Lumm families of the Midwest

B. Lumms with roots in Virginia and Maryland. Some members of this group may be related in some manner to the Jesse Lumm clan, but the connection has not yet been established.

Highland Lumm, b. ca. 1790 in Maryland

• Probably that Hyland Lum b. July 19, 1790, youngest son of Jacob and Rachel Lum of Cecil Co., Maryland, listed on p.227 of The Genealogy of the Lum Family by Edward H. Lum, pub. 1927. Ancestry is Jacob, Michael, Samuel, (?)
• John J. Lumm of Carroll and Muskingum County, OH, had a son named Highland. John J. is probably the son of Jonas Lumm, born in Loudoun Co., VA, in 1797, son of Jesse Lumm. What the connection is between the Jesse Lumm and Jacob Lum families, however, is unknown.
• Found in Madison Co., OH, in the 1850 Census, aged 60
• wife Margaret, aged 55, b. in Delaware
• 2 children, b. in Ohio (John, 15, and Margaret, 13 Also in household: 60-yr-old Lydia Co???, b. Delaware (perhaps a sister of Margaret Lumm?)

Samuel Lumm, b. 1790s in Virginia

• m. 18 Mar 1819 in Trumbull Co., OH, to Clarissa Tylee;
• in Trumbull Co., OH, in 1830 census

Jacob Lumm, b. ca. 1798 in Maryland

• In Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1850 census, aged 52
• Wife Catherine, aged 57, b. PA
• 4 children plus 7yo Susanna Hop, all b. OH
• 1850 household also includes an Abraham Lumm, 43, b. OH, raising question of possible connection to the family in Muskingum County, OH

Joseph Lumm, b. ca. 1804 in Virginia

• In Poland Township, Mahoning Co., OH, in 1850 Census, aged 46, called "Lumh";
• Wife Mary, aged 46 in 1850, b. in Pennsylvania;
• 7 children that year, inc. Samuel, 16, b. in PA ca. 1834, and Clarrisa, 14, b. in Ohio; so migration ca. 1835
• Other children: Catherine, 23, b. PA; Jacob, 21, b. PA (but see below); Jennet (f), 18, b. PA; Margret, 10, b. OH; and Nancy, 6, b. OH
• son Jacob, 21, b. PA, is probably the same Jacob Lhum on the next page, living with M. Boges.

• Probably the son of John and Nancy/Ann Dillon of Loudoun Co., VA.
• Married first on 11 Oct. 1830 to Almeda/Almedia Gibson, who died before 1840;
• Migrated to Richland Co., OH, where 17 Feb. 1840 he married Mary Dyer.
• Found at Whiteside Co., ILL, in 1850 census.
• Died Feb. 20, 1854 aged 47 yrs. (Headstone at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL)
• Mary, wife of Sumuel Lummn, died Jan. 11, 1854, aged 36 yrs. (Headstone at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL)
• Children of Samuel and Almeda (Gibson) Lumm:
  • John W. Lumm, b. ca 1831, OH; m. Dolora M. Payne 3 July, 1856 in Whiteside Co.,ILL;
  • Nancy Lumm b. ca 1833 OH; died Jan. 1854, buried at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL.
  • Phebe Allen Lumm b. ca 1835 OH;
  • Mary, b. ca 1838; m. Charles E. Patridge 3 Jan. 1858 in Whiteside Co., ILL
• Children of Samuel and Mary (Dyer) Lumm:
  • Samuel J. Lumm (b. 12 July 1842 according to LDS; ca. 1844 OH according to census); died Sept. 1, 1854, aged 11 yrs. (according to headstone at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL. M
  • Sarah F Lumm(b. 18 May 1839 LDS; ca. 1841, b. OH, according to census);
  • Martha E (9/18/1844 LDS) census ca1846
  • Henrietta (Margaretta, b. 9/15/1853 --LDS); died Sept. 1, 1854, aged 1 yr. (headston at Sterling, Whiteside Co., IL.
  • Ruth Ann (8/4/1848 LDS; missing Ruth in 1850 census); she m. H.T. Beaver 9/27/1871 Whiteside Co., IL.

