Ogle County IL Archives Biographies.....Bump, W P ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 September 2, 2011, 11:02 am Source: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth; 1882 Author: Western Publishing Company W. P. Bump, of the firm of Bump & Smith, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Addison county, Vt., in 1811; moved to western N. Y. in 1831, and in 1836 he engaged in the mercantile business; continued there until 1856, when he removed to Rochelle, Ill.; thence to Missouri Valley in 1869, and engaged in his present business. Additional Comments: Harrison County Chapter; Missouri Valley Biographies File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/ogle/bios/bump1598gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb