Notes:
Jacob's birth and baptism is recorded in the 1st Reformed Church of Lancaster
1850 Census, PA, West Hempfield Twp., page 171B. 6th Sep 1850
Jacob Muma, 48, Labourer, b. Lancaster Co.
Mary Musselman, 82, b. Berks Co.
Fanny Musselman, 51, b. Lancaster Co.,
Mary Musselman, 37, b. Lancaster Co.
Mary Muma, 9, b. Lancaster Co.
[Note: 5 houses away is John Muma, age 51 with wife Anna with children Elizabeth 21, John 17, Joseph 10. I believe this John is Jacob's brother. Also, This John C. & Anna are buried in the Silver Springs Cemetery]
1860 Census, PA, West Hempfield Twp., page 983, 26th June 1860
Molly Mussleman, 90, domestic, $130 personal property, b. PA
Fanny Mussleman, 62, domestic, b. PA
Maria Mussleman, 46, seamstress, b. PA
Jacob Mumma, 59, butcher, $2500 personal property, b. PA
Maria Mumma, 19, seamstress, b. PA
1870 Census, PA, West Hempfield Twp., page 489, 21 July 1870
Musselman, Mary, 58 Keeping house, cannot read or write
Mummah, Maria, 29, at home, cannot read or write
Mummah, Jacob, 70, at home
[Note: 2 houses away is Joseph Mummah, 38 with his wife, Elizabeth, 6 children and Annie age 66 (Joseph's mother?)- I believe this is Jacob's nephew and his sister-in-law. His brother, John died in 1850. One other note. A Mrs. Mumma is listed in the 1864 Atlas of Lancaster county, just north of Mountville. I believe this is Joseph's widow, Anna Mumma]
1880 Census, PA, West Hempfield Twp., page 65B
Maria Musselman, 69, b. PA,
Maria Mumma, neice, 39, b. PA,
Jacob Mumma, father, 80, b. PA. (probably Maria Mumma provided the census information and "father" refers to her father.]
After his wife died, Jacob and his daughter lived with his wife's mother for the rest of his life.