• In Wayne County, ILL, in 1850 census.
• Wife "Reb." [Rebecca?], appears to have been born in Kentucky

• in Lewis Co., Indiana (Tennessee Dist.#4) in 1850 census; wife and 6 children b. in Tennessee

• in Lewis Co., Indiana (Tennessee Dist.#4) in 1850 census; wife and 3 children b. in Tennessee;

• in Lewis Co., Indiana (Tennessee Dist.#4) in 1850 census, with 5 younger Lums, age 1-16, all b. in Tennessee
• Probably widow to a Lumm related to the Virginia-born Joshua and Kester Lumm, also of Lewis County, IN

• Perhaps a descendant of Jesse Lumm of Columbiana/Carroll Co., OH, judging from a son's name, but ancestry not yet discovered.
• Married Ann Piddington, b. 24 July 1839 in England and d. 4 May 1888 in Butler Co., Iowa. Her parents were Mathew PIDDINGTON and Elizabeth OLDHAM; the family arrived in this country via Great Lakes to Wisconsin. John and Ann Lumm lived in Paris Township, Grant Co., Wisconsin, during the 1860 census, as did Ann's parents (called "Pennington.")
  John Lumm and his father-in-law Matthew Piddington and brother-in-law, Richard Piddington, soon headed west to the gold fields. A letter home from Richard was dated September 1860 and said that John Lumm had separated from them for some work "on the road for thirty dollars a month and bourd". Richard and John never returned from the west. It is not known what happened to them. Ann Lumm later remarried, to one Jacob B Crouse.
  Roger N. Whiting informs me that he found a divorce record for Ann (Piddington) Lum dating from 1863, which corroborates the story that he never returned. The circumstances of the departure are different than a mere gold rush, however:

  Grant County Wisconsin. Clerk of Court.
  Circuit Court Civil Cases Files. Drawer 60.
  Grant County Series. Box 61.
  (Located at the Wisconsin State Regional Archives, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, Wisconsin.)

  Ann Lum vs. John Lum Judgement Roll
  Divorce rendered 3 August 1863 and recorded Page 243 of Volume 8 for Divorce.

  12 February 1863. A summons was executed that John Lum present himself to the court. Ann Lum testified that she and the defendant had been married on 15 November 1856. They had two children, one now living. The first, Jess Edwinth (not clear), age two years. The second child died at age seven weeks of age at five weeks after abandonment. She had lived with the defendant until 9 April 1860 when the defendant left for California. At the time of abandonment, he was asked to leave her house after having been found having adultery with Elizabeth Pedanton.

  Children of John and Ann Lumm include:
  • Jesse Lumm, b. 18 June, 1855, in Carroll Co., Illinois; died 1 April, 1947 at Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa - buried at Antioch Cemetery in Clarksville, Butler Co. IA). He married on 15 August, 1891 at Greene, Butler Co., Iowa, to Ina Viola HARRIS (born May 18, 1876 near Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa and died December 3, 1952 at Clarksville, Butler Co., Iowa and buried in Antioch Cemetery in Clarksville, Butler Co., IA).
    children include:
    • Roland LUMM, born 7 July, 1895, at Root Siding, Butler Co., Iowa; died 17 May, 1970, at Clarksville, Butler Co., IA) married (date unk.)to Minnie SATTERLEE (1897-1954). Their Children: Jesse A LUMM and Earl Richard LUMM (born 1929)
    • Ila LUMM, b. 30 August, 1897 at Root Siding, Butler Co., IA; d. 28 Jan 1987 in Clarksville, Butler Co., IA) married (date and place unk.) Earl DE PUEW (b. 23 Oct. 1887 at Allison, Butler Co., IA; d. 7 May 1984 at Allison, Butler Co., IA. Two children.
      (The preceding is largely thanks to Vickie Larson)
  • Sarah, b. (Aug.?) 1860, in Paris, Grant Co., Wisconsin

• He was a Sergeant in the 5th Maryland Infantry on the Union side in the Civil War. He was shot in the leg at Antietam and lay eight days in the field without medical attendance.
• In 1863 or 64 he went to Columbus, OH, and entered into the notion and toy business there. He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and Wills Post, G. A. R.
• He married Oct. 25, 1865, Elizabeth Smith of Columbus, OH. He died and was buried at Columbus, OH.
• Their children were:
  • Harry Wesley, b. Aug 23, 1866.
  • William Thomas, b. May 17, 1870.
  • Charles Nicholas, b. June 19, 1877. Became an actor; married Aug 23, 1909 Louise Rinaldo.

