John V Gum
Residence: Highland Co VA
Occupation: Farmer
Age of Enlistment: 31
Enlistment Date: 6 Nov 1861
Rank at Enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Hevener’s Store, VA
State Served: VA
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in on 11 Jun 1861
Description: height: 5’ 11”; light complexion, grey eyes, light hair
Birth Date: abt 1830
Sources: The VA Regimental Histories Series

US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865973
J. V. Gum, 25th Regiment, VA Infantry (Heck’s); Side: Confederate; Regiment State: VA
Research
Not listed with family, but his children listed under Jehu?26140
Not listed as child of Gum, Leonard, & Sieber, Ann33837
Not listed as a child of Leonard Gum & Anna Seybert29839 (Jehu is, same person?)

Pg 517 (Bath Co Court Order Bk 1838-1843) p. 151 10 Mar 1840 Indictments for Grand Jury, agt Michael Trainor, Henry Gum, John Gum & Morgan Gum for an assault & batt on Davis Hamilton (probably sons & son-in-law of Leonard Gum)26302 (Same John Gum? Only abt 10 yrs old)

Pg 522 Leonard Gum Will is found on pg 124, Will Book I, Highland Co26302 (John not listed but Jehu is)

John and Jehu same person? Children are the same?
Marriageaft 13 Nov 1851, Highland County, VA33838,33808,33842,33818,33819
Marr Memolicense 13 Nov 1851
ChildrenJames Wallace (1853-1921)
 Jesse Howard D. (1855-1938)
 Amos (1859-)
 Thomas T. (1861-)
 Henry (~1862-<1870)
 Ulysses Grant (1863-1930)
 Margaret E. (1866-)
 William J. Weakline (1868-1933)
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