Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Umbaugh, Wallace R. 1881 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

WALLACE R. UMBAUGH.

Wallace R. Umbaugh, living on section 4, Highland township, has been a lifelong
resident of this county, for his birth occurred August 22, 1881, in the township
where he still makes his home, his parents being Hampton H. and Mary A. (Doak)
Umbaugh. The father was born in Ohio, November 8, 1844, and the mother's birth
occurred in Virginia, March 7, 1846. She was eleven years of age when she came
with her parents to Wapello county, the family being established here in pioneer
times. Her father, Robert Doak, purchased the farm now occupied by Wallace R.
Umbaugh in 1858, being the second man to receive a deed to the place. He resided
in Highland township until his death and for a long period was well known as a
representative agriculturist and honored citizen. Hampton H. Umbaugh came to
Iowa with three brothers. He was but seven years of age when he lost his father,
and he had a hard time through the period of boyhood and youth, for he was
entirely thrown upon his own resources and worked for small pay, having little
opportunity for advancement along any line. Industry and determination, however,
at length triumphed over difficulties and obstacles and gradually he won
success, eventually becoming the possessor of a competence that now enables him
to live retired. He and his wife have spent the last three years in Hedrick. To
them were born three children: Daisy, the wife of Burt De Seim, living in
Highland township; Wallace R.; and Iva, who died at the age of seventeen years.

Wallace R. Umbaugh has spent his entire life in Highland township and since
reaching the age of three has lived continuously upon the farm which is now his
home, on section 4. In the pursuit of his education he attended the Hedrick high
school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1902, and in 1903 he
pursued a business course in Ottumwa. He then began farming on a tract of one
hundred and sixty acres owned by his parents. This farm lies in the center of
section 4, comprising forty acres on four different quarter sections, and the
house stands in the center of the farm. The place is well improved and presents
a neat and attractive and thrifty appearance. The buildings are substantial,
everything about the place is kept in good repair and the farm is divided into
fields of convenient size by well kept fences, within the inclosure of which are
harvested each year good crops of the cereals best adapted to soil and climate.

On the 12th of June, 1907, Mr. Umbaugh was united in marriage to Miss Jennie
Burdette, who was born in Davis county, Iowa, September 8, 1882, a daughter of
William Burdette. Two children have been born of this marriage: Hampton
Burdette, who died at the age of four months; and Daisy Helen, born May 12,
1910. The parents rank among the well known young couples of Highland township
and are cordially received into the best homes of the locality. In politics Mr.
Umbaugh is a democrat and for the past four, years has been assessor of his
township, discharging his duties with the same spirit of fidelity and loyalty
that he manifests in every relation of life. Fraternally he is connected with
the Woodmen of the World. He represents two of the old families of the county
and in this district, which has long been the family home, his worth as a
citizen is widely known, his support of worthy public measures being always to
be depended upon.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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