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Morad Whitfield Bumstead, II[1, 2]

Male 1856 - 1928  (72 years)


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  • Name Morad Whitfield Bumstead 
    Suffix II 
    Born Jan 19, 1856  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    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 
    • BUMSTEAD, Morad, 01-19-1856, 11-11-1928
    Person ID I1342  mykindred
    Last Modified Jul 2, 2007 

    Father Mourad Whitfield Bumstead,   b. Feb 12, 1811, Hempstead, Queens county, Long Island, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 17, 1887, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Jane Cravey,   b. Jul 03, 1829, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 11, 1912, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married May 11, 1848  Jefferson 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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    Family ID F493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Frances "Sally" Powell,   d.
    Married Feb 19, 1879  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Homer Whitfield Bumstead,   b. Nov 04, 1879,   d. Jun 14, 1902, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     2. Nancy Jane "Janie" Bumstead,   b. Jun 21, 1881, Sharon, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 24, 1959, Bude, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     3. Richard Bumstead,   b. Nov 17, 1883, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 24, 1948, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F529  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Seawillow Spillars,   b. Oct 22, 1863, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 09, 1940, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Nov 06, 1888  Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Walter Bumstead,   b. Aug 22, 1889, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 26, 1951, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     2. Claude Bumstead,   b. Jan 20, 1891, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 30, 1941, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     3. Audrey Bumstead,   b. Oct 12, 1892,   d. Feb 03, 1968  (Age 75 years)
     4. James Hugh Bumstead,   b. Feb 13, 1895, Fletcher, Hardin county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 03, 1936, Port Neches, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S136] 1860 US federal census, 1860, TX, Hardin cty, Concord PO, (M653-1296, 338), HH 67.
      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 " , 30, F, Geo
      Joseph " , 10, M, Texas
      Jacob " , 8, M, do
      Morad " , 4, M, do
      Byron " , 2, M, do
      Ezra " , 11/12, M, do

    2. [S2069] Bumstead Davenport, Claudine, phone conversation with Tom Cloud of July 2, 2007.

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