Pg 300 Otho Gum Will30437
wife Jenny
son James L. Gum
daughter Mary H. Gum
land known as Peter Gum land, part of the Adam L. Gum land, purchased from my brother Peter Gum
daughters: Maude and Rubie

Civil War Service Records: (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
Gum Otto, Co F, Unit: 25 VA Infantry, Rank: Private, Note: Guin, Otho, Allegiance: Confederate

Elizzie H. Gum. Letter, 16 Apr. 1863. Accession 25921. Gum, Otho, 1840-1904, Background Elizzie and Otho Gum were cousins from Highland Co, VA. Otho served with the 25th VA Infantry Regiment2814

Gum, Otho, Company F, Confederate Rosters, v. 1-20, reel 1-10, Confed Rosters now part of VA Dept of Military Affairs record group (RG#46) housed in the Archives at the Library of VA. Source Vol 3, p133 (reel 2)34548

http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/2714/x.marc.txt 3/11/2005
VA Historical Society
Call Number    Manuscripts Mss2 G9525 a 1
Author    Gum, Elizabeth H.
Title    Letter, 1863 April 16, near Meadow Dale, Highland County, Va., to [Otho Gum].
Description    [6] leaves : holograph signed ; 11 x 6 in.
General Note    Verifax copy.
Summary Note    Concerns war-time conditions in Highland County, Va.
Provenance Note    Gift of Mrs. Emma R. Matheny, Richmond, Va., 13 November 1963.
Highland County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Source: Matheny, Emma Robertson, 1913-1998.
Date: 1863 April 16.
Record no.    148260

Pvt. Otho Gum b: Jun 9, 1840 Highland Co VA d: Dec 30, 1904 Co. F., 25th Inf Regt, bur: Wade Fam Cem, Mill Gap, Highland Co, VA2482

American Civil War Soldiers: Confederate, Otho Gum Residence: Highland County, VA, Farmhand, Enlist 11 Jun 1861 VA (File: Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)

American Civil War Soldiers2484
Otho Gum
Residence: Highland Co, WV
Occupation: Farmhand
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 at the age of 20; Enlisted in on 11 Jun 1861
Sources: 21
Height: 5’6”
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Dark
Complexion: Dark

Civil War Prisoner of War Records11477
Otho Gum
Side: Confederate

US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865973
Otho Gum, 25th Regiment, VA Infantry (Heck’s); Side: Confederate; Regiment State: VA

Civil War Service Records Confederate Records VA2488
Card 1: 700 Gum, Otho, 2 Co F, 25 VA Inf’y (Heck’s Regiment), Confederate, Private, Private, Reference Slip, Cards filed with Guin, Otho

Otho Gum 9 M Enumerated w/Stuart S. Wade 24 M in 1850 Census, Pocahontas Co, VA (7of80) (Could this be him?) (File: Genealogy Data, Anc Plus, Anc Plus Images, Unknown Relatives, Unknown VA/WV)