Gump, Edward

• Name	Gump, Edward
  	20250331GHLn- https://www.wvgw.net/tyler/obitss.htm Tyler County WVGenWeb Tyler County, West Virginia Obituaries LUCINDA GUMP MERCER Lucinda Gump Mercer was born Dec. 10, 1884 [this would have to been error since she would have to have been born in 1844 to make the following dates correlate], and departed this life Dec. 31, 1927, being 83 years, 11 days of age. She was married twice. First to Jacob Mercer in 1860, and to this union one son Wm. Edward Mercer of New Martinsville was born. Jacob Mercer, the first husband, was killed in the Civil War in 1862. She then married John W. Mercer Dec. 17, 1865 and to this union seven children were born: six sons and one daughter, namely: Martin and Samuel, deceased, Jos. and J.A. Mercer of New Martinsville, Phillip Mercer of Moundsville, Jeremiah Mercer of Woodland and Mrs. Pearl B. Mercer of Paden City. Her husband John W. Mercer, preceded her to the beyond in March 1924. The deceased united with the Methodist Church at the age of eighteen and was a faithful and consistent member and Christian unto the day of her death. She leaves to mourn her passing five sons, one daughter, forty-six grand children, two great grand children, two brothers Edward Gump of Glendon, W.Va, and Philip Gump of Mannington, W.Va. [Lucinda was the d/o William & Elizabeth (Higgins) Gump] Interment was made in the Mercer cemetery. Source Tyler County, West Virginia Obituaries, VOL I, page 107 (from the Wetzel Democrat) Submitted by Nancy E. Gates & Betty Kitchen.
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I103578	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Gump, James
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Higgins, Elizabeth
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F59098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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TNG ID: I103578