Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Allegheny Gum 
38502,38503,38504,38505,38506,38507,38508,38509,38510,38511,33197,38512,38513
38502,38503,38504,38505,38506,38507,38508,38509,38510,38511,33197,38512,38513Birth1808, Pendleton County, VA32907,38503,38506,38507,32912,38514,38508,38509,38510,38511,38515,38516
Census1810, Pendleton County, VA32907
Census1820, Pendleton County, VA32912
MemoFranklin Town
Residence1834, Greenbank, Pocahantas County, VA38518
Memoon the Redden place
Residence1841, Pocahontas County, VA38519
MemoBack Allegheny and settled in the woods and opened up land
Census1850, Pocahontas County, VA38509
MemoDistrict 47
Census1870, Pocahontas County, WV38511
MemoMeade Township, Travelers Repose Green Bank
Will Filed25 May 1887, Pocahontas County, WV38520
MemoWill dated
Memobef 22 Jun 1888
Will Filed22 Jun 1888, Pocahontas County, WV38520
MemoWill probated
OccupationFarmer38509
FatherMcBride Gum (~1780-<1823)
MotherAlice Gum (1782-1860)
Misc. Notes
Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County Pg 39038522
The way he came to have his middle name is a little out of the usual order. When Dunkum & Co. had a store at Dunmore, William Gum was a liberal dealer. There was another William Gum from the vicinity of Greenbank, and the merchant to note the difference and not get their accounts mixed, called the one from Back Mountain “William Alleghany” on his books. In settling he had Mr. Gum to sign his name William A. Gum.
Pg 43425870 William 6 Gum was given his middle name of Allegheny by a store owner at Dunsmore. There was another William Gum in the vicinity, so in order to not get the account mixed, the store keeper called the one from Back Mountain, “William Allegheny”. From then on he signed his name as William A. Gum.
The way he came to have his middle name is a little out of the usual order. When Dunkum & Co. had a store at Dunmore, William Gum was a liberal dealer. There was another William Gum from the vicinity of Greenbank, and the merchant to note the difference and not get their accounts mixed, called the one from Back Mountain “William Alleghany” on his books. In settling he had Mr. Gum to sign his name William A. Gum.
Pg 43425870 William 6 Gum was given his middle name of Allegheny by a store owner at Dunsmore. There was another William Gum in the vicinity, so in order to not get the account mixed, the store keeper called the one from Back Mountain, “William Allegheny”. From then on he signed his name as William A. Gum.
Research
1850 Pocahontas Co WV 47 Distr Pg 282 Gum, William M. (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
1850 Pocahontas Co WV 47 Distr Pg 285 Gum, William (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
1860 Pocahontas Co WV Green Bank P.O., Pg 735 Gum, William A. (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
1870 Pocahontas Co WV Meade Township, Pg 035 Gum, William A. (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
Pg 63312143 Gum, William 200 ac, Loc: Wts. Greenbrier, Year 1851, Bk 1, Pg 437
1850 Pocahontas Co WV 47 Distr Pg 285 Gum, William (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
1860 Pocahontas Co WV Green Bank P.O., Pg 735 Gum, William A. (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
1870 Pocahontas Co WV Meade Township, Pg 035 Gum, William A. (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
Pg 63312143 Gum, William 200 ac, Loc: Wts. Greenbrier, Year 1851, Bk 1, Pg 437
Spouses
Research
1850VAPocahDistr47(50of80) Dwg 347 Fam 347 Amos Higgins 46 & Elizabeth 4429321 (2 doors away from Elizabeth - could this be a brother?)