Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJesse Gum 42393,42394,42395,42396,42397,42398,42399
Birthabt 1783, Nelson County, KY42393,42395,42396,42397,42400,42401
Residenceabt 1822, Sangamon County, IL42402
Death28 Aug 1863, Petersburg, Menard County, IL42403,42396,42404,42405
BurialMenard County, IL42406,42403,42407
MemoFamily Plot
FatherJacob Gum II (~1740->1798)
MotherLydia Dever (~1743-<1793)
Misc. Notes
Pg 182 a former neighbor, Abraham Lincoln, was now President of the United States; Pg 226 Abraham Lincoln surveyed (Jesse Gum’s) farm25870 (New Salem IL is where Abraham Lincoln was a surveyor)
Research
1840 IL, Menard Co, Pg 296, Gum, Jesse (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
Spouses
1Mary Dills 42393,42408
Birthabt 1799, Hardin County, KY42409,42410
Death10 Dec 1839, IL42411,42412
FatherHenry Dills (ca1779-)
MotherCassander (ca1779-)
Misc. Notes
Pg 65 & 174-186 Jessie 5 Gum & Mary Dills ch:25870
Thomas Dills Gum b: 14 Dec 1813 d: 18/19 Nov 1859 Marr: 17 Jan 1839 Sangamon Co IL Jemima Carter
Cassander Elizabeth Gum b: 27 Feb 1817 d: 14 Mar 1886 Marr: 10/11 Mar 1836 Sangamon Co IL Jeremiah Davis, bro of John M. Davis
Gillie Ann Gum b: 1819 Marr: 25 May 1837 Sangamon Co IL John M. Davis d: 1839, bro to Jeremiah Davis; Marr2: 10 Aug 1840 Menard Co IL Calvin Atterberry
John B. Gum b: 22 Nov 1821 d: 8 Feb 1897 Marr: 14 Dec 1843 Menard Co IL Jane Irwin; Marr2: 4 Sep 1894 Mary E. Holmes; Pg 182 a former neighbor, Abraham Lincoln, was now President of the United States
Charles B. Gum b: 1823 d: 5 Jan 1885 Marr: 19 Feb 1850 Menard Co IL Martha Jones, his 2nd cousin, d/o Elijah & Nancy Armstrong Jones
Robert Conover Gum b: abt 1825 d: 15 Oct 1846
Jacob H. Gum b: abt 1827-29 (Cem Stone 20 Jun 1834) d: 3 Mar 1893 Marr: abt 1869 Virginia City, MT Elizabeth Ellen Murray
William Martin Gum b: 22 Feb 1832 d: 25 Feb 1890 Marr: 19/20 Sep 1853 Menard Co IL Elizabeth Potter
Jessie F. Gum b: 29 Nov 1834 d: 18 Oct 1884 Marr: 11 Feb 1858 Menard Co IL Marthena Ott, d/o Nimrod & Pearline Gum Ott
Mary Gum b: abt 1837 Marr: 28 Jan 1857 Menard Co IL Reuben Dowell
James T. Gum b: 8 Aug 1839 d: late 1870’s Marr: 22 Mar 1860 Menard Co IL Melissa Goff (Lucy Goff’s daughter & his step-sister), divorced; Marr2: 1870’s Lucy Briggs
another child name and date unknown
Marriage15 Mar 1813, Hardin County, KY42393,42408,42413
2Grace Flynn 42393,42414,42415
Birthabt 1810, TN or SC or NC42393,42416,42417
Death Memo1850’s
Alias/AKAGracy42418
Misc. Notes
Pg 179 & 186 Jessie Gum & Gracy Flynn ch:25870
Evaline (Sarah Evaline) Gum b: late 1841 or 1842 d: aft 1885 OK Marr: 22 Mar 1860 Menard Co IL John Wesley Melton
Lydia Ann Gum b: abt 1846 d: aft 1905 Marr: 21 Jan 1864 Menard Co IL Jacob Bell
Benjamin Franklin Gum b: Jun 1849 Marr: 6 Nov 1871 Menard Co IL Rebecca J. Trippett/Tippett; she Marr2: E. C. Cummings
Elijah P. Gum b: Jul 1842 Never married
Marriage29 Oct 1840, Menard County, IL42419,42414,42420
Marr Memo19 Oct 1840?
3Lucy Lewis 42393,42421,42422
Birthabt 1811, Green County, KY42393,42423
Marriage8 Sep 1859, Menard County, IL42424,42422
Marr Memo9 Aug 1859?
Last Modified 27 Nov 2014Created 12 Jul 2024 using Reunion 13 by Chris Dunmore
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