Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
Pg 53
25870 Nancy Siseny d/o Mary Sisseny (S: Nelson Co KY Marr Recds). Her father, Jonathan Siseney, had also served in Capt Mikel Humble’s militia company and was killed on 9 Aug 1780
Pg 363 Mary Siseny was the widow of Jonathan Cesna, a soldier killed by Indians abt 1783 (S: Capt Mikle Humble’s List, Collins, History of KY) Jonathan was from Bedford PA and died near Louisville KY
Research
Not listed as Shepherd Gum's wife
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Spouses
Memobet 1741-1755?
Residenceca 1787, KY42123
Residenceaft 1827, Howard County, MO42123
Memobef 8 Feb 1845
Misc. Notes
Pg 46 & Pg 366-370 Shepard Gum’s children:
25870Jonathan Gum b: abt 1791 Marr: 5 Apr 1817 Hardin Co KY Mary (Polly) Biggar
Mary Gum Marr: 15 Apr 1819 Hardin Co KY Matthew F. Simons
Sally Gum Marr: 14 Feb 1822 Hardin Co KY James Kirkpatrick
John Gum (A John Gum Marr: 17 Feb 1822 Ann Todd Howard Co MO S: Howard Co MO Marr Recd)
Theodosia Gum Marr: 26 Jun 1824 Howard Co MO Wm Sullins (S: Howard Co MO Marr Recd)
William Gum Marr: 17 Jan 1833 Howard Co MO Barbara Ann Swanson
Jacob Gum
Cynthia Gum Marr: 17 May 1838 Howard Co MO Wilson Barnett; Evidently Marr2: Lewis Swearingen
Juliann Gum b: 30 May 1815 KY Marr: 6 Dec 1838 Elliott Alsop (S: Howard Co MO Marr Recd)
Military
Military Record: 1779 Served under Capt Robert Craven/Gen McIntosh /Capt Baxter. Army records Va R4384. Source: Leaves From the Gum Tree; M. Hoffman, pg 362
25708Military Service: Revolutionary War Veteran Source: Lisa Gum Gumml[at]
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10666Pg 44 Shepard Gum served in the Revolutionary War
25870Pg 362 (Shepherd 4 Gum) in 1834 stated that he had entered service under Capt Robert Craven in the spring of 1779, and had marched to the Tryon Valley to help protect the frontier of VA against the Indians and had served for three months. ... His application for a pension was stamped Rejected (S: Application of Shepherd Gum for Revolutionary War Pension under the Act of Congress in 1832, made on 6 Aug 1834, in Howard County, MO. Supplemental information dated 3 Nov 1834. File #4384, General Services Administration, Washington, DC)