son of Frederick Rufus Bumpus
and Elma Elizabeth Davison;
husband of 1)Nora Bernice Brown
and 2)Marie Twila George Riddle
Leo S Bumpus, 83, of Cooperstown RD 1 (Bradleytown), well-known member of that area’s political and Grange circles, died at 11:50 Tuesday in the Franklin Hospital. He was born May 10, 1889, a son of Frederick and Elma Davison Bumpus. In 1916 he was married to the former Nora Brown who died in 1935. He was then married in 1939 to the former Marie Riddle. She died Feb 14, 1972. Mr Bumpus was active in Grange circles for much of his life. He was the first candidate initiated after the Sugarcreek Grange moved to Bradleytown in 1922. In his 50 years with the Grange he served as chaplain, overseer and secretary, and was master for three years. Last December Mr Bumpus was awarded a Golden Sheaf Certificate from the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry in recognition of his 50 years with the Grange. He also had been active politically in the Bradleytown area. For 30 years he served as a Plum Township school director, and for nine years as a township assessor. Active in the church, Mr Bumpus was a member of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, where he had served as Sunday School superintendent for 20 years and as a lay delegate to the Methodist conference. He had served as secretary to the Federal Land Bank, with offices in Franklin. He also operated a dairy farm until his retirement. Mr Bumpus was very proud of the fact that several of his ancestors were present for some of the important events in American history. His family tree begins with relatives who sailed from England to the New world on the ship “Fortune,” the second ship to arrive at the Massachusetts colony. Other ancestors fought with valor in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Robert (Bernice) Noel of Bradleytown, Mrs Harold (Margaret) McBride of Brookville; and Mrs Elory (Florence) Smith of Black Ash; a stepson, Carl Riddle of Rockboro, NC; two sisters, Mrs Clyde Shadle of Oil City and Mrs William Welsh, Sr, of Chapmanville; a brother, Theodore Bumpus of Birmingham, Ala; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Friends may call...at the Horace D Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Friday in the memorial chapel at the funeral home. The Rev Donald Bean, pastor of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Sunville Cemetery.
(Franklin News-Herald, Nov 1, 1972)
[Contrib 2015: carolyn harbaugh #48542425]
and Elma Elizabeth Davison;
husband of 1)Nora Bernice Brown
and 2)Marie Twila George Riddle
Leo S Bumpus, 83, of Cooperstown RD 1 (Bradleytown), well-known member of that area’s political and Grange circles, died at 11:50 Tuesday in the Franklin Hospital. He was born May 10, 1889, a son of Frederick and Elma Davison Bumpus. In 1916 he was married to the former Nora Brown who died in 1935. He was then married in 1939 to the former Marie Riddle. She died Feb 14, 1972. Mr Bumpus was active in Grange circles for much of his life. He was the first candidate initiated after the Sugarcreek Grange moved to Bradleytown in 1922. In his 50 years with the Grange he served as chaplain, overseer and secretary, and was master for three years. Last December Mr Bumpus was awarded a Golden Sheaf Certificate from the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry in recognition of his 50 years with the Grange. He also had been active politically in the Bradleytown area. For 30 years he served as a Plum Township school director, and for nine years as a township assessor. Active in the church, Mr Bumpus was a member of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, where he had served as Sunday School superintendent for 20 years and as a lay delegate to the Methodist conference. He had served as secretary to the Federal Land Bank, with offices in Franklin. He also operated a dairy farm until his retirement. Mr Bumpus was very proud of the fact that several of his ancestors were present for some of the important events in American history. His family tree begins with relatives who sailed from England to the New world on the ship “Fortune,” the second ship to arrive at the Massachusetts colony. Other ancestors fought with valor in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Robert (Bernice) Noel of Bradleytown, Mrs Harold (Margaret) McBride of Brookville; and Mrs Elory (Florence) Smith of Black Ash; a stepson, Carl Riddle of Rockboro, NC; two sisters, Mrs Clyde Shadle of Oil City and Mrs William Welsh, Sr, of Chapmanville; a brother, Theodore Bumpus of Birmingham, Ala; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Friends may call...at the Horace D Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Friday in the memorial chapel at the funeral home. The Rev Donald Bean, pastor of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Sunville Cemetery.
