Notes:
Census 1880, MO, Williamstown, Reddish Twp., Lewis Co., MO, 23 June 1880, p. 175
Mumma, George, 23, married, Farm Laborer, b. OH, Fa: OH, Ma: OH
Mumma, Martha, 20, wife, married, keeping house, b. MO, Fa: PA, Mo: OH
Mumma, Minnie I., 1, daughter, b. MO
Census 1900, MO, Adair Co., Benton Twp., Kirksville, ED3 Sheet 12 7 Jun 1900
Mumma, Martha, Head, Oct 1859, 40, married at age 22, 4 children, 4 alive. b. MO, Fa: PA, Mo: OH
Mumma, Winnie, daughter, Feb 1879, b. MO
Mumma, Perry R., son, July 1880, b. MO
Mumma, Lizzie, daughter, Nov 1883, b. MO
Mumma, Robert C., son, Apr 1890, b. MO
Note: George is not listed in the 1900 census of Kirksville, MO, so he likely working elsewhere, possibly in Wisconsin. This tends to be confirmed from his wife's obit.
Census 1910 WI, Walworth Co., Whitewater City, ED156, sheet 2B 16 April 1910
Mumma, George F., head, 52, married once 32 yr, b. OH, Fa: PA, Mo: OH, Doctor
Mumma, Martha, wife, 50, married once 32 yr, b. MO, Fa: PA, Mo: OH
Mumma, Robert C., son, 20, single, b. MO, Fa: OH, Mo: MO
Personals - Whitewater Gazette, October 9, 1913
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A SAD TRAGEDY
One of the saddest tragedies Whitewater has seen shocked the people of our city yesterday. Dr. George F. Mumma took his life with carbolic acid.
He left the city at nine o'clock in the morning, went to Dyer & Wescott's slaughter house just out of the city limits and took the fatal poison. He was found at five o'clock by employees of the slaughter house who went there and saw the body lying on a blanket.
Officials who viewed the body decided there was no occasion for an inquest. A note was left on the body but the contents have not been made public. George W. Coppins took the body to his undertaking rooms as requested by the deceased.
Dr. Mumma was an osteopath physician and had practiced here for twelve years. He was about 60 years of age and is survived by Mrs. Mumma, two sons, Perry of Madison, and Robert, who is employed by Kiernan & Co., and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Hanson, who lives in Proctor, Minn.
Dr. Mumma was the local health officer and was the best the city ever had.
Expressions of sorrow ans sympathy for the bereaved family are heard from all who knew the doctor. He was a likeable man, free hearted and one who did his work conscientiously and well.
obit - Whitewater Register, October 10, 1913.
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CITY SHOCKED BY DEATH
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Well Known Doctor Takes His Life Wednesday Morning.
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Second only to the shock of the murder which occurred a month ago was the news Thursday evening that Dr. George F. Mumma had committed suicide. His body was found about five o'clock by Paul Ardelt, an employ of Wescott & Dyer who had gone to the slaughter house down Fremont street to do some work. Dr. Mumma had been seen by several people on his way to the slaughter house that morning and it is supposed that he took his life shortly after arriving there for death had occurred some time before he was discovered. He had laid a piece of canvas on the floor of the refrigerating room and taken part or all of a bottle of carbolic acid. He lay face down and appeared to have passed away without a struggle.
In his pocket was found a note to his wife explaining the reason for his act. His friends can hardly believe that it has occurred for he was popular with all his associates who honored him for his upright living and honesty. For several years he had been active as health officer indicating in that capacity the thoroughness with which he always did what he undertook.
Dr. Mumma was fifty-five years old and is survived by a wife, a daughter, Mrs. Fred Hansen of Proctor, Minn., and two sons, Perry of Madison and Robert of this city.
The funeral will be held from the home tomorrow at 2 o'clock.
Whitewater Gazette, October 16, 1913
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-- The funeral of Dr. G. F. Mumma was conducted a the residence on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. C. F. Spray. His sons, Robert, who was working at Kiel, and Perry, of Madison, and daughter, Mrs. Fred Hanson, and husband, from Proctor, Minn., were here. No reasonable excuse can be found why he should take his life. The only possible explanation was overwork. He always did his work cheerfully but of late had complained that he did not have an evening or even a Sunday to rest. He was seriously ill while in Missouri a few weeks ago and suffered a severe shock when an attempt was made to hold him up at night and later two people were found murdered at the place where he fled from three men on the street.
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News item - Whitewater Register, October 17, 1913
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Since the death of Dr. Mumma, it has been learned he has within recent months suffered two slight paralytic strokes and the morning of his death complained of a numbness in his arm which foretold the end of an active career in his profession. It is easy to understand that the warning so preyed upon his mind that he was not the Dr. Mumma we all knew and liked when the chapter of his life was closed.