Notes:
Photograph contributed by Lynn Sine
Data source is the 1990 book, "Moomaw-Mumma-Mumaw-Mumaugh Genealogy" compiled by Robert Austin Moomaw (deceased).
According to his great granddaughter (Lyne Sine], William Lee Mumaw changed the spelling of his name from Moomaw because his mail kept getting mixed up with another guy who was also named William Moomaw. William solved the problem by changing his spelling to Mumaw. "I was only two when he died but from all accounts he was a character. My great grand father liked to make moonshine and the revenuers would pick him up and the old guy took his moonshine to jail with him.......... he would put digitalis plants in the jug and tell them it was his heart medicine."
1880 Census Place:Ashby, Shenandoah, Virginia Page 495A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jessee J. MUMAW Self M M W 25 VA
Occ: Works At Iron Furnace Fa: VA Mo: VA
Louisa V. MUMAW Wife F M W 25 VA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: VA Mo: VA
Rebecca E. MUMAW Dau F S W 4 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
William L. MUMAW Son M S W 2 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
Rosa A. MUMAW Dau F S W 1 VA
Fa: VA Mo: VA
1910 Census VA, Shenandoah Co., Ashby Dist. May 14, 1910, p. 39
Mumaw, William L., Head, 31, m1 1 yr, b. USA/USA/USA farm laborer working out
" , Fannie I., wife, 26, m1 1 yr, 1 child, 1 living, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Polly V. dau, 6/12, b. VA/USA/VA
1920 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Ashby Dist, 8 Jan 1920, p. 107
Mumaw, William L., head, owns, 41, b. VA/VA/VA occ: sawyer saw mill
" , Fannie I., wife, 35, b. VA/VA/VA
" , Pearlie, dau, 10, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Josephine, dau, 8, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Catharine, dau, 6, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Jessie J., son, 1 2/12, b: VA/VA/VA
Barb, Moses C., boarder, 25, single, b: VA/VA/VA, farmhand
" , Christian, boarder, 23, single, b: VA/VA/VA, farmhand
1930 Census, VA, Shenandoah Co., Ashby Dist, 25 Apr 1930, p. 15
Moomaw, Wm. L., head, owns, 52, 1st m. @ age 31, b: VA/VA/VA, mechanic own shop
" , Fannie I. wife, 46, 1st m. @ age 25, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Pearl, dau, 20, single, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Josephine, dau, 18, single, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Catherine, dau, 16, single, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Jesse J., son, 12, single, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Iva, dau, 9, single, b: VA/VA/VA
" , Melvin A., son, 6, single, b: VA/VA/VA
1940, census, Ashby, Shenandoah, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
William L Mumaw, 61
WWII draft registration card
Name: William Lee Mumaw
Age: 64
Race: White
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1878
Birth Place: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Residence Year: 1942
Residence: Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Contact person: Melvin Mumaw, Middletown, PA
Pennsylvania Death Certificate Number: 91268
Name: William Lee Mumaw
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 79
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1878
Birth Place: Virginia
Death Date: 20 Oct 1957
Death Place: 318 Park Street, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, PA
Father: Jessie J Mumaw
Mother: Louiza Whisler
Spouse: Fannie Walker
Reported by: Melvin A. Mumaw also living at 318 Park street
William moved to Elizabethtown around 1956, 1 year before he died.
