Arthur Irving Bumstead^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1884 - 1958  (74 years)

• Name	Arthur Irving Bumstead
  Born	Mar 18, 1884	Greenfield, Saratoga county, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	May 20, 1958	Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, New York, USA
  Buried	Greeridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
  Notes	-     Elsa Bumstead, his granddaughter, remembers his love for gardening and genealogy (email to Tom Cloud of JAN 1 2001).     Much of the information on Jacob & Rhoda Martin Bumstead's family was written DEC 27, 1906 by Arthur Irving Bumstead from information given him chiefly by Ida G. Hatch (Jacob BUMSTEAD & Rhoda MARTIN's granddaughter) and Elizabeth Caroline Bumstead Ebner (their daughter) (The Saratogan, May 1958):         Arthur Bumstead, Former County Treasurer, Dead     Arthur I. Bumstead, 74, Saratoga County treasurer for 18 years until his retirement in 1950, and prominently identified in civic, church and Masonic activities, died this morning in the Saratoga Hospital after a brief illness.     Mr. Bumstead, born in the Town of Greenfield, obtained a commercial education in Albany Business College.  On Feb. 20, 1911, he took a clerical position on the county treasurer's office under the late John K. Walbridge, by whom he was employed until Walbridge retired Dec. 31, 1918.   The office of deputy county treasurer was created when the late Will W. Blackmer took over the office Jan. 1, 1919, Bumstead being appointed as the first deputy.     He resigned at the close of 1927 and two months later became assistant to McQueen Fritcher, treasurer of Montgomery County, remaining there until Jan. 1, 1933 when he took over the office of Saratoga County treasurer, to which he had been elected in November, succeeding Amos B. Jaquith of Schuylerville.     Mr. Bumstead was an active member of the First Baptist Church and had served as chairman of the Board of Deacons as well as in other offices.     He was a member of St. John's Lodge, F. and A.M., and of St. John's Chapter, R.A.M., Greenfield Center, serving at one time as high priest of the chapter.  He also was a member of the Scottish Rite Lodge in Schenectady.     Surviving are his wife, Emily; a daughter, Mrs. William F. Dobberstein of Elmira; two sons, John C. of Lakewood, Ohio, and Roger C. of Minneapolis; a brother Raymond Bumstead of Scotia and two granddaughters.     The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Kark and Tunison Funeral Home.  The Rev. Lewis M. Brehaut, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Greeridge Cemetery.   Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.
  Person ID	I1680	mykindred
  Last Modified	Feb 9, 2013

  
  

  Father	George Martin Bumstead,   b. Mar 23, 1853, Youngstown, Ohio, USA ,   d. Apr 14, 1917  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Estella Perdita Cady,   b. Sep 27, 1860, Greenfield, Saratoga county, New York, USA ,   d. Jul 20, 1927  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Sep 27, 1877
  Family ID	F634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gertrude Ursula Boller,   b. Apr 06, 1888, Albany, Albany county, New York, USA ,   d. Apr 15, 1942  (Age 54 years)
  Married	Jun 12, 1912	Saratoga county, New York, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Hillis Bumstead,   b. Aug 23, 1915,   d. Nov 02, 1915  (Age 0 years)   2. Marjorie Adele Bumstead,   b. Feb 02, 1917,   d. May 1993  (Age 76 years)   3. Maj. John Chambers Bumstead,   b. Apr 16, 1913,   d. Jun 12, 1985, Albany, Albany county, New York, USA  (Age 72 years)   4. Roger Crane Bumstead,   b. Sep 29, 1929,   d. Oct 05, 1992, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F6230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emily Rowland Noland,   d. Feb 21, 1961
  Married	Nov 11, 1946
  Family ID	F6232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S261] Bumstead, Arthur Irving. [S443] Bumstead, R.S. (Raymond Stuart). "data written by R.S. Bumstead, Nov. 30, 1958, from Data in the family record of Dec. 27, 1906, the Family Bible and records of mine." (R.S. Bumstead) [S445] Biography of Arthur Irving Bumstead. Biography in the Citizens Historical Association, Indianapolis; June 30, 1945; No. AGA/DLH [S448] Bumstead, Elsa C., email to Tom Cloud of JAN 1, 2001.