Misc. Notes
Pg 61 & 63 & 69 Jacob 5 Gum & Rhoda Bell ch:
25870 John Bell Gum b: 7 Mar 1796 Green Co, KY d: 29 Oct 1869 Lodi, CA Marr: late 1820-early 1821 Cassander Dills b: 26 Jan 1803 d: 14 Nov 1832 Knox Co IL; Marr2: 20 Jul 1834 Knox Co IL Jane Burner b: 18 Nov 1809 Overton Co TN d: 6 Sep 1894 Lodi, CA
Zephaniah Gum b: 11 Dec 1799 Green Co KY d: 24 Aug 1870 Lawrence Co MO Marr: bef 1830 Morgan Co IL Jane Hash b: 2 Nov 1809 Green Co KY d: 17/28 Dec 1883 both bur: Old Taylor Cem
Jesse N. Gum b: 28 Feb 1803/5 Green Co KY d: 9 Jul 1872 Bigelow, KS Marr: 19 May 1830 Peoria Co, IL Louisa Margaret McDonald b: abt 1801 now Hart Co KY d: aft 1880 KS
James S. Gum b: 1807 KY d: 8 Sep 1879 Bangor, Butte Co, CA Marr: 17 Jul 1828 Sangamon Co, IL Nancy Vaughn, b: abt 1808 Green Co KY d: 28 Jun 1879 Bangor, Butte Co, CA, his cousin, d/o Henry & Jane Bell Vaughn, a younger sister of Rhoda Bell Gum;
Spouses
MemoHenderson Township, age 82 yrs 4 mos
BurialGum Cemetery, Knox County, IL42279
MemoHenderson Township
OccupationMinister-Trammels Creek Church 1804, Hardin Co. Ky. Linn Camp Ch 1815-17/knox Creek Ch 181842280,42281
Military
Military Record: PVT Va. listed in DAR Patriot Index. Source: 1984 pg 75 Leaves From the Gum Tree-M. Hoffman
25708Gum, Jacob b: 1763 d: 4-15-1847, m.Rhoda Bell, Pvt VA
25867Pg 68
25870 None of the biographical sketches of his family mention anything about Jacob (Gum) serving in the Revolutionary War. In recent years, descendants of his grandson Jacob Dills 7 Gum and his granddaughter, Melissa Gum 7 Burner and of his son, Jesse N. 6 Gum have used the the following entries for the D. A. R. Patriot List.... (S: DAR Papers)
Marr MemoSurety 20 Jan 1791, Marr by William Dodge