C. The following are other Lumms found in the Midwest in the early to mid-19th century:

• In Madison Township, Geauga County, Ohio, in 1820, and in Medina, Medina County, Ohio, in 1830. In latter his age range is 40-49, and the eldest female in the household is 50-59, so I assume he is in the high 40s, she in the low 50's.
• Perhaps these are the parents of another Sheldon Lumm, b. ca 1800 in Ohio, who married in 1830 Elizabeth Countryman b abt 1812 Canada. They had four children: James; Chloe; Pauline; and Francis, b. 1844. The 1850 Census Shiawasse County, Michigan lists Elizabeth and children.

• He is probably that individual who arrived in Maryland in 1812, aged 29, as found in Kenneth Scott's British Aliens in the United States during the War of 1812 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979.)
• The following year he was in Muskingum County, Ohio, where he filed a declaration of intention for naturalization, as reported in S.S. Hargrove and H.E. Yinger's "Declarations of Intention for Naturalization, Muskingum County, Ohio," in Muskingum County Footprints (Zanesville, OH), vol. 1 (1984), pp. 1-54.
• Died, aged 67, ca. 1850 at Muskingham County, Ohio, where widow Ann, age 65, is found in 1850 U.S. Census (house 186)
• Not likely related to John J. Lumm, found in that census at house 236, as latter is said to have come from Loudoun Co., VA, and thus more likely to be related to the Jesse Lumm clan.
• More probably connected to that Abraham Lumm found in Mahoning County, OH.
• Probable child: Abram Lumm, b. ca. 1820 in Ohio
  • In Muskingum Co., OH, in the 1850 Census, aged 30;
  • Wife Cynthia, aged 27 in 1850, b. in Ohio;
  • 3 children at the time: William J., 5; Mary F., 2, and Wm. F. " , 5 mo.

• In Morgan Co., Ohio, during the 1850 Census, aged 60;
• Wife (Lena?), aged 55, b. in Vermont;
• also in the household in 1860:
  • Hannah E. Kelly, 11, b. in OH;
  • Daniel B. Lum, 30, b. in OH;
  • Mary Lum, 23, b. in OH