(Franklin News-Herald, Nov 1, 1972)
[Contrib 2015: carolyn harbaugh #48542425]
son of Frederick Rufus Bumpus
and Elma Elizabeth Davison;
husband of 1)Nora Bernice Brown
and 2)Marie Twila George Riddle
Leo S Bumpus, 83, of Cooperstown RD 1 (Bradleytown), well-known member of that area’s political and Grange circles, died at 11:50 Tuesday in the Franklin Hospital. He was born May 10, 1889, a son of Frederick and Elma Davison Bumpus. In 1916 he was married to the former Nora Brown who died in 1935. He was then married in 1939 to the former Marie Riddle. She died Feb 14, 1972. Mr Bumpus was active in Grange circles for much of his life. He was the first candidate initiated after the Sugarcreek Grange moved to Bradleytown in 1922. In his 50 years with the Grange he served as chaplain, overseer and secretary, and was master for three years. Last December Mr Bumpus was awarded a Golden Sheaf Certificate from the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry in recognition of his 50 years with the Grange. He also had been active politically in the Bradleytown area. For 30 years he served as a Plum Township school director, and for nine years as a township assessor. Active in the church, Mr Bumpus was a member of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, where he had served as Sunday School superintendent for 20 years and as a lay delegate to the Methodist conference. He had served as secretary to the Federal Land Bank, with offices in Franklin. He also operated a dairy farm until his retirement. Mr Bumpus was very proud of the fact that several of his ancestors were present for some of the important events in American history. His family tree begins with relatives who sailed from England to the New world on the ship “Fortune,” the second ship to arrive at the Massachusetts colony. Other ancestors fought with valor in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Robert (Bernice) Noel of Bradleytown, Mrs Harold (Margaret) McBride of Brookville; and Mrs Elory (Florence) Smith of Black Ash; a stepson, Carl Riddle of Rockboro, NC; two sisters, Mrs Clyde Shadle of Oil City and Mrs William Welsh, Sr, of Chapmanville; a brother, Theodore Bumpus of Birmingham, Ala; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Friends may call...at the Horace D Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Friday in the memorial chapel at the funeral home. The Rev Donald Bean, pastor of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Sunville Cemetery.
(Franklin News-Herald, Nov 1, 1972)
[Contrib 2015: carolyn harbaugh #48542425]
and Elma Elizabeth Davison;
husband of 1)Nora Bernice Brown
and 2)Marie Twila George Riddle
Leo S Bumpus, 83, of Cooperstown RD 1 (Bradleytown), well-known member of that area’s political and Grange circles, died at 11:50 Tuesday in the Franklin Hospital. He was born May 10, 1889, a son of Frederick and Elma Davison Bumpus. In 1916 he was married to the former Nora Brown who died in 1935. He was then married in 1939 to the former Marie Riddle. She died Feb 14, 1972. Mr Bumpus was active in Grange circles for much of his life. He was the first candidate initiated after the Sugarcreek Grange moved to Bradleytown in 1922. In his 50 years with the Grange he served as chaplain, overseer and secretary, and was master for three years. Last December Mr Bumpus was awarded a Golden Sheaf Certificate from the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry in recognition of his 50 years with the Grange. He also had been active politically in the Bradleytown area. For 30 years he served as a Plum Township school director, and for nine years as a township assessor. Active in the church, Mr Bumpus was a member of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, where he had served as Sunday School superintendent for 20 years and as a lay delegate to the Methodist conference. He had served as secretary to the Federal Land Bank, with offices in Franklin. He also operated a dairy farm until his retirement. Mr Bumpus was very proud of the fact that several of his ancestors were present for some of the important events in American history. His family tree begins with relatives who sailed from England to the New world on the ship “Fortune,” the second ship to arrive at the Massachusetts colony. Other ancestors fought with valor in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs Robert (Bernice) Noel of Bradleytown, Mrs Harold (Margaret) McBride of Brookville; and Mrs Elory (Florence) Smith of Black Ash; a stepson, Carl Riddle of Rockboro, NC; two sisters, Mrs Clyde Shadle of Oil City and Mrs William Welsh, Sr, of Chapmanville; a brother, Theodore Bumpus of Birmingham, Ala; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Friends may call...at the Horace D Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Friday in the memorial chapel at the funeral home. The Rev Donald Bean, pastor of the Bradleytown United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Sunville Cemetery.
(Franklin News-Herald, Nov 1, 1972)
[Contrib 2015: carolyn harbaugh #48542425]
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