Rumbaugh, Geo. W.

RUMBAUGH, MUMBAUGH

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RUMBAUGH, Geo. W.
Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Greencastle; born in 1826; came to Jasper Co. in 1856. Has 314 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Married Miss Caracy MUMBAUGH in 1846. She was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio in 1824. They have eight children - Festus W., Alonzo L., V. P., Arabel, Sarah V., Lincoln H., Charles M. and Josie M. Republican. Has held the office of Township Trustee three terms. Mr. and Mrs. R. and their two oldest daughters are members of the Evangelical Association, and they, as well as all the family, are members of the Sons of Temperance. ~ "Poweshiek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)