Ira Lumm, b. 14 May 1801 in New York

• LDS Ancestral File has his birth in Duanesburg, NY, and gives his lineage back to John Lum the immigrant at Stamford, CT.
• In 1850 U.S. Census, Flint Township, Genessee Co., Michigan, aged 49, born in New York. Wife Catherine, 45f, b. NY; children (all but last born in New York): Isaac, 20m; Morgana, 17f; Laurie, 14f; Mary, 12f; George, 10m; and Emily, 4f, b. MI.
• From the children's birth details, we can estimate that Ira migrated west ca. 1841-1846.
• Also in Flint in 1850, we find Margaret Lumm, 18f, b. NY [house 583, p.212], living with James Henderson, 37m, b. NY] Perhaps she's an older daughter of Ira, working for the Henderson family.
• Ira Lum died 7 May 1875, aged 74 years, 11 months, 26 days, of "paralysis." The record, on p. 110, #2199, also gives his father's name as "Nat Lum."
• Ira's wife Catherine died 10 Dec. 1876, at Burton, Genessee Co., Michigan, at age 72, "of paralysis." Ira had preceded her in death. -- Genealogical Death Indexing System, Michigan, record no. 2231
• Correspondent Karen Megerle says Ira, brother George, and sister Marcia, were children of a William Lumm in New York.
• Regarding sister Marcia, her descendant Karen Megerle, has the following:
  • Marcia J. LUMM born November 24, 1809 in New York;
  • married September 13, 1835, in Otsego Co., NY, to Gordon(Gorton)Spencer BURLINGHAM born December 28, 1814.
  • They had two girls: Olive Amanda BURLINGHAM b. August 20, 1836 (m. John F. LUCAS), died April 10, 1892 in Saginaw, Saginaw CO, MI; and Sarah Jane BURLINGHAM (b. October 08, 1838 in Decatur, Otsego CO NY. (note: both may be listed by first, or middle name)
  • The Burlinghams moved to Detroit, Wayne CO, MI. He owned Burlingham & Dingle Shoe store. Gordon Spencer Burlingham died April 23, 1847 in Detroit, Wayne Co, MI.
  • She married 2nd Alonson Tyler. She died Feb. 12, 1880 in Saginaw, Saginaw Co., MI.
• Genesee Co. Michigan, Evergreen Cemetery Records, p. 70-71, provided by Karen Megerle:
  • Ira Lum, d 10 May 1875, 73y, 11m 27 d
  • Katie Lum, d 7 Dec. 1876, 71 y, 3m 20 d, wife of Ira LUM
  • George Ira, 1842-1923, also H, George
  • Lucy A., 9 Dec 1845-24 Jan 1918, wife of Geo. LUM
  • Elizabeth Lum, 11 Apr 1825 - 11 Jul 1903, "Auntie"
  • Julie A. Lum, d 6 Mar 1849, 5 y 4m 15d, dau of I. & C. LUM
  • Maria B. d 6 Sept 1866, 27y 7m 24d, wife of I.B. LUM (on Lucius KING lot)

Vincent Lumm, b. ca. 1804 in Germany

• In Waterloo Township, Monroe Co., Ill., in 1860 census, aged 54, a merchant
• wife (Catherine?), aged 49 in 1860, b. in Germany
• 3 children, ages 7-14, all b. in ILL: (Cath.?), 14f; (Ma---?) 11; and Franz, 7.

• In Lake Co., Ill., in 1850 Census
• wife Hannah, b. ca. 1812 in Massachusetts
• 6 children in 1850, the youngest b. in MA, ca. 1847

• In Bethlehem Township, Stark Co., OH, in 1850 Census, aged 40;
• Wife Mary, aged 23 in 1850, b. in England;
• 8 children that year, all b. in Ohio: Savina (f), 19; Lucinda, 17; Samantha, 13; Henry, 9; Alfred, 7; Maria, 4; Isaac, 3; Marindas (f) 3 months

• Sylvanus Lum, son of Sylvanus who died in Vermont in 1821, is of known ancestry, documented in Edward H. Lum's Genealogy of the Lum Family of 1927.
• He married Mary Bayne of Batavia, NY, in 1837.
• They moved soon (that year, according to Edward H. Lum) to Jackson, Michigan, where they are found in the 1840 and 1850 census.
• He died 11 Oct. 1873; she died 19 Sept. 1904, aged 88 years.
• Their children (according to Lum (1927), p. 78:
  1. Edward Denton, b. 9 Apr. 1842, d. 1907;
  2. Eldredge Milford, b. 26 July 1851, d. 2 Feb. 1918; and
  3. Ella Florence, who m. 1870 to John Pixley.

• In Hubbard Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in the 1850 Census, aged 37(?)
• Also present: Edward Lumm, 21, b. OH; Mary Lumm, 23, b. OH; and a 25-yr-old Ohio native whose name is unreadable.
• The family head is probably that Clarissa Lum named as a daughter in the will of Sylvester Tylee of Hubbard (Abstracts of Probate Records Trumball Co., OH 1803-1843, p. 200). Excerpt transcribed by Michelle Martens:

