Chumbley, Winton H.

CHUMBLEY

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Date: 6/28/2021 at 23:30:22

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.742

WINTON H. CHUMBLEY
Winton H. Chumbley was born in Pulaski County, Virginia, August 16, 1853, the son of William A. and Nancy P. (Glasgow) Chumbley. The father, being left an orphan at an early age, was bound out to a Mr. Rankin and became a member of his family. He was treated as a son and on his death Mr. Rankin willed to him some twelve slaves, which he owned. On attaining his majority Mr. Chumbley freed them, allotting to each a tract of sixty acres of land. He received no remuneration for these and came to Iowa practically with no money or resources, his death occurring less than two years later, in 1862.
Winton H. Chumbley was but seven years of age when brought by his par­ents from Virginia to Iowa. He was one of a family of ten children and was blessed with a mother whose force of character and deep religious principles rose to the occasion of guiding aright the young souls left to her charge. All received a common-school education and contributed of their youthful ener­gies to the common welfare of the family. Of the three daughters, one died in infancy, while the other two eventually married and became the mistresses of their own homes. The sons remained with their mother until the youngest of them was twenty-three years of age, after which they gradually withdrew from the parental roof and founded homes of their own.
In conjunction with his brothers, Joseph G. and James W., Winton H. Chumbley purchased a tract of four hundred acres of land in sections 30, 31 and 32, Otter Township, and here they conducted farming operations together until in 1905, at which time a division of property was made and Winton H. is now the sole owner of a finely improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 31, Otter Township. He combines with general farming the business of stock-raising and the breeding of shorthorn cattle, through this source con­verting the output of his farm into available cash with the least possible expenditure.
In 1876 occurred the marriage of Winton H. Chumbley and Miss Sarah E. Crumerine, a native of Iowa, and a daughter of Enos and Susan (Mosher) Crumerine. They were among the first settlers of Liberty Township, where the father engaged in farming. Both are now living in Jewell County, Kansas, both being past seventy years of age. They were the parents of ten children, all of whom excepting Mrs. Chumbley live in Kansas. She was reared and educated in Warren County, where she taught school prior to her marriage. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Chumbley have been born thirteen children, namely: Rosa May, who is residing at home; Charles B., a farmer of Custer County, Nebraska. who married Miss Jennie Slack, of that state; Artemus C., who is married to Miss Ada Williams, a daughter of Clark Williams, of Otter Township, by whom he has one son, William; Clayborn C., a farmer of Liberty Township, who mar­ried Miss Allie Zarley, a daughter of John Zarley, of Liberty Township, by whom he has one son, Ivyl; Nancy Susan and Martha Alice, both teachers, in Jewell County, Kansas; George G., May E., Myrtle E., Noah D. and Lawrence E., all residing at home with their parents; Thomas Lester, who died in in­fancy and a daughter who also died in infancy unnamed. Mr. Chumbley gives his political allegiance to the Democratic Party. Socially he is a member of the Yeoman lodge, of Indianola. Mrs. Chumbley is a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Chumbley is recognized as one of the reliable, substantial citizens of the community, whose cooperation can be relied upon in matters pertaining to the public wel­fare, in which he has ever taken an active, helpful interest.