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Source:
The County of Fulton
A History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical Association
1905
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
R. J. KUMP
SARAH C. KUMP |
REUBEN J. KUMP has been a
resident of Fulton county since his childhood days and is
numbered among the representative farmers and stock growers
of Franklin township. He was born in Berlin, Mahoning
county, Ohio, June 23, 1856, and is a son of Levi and
Sarah (Kime) Kump. The former was born in Dover
township, York county, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1832, and he
died on his homestead farm, in Franklin township, Fulton
county, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1904. When he was about one
year old his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Mahoning
county, Ohio, where he was reared to manhood and where his
marriage to Sarah Kime was solemnized, May 17, 1855.
In the spring of 1860 he came with his family to Franklin
township, Fulton county, where he continued to be identified
with agricultural pursuits until his death. In early
life he became a member of the Lutheran church, in whose
faith he was reared, but after removing to Fulton county
both he and his wife united with the Methodist Episcopal
church, becoming faithful and zealous in the work of the
same. His parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Gross)
Kump, were both born in Pennsylvania, of stanch German
descent, and both died in Mahoning county, Ohio, being
interred in the cemetery at North Berlin. Sarah (Kime)
Kump, mother of the subject of this review, was born in
Mahoning county, Ohio, Apr. 11, 1832, being a daughter of
Henry Kime, who was a blacksmith by trade, a native of
Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Mahoning county, Ohio, where
he died. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Kump
has resided in the home of her daughter Ella D. Sayers,
near West Unity, Williams county. Of the six children
in the family Reuben J. is the eldest; Ada is
the wife of Noah W. Bowser, a farmer of Franklin
township; Oliver F. is engaged in farming in Gorham
township; Sylvanus D. is deceased, as is also
Orpha E.; and Ella D. is the wife of Artwell
Sayers, a farmer near West Unity, Williams county.
Reuben J. Kump was four years of age at the time when
his parents took up their residence in Fulton county,, and
he was reared to maturity on the homestead farm, in Franklin
township, in whose public schools he secured his early
educational training. He remained associated with his
father in the management of the home farm until he had
attained the age of thirty years, and he then located on his
present farm, which he purchased ten years later. He
has one hundred and fifteen acres of most fertile and
productive land, he has been successful in both the
agricultural and stock-growing departments of his
enterprise, and he has made excellent improvements on his
attractive farmstead. He has given much attention to
the breeding of high-grade cattle, swine and sheep, and has
had the best of breeding lines of full-blooded sort.
Mr. Kump is a stanch Republican and is a loyal and
liberal citizen, commanding uniform confidence and esteem in
the community which has been his home from childhood.
He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and with its adjunct, the Daughters of Rebecca, of which
latter his wife also is a member. Jan. 1, 1887, Mr.
Kump married Miss Sarah Catherine Punches,
who was born in Gorham township, this county, being a
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Deal) Punches, who
settled in Fulton county in September, 1850. Henry
Punches was born in Seneca county, New York, May 21,
1821, and he died in Fayette, Feb. 7, 1895. His
parents removed from Berks county, Pennsylvania, to Seneca
county, New York, in an early day, having been of German
lineage. Jan. 31, 1847, Henry Punches married
Elizabeth Deal, who likewise was born in Seneca
county, New York, and she now (1905) resides in Fayette,
aged seventy-eight years, being one of the honored pioneer
women of Fulton county. She is a member of the
Reformed church, as was also her husband. Mr.
Punches was a carpenter by trade and followed his
vocation for a number of years, but he gave his attention
almost entirely to the work of his farm after coming to
Fulton county. Of the nine children all grew to years
of maturity: Frances, who became the wife of
William Gamble, resides in Fayette; Edward died
July 18, 1888, at the age of thirty-eight years; Lawrence
is a resident of Fayette; Mrs. Kump was the next in
order of birth; Mary is the wife of Horace Ford,
of Fayette; Arthur is a resident of Springport,
Michigan; Nathaniel is a farmer of Gorham township;
Marion died in Colorado, when a young man; and
George resides in Fayette. Mr. and Mrs. Kump
have one daughter, Alma Elizabeth, who remains at the
parental home, being of the popular young ladies of the
community.
