Misc. Notes
Pg 65 & 174-186 Jessie 5 Gum & Mary Dills ch:
25870Thomas 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
Spouses
Residenceabt 1822, Sangamon County, IL42402
MemoFamily Plot
Misc. Notes
Pg 182 a former neighbor, Abraham Lincoln, was now President of the United States; Pg 226 Abraham Lincoln surveyed (Jesse Gum’s) farm
25870 (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)