Memoabt 1834?
Memoage 86 years 6 months 7 days
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Harrison County, WV Marriages Book 48, Copied at Harrison Co, WV Courthouse by Nanci Headley Kotowski, Pg 189 Gum, William (widower) 62 yrs, B: 2 Jul 1870 Upshur Co, WV, Parents: Benjamin Franklin & Barbara (Simons) Gum, Bride: Ashcraft, Olive Berdie (single) 48 yrs, Harrison Co, WV, Parents: Armstead & Sarrilda (Sharp) Ashcraft, Marr: 1 Oct 1932 Clarksburg (File: VA/WV, Harrison Co WV Marr) Same William? Mother's name Barbara Simons?
Spouses
Memo1843 before parents marriage? abt 1849?
Census1880, Upshur County, WV42627
Memo79 years 8 months 23 days
Research
1860 Upshur Co WV, Buckhannon P.O., Pg 200 Gum, Benjamin (Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
Harrison County, WV Marriages Book 48, Copied at Harrison Co, WV Courthouse by Nanci Headley Kotowski, Pg 189 Gum, William (widower) 62 yrs, B: 2 Jul 1870 Upshur Co, WV, Parents: Benjamin Franklin & Barbara (Simons) Gum, Bride: Ashcraft, Olive Berdie (single) 48 yrs, Harrison Co, WV, Parents: Armstead & Sarrilda (Sharp) Ashcraft, Marr: 1 Oct 1932 Clarksburg (File: VA/WV, Harrison Co WV Marr) Same William? Mother's name Barbara Simons?
Military
Civil War Pension Index: Benjamin W. F. Gum, Image # 2640, State Filed: WV, Service: B-H 10 W Va Inf F 3 W Va Cav, 1890 July 16 (File: Anc Plus Gum 10/11/2002)
American Civil War Soldiers
2423Benjamin Gum
Side Served: Union
State Served: WV
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private; Enlisted in .(sic)
Sources: 304
Civil War Prisoner of War Records
11234Benjamin Gum
Side: Confederate
US Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865
941Benjamin W.F. Gum, 10th Regiment, WV Infantry; Side: Union; Regiment State: WV