My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM R. MUMFORD, farmer; P. O. Alcony; born in Miami Co. June 7, 1841; is a son of John and Mary M. (Cromer) Mumford, who were born in Maryland, and came to Ohio with his brother George. John, the father, when he came to this county, lived on rented farms for about eight years, then bought the farm upon which his son William now lives, where he died, Sept. 16, 1868; his widow is still living with their son William, and is 71 years of age; they were the parents of ten children, of whom five are now living, viz., John P., William, Joseph E. (of Clark Co.), Mary Jane and Sarah Amanda. William R., our subject, lived with his father till his death. On Nov. 7, 1867, he was united in marriage with Olivia, a daughter of John and Sarah A. Schindler; by this union he has had four children, of whom three are now living, viz., Irving, Eben and Viola; William R. has always remained on the home place, and had charge of the farm since his father’s death, and for many years before, as his father was crippled and helpless for some ten years, from rheumatic affections; William R. lost his wife Sept. 7, 1876, at 31 years of age. Mr. Mumford has been a member of the Universalist Church for four years; his mother, Mary M., has been a member of the Lutheran Church for a period of fifty-two years.