BIO: Amos Mumma, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                              CHAPTER LIX.

                         UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP.

570  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  AMOS MUMMA, grain dealer, P. O Shepherdstown.  One of the first and 
most prominent families in this county is that of the father of Amos 
Mumma, and a lengthy history of Jacob Mumma, the grandfather of our 
subject, appears in the borough history of Mechanicsburg, and different 
branches of this family are represented in the several townships in 
which they reside.  Our subject is a son of Jacob and Catharine 
(Eberly) Mumma.  His mother's first husband, Mr. Rupp, a farmer, died 
soon after the birth of her third child, when she became the second 
wife of Jacob Mumma, and bore him the following children:  Eli, Jacob, 
Amos, Fanny, Eliza and Samuel - all of whom were born in Cumberland 
County, and living at this time, except Samuel and Fanny.  Amos Mumma 
was married, November 17, 1868, to Marion E., daughter of Christian and 
Lydia (Miley) Herman, also of this county.  The Hermans were among the 
first settlers near New Kingston, coming in 1771, and the 
representatives of this family celebrated their centennial in 1871, 
children of the sixth generation being present on that occasion.  The 
original farm is now owned by Wolford Herman, and the land has been in 
possession of the name since the 

571  UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP.

first purchased by the great-grandfather.  Of the immediate family of 
Christian Herman are three children:  Jacob, John and Marion.  Amos 
Mumma and his wife have four children:  Herman J., Alberta J., Levi H. 
and Lydia H.  These children, as they grow older, can read with pride 
the history of their lineage, which extends back from both branches 
more than a century.  Mr. Mumma has always been one of the most 
energetic and impulsive of men, brave and intrepid.  He twice tried to 
enlist in the army during the late war of the Rebellion, but his youth 
prevented the accomplishment of his intention.  As a man, a neighbor, 
and a citizen, Mr. Mumma has no superior, and is in all respects worthy 
to bear the name of his illustrious ancestors.