Source : The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton County,
Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 444 |
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AARON KUNEY is the owner of
one hundred and twenty acres of land, in Gorham and Franklin
townships, the estate being in one body, and the residence
is located in the latter township. Mr. Kuney is
a veteran of the Civil war and is a citizen of sterling
worth, commanding the esteem of those who know him. He
was born in Fayette township, Seneca county, N. Y., May 28,
1846, and is a son of Henry and Rachel (Landis) Kuney,
both of whom were born in the State of Pennsylvania.
In 1855 they removed to Fulton county, Ohio, and settled in
Gorham township, one mile north of the present homestead of
their son Aaron, who was a lad of nine years at the
time. There Henry Kuney purchased land, which
he reclaimed and improved, and he passed the remainder of
his life in this county, his death occurring in 1898, at
which time he was eighty-four years of age. His wife
preceded him into eternal rest by about one month, having
been eighty-one years of age. They became the parents
of thirteen children, of whom ten attained maturity;
Martin resides in Fayette, this county; Polly
is the wife of William Smith, of that place;
Catherine is the widow of Lorenzo Downer and
resides in Archbold, this county; Henry is a resident
of Morenci, Mich.; William of birth; Sarah
remains on the old homestead; Lucinda became the wife
of Jacob Smith and both are deceased; Levi is
a farmer of Gorham township, as is also Lawson.
Aaron Kuney attended the common schools of New York and
Ohio and remained at the parental home until he had attained
the age of fourteen years, when he secured employment in
connection with construction work on the Lake Short and
Michigan Southern Air-Line railroad, being identified with
this line of work until Mar. 28, 1862, when he enlisted in
Company B, Sixteenth Ohio volunteer infantry, at Columbus,
Ohio, whence the command finally went to the national
capital and over into Alexandria, Va., arriving in season to
take part in the battle of the Wilderness. Other
important engagements in which Mr. Kuney participated
were as follows: Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, North
Anna river, Gaines' Mills, Weldon Railroad, Yellow Tavern
and Poplar Grove, as well as several engagements incidental
to the siege of Petersburg. The regiment was encamped
within a mile from that city during the winter of 1864, and
was present at the surrender of the city. Mr. Kuney
was twice wounded while in service, having received a
gunshot wound in the right leg and another in the arm, both
wounds having been inflicted by sharpshooters. He
remained at the post of duty until victory crowned the Union
arms, having been mustered out of the United States service,
at Washington, D. C., on the 28th of July, 1865, and having
then proceeded with his command to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
received his honorable discharge from the State service,
Aug. 5, 1865. He then returned to Fulton county, where
he was variously employed for the ensuing four years, after
which he served an apprenticeship at the trade of
wagon-making, in Morenci, Mich. He then opened a shop
of his own at Handy, Fulton county, Ohio, where he remained
three years. Since that time his vocation has been
that of farming in which he has met with much success.
In 1889 he purchased eighty acres of land in Gorham
township, and later he purchased eighty acres lying
contiguous on the south, in Franklin township, thus having
one of the valuable farms of this part of the county.
In his political allegiance Mr. Kuney is a stanch
Democrat, and he is affiliated with Stout Post No. 108,
Grand Army of the Republic at Fayette. July 27, 1876
Mr. Kuney was married to Miss Alice Nathnaugle,
daughter of Benjamin Nathnaugle, a pioneer of Gorham
township and now deceased. Of this union have been
born three sons, tow of whom are living: Carey S. and
George L., the former being engaged in farming in
Franklin township and the latter in Gorham township.
The youngest son, Bird D., is deceased.
Source : The County of Fulton - A History of Fulton
County, Ohio - Publ.: Madison, Wis. Northwestern Historical
Association - 1905 - Page 438 |
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