Notes:
Data source was Jacob D. Mumma of Mt. Joy, PA - Found in the files of Stella Mumma files
Data Source was William W. Mumma. Some information was compiled in 1912 by his mother. Additional information came from the notebook of his niece, Stella M. Mumma.
Data source is Douglas Mumma, 2123 Farmington Place, Livermore, CA 94550, email = doug@mumma.org
From the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, PA, 1896 , page 1141, the following is recorded:
" Mumma, John, was born in West Hanover township, Dauphin county, PA., December 26,1827. He is a son of John and Catherine (Ormond) Mumma. His father was born in Lancaster County and came to Dauphin county in 1825. he was twice married,. His frist wife was a Miss Weller, by whom he had six children, two of whom are living. The father died at the age of seventy-five. John Mumma obtained a common school educaton. IN his boyhood, he learned carpentry, which was his occupation for about ten years. He then bought a farm in Fishing Creek Valley, which he has cultivated up to the present time. Mr. Mumma was married, May 27 1856, to Sarah Flory, daughter of the late Henry and Susan (Look) Flory. Of their thirteen children, eleven are living: Harriet, wife of John Seibert; Isaiah; Emanuel; Susan, wife of Thomas Lingle; John H.; Elias; Priscilla, wife of John Hoover; David; William; Sarah, wife of William Rhoads, and Emma.
Catherine's name is recorded in the Biographical Encyclopedia as "Ormond", however her daughter, Stella Mumma, recorded her mother's maiden name as "Ament" . Ormond might have been a married name, but it is not her maiden name. Stella also identified siblings with the Ament surname.