Notes:
Data source is "The Mumma Family" by Samuel H. Mumma 1962 & Moomaw book 1990
History of Cumberland Co., PA 1880
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After his first wife's death, he and the family moved to Cumberland Co. In 1859, Jacob was one of the founders of the first banking house in Mechanicsburg called "Merkel, Mumma and Co. In 1861, a charter was obtained from the legislature and in 1864, when the National Banking System was organized, the charter was changed to the "First National Bank". In 1874, 1875 and 1876, Jacob Mumma purchased three tracts of adjacent land and put together a sizable acreage with extended west to York St. Upon his death in 1888, the widow Mary (Hertzler) Mumma an all the children sold the property to Samuel M. and Susan Hertzler
HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
BOROUGH OF MECHANICSBURG.
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886.
427-428 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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JACOB MUMMA, retired farmer, Mechanicsburg, was born six miles east of Harrisburg, in Swatara Township, Dauphin Co., Penn., September 14, 1809. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Frantz) Mumma, were natives of Pennsylvania, and members of the Mennonite Church. They had a family of four sons and two daughters. Jacob, the second son and third child, remained on the farm with his father until his marriage, January 19, 1832, with Miss Elizabeth Nissley, born in Dauphin County, Penn., daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Kreider) Nissley. Mr. and Mrs. Mumma
moved to Lancaster County, Penn., in 1835, and engaged in farming until 1839, and there Mrs. Mumma died March 20, 1836. The family consisted of two sons and one daughter: Martin, who resides on the old homestead farm of his father, one-half mile north of Mechanicsburg; John, who resides on a farm a mile south of Mechanicsburg, and Anna, wife of Levi Musselman, resides on a farm three miles southeast of Mechanicsburg. In the spring of 1839 Jacob Mumma came to Cumberland County and bought a farm in Monroe Township, afterward purchasing the old homestead farm in Silver Spring Township. Our subject was married on second occasion December 1, 1836, to Mrs. Catharine Rupp, born in Cumberland County, daughter of John and Anna (Snavely) Eberly, and who died May 1, 1861, the mother of six children, four living: Jacob E., farmer and stock dealer; Amos, a miller in Upper Allen Township; Eli, farmer in Upper Allen Township; Eliza, wife of Christian Hertzler, a farmer in Hampden Township. Mr. Mumma married September 25, 1862. His present wife, Mrs. Mary Hertzler was born in Lancaster County, Penn., daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Kauffman) Schoph. To this union has been born one daughter, Emma, who resides with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mumma are members of the Mennonite Church at Slate Hill. Mr.
Mumma is one of the founders of what is now the First National Bank of Mechanicsburg (the others are Levi Merkel, deceased, who had established a private bank, John Brandt, John Sadler, Levi Eberly, Samuel Eberly, Jacob Eberly, John Niesley, Solomon P. and William R. Gorgas). Mr. Mumma is one of the solid retired business men whose life has been one of interest and success, and has been identified with the county since 1839. He is of German descent and his ancestors were among the earliest pioneers of Pennsylvania, his great-great-grandfather having come from Switzerland to this country to settle in Lancaster County, Penn., as early as 1731.
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From the Jacob Hertzler Mumma notebook, he suggests the family moved from Dauphin County to Lancaster around 1835. Land Deeds show that on January 2nd, 1839, Jacob Mumma of Lancaster county buys 200 acres of land in Allen Township from the heirs of Jacob Beelman for $9639 and 37 & 1/2 cents. On April 4, 1846, Jacob Mumma of Allen Township buys 167 acres in Silver Springs Township from John and Nancy Eberly (Father-in-law ?) of Hamden Township for $13,360. They also bought a farm in Monroe Twp of Cumberland County, not far from the Chestnut Hill cemetery. The family is enumerated in the Silver Springs Township in 1850.
1850: Silver Spring, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Jacob Mummaw 40
Catharine Mummaw 41
Catharine Mummaw 16
Martin Mummaw 14
John Mummaw 13
Eliza Mummaw 12
Jacob Mummaw 9
Amos Mummaw 2
Anne Coble 23
1880 Census Place: Upper Allen, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Source: FHL Film 1255121 National Archives Film T9-1121 Page 85B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Jacob MUMMA Self M M W 70 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: PA
Mary MUMMA Wife F M W 58 PA
Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
Emma MUMMA Dau F S W 16 PA
Occ: At Home Fa: PA Mo: PA
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Herald of Truth Obituaries - December 15, 1886, page 381
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MUMMA.- November 9th, in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, Pa., Preacher Jacob Mumma, aged 77 years, 1 month and 25 days. Funeral on the 12th. Text, 2 Tim. 4:6-8. Buried in the Eberly graveyard. Many friends assembled to pay the last tribute of respect for the beloved brother.