  "...to Rebecca Tylee my wf, life use of land on which I live, No.46, 100 acres more or less, except 2 acres on North east corner of said farm. Life use of this to Clarica Lum - at her death to the person or persons to whom I give my farm. To Alfred Tylee my son (at death of wf) my farm on which I live, lot No. 46 Hubbard: he to pay Claricia Lum my dau $125 & to Marietta Roberts my dau $125 & to my dau Rebecca Kelly $125. Follows details as to payment of above Sums, all personal property life use to wife Rebecca, at her death to be equally divided after $20 is pd to Home Missionary Society. 40 acres of land on North part of farm to be given to Daus Claricia, Marietta & Rebecca for security till Alfred pays Legacies. Executor: son Alfred Tylee & son-in-law Thomas Roberts. Signed Jan. 28, 1834, Sylvester Tyless: Wit - George Leyde, Joshua Nelson; proved Nov. term 1834 (7-468-469) Nov 1834

• In DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Iowa, aged 46, in 1860, along with wife Eunice, 48, also b. in NY.
• The History of Clinton County, Iowa, pub. in Chicago by the Western Historical Company in 1879 has this biographical passage on p. 744:

  S. Lum, farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. De Witt; was born in New York in 1814; He married, in 1835, Eunice Cass, also of New your; they removed to Scott Co., Iowa, in 1839; settled where they now live in 1840. Mr. Lum has a fine farm of 220 acres, just without the limits of De Witt.

• Perhaps related to the following, also in the County History, pg.574: Edward Lum, County Marshall 1864; C.E. Lum, County Marshall 1866.

• He married Emeline Gifford in Lorain Co., OH, 14 Jan., 1841.
• There is also a Lum listed on the 1857 Lorain Co., tax list for Black River Twp.
• Perhaps he died before 1860, as Emeline is in the 1860 census under surname "Lunch."
• Lorain County was created from Medina Co., so Armisted may have a connection with the Lumm families there.
• A Mary Lurn m. George Kirk 6/31/1839 Lorain Co., OH; perhaps another mispelled Lum, and perhaps related to Armisted.

• in Erie Co., Ohio, in the 1860 Census, Ohio, aged 40;
• wife Louisa R., aged 35, b. in Kentucky
• 2 children in 1860, both b. in Ohio: Charles, 7; and Mary, 2.

• In Hubbard "Dist. no.164", Trumball Co., Ohio, in 1850 census, aged 26
• wife Susannah, aged 28, b. in Penn.
• perhaps related to Clarissa Lumm, aged 56, also in Hubbard that year

• Parents possibly Charles and Emily Lumm, found in the 1850 census, Dane Co., WI, p. 168 (this Charles and Emily possibly being born in Connecticut). 3 children are listed: Charles E., William F., and Mary A. All three were born in Ohio.
• Rev. Charles E. Lumm married Emily Clara Porter and had 8 children:
  • Charles, born 2-23-1868 in Dane County
  • Grace, born 9-29-1870 in Dane County
  • Lou
  • Oliver born 2-13-1884 in Dane Couty
  • William Charles (who later lived in Oregon)
  • Adeline
  • Clara
  • Mary.

• In the 1860 U.S. Census at Benton Township, Fremont County, Iowa.
• The History of Fremont County, Iowa, published in Des Moines by the Iowa Hist.Society in 1881, has this information:

  Lumm, Dr. D., postmaster, P.O. Percival; Born June 25, 1834, in New Haven County, Connecticut, where he grew to manhood and received his education. He came to Iowa and located in 1858. In 1859 he began the study of medicine under Dr. R.R. Hanly, under whose instruction he remained for five years. He has been a successful practitioner of medicine for more than seventeen years.
  He has held numerous township offices, and been a justice of the peace for twenty years. Dr. Lumm was married April 13, 1855, to Miss Matilda Smith.
  They have four children; Mary A, Frank R., Sarah E., and Lula I., and one deceased.

