BIO: George W. Mumper, 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 XLIX.

         LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF NEW CUMBERLAND.

495  LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP.

  GEORGE W. MUMPER, farmer, P. O. New Cumberland, was born in Carroll 
Township, York Co., Penn., in 1828, son of John and Jane (Beelman) 
Mumper, who were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom are 
living:  Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Heiges, of Dillsburg; Christina, 
widow of Daniel Bailey, Esq.; Michael, married to Eliza A. Coover; 
Maria, widow of Maj. Jacob Dorsheimer; Margaret, widow of Col. S. M. 
Bailey, a noted man in the military and civil history of Pennsylvania; 
John; Catharine residing with her brother John; Samuel married to Mary 
King, of York County; George W.; Ann (deceased); Mrs. Lydia Porter 
(deceased).  November 2, 1854, our subject married Miss Mary J. Mateer 
of Dillsburg, a daughter of William and Mary A. Mateer, who were the 
parents of three daughters:  Anne E., residing with Mr. Mumper; 
Margaret C., wife of Dr. E. B. Brandt, of Mechanicsburg, and Mary J.  
Her parents were among the early settlers in Lower Allen Township, and 
all the daughters were born on the farm now owned by Mr. Mumper; this 
property has been in possession of the Mateers for more than sixty 
years, and has been the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mumper since their 
marriage, he at that time purchasing the interest of the other heirs.  
To Mr. and Mrs. Mumper have been born six children:  The two eldest are 
deceased; Lulu B. (as was her mother before her) is a graduate at 
Lititz; George B. is a graduate of Dickinson College; Samuel completed 
his course at Collegiate Institute at York, and Mary A. graduated from 
Wilson College at Chambersburg.  Mr. Mumper is prominent in political 
circles, both National and local, and was one of the first 
Representatives elected under the new Constitution in the county of 
Cumberland.  He has for eighteen years served on the school board, of 
which he has continuously been president, and has taken a prominent 
part in everything that advances the business, social moral and 
educational interests of his chosen county.