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Family: Mourad Whitfield Bumstead / Jane Cravey (F493)  [1

m. May 11, 1848


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  • Father | Male
    Mourad Whitfield Bumstead

    Born  Feb 12, 1811  Hempstead, Queens county, Long Island, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  May 17, 1887  Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  May 11, 1848  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob Bumstead | F494 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rhoda Martin | F494 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Jane Cravey

    Born  Jul 03, 1829  Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Jul 11, 1912  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Henry Cravey | F2644 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Sapp | F2644 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Editha Bumstead

    Born  1849  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 1850   
    Buried     

    Child 2 | Male
    Joseph P. Bumstead

    Born  Feb 1850  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1918  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  1918  Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Mary Elizabeth Johnson | F533 
    Married  Sep 15, 1870  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 3 | Male
    Jacob Franklin Bumstead

    Born  1852  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Jan 06, 1929  Trinity county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cedar Grove Cemetery, Trinity, Trinity county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Laura Amanda "Amanda" Fairchild | F532 
    Married  Nov 04, 1879  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Morad Whitfield Bumstead, II

    Born  Jan 19, 1856  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Nov 11, 1928  Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Hooks Cemetery, Kountze, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah Frances "Sally" Powell | F529 
    Married  Feb 19, 1879  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Seawillow Spillars | F530 
    Married  Nov 06, 1888  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    Byron or Bryan Bumstead

    Born  1858   
    Died  1869   
    Buried     

    Child 6 | Male
    Ezra Bumstead

    Born  circa Jul 1859  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1869   
    Buried     

    Child 7 | Female
    Olia Bumstead

    Born  Jan 23, 1863  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  May 05, 1929  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  James Henry Fairchild | F522 
    Married  Nov 06, 1879  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 8 | Male
    Henry Bumstead

    Born  Aug 30, 1865  Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Mar 04, 1945  Warren, Tyler county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bumstead Cemetery, Warren, Tyler county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Nancy Ealer Parker | F512 
    Married  Jun 27, 1894  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    Ella Bumstead

    Born  May 09, 1869  Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  May 14, 1953   
    Buried    Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Rogers Mitchell | F503 
    Married  May 08, 1889  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Female
    Dora Bumstead

    Born  Feb 10, 1871  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Mar 26, 1951  Silsbee, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Willie Simon Wiess | F492 
    Married  Dec 21, 1891  Sharon, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • They were on the 1860 Hardin county census, p. 338, Concord P.O..
      In 1908, T.J. Russell, a long-time resident of Jefferson County, wrote that "Murad W. Bumstead lived on the west side of Village Creek, near Cook's ferry".  Later, in the same piece, he wrote "Down on Village creek lived at the old Cook Ferry, Capt. James Chesher; then Murad W. Bumstead on the West side of the creek and near him was Job Foster".
      Byron and Ezra died in a diphtheria epidemic in 1869.
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      1860, TX, Hardin cty, Concord PO, (M653-1296, 338)
      June 28, 1860, lines 29-35, HH 67
      Morad BUMSTEAD, 49, M, farmer, 830, 290, NJ
      Jane BUMSTEAD, 30, F, Geo
      Joseph BUMSTEAD, 10, M, Texas
      Jacob BUMSTEAD, 8, M, do
      Morad BUMSTEAD, 4, M, do
      Byron BUMSTEAD, 2, M, do
      Ezra BUMSTEAD, 11/12, M, do
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      1870 census, Hardin county, Concord, TX, pct 2; p. 460B, (M593-1589, p.460)
      July 8, 1870, HH 130/130
      BUMSTEAD, M.W., 59, M, W, Farmer, NJ
      BUMSTEAD, Jane, 40, F, W, Keeping House, Georgia
      BUMSTEAD, Joseph, 20, M, W, Farm Hand, Texas
      BUMSTEAD, Jacob, 18, M, W, Farm Hand, Texas
      BUMSTEAD, Morad, 14, M, W, Farm Hand, Texas
      BUMSTEAD, Henry, 4, M, W, Texas
      BUMSTEAD, Olia, 7, F, W, Texas
      BUMSTEAD, Ella, 1, F, W, Texas
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      1880 census, TX, Hardin cty ,e.d. 29 p. 15, (T9-1308,422C)
      June 18, 1880, lines 10-22, HH 113/119
      Bumstead, M.W., W, M, 69, farmer, NJ, NY, NY
      BUMSTEAD, Jane, W, F, 50, wife, keepinghouse, GA, GA, GA
      BUMSTEAD, Joseph P, 30, son, farmer, TX, NJ, GA
      BUMSTEAD, Henry, 15, son, farmer
      BUMSTEAD, Ellen, 10, daughter, at home
      BUMSTEAD, Dora, 8, daughter
      BUMSTEAD, Mary E, 28, dau-in-law, at home (Mary Johnson, wife of Joseph, above)
      BUMSTEAD, Beulah E, 9, g-dau
      BUMSTEAD, ?Joseph?, 8, g-son
      BUMSTEAD, Cave J, 9, g-son
      BUMSTEAD, Olia, 4, g-dau
      BUMSTEAD, Margret J, 3, d-dau
      BUMSTEAD, Ida G?, ?/12, b. Oct, g-dau
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      lines 23-24, same home, different family HH 113/121
      FAIRCHILD, Henry, W, M, 28, lumberman, TX, MS, LA
      FAIRCHILD, Olia, 19, wife, keepinghouse, TX, NJ, GA
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      Mourad died in 1887.  In 1900, Jane is living with her daughter, Dora Wiess (dwelling 221, households 229 and 230, 1900 Census Hardin county, Texas, 2nd pct, p. 256B).  Next door is her son Herman.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S224] IGI - International Genealogical Index -- BEWARE.
      batch # M530101; dates 1837-1883; source call # 1311466; type: film

    2. [S83] Pioneer Reminiscences of Jefferson County, GC 976.514506 RUS.