• His wife was Marthan Leowes(?)
• John L. Lumm had son Henry b. 24 Nov.1860, at Kassel, Hessen, Germany, who was in DeKalb Co Indiana by 8 May 1884, when he married, at Auburn, to Martha Ann Bassa/Bassie. Henry d. 30 Jan. 1920 at Garrett, DeKalb Co., IN. Martha d. 27 Jan. 1954 at Garrett.
  Children of Henry and Martha Lumm:
  • Louis, d. ca. 1945 at Chicago;
  • Mary Elizabeth, b. 1885, m. 25 June 1906, at Garrett, to James Albert Moore; d. June 1955 at Gary, Lake Co., IN; bur'd at Union Cem, Garrett.
  • Conrad, b. 11 Feb. 1888 at Garrett, IN; d. Nov. 1970, Kansas City, MO;
  • Lena M., b. 1893 at Garrett; m. Albert Rump (1884-1957); d. 1943 at Gary, Lake Co., IN; bur'd at Garrett.
  • Albert, b. 1899 at Garrett; m. Virginia Redmond (d. 1966); Albert d. 1986 at Auburn, DeKalb Co., IN, Buried Union cem. Garrett IN
  • Alfred, b. 1899, m. Madeline (-----), b. 1904 at Garrett; Alfred d. 19 Sept. 1953, at Garrett, DeKalb Co., IN, Buried Union Cem, Garrett IN; Madeline d. 1969 at Garrett, IN, Buried Union Cem, Garrett IN. (Thanks to Jack Lumm of Melbourne Beach, FL, for providing some corrections here.)
  • Walter, b. 1902, m. Madge (-----)
• A researcher on this line, Kathy Huish, has a web page at: http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish

• Benjamin Lumm served as a private in Co. H, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Ohio. --found by Michelle Martens on p. 131, History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio, General History.

• In Conans Prairie, Perry Co., IL, in the 1860 Census, aged 19, a farm laborer in the household of Able Campbell, 36, b. VT

• His mother was Elizabeth (---) b. in Canada, entered in Michigan before 1832 and married a Lum, also from Canada.
• Siblings of Francis include: James, b. 1832; Chloe J. Lum, b. 1837 in MI; and Perlina Lum, b. in Michigan in 1839.

• Living in Oxford Township, Erie Co., OH, during the 1860 Census, aged 17, in the household of a Jacob [surname unclear), aged 32.

• He was a Sergeant in the 5th Maryland Inf. U.S.A. during the Civil War ; was shot in the leg at Antietam and lay eight days in the field without medical attendance.
• In 1863/4 he went to Columbus, OH, and entered into the notion and toy business there. He was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and the Wills Post, Grand Army of the Republic.
• He married Oct. 25, 1865, Elizabeth Smith of Columbus, OH.
• He died and was buried at Columbus, OH.
  Children of William H. and Elizabeth Lum
  • Harry Wesley Lum, b. Aug 23, 1866. He married Ida Lorena Molenaux. Their children:
    • Harold Thomas Lum.
    • Easton Hubbard Lum, b. Sep 12, 1892.
    • Robert Kinsman Lum, b. Apr 21 1895.
  • William Thomas Lum, b. May 17, 1870. A screen manufacturer at Columbus, OH, he married Myrtle Louise Gilliam and had one child, David Todd Gilliam Lum, b. Mar 5, 1899.
  • Charles Nicholas Lum, b. June 19, 1877. Became an actor; married 23 Aug., 1909 Louise Rinaldo.
  [Thanks to Arthur A. Lum for transcribing this data from GENEALOGY of the LUM FAMILY., by Edward H. Lum, 1927.]

• His ancestry is given in the Lum Genealogy of 1927 (p. 154), as a descendant of John Lum of Stamford and Long Island. The son of Charles Ludlow and Cornelia Battel Lum of Ogdensburg, NY, he was born on 2 June 1851, at Ogdensburg.
• Henry went to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was about 20 years old, and for 40 years was chief clerk of the freight claim department of the Lake Shore Railroad.
• He married Mehitabel P. Nickerson of Cape Cod, MA, and had 2 children:
  1. Clara Isabel, b. 14 Feb. 1876; lived in Cleveland, unmarried;
  2. Charles Jeptha, b. 25 Aug. 1877. He married Theresa M. Michaely of Michigan City, IN, and had one son, James Henry, born 27 July, 1903. Charles served as Superintendant of Atlantic Refining Co. in Philadelphia.

UPDATED July 30